The moment you’ve all been waiting for, Game of The Year! A massive congratulations to It Takes Two @hazelightgames + @ea + @josef_fares for your big win! #TheGameAwards pic.twitter.com/3o2kGm8qHm
— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) December 10, 2021
It Takes Two wins the top prize at The Game Awards 2021
Hazelight’s co-op adventure takes home three awards, including Game of the Year
It Takes Two won the top prize at The Game Awards 2021, where it scooped three awards including the coveted Game of the Year.
Hazelight’s co-op adventure, which tells the story of a husband and wife who are seemingly headed for divorce, took home the Best Multiplayer and Best Family Game awards too.
Playground’s Forza Horizon 5 also bagged three awards for Best Sports/Racing, Best Audio Design, and Innovation in Accessibility, which recognises developers who are pushing the medium forward in terms of reach.
Arkane’s Deathloop, which had been nominated for nine prizes, was awarded Best Game Direction and Best Art Direction.
Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIV Online won the Best Ongoing and Best Community Support awards, Ember Lab’s Kena: Bridge of Spirits won the Best Indie and Best Indie Debut prizes, while From Software’s Elden Ring scooped the Most Anticipated award.
The Game Awards 2021 winners
Game of the Year
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
Best Game Direction
Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
Best Ongoing
Final Fantasy XIV Online (Square Enix)
Best Indie
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
Best Debut Indie
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
Best Narrative
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/SQUARE ENIX)
Best Art Direction
Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
Best Score and Music
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 (Keiichi Okabe, Composer)
Best Audio Design
Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
Best Performance
Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu, Resident Evil Village
Games for Impact
Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/SQUARE ENIX)
Best Community Support
Final Fantasy XIV Online (Square Enix)
Best Mobile Game, Presented by Verizon
Genshin Impact (MiHoYo)
Best VR/AR
Resident Evil 4 (Armature Studio/Capcom/Oculus Studios)
Best Action
Returnal (Housemarque/SIE)
Best Action/Adventure
Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam/Nintendo)
Best Role Playing
Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco)
Best Fighting
Guilty Gear -Strive- (Arc System Works)
Best Family
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
Best Sports/Racing
Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
Best Sim/Strategy
Age of Empires IV (Relic Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
Best Multiplayer
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
Most Anticipated, Presented by Prime Gaming
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
Innovation in Accessibility, Presented by Chevrolet
Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
Content Creator of the Year
Dream
Best Esports Game, Presented by Grubhub
League of Legends (Riot Games)
Best Esports Athlete
Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
Best Esports Team
Natus Vincere (CS:GO)
Best Esports Coach
Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun
Best Esports Event
2021 League of Legends World Championship
Related Products
It Takes Two (Switch)
It Takes Two (PS4)
Forza Horizon 5 Standard (Xbox/PC)
Other Products
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X
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