2025 has been a big year for video games, and the Game Awards aims to concentrate all the successes and enthusiasm into one night of celebration. With musical performances, celebrity guests (Geoff Keighley booked two Muppets this year), and dozens of new game trailers and reveals, it's undeniably one of the biggest industry events of the year.

Whether you tuned in late, missed one of the winners, or chose not to watch at all, this round-up will recap every award. The coveted game of the year trophy will be doled out at the end of the night, but until then, you can continue to check this article, which will be updated live, to see each winner as it's announced.

Here is the full list of nominees (with announced winners in bold):

Game of the Year

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Donkey Kong Bananza
Hades II
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

Best Game Direction

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – WINNER
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Hades II
Split Fiction

Best Narrative

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – WINNER
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Silent Hill f

Best Art Direction

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – WINNER
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Hades II
Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Score & Music

Christopher Larkin - Hollow Knight: Silksong
Darren Korb - Hades II
Lorien Testard - Clair Obscur: Expédition 33 – WINNER
Toma Otowa - Ghost of Yōtei
Woodkid & Ludvig Forssell - Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Best Audio Design

Battlefield 6 – WINNER
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Silent Hill f

Best Performance

Ben Starr as Verso - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Charlie Cox as Gustave - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Erika Ishii as Atsu - Ghost of Yōtei
Jennifer English as Maelle - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – WINNER
Konatsu Kato as Shimizu Hinako - Silent Hill f
Troy Baker as Indiana Jones - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Best Independent Game

Absolum
Ball x Pit
Blue Prince
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – WINNER
Hades II
Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Debut Indie Game

Blue Prince
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – WINNER
Despelote
Dispatch

Games For Impact

Consume Me
Despelote
Lost Records: Blooom & Rage
South of Midnight – WINNER
Wanderstop

Best Action Game

Battlefield 6
Doom: The Dark Ages
Hades II – WINNER
Ninja Gaiden 4
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

Best Action/Adventure Game

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Hollow Knight: Silksong – WINNER
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Split Fiction

Best Role-Playing Game

Avowed
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – WINNER
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Monster Hunter Wilds
The Outer Worlds 2

Best Sim/Strategy Game

The Alters
Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles – WINNER
Jurassic World Evolution 3
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
Tempest Rising
Two Point Museum

Best Fighting Game

2XKO
Capcom Fighting Collection 2
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves – WINNER
Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage

Best Family Game

Donkey Kong Bananza – WINNER
Lego Party!
Lego Voyagers
Mario Kart World
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Split Fiction

Best Sports/Racing Game

EA Sports FC 26
F1 25
Mario Kart World – WINNER
Rematch
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Best Multiplayer

ARC Raiders – WINNER
Battlefield 6
Elden Ring Nightreign
Peak
Split Fiction

Best Ongoing Game

Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Helldivers 2
Marvel Rivals
No Man’s Sky – WINNER

Best Community Support

Baldur’s Gate 3 – WINNER
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Helldivers 2
No Man’s Sky

Best VR/AR Game

Alien: Rogue Incursion
Arken Age
Ghost Town
Marvel’s Deadpool VR
The Midnight Walk – WINNER

Best Mobile Game

Destiny Rising
Persona 5: The Phantom X
Sonic Rumble
Umamusume Pretty Derby – WINNER
Wuthering Waves

Innovation in Accessibility

Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Atomfall
Doom: The Dark Ages – WINNER
EA Sports FC 25
South of Midnight

Best Adaptation

A Minecraft Movie
Devil May Cry
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
The Last of Us Season 2 – WINNER
Until Dawn

Best Esports Game

Counter-Strike 2 – WINNER
Dota 2
League of Legends
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Valorant

Best Esports Athlete

Brawk
Chovy – WINNER
Forsaken
Kakeru
Menard
Zywoo

Best Esports Team

Gen.G (League of Legends)
NRG (Valorant)
Team Falcons (Dota 2)
Team Liquid PH (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang)
Team Vitality (Counter-Strike 2) – WINNER

Content Creator of the Year

Caedrel
Kai Cenat
MoistCr1TiKaL – WINNER
Sakura Miko
The Burnt Peanut

Most Anticipated Game

007 First Light
Grand Theft Auto VI – WINNER
Marvel’s Wolverine
Resident Evil Requiem
The Witcher IV

Player's Voice

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Wurthering Waves – WINNER
Genshin Impact
Dispatch
Hollow Knight: Silksong

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