IGN Japan's editorial team today released the results for the 2021 Game of the Year.
The selection is based on games released between December 1, 2020 and November 30, 2021, so Halo: Infinity is not eligible for the selection, while Cyberpunk 2077 is included.
Games that are not in Japanese were also not eligible for judging, such as Brain Crew 2, which is only supported in English.
The selection results are divided into two parts, one is the winner and nominated game of the game in each category, and the other is the annual TOP10, and the first place is naturally IGN Japan's game of the year.
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Winner of the annual category
Best Game Design Award: Mitterrod: Survival Fear
Nominated: "Trip for Two", "Hades"
Innovation Award: "Evil Meditation"
Nominated: "Two-Person Trip", "Death Cycle"
Best Visual Effects Award: Cyberpunk 2077
Nominated: Forza Horizon 5, Fantasian
Best Sound Effects Award: Cyberpunk 2077
Nominated: "Two-Man Trip", "Evil Meditation"
Best Acoustic Music Award: "Paradise Island Killer"
Nominated: "Route Ninety-Six", "Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy"
Best Story Award: Guardians of the Galaxy
Nominated: "Route Ninety-Six", "Death of Judgment, Obliterated Memory"
Best Indie Game: "Hades"
Nominated: "Evil Meditation", "The Good Life"
Best Family Game: Super Mario 3D World + Rage World
Nominated: "Trip for Two", "Forza Motorsport: Horizon 5"
Best Multiplayer Game: "Duo Trip"
Nominated: Monster Hunter: Rise, Pokémon Assemblage
Best Continuous Update Game: Collection! Animal Forest Friends Association》
Nominated: Final Fantasy XIV, Apex Heroes
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Top 10 games of the year
10. The Legend of Dawn
9. Resident Evil: The Village
8.《Hades》
7. "Death Cycle"
6. "Evil Meditation"
5. Forza Horizon 5
4. Monster Hunter Rises
3. "Trip for Two"
2. "Mitterrod: Survival Fear"
1. Cyberpunk 2077 pc version
In summary, unlike the dismal results of nothing in TGA 2021, Cyberpunk 2077 has achieved a good performance in this IGN Japan Game of the Year awards: 1 Game of the Year, 2 individual awards, although the single award title is a bit embarrassing for this open world role-playing masterpiece...
Now that it is also near the end of the year, various game awards and media awards will be released one after another, such as IGN (USA), Gamespot Game of the Year, PCGamer and other media awards are still quite weighty, everyone can continue to pay attention to and look forward to it.