The nominees of this year’s edition of the Game Awards have finally been announced, and we have some Filipino hopefuls looking to bag the prestigious achievement. The Philippine Team Liquid squad for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and the aforementioned game will be vying for bragging rights on the international stage. Both the game and the team enjoy a massive following in the Philippines, and many will be hoping they earn the chip. Other notable titles are Clair Obsur: Expedition 33 for Game of the Year, Hades 2 for Best Art Direction, and GTA VI for most anticipated game.

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Here’s a full llist of the nominees for the Game Awards 2025:

Game of the Year (GOTY)

• 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 
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach 
• Ghost of Yōtei 
• Hades II 
• Split Fiction

Best Narration

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

Best Art Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach 
• Ghost of Yōtei 
• Hades II 
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Soundtrack

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

Best Audio Design

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

Best Performance

• Ben Starr (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)

Most Impactful Game

• Consume me 
• Despelote 
• Lost Records Bloom and Rage 
• South Of Midnight 
• Wanderstop

Best Evolving Game

• Final Fantasy XIV 
• Fortnite 
• Helldivers 2 
• Arrowhead 
• Marvel Rivals 
• No Man’s Sky  

Best Independent Game

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

Best Mobile Game

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

Best Community Support

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

Innovation in Accessibility

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows 
• Atomfall 
• Doom: The Dark Ages 
• EA Sports FC 26 
• South of Midnight

Best VR / AR Game

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

Best Action Game

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

Best Action-Adventure Game

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach 
• Ghost of Yōtei 
• Indiana Jones and the Ancient Circle 
• Hollow Knight: Silksong 
• Split Fiction

Best RPG

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

Best Fighting Game

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

Best Family Game

• Donkey Kong Bananza 
• LEGO Party! 
• LEGO Voyagers 
• Mario Kart World 
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds 
• Split Fiction

Best Simulation/Strategy Game

• The Alters
• FINAL FANTASY TACTICS – The Ivalice Chronicles 
• Jurassic World Evolution 3 
• Sid Meier’s Civilization VII 
• Tempest Rising 
• Two Point Museum

Best Sports/Racing Game

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

Best Multiplayer Game

• Arc Raiders 
• Battlefield 6 
• Elden Ring Nightreign 
• Peak 
• Split Fiction

Content Creator of the Year

• Caedrel 
• Kai Cenat 
• MoistCr1TiKaL 
• Sakura Miko 
• The Burnt Peanut

Best First Independent Game

• Blue Prince 
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 
• Despelote 
• Dispatch

Best Adaptation

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

Most Anticipated Game

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

Best Esport Game

• Counter-Strike 2 
• DOTA 2 
• League of Legends 
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 
• VALORANT

Best Professional Esport Player

• brawk
• Chovy
• f0rsakeN
• Kakeru
• MenaRD
• Zyw0o

Best Esport Team

• Gen.G – League of Legends 
• NRG – VALORANT 
• Team Falcons – DOTA 2 
• Team Liquid PH – Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 
• Team Vitality – Counter-Strike 2

The Game Awards 2025 will take place on December 11 at the Peacock Center in Los Angeles, California. A livestream of the ceremony will be available on YouTube and Twitch.

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