00:06Hello everybody, it's Jeff Keighley and the Game Awards season is officially here!
00:12Leading up to our live show streaming everywhere on Thursday, December 11th.
00:17Welcome to our 2025 Global Nomination Announcement Special.
00:21Every year we come together as a community to celebrate and of course debate the absolute best in video games.
00:27And of course also get a look at what's next from our industry's most talented creators.
00:32This year there have been so many incredible games created and updated,
00:36but only a handful have the honor of being selected as nominees for the Game Awards by our global voting
00:42jury.
00:43Who's in the running? Well, you're about to find out as we reveal this year's nominees across all the categories.
00:49And you can help select the winners by voting at thegameawards.com.
00:53Alright, should we do it? Here's the first category.
00:57For Best Performance, the nominees are...
01:00Ben Starr for Claire Obscure Expedition 33,
01:03Charlie Cox for Claire Obscure Expedition 33,
01:07Erica Ishii for Ghost of Yotei,
01:10Jennifer English for Claire Obscure Expedition 33,
01:13Konatsu Kato for Silent Hill F,
01:16and
01:16Troy Baker for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
01:19For Best On-Going Game, the nominees are...
01:30For Best Mobile Game, the nominees are...
01:34For Best Mobile Game, the nominees are...
01:55For Best Scoring Music, leveled up by Spotify, the nominees are...
02:00Christopher Larkin for Hollow Knight Silksong,
02:03Darren Korb for Hades 2,
02:05Lorian Testar for Claire Obscure Expedition 33,
02:09Toma Otoa for Ghost of Yotei,
02:11and...
02:12Woodkid and Ludwig Forsell for Death Stranding 2 on the Beach.
02:16The Best Audio Design nominees are...
02:20Battlefield 6,
02:21Claire Obscure Expedition 33,
02:24Death Stranding 2 on the Beach,
02:26Ghost of Yotei,
02:27and...
02:28Silent Hill F.
02:29Best Adaptation was added to the Game Awards in 2022
02:32to recognize an outstanding show, movie, or other creative work
02:36inspired by and based on an established video game world.
02:40Here are this year's nominees for Best Adaptation.
02:43A Minecraft Movie,
02:45Devil May Cry,
02:47Splinter Cell Death Watch,
02:49The Last of Us Season 2,
02:51and Until Dawn.
02:52For Best Narrative, the outstanding nominees are...
02:56Claire Obscure Expedition 33,
02:58Death Stranding 2 on the Beach,
03:01Ghost of Yotei,
03:03Kingdom Come Deliverance 2,
03:05and...
03:06Silent Hill F.
03:07Best Community Support celebrates game developers
03:10who continually and transparently engage, support,
03:13and respond to their players.
03:14This year's nominees are...
03:17Baldur's Gate 3,
03:18Final Fantasy XIV,
03:20Fortnite,
03:21Helldivers 2,
03:22and No Man's Sky.
03:24Your nominees for Games for Impact are...
03:28Consume Me,
03:29Despolote,
03:30Lost Records Bloom and Rage,
03:32South of Midnight,
03:34and Wonderstop.
03:35In the category of Best Multiplayer,
03:38the nominees are...
03:40Ark Raiders,
03:40Battlefield 6,
03:42Elden Ring Night Rain,
03:43Peak,
03:44and Split Fiction.
03:46Best Independent Games celebrates games with a high degree of risk tolerance,
03:51produced outside the traditional publisher system.
03:53Those nominees are...
03:55Absalom,
03:56Ball Pit,
03:57Blueprints,
03:58Claire Obscure Expedition 33,
04:01Hades 2,
04:02and...
04:03Hollow Knight Silksong.
04:04Best Debut Indie Game recognizes a development team that hasn't won a game award before.
04:10In fact, these teams published their first game this year.
04:12The nominees are...
04:14Blueprints,
04:15Claire Obscure Expedition 33,
04:18Despolote,
04:19Dispatch,
04:20and...
04:21Megabonk.
04:22For Best VR AR Game, the nominees are...
04:26Alien Rogue Incursion,
04:27Ark in Age,
04:28Ghost Town,
04:29Marvel's Deadpool VR,
04:31and The Midnight Walk.
04:32For Content Creator of the Year, the nominees are...
04:36Kaidrill,
04:37Kai Sanat,
04:38Moist Critical,
04:39Sakura Miko,
04:41and...
04:42The Burnt Peanut.
04:43Part of the Game Awards is looking forward to what's next, and don't worry, we'll have lots of games to
04:49announce for you on December 11th.
04:51But what's the most anticipated upcoming game?
04:53Here are the nominees based on currently announced titles.
04:57007 First Light,
04:59Grand Theft Auto 6,
05:01Marvel's Wolverine,
05:03Resident Evil Requiem,
05:05and...
05:05The Witcher 4.
05:07The Best Action Adventure Game nominees are...
05:10Death Stranding 2 On The Beach,
05:12Ghost of Yote,
05:13Hollow Knight Silksong,
05:15Indiana Jones and the Great Circle,
05:18and...
05:18Split Fiction.
05:19For Best Role Playing Game, the jury selected...
05:23Avowed,
05:24Claire Obscure Expedition 33,
05:25Kingdom Come Deliverance 2,
05:28Monster Hunter Wilds,
05:29and...
05:30The Outer Worlds 2.
05:32In the category of Best Fighting Game, the nominees are...
05:352XKO,
05:37Capcom Fighting Collection 2,
05:39Fatal Fury City of the Wolves,
05:41Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection,
05:43and...
05:44Virtua Fighter 5 Revo World Stage.
05:47The nominees for Best Action Game are...
05:51Battlefield 6,
05:52Doom the Dark Ages,
05:54Hades 2,
05:54Ninja Gaiden 4,
05:56and...
05:57Shinobi Art of Vengeance.
06:00Innovation and Accessibility celebrates games that are making our industry available and enjoyable to more people.
06:06The nominees for Innovation and Accessibility are...
06:10Assassin's Creed Shadows,
06:12Atomfall,
06:13Doom the Dark Ages,
06:14EA Sports FC 26,
06:16and South of Midnight.
06:18Next up, Best Family Game.
06:20The nominees are...
06:22Donkey Kong Bonanza,
06:23Lego Party,
06:25Lego Voyagers,
06:26Mario Kart World,
06:27Sonic Racing Cross Worlds,
06:29and...
06:30Split Fiction.
06:32The Best Sims Strategy Game nominees are...
06:35The Altars,
06:36Final Fantasy Tactics,
06:37Evil East Chronicles,
06:39Jurassic World Evolution 3,
06:41Sid Meier's Civilization 7,
06:42Tempest Rising,
06:44Tempest Rising,
06:44and...
06:45Two Point Museum.
06:46These games are nominated for Best Sports Racing Game.
06:49EA Sports FC 26,
06:52F1 25,
06:53Mario Kart World,
06:55Rematch,
06:56and...
06:57Sonic Racing Cross Worlds.
06:58Now the nominees in our three eSports categories,
07:01starting with...
07:04Best eSports Game.
07:05The nominees are...
07:06Counter-Strike 2,
07:07Dota 2,
07:08League of Legends,
07:10Mobile Legends Bang Bang,
07:12and...
07:12Valorant.
07:13The nominees for Best eSports Athlete are...
07:16Brock,
07:17Chovi,
07:18Forsaken,
07:19Kakarou,
07:20Mena RD,
07:21and Zywu.
07:22And for Best eSports Team,
07:24our special eSports committee nominated these teams.
07:27Gen-G League of Legends,
07:29NRG,
07:30Valorant,
07:31Team Falcons,
07:32Dota 2,
07:33Team Liquid PH,
07:34Mobile Legends Bang Bang,
07:36and...
07:36Team Vitality,
07:37Counter-Strike 2.
07:38Okay, we're almost done,
07:40but there are still two very important categories to go.
07:43First,
07:44Best Game Direction,
07:45recognizes outstanding creative vision and innovation
07:48in game direction and design.
07:50The nominees are...
07:52Claire Obscure Expedition 33,
07:55Death Stranding 2 on the Beach,
07:57Ghost of Yotei,
07:58Hades 2,
07:59and Split Fiction.
08:01And now it's the big one.
08:03Goaty,
08:04Game of the Year,
08:05recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience to players across all creative and technical fields.
08:12For this year's awards,
08:13our global TGA jury has selected the following six games as the nominees for Game of the Year.
08:21Flair Obscure Expedition 33 from Sandfall Interactive,
08:27Death Stranding 2 on the Beach from Kojima Productions,
08:32Donkey Kong Bonanza from Nintendo,
08:36Hades 2 from Supergiant Games,
08:39Hollow Knight Silksong from Team Cherry,
08:42and Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 from War Horse Studios.
08:48There you have it,
08:49your nominees for Game of the Year.
08:51And now that those are official,
08:53you can anticipate Lauren Balfe and the Game Awards Orchestra playing their themes as part of our musical salute to
08:58the nominees live on December 11th.
09:00But before that,
09:01we need your help to decide which nominees become the winners.
09:04Make sure to head to thegameawards.com to cast your ballot,
09:07and new this year,
09:08download your vote card so you can share your picks on social media.
09:12There is still one more category where the nominees have yet to be revealed,
09:16Player's Voice,
09:17where fans 100% select the winner from 30 nominees.
09:21We'll announce those nominees on Monday, December 1st,
09:24so set a reminder on the website if you want to be alerted.
09:27The winners in all categories will be revealed live during TGA
09:31when it streams globally on Thursday, December 11th,
09:34starting with opening act at 4.30pm Pacific,
09:377.30pm Eastern, 12.30am GMT,
09:41at thegameawards.com,
09:43and live across every major video and social platform out there.
09:47Thanks for watching.
09:48I hope to see you live on Thursday, December 11th
09:51to celebrate the best and see what's next in video games.
09:57I hope to see you live on Thursday, December 11th,
10:01and we'll see you live on Thursday, December 11th,
10:03and we'll see you live on Thursday, December 11th,
10:04and we'll see you live on Thursday, December 11th,
10:05and we'll see you live on Thursday, December 11th,
10:05and we'll see you live on Thursday, December 11th,
10:05and we'll see you live on Thursday, December 11th,
10:07and we'll see you live on Thursday, December 11th,
10:08and we'll see you live on Thursday, December 11th,
10:09and we'll see you live on Thursday, December 11th,
10:12Merci.
