The Nominees

Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year

  • Luigi’s Mansion 3 The Outer Worlds Outer Wilds A Plague Tale: Innocence Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Resident Evil 2 Death Stranding Telling Lies Disco Elysium

Central Park Children’s Zoo Award for Best Kids Game

  • Tetris 99 Super Mario Maker 2 Adventure Academy Luigi’s Mansion 3 Pokémon Sword, Pokémon Shield Concrete Genie The King’s Bird

A-Train Award for Best Mobile Game

  • Immortal Rogue The Elder Scrolls: Blades Sayonara Wild Hearts Grindstone Rayman Mini Sky: Children of the Light Pilgrims

Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best AR/VR Game

  • Nintendo Labo VR Kit Sea Hero Quest Minecraft Earth Stormland Trover Saves The Universe Asgard’s Wrath Five Nights at Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted Blood & Truth

Off Broadway Award for Best Indie Game

  • Ape Out Sunless Skies Heaven’s Vault A Plague Tale: Innocence Telling Lies Sayonara Wild Hearts Disco Elysium Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Untitled Goose Game

Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game

  • Far Cry New Dawn Tropico 6 Sayonara Wild Hearts Borderlands 3 Death Stranding Pokémon Sword, Pokémon Shield Hypnospace Outlaw

Statue of Liberty Award for Best World

  • Kingdom Hearts III Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Devil May Cry 5 Death Stranding The Outer Worlds Outer Wilds Hypnospace Outlaw

Herman Melville Award for Best Writing

  • Erica Telling Lies The Outer Worlds Disco Elysium Hypnospace Outlaw Plague Tale: Innocence Death Stranding Life is Strange 2

Joltin’ Joe Award: Best Esports Player of the Year

  • VK Loon Doinb Sinatraa Bugha Arslan Ash MKLeo

Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game

  • Faye Kingslee as Nico in Devil May Cry 5 Norman Reedus as Sam in Death Stranding Margaret Qualley as Mama in Death Stranding Courtney Hope as Jesse In Control Debra Wilson as Cere in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Tommie Earl Jenkins as Die-Hardman in Death Stranding Alexandra Shipp as Ava in Telling Lies Logan Marshall Green as David in Telling Lies

Freedom Tower Award for Best Remake

  • Resident Evil 2 ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! Katamari Damacy Reroll Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

Captain Award for Best Esports Team

  • Astralis (CSGO) San Francisco Shock (Overwatch) FPX (League of Legends) OG (Dota 2) TSM (Apex Legends)

The Ninth Ninth Annual New York Videogame Awards features a lot of well-known names and titles, some have already received awards for their success last year. Titles like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Disco Elysium, Resident Evil 2, Pokemon Sword and Shield, and more are all nominated, and with each game being insanely successful and famous, it leaves fans biting their nails in anticipation. Some video games are nominated for multiple categories too.

Sam Barlow’s hit narrative videogame, Telling Lies, is a story-telling marvel. It’s realistically unbelievable, in a good way. It’s grossed highly and gained popularity for its unique take on videogames, and to no surprise, it’s also nominated for multiple awarding categories. The videogames voice actors are too.

Overall, with so many excellent videogames being nominated for each category, suspense floods the air as fans wait in patience for the event day to arrive. And anyone that isn’t anxious about the results that are to come when the Ninth Annual New York Videogame Awards premieres is really no real gamer.