Death Stranding 2, Donkey Kong Bananza Nominated for Game of the Year at The Game Awards

We’re now less than a month away from The Game Awards 2025, and the nominees are officially in place. Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Nintendo’s Donkey Kong Bananza are up for Game of the Year against the likes of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 , Hades II , Hollow Knight: Silksong and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II . The event will air live on December 11 from LA’s Peacock Theater. Expect plenty of world premiere announcements and trailers interspersed amongst the winners, and check out the video reveal and the nominees for select categories below. The Game Awards 2025 Nominees RELATED: Elden Ring Nightreign Reveals The Forsaken Hollows DLC Game of the Year Clair Obscur: Expedition 33  (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach  (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment) Donkey Kong Bananza  (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo) Hades II  (Supergiant Games) Hollow Knight: Silksong  (Team Cherry) Kingdom Come: Deliverance II  (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver) Best Game Direction Clair Obscur: Expedition 33  (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach  (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment) Ghost of Yotei  (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment) Hades II  (Supergiant Games) Split Fiction  (Hazelight/Electronic Arts) Best Narrative Clair Obscur: Expedition 33  (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach  (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment) Ghost of Yotei  (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment) Kingdom Come: Deliverance II  (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver) Silent Hill f  (NeoBards Entertainment/Konami Digital Entertainment) Best Art Direction Clair Obscur: Expedition 33  (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach  (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment) Ghost of Yotei  (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment) Hades II  (Supergiant Games) Hollow Knight: Silksong  (Team Cherry) Best Score and Music Clair Obscur: Expedition 33  (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach  (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment) Ghost of Yotei  (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment) Hades II  (Supergiant Games) Hollow Knight: Silksong  (Team Cherry) Best Performance Benn Star -  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Charlie Cox -  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Erika Ishii -  Ghost of Yotei Jennifer English -  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Konatsu Kato -  Silent Hill f Troy Baker -  Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Best Ongoing Game Final Fantasy XIV  (Square Enix) Fortnite  (Epic Games) Helldivers II  (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment) Marvel Rivals  (NetEase Games) No Man’s Sky  (Hello Games) Best Mobile Game Destiny: Rising  (NetEase Games) Persona 5: The Phantom X  (Black Wings Game Studio/ATLUS/Perfect World Games/SEGA) Sonic Rumble  (SEGA) Umamusume: Pretty Derby  (Cygames) Wuthering Waves  (Kuro Games) Best Action Game Battlefield 6  (Battlefield Studios/Electronic Arts) DOOM: The Dark Ages  (id Software/Bethesda Softworks) Hades II  (Supergiant Games) NINJA GAIDEN 4  (Team NINJA/Xbox Game Studios) SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance  (Lizardcube/SEGA) Best Role-Playing Avowed  (Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33  (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive) Kingdom Come: Deliverance II  (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver) Monster Hunter Wilds  (Capcom) The Outer Worlds 2  (Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios) Best Fighting 2XKO  (Riot Games) Capcom Fighting Collection 2  (Capcom) Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves  (SNK Corporation) Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection  (Digital Eclipse/Atari) Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage  (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/SEGA) Best Family Donkey Kong Bananza  (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo) LEGO Party!  (SMG Studio/Fictions) LEGO Voyagers  (Light Brick Studios/Annapurna Interactive) Mario Kart World  (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo) Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds  (Sonic Team/SEGA) Split Fiction  (Hazelight/Electronic Arts) Best Simulation/Strategy The Alters  (11 bit studios) Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles  (Square Enix) Jurassic World Evolution 3  (Frontier Developments) Sid Meier’s Civilization VII  (Firaxis Games/2K) Tempest Rising  (Slipgate Ironworks/3D realms) Two Point Museum  (Two Point Studios/SEGA) Best Multiplayer ARC Raiders  (Embark Studios) Battlefield 6  (Battlefield Studios/Electronic Arts) Elden Ring Nightreign  (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Entertainment) PEAK  (Aggro Crab/Landfall) Split Fiction  (Hazelight/Electronic Arts) You can see the full list of nominees and cast your own votes on the official website . Death Stranding 2: On the Beach marks the most-nominated game from a Japanese developer, with its eight nominations tying Ghost of Yotei and coming in a few behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ’s 12 nominations. Source: The Game Awards official website

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