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12月9日の放送が迫る年末恒例の大規模イベント「The Game Awards 2021」ですが、昨晩Geoff Keighley氏がGOTYを含む部門別ノミネート作品を紹介するライブ配信を実施し、今年はArkane Studiosの「Deathloop」とJosef Fares監督率いるHazelight Studiosの「It Takes Two」、MercurySteamが手掛けた新作「Metroid Dread」、Double Fineのシリーズ続編「Psychonauts 2」、Insomniac Gamesの「Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart」、Capcomの人気シリーズ最新作「Resident Evil Village」を含む6作品がGOTY候補となったことが明らかになりました。

また、非常に高い評価を獲得したBethesdaとArkaneの新作“Deathloop”が8部門9ノミネートを果たしたほか、次いで“Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart”が6部門6ノミネート、“It Takes Two”と“Psychonauts 2”が5部門5ノミネートを記録し、今年の賞レースをリードする状況となっています。

なお、部門別ノミネート作品の発表に伴い、公式サイトでコミュニティ投票の受付がスタートしています。

多数の注目作が並んだ全30部門のノミネートは以下からご確認ください。

■ Game of The Year

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight / Electronic Arts)
• Metroid Dread (MercurySteam / Nintendo)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions / Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)

■ ベストゲームディレクション

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight / Electronic Arts)
• Returnal (Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions / Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

■ ベストナラティブ

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight / Electronic Arts)
• Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine Games / Square Enix)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal / Square Enix)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions / Xbox Game Studios)

■ ベストアートディレクション

• The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur / Annapurna Interactive)
• Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions / Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

■ ベストスコア/ミュージック

• The Artful Escape (Johnny Galvatron, Josh Abrahams, composers)
• Cyberpunk 2077 (Marcin Przybylowicz, Piotr T. Adamczyk, composers)
• Deathloop (Tom Salta, composer)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Richard Jacques, composer)
• NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… (Keiichi Okabe, composer)

■ ベストオーディオデザイン

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Studios / Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
• Returnal (Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

■ ベストパフォーマンス

• Erika Mori as Alex Chen (Life is Strange: True Colors)
• Giancarlo Esposito as Anton Castillo (Far Cry 6)
• Jason Kelley as Colt Vahn (Deathloop)
• Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu (Resident Evil Village)
• Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake (Deathloop)

■ Games For Impact

• Before Your Eyes (GoodbyeWorld Games / Skybound Games)
• Boyfriend Dungeon (Kitfox Games)
• Chicory (Greg Lobanow, Alexis dean-Jones, Lena Raine, Madeline Berger, A Shell in the Pit/Finji)
• Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine Games / Sqiare Enix)
• No Longer Home (Humble Grove, Hana Lee, Cel Davison, Adrienne Lombardo, Eli Rainsberry/Fellow Traveler)

■ ベストオンゴーイングゲーム

• Apex Legends (Respawn / Electronic Arts)
• Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward / Raven Software / Activision)
• Final Fantasy XIV Online (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Genshin Impact (miHoYo)

■ ベストインディー

• 12 Minutes (Luis Antonio / Annapurna Interactive)
• Death’s Door (Acid Nerve / Devolver Digital)
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
• Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games / Devolver Digital)
• Loop Hero (Four Quarters / Devolver Digital)

■ ベストモバイルゲーム

• Fantasian (Mistwalker)
• Genshin Impact (miHoYo)
• League of Legends: Wild Rift (Riot Games)
• MARVEL Future Revolution (Netmarble)
• Pokemon Unite (TiMi Studios / The Pokemon Company)

■ ベストコミュニティサポート

• Apex Legends (Respawn / Electronic Arts)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Final Fantasy XIV Online (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

■ Innovation in Accessibility

• Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games / Xbox Game Studios)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal / Square Enix)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Vale: Shadow of the Crown (Creative Bytes Studios/Falling Squirrel)

■ ベストVR/AR

• Hitman III (IO Interactive)
• I Expect You To Die 2 (Schell Games)
• Lone Echo II (Ready at Dawn / Oculus Studios)
• Resident Evil 4 (Armature Studio / Capcom/ Oculus Studios)
• Sniper Elite VR (Coatsink / Just Add Water / Rebellion Developments)

■ ベストアクション

• Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock / WB Games)
• Chivalry II (Torn Banner Studios / Tripwire Interactive)
• Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
• Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
• Returnal (Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

■ ベストアクション/アドベンチャー

• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal / Square Enix)
• Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam / Nintendo)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions / Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)

■ ベストRPG

• Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt RED)
• Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom)
• Scarlet Nexus (Bandai Namco)
• Shin Megami Tensei V (Atlus / Sega)
• Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco Entertainment)

■ ベスト格闘ゲーム

• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles (CyberConnect2 / Sega)
• Guilty Gear: Strive (Arc System Works)
• Melty Blood: Type Lumina (French-Bread / DELiGHTWORKS)
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (Ludosity / Fair Play Labs / GameMill)
• Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown (Sega)

■ ベストファミリーゲーム

• It Takes Two (Hazelight / Electronic Arts)
• Mario Party Superstars (NDcube / Nintendo)
• New Pokemon Snap (Bandai Namco Studios / The Pokémon Company/Nintendo)
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo)
• WarioWare: Get It Together! (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)

■ ベストシム/ストラテジー

• Age of Empires IV (Relic Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)
• Evil Genius 2: World Domination (Rebellion Developments)
• Humankind (Amplitude Studios / Sega)
• Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games / Devolver Digital)
• Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo Studio / Xbox Game Studios)

■ ベストスポーツ/レーシング

• F1 2021 (Codemasters / EA Sports)
• FIFA 22 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)
• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games / Xbox Game Studios)
• Hot Wheels Unleashed (Milestone)
• Riders Republic (Ubisoft Annecy / Ubisoft)

■ ベストマルチプレイヤー

• Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock / WB Games)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight / Electronic Arts)
• Knockout City (Velan Studios / Electronic Arts)
• Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom)
• New World (Amazon Games)
• Valheim (Iron Gate Studio / Coffee Stain Publishing)

■ Content Creator of The Year

• Dream
• Fuslie
• Gaules
• Ibai
• TheGrefg

■ ベストインディーデビュー

• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
• Sable (Shedworks / Raw Fury)
• The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur / Annapurna Interactive)
• The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller / Dear Villagers)
• Valheim (Iron Gate / Coffee Stain Publishing)

■ 最も期待される作品

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco)
• God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
• Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)

■ ベストeSportsゲーム

• Call of Duty (Activision)
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
• Dota 2 (Valve)
• League of Legends (Riot Games)
• Valorant (Riot Games)

■ ベストeSportsアスリート

• Chris “Simp” Lehr
• Heo “ShowMaker” Su
• Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
• Tyson “TenZ” Ngo

■ ベストeSportsチーム

• Atlanta FaZe (Call of Duty)
• DWG KIA (League of Legends)
• Natus Vincere (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• Sentinels (Valorant)
• Team Spirit (Dota 2)

■ ベストEsportsコーチ

• Airat “Silent” Gaziev
• Andrey “ENGH” Sholokhov
• Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi
• James “Crowder” Crowder
• Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun

■ ベストEsportsイベント

• 2021 League of Legends World Championship
• PGL Major Stockholm 2021
• PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020
• The International 2021
• Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 2 Masters