Gamescom 2021: The nominees to the fair

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The nominees of the Gamescom Award 2021 are fixed: the jury, consisting of German and international games journalists and known Creator and Co., has selected from a variety of submissions.

In a total of 22 categories, winning titles will be awarded this year. Partners and fans of Gamescom (25 to 27 August 2021) may be curious who receives one of the coveted trophies. The first awards in the platform categories are already awarded on Wednesday during Gamescom: Opening Night Live.

From now on and until Saturday, August 28, 15:00 (CEST), fans of Gamescom can vote for their favorites in the fan categories Best Streamer and the Most Wanted Consumer Award, which is among all nominated games from the fans is chosen.

To submit your vote, you can participate in an online survey. These and other winning titles in the jury categories Best Announcement, Best Lineup, Best Trailer and the Heart of Gaming Award will be awarded on Thursday and Friday in the current program of Gamescom Studios. There is also awarded the grand prize Best of Gamescom. Both the Gamescom: Opening Night Live and the Gamescom Studio as well as all other gamescom shows can be looked at Gamescom Now live: https://now.gamescom.de/

These are the nominees of the GamesCom Award 2021:

The winners of the following platform categories will be announced in the Gamescom: Opening Night live on August 25 from 20:00.

Best Microsoft Xbox Game - Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment Germany - Far Cry 6, Ubisoft - Halo Infinite, Microsoft Germany

Best Nintendo Switch Game - Just Dance 2022, Ubisoft - Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft

Best PC Game - Age of Empires IV, Microsoft Germany - Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment Germany - Syberia: The World Before, Astragon Entertainment

Best Sony PlayStation Game

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

The winners of the following genre categories and Gamescom Global Awards will be announced in the Gamescom Studio on Thursday, August 26th and Friday, August 27th.

Best Action Adventure Game - Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment Germany - Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft - Syberia: The World Before, Astragon Entertainment

Best Action Game - Far Cry 6, Ubisoft - Halo Infinite, Microsoft Germany - 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, Touca Interactive - Inua, Arte France - Lost in Random, Electronic Arts

Best Role Playing Game - Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment Germany - Encased, Koch Media - Tales of Arise, Bandai Namco Entertainment Germany

Best Simulation Game -Climber: Sky Is The Limit, Art Games Studio - Agricultural Simulator 22, Astragon Entertainment - undisclosed title

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 Germany - Company of Heroes 3, Sega Europe - Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft

Best Multiplayer Game - Halo Infinite, Microsoft Germany - RIDERS REPUBLIC, UBISOFT - The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes, Bandai Namco Entertainment Germany

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 in the context of the GamesCom Opening Night live by partner companies, premieres or revelations are the jury to choose from.

Best lineup - All Gamescom's partner company of GamesCom submitted to the GamesCom Award are the jury to choose from.

Best of Gamescom - All categories winners of the genre and platform categories are the jury for election for the award with the main prize Best of Gamescom.

Best Trailer - All trailers shown in the GamesCom Opening Night live by partner companies are the jury to choose from.

The winners of the following categories will be announced in the context of the game source on Sunday, 29th of August.

Best Streamer - Selected partner streamer and streamers are the fans of Gamescom to choose from. Voting at https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/gamescomawardPrice

Gamescom Most Wanted Consumer Award - The nominees of all genre and platform categories (S.O.) are the fans of Gamescom to choose from. Voting at https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/gamescomawardPrice Heart of Gaming Award - The choice of a winner of the Heart of Gaming Awards meets the jury at a very clear discretion. Not only games, enhancements, products, technologies, etc., but also persons, institutions, companies, concepts or concepts are suitable for this purpose.