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GamesCom 2021 Award Nominees Revealed, Elden Ring In The Running For Best PlayStation Game

The full list of GamesCom 2021 Award nominees have been announced for your viewing pleasure. The results will be announced throughout the week, with the first batch due on August 25 during GamesCom 2021 Opening Night Live.

Check out the full list of GamesCom 2021 Award nominees below.


Best Microsoft Xbox Game

  • Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
  • Far Cry 6, Ubisoft
  • Halo Infinite, Microsoft

Best Nintendo Switch Game

  • Just Dance 2022, Ubisoft
  • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft

Best PC Game

  • Age of Empires IV, Microsoft
  • Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
  • Syberia: The World Before, astragon Entertainment

Best Sony PlayStation Game

  • Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
  • Tales of Arise, Bandai Namco Entertainment
  • The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes, Bandai Namco Entertainment

Best Action Adventure Game

  • Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
  • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft
  • Syberia: The World Before, astragon Entertainment

Best Action Game

  • Far Cry 6, Ubisoft
  • Halo Infinite, Microsoft
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction, Ubisoft

Best Family Game

  • Just Dance 2022, Ubisoft
  • Run Prop, Run!, PlayTogether Studio
  • Super Dungeon Maker, rokaplay

Best Indie Game

  • Dorfromantik, Toukana Interactive
  • Inua, Arte France
  • Lost in Random, Electronic Arts

Best Role Playing Game

  • Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
  • Encased, Koch Media
  • Tales of Arise, Bandai Namco Entertainment

Best Simulation Game

  • Climber: Sky is the Limit, Art Games Studio
  • Farming Simulator 22, astragon Entertainment

Best Sports Game

  • Climber: Sky is the Limit, Art Games Studio
  • FIFA 22, Electronic Arts
  • Riders Republic, Ubisoft

Best Strategy Game

  • Age of Empires IV, Microsoft
  • Company of Heroes 3, SEGA
  • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft

Best Multiplayer Game

  • Halo Infinite, Microsoft
  • Riders Republic, Ubisoft
  • The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes, Bandai Namco Entertainment

Best Ongoing Game

  • Apex Legends, Electronic Arts
  • Black Desert Online, Pearl Abyss Corp.
  • Endzone – A World Apart: Prosperity, Assemble Entertainment

Most Original Game

  • Dice Legacy, Koch Media / DESTINYbit
  • Riders Republic, Ubisoft
  • tERRORbane, Whisper Interactive

Best Announcement

All as part of Gamescom Opening Night Live game announcements of our partners, premiers and reveals are rated by the jury.

Best Lineup

All to gamescom award submitted partners are eligible for jury votes.

Best of GamesCom

All category winners of genre- and platform categories are eligible for jury votes, for the award Best of Gamescom.

Best Trailer

All as part of Gamescom Opening Night Live trailers of our partners are eligible for jury votes.

Best Streamer

Fan voting, voted at: https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/gamescomawardpublikumspreis

GamesCom “Most Wanted” Consumer Award

– Fan voting, voted at: https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/gamescomawardpublikumspreis

HEART OF GAMING Award

Jury Decision. This includes Games, Expansions, Products, Technologies, but also Persons, Institutions, Companies, Concepts and Terminologies.