As is often the case with gaming awards, the majority of winners were the sleek, gorgeous PS5 games – Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, It Takes Two and Returnal all won many awards – but the family category always belongs to Nintendo and a host of other Indians they also made a big splash. Here are the winners who can play on the Switch (including those who will be coming to the Switch soon): ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT ** The ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team – Beethoven & Dinosaur / Annapurna Interactive NEED TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team – Double Fine Productions / Xbox Game Studios RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE Development Team – Capcom / Capcom RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment FIRST PLAY TOY The ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team – Beethoven & Dinosaur / Annapurna Interactive EASTWARD Development Team – Pixpil / Chucklefish THE FORGOTTEN CITY Nick Pearce, Alexander Goss, John Eyre – Modern Storyteller / Dear Villagers GENESIS NOIR Evan Anthony, Jeremy Abel – Feral Cat Den / Fellow Traveler MAQUETTE Development Team – Graceful Decay / Annapurna Interactive ** TOEM Development Team – Something We Made / Something We Made GAME DEVELOPMENTS Between the US Development Team – Innersloth / Innersloth ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Development Team – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo APEX LEGENDS Development Team – Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts DISCO ELYSIUM – THE FINAL CUT Development Team – ZA / UM / ZA / UM FORTNITE Development Team – Epic Games / Epic Games, People Can Fly ** NO MAN’S SKY Development Team – Hello Games / Hello Games FAMILY ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team – ustwo games / ustwo games, Plug In Digital ** CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE Development Team – Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine / FINJI FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games / Xbox Game Studios MARIO PARTY SUPERSTARS Development Team – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment PACKAGING Ren Breyer, Tim Dawson, Jeff van Dyke – Witch Beam / Humble Games NARRATIVE NEED TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS Development Team – Square Enix, Deck Nine Games / Square Enix MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Development Team – Eidos-Montréal / Square Enix PSYCHONAUTS 2 Tim Schafer – Double Fine Productions / Xbox Game Studios RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment ** UNPACKING Ren Brier, Tim Dawson, Annie VanderMir – Witch Beam / Humble Games EE GAME OF THE YEAR (voted by the public) KIKORI: A COLOR FAIRY TALE – Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeleine Berger, Alexis Dean Jones, Lena Raine / FINJI DEATHLOOP – Arkane Lyon / Bethesda Softworks THE FORGOTTEN CITY – Modern Fairy Tale / Dear villagers NEED TWO – Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts METROID DREAD – Nintendo & MercurySteam, Nintendo ** UNPACKAGING – Witch Beam / Humble Games Other Switch games that made the shortlist but lost the awards include Death’s Door, Game Builder Garage, The Forgotten City, Metroid Dread and Mario Party Superstars. Congratulations to all the winners, but also to all the runners-up! You can see the full list of nominations here. Do you think they robbed certain games? Are you happy that your choices won? Why is Nintendo only in the Family category? Tell us your thoughts in the comments!
