The nominees have been announced for the Gamescom awards with Elden Ring nominated in a number of categories including Best PC Game, Best RPG, Best Sony Playstation Game and more.
Elden Ring Leads Gamescom 2021 Awards Nominees
Gamescom Award 2021 nominees are in with 22 categories and one name that keeps coming up in a few of them which isElden Ring. The next FromSoftware title has nominations in five different areas: Best Microsoft Xbox Game, Best PC Game, Best Sony PlayStation Game, Best Action Adventure Game and Best Role Playing Game.
With this many nominations, it’s a wonder if Elden Ring might make an appearance during Opening Night Live and Gamescom. There is no confirmation but it looks like they have a good chance of winning at least one of these categories at least with the number of nominees. Genres Best Action Adventure Game and Best Role Playing Game will be honoured at the Gamescom studio on August 26th and August 27th. There are also a few awards that we will have to wait until the actual gaming show for judging such as Best Announcement, Best Lineup, Best of Gamescom and Best Trailer.
Other nominations for Best RPG have gone to Encased which is currently in development on GOG and Steam Early Acces. Also nominated isTales of Arisewhich releases next month.
Nominees of gamescom award 2021:Winners of the following Platform categories will be announced during gamescom: Opening Night Live on Wednesday, August 25, starting 8:00 PM (CEST).
Best Microsoft Xbox Game
- Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Far Cry 6, Ubisoft
- Halo Infinite, Microsoft
Best Nintendo Switch Game
- Just Dance 2022, Ubisoft
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft
Best PC Game
- Age of Empires IV, Microsoft
- Syberia: The World Before, astragon Entertainment
Best Sony PlayStation Game
- Tales of Arise, Bandai Namco Entertainment
- The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes, Bandai Namco Entertainment
Winners of the following Genre categories will be honored in the gamescom studio on Thursday, August 26, and Friday, August 27.
Best Action Adventure Game
Best Action Game
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction, Ubisoft
Best Family Game
- Run Prop, Run!, PlayTogether Studio
- Super Dungeon Maker, rokaplay
Best Indie Game
- Dorfromantik, Toukana Interactive
- Inua, Arte France
- Lost in Random, Electronic Arts
Best Role Playing Game
- Encased, Koch Media
Best Simulation Game
- Climber: Sky is the Limit, Art Games Studio
- Farming Simulator 22, astragon Entertainment
- Undisclosed Title
Best Sports Game
- FIFA 22, Electronic Arts
- Riders Republic, Ubisoft
Best Strategy Game
- Company of Heroes 3, SEGA
Best Multiplayer Game
Best Ongoing Game
- Apex Legends, Electronic Arts
- Black Desert Online, Pearl Abyss Corp.
- Endzone - A World Apart: Prosperity, Assemble Entertainment
Most Original Game
- Dice Legacy, Koch Media / DESTINYbit
- tERRORbane, Whisper Interactive
Best Announcement
- All announcements, reveals or premieres of gamescom’s partners at gamescom: Opening Night Live are eligible.
Best Lineup
- All gamescom partners having submitted to gamescom award 2021 are eligible.
Best of gamescom
- All category winners of the category groups Genre and Platform are eligible for the main award Best of gamescom.
Best Trailer
- All trailers of gamescom’s partners shown at gamescom: Opening Night Live are eligible.
Winners of the following categories will be announced during the show “Spielesause” on Sunday, August 29.
Best Streamer
- Select partner streamers and content creators are eligible in the online voting.
gamescom “Most Wanted” Consumer Award
- Nominees in all Genre and Platform categories are eligible in the online voting.
HEART OF GAMING Award
- Each and every gamescom highlight is eligible for this extraordinary award: not only games, add-ons, and technologies, but also people, institutions, companies, concepts, or terms.
Geoff Keighley has also shared a hype trailer ahead of Gamescom featuring a number of titles which will be features:
? Wednesday, celebrate what’s next in video games with@gamescomOpening Night Live!
Here’s the hype trailer I edited to get us geared up for Wednesday’s 2-hour live show with 30+ games
Tune in ? 11a PT / 2p ET / 7p BST / 8p CEST to see what we have in store for you ?pic.twitter.com/P6hVM8YdJJ
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley)July 22, 2025
Gamescom: Opening Night Livekicks off on Wednesday, August 25th at 11 AM PT.
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