The Game Awards 2020 - Our Yearly Predictions [Updated]

As is a tradition at this point, Dylan, Ashley and Ciaran dropped their predictions for who will win and what 5 games they expected to get trailers/reveals during The Game Awards 2020.

Rules & Regulations

You’re awarded 1 point for a correct prediction of a winner in any category.

Prediction trailers/reveals earn your 1 point if your prediction is simple, eg: ”Half-Life 3 is revealed.” You can earn up to two points of a correct prediction if your prediction contains at least 3 variables, eg: ”Half-life 3 is revealed with a gameplay trailer that ends with a Summer 2021 release date.” If Half-Life 3 was revealed with only a Summer 2021 release date, you’d earn 1.5/2 total points. However, if Half-Life 3 was revealed with 0 of the other factors included in your prediction, you’ll only earn .5 points.

Here are all of their predictions as discussed on Arcade Couch.

TRAILERS/REVEAL PREDICTIONS

Ashley Hobley

God of War 2 – Holiday 2021. Teaser where Thor is revealed properly. [0]
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – 2022. Harry Osbourne showed in the trailer. [0]
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II – June-July 2021. Developer interview. [0]
Platinum games logo comes up — it’s Babylon’s Fall! – 2021 release date. [0]
At least 6 new IP games from third-party publishers. [0]

Ciaran Marchant

A full cinematic Elden Ring trailer. No release date. [0]
Bayonetta 3 trailer with 2021 release card at the end of the video. [0]
Gotham Knights trailer with a focus on the Court of Owls. [0]
Silent Hill exclusive for PlayStation trailer. [0]
Breath of the Wild 2 trailer with a holiday 2021 release date. [0]

Dylan Blight

Hideo Kojima, nonsense CGI trailer for a new game. A recognisable actor is seen in the trailer. [0]
The Initiative reveals their “AAAA” game with a tentative 2021 release date. [.5]
WB Games show Hogwarts Legacy with gameplay and release date.
The Last of Us Factions (or whatever it’s called) properly revealed with shadow drop out today (or tomorrow, close enough to be considered a shadow drop.) [0]
Final Fantasy VII Remake Special Edition announced with slightly new content like new missions or something and then a teaser for Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 2. [0]

WINNER PREDICTIONS

GAME OF THE YEAR

Doom Eternal (ID Software/Bethesda)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix)
Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE)
Hades (Supergiant Games) [DYLAN – 0]
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)
The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE) [CIARAN -1 ], [ASHLEY – 1]

BEST GAME DIRECTION

Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix)
Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE)
Hades (Supergiant Games) [DYLAN – 0], [CIARAN – 1]
Half-Life: Alyx (Valve)
The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE) [ASHLEY – 2]

BEST NARRATIVE

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (written by George Kamitani)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (written by Kazushige Nojima, Motomu Toriyama, Hiroaki Iwaki, and Sachie Hirano)
Ghost of Tsushima (written by Ian Ryan, Liz Albl, Patrick Downs, Jordan Lemos, Nate Fox)
Hades (written by Greg Kasavin) [ASHLEY – 2]
The Last of Us Part II (written by Neil Druckman and Halley Gross) [DYLAN- 1], [CIARAN – 2]

BEST ART DIRECTION

Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix)
Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE) [ASHLEY – 3]
Hades (Supergiant Games) [DYLAN – 1], [CIARAN – 2]
Ori and The Will of the Wisps (Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios)
The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE)

BEST SCORE & MUSIC

Doom Eternal (composed by Mick Gordon)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (composed by Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamazu, and Mitsuto Suzuki)
Hades (composed by Darren Korb) [DYLAN – 1], [CIARAN – 2], [ASHLEY – 3]
Ori and The Will of the Wisps (composed by Gareth Coker)
The Last of Us Part II (composed by Gustavo Santaolalla, additional music by Mac Quayle)

BEST AUDIO DESIGN

Doom Eternal (ID Software/Bethesda) [CIARAN – 2]
Half-Life: Alyx (Valve)
Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE) [DYLAN – 1]
Resident Evil 3 (Capcom)
The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE) [ASHLEY – 4]

BEST PERFORMANCE

Ashley Johnson as Ellie (The Last of Us Part II) [ASHLEY – 4]
Laura Bailey as Abby (The Last of Us Part II) [DYLAN – 2], [CIARAN – 3]
Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai (Ghost of Tsushima)
Logan Cunningham as Hades (Hades)
Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales (Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales)

GAMES FOR IMPACT

If Found… (Dreamfeel)
Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition (Cardboard Computer)
Spiritfarer (Thunder Lotus Games)
Tell Me Why (DontNod Entertainment/Xbox Games Studios) [DYLAN – 3], [CIARAN – 4], [ASHLEY – 5]
Through The Darkest of Times (Paintbucket Games)

BEST ONGOING

Apex Legends (Respawn/EA) [DYLAN – 3], [CIARAN – 4]
Destiny 2 (Bungie)
Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward/Activision/Raven Software)
Fortnite (Epic Games) [ASHLEY – 5]
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

BEST INDIE

Carrion (Phobia Games Studio/Devolver)
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic/Devolver)
Hades (Supergiant Games) [DYLAN – 4], [CIARAN – 5], [ASHLEY – 6]
Spelunky 2 (Mossmouth)
Spiritfarer (Thunder Lotus Games)

BEST MOBILE GAME

Among Us (Innersloth) [CIARAN – 6]
Call of Duty Mobile (Timi Studios/Activision) [DYLAN – 4]
Genshin Impact (Mihoyo) [ASHLEY – 6]
Legends of Runeterra (Riot Games)
Pokemon Cafe Mix (Genius Sonority)

BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Apex Legends (Respawn/EA) [DYLAN – 4]
Destiny 2 (Bungie)
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic/Devolver) [CIARAN – 7], [ASHLEY – 7]
Fortnite (Epic Games)
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Valorant (Riot Games)

BEST VR/AR

Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE)
Half-Life: Alyx (Valve) [DYLAN – 5], [CIARAN – 8], [ASHLEY – 8]
Marvel’s Iron Man VR (Camouflaj/SIE)
Star Wars: Squadrons (Motive Studios/EA)
The Walking Dead: Saint & Sinners (Skydance Interactive)

INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft Montreal)
Grounded (Obsidian Entertainment)
Hyperdot (Tribe Games)
The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE) [DYLAN – 6], [CIARAN – 9], [ASHLEY – 9]
Watch Dogs Legion (Ubisoft Toronto)

BEST ACTION

Doom Eternal (ID Software/Bethesda) [ASHLEY – 9]
Hades (Supergiant Games) [DYLAN – 7], [CIARAN – 10]
Half-Life: Alyx (Valve)
Nioh 2 (Team Ninja)
Streets of Rage 4 (Dotemu)

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft Montreal)
Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE) [DYLAN – 7], [CIARAN – 10]
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games/SIE) [ASHLEY – 9]
Ori and The Will of The Wisps (Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios)
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn/EA)
The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE)

BEST ROLE PLAYING

Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) [DYLAN – 8]
Genshin Impact (Mihoyo)
Persona 5 Royal (Atlus/P Studio/Sega) [CIARAN – 10], [ASHLEY – 9]
Wasteland 3 (Inxile/Deep Silver)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Ryu Ga Gotoku/Sega)

BEST FIGHTING

Granblue Fantasy: Versus (Arc System Works/CyGames/XSeed)
Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate (Netherrealm Studios/WB Games) [DYLAN – 9], [CIARAN – 11], [ASHLEY – 10]
Street Fighter V: Champion Edition (Dimps/Capcom)
One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco)
Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late[CL-R] (French Bread/Arc System Works/Aksys

BEST FAMILY

Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) [CIARAN – 12], [ASHLEY – 11]
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (Toys For Bob/Activision)
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic/Devolver)
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (Velan Studios/Nintendo)
Minecraft Dungeons (Mojang/Double Eleven/Xbox Game Studios) [DYLAN – 9]
Paper Mario: The Origami King (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)

BEST SIM/STRATEGY

Crusader Kings III (Paradox Development Studio/Paradox)
Desperados III (Mimimi Games/THQN)
Gears Tactics (Splash Damage/The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios)
Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo/Xbox Game Studios) [DYLAN – 10], [CIARAN – 13], [ASHLEY – 12]
XCOM: Chimera Squad (FIRAXIS/2K)

BEST SPORTS/RACING

Dirt 5 (Codemasters Cheshire/Codemasters)
F1 2020 (Codemasters Birmingham/Codemasters)
FIFA 21 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania)
NBA 2K21 (Visual Concepts/2K)
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 (Vicarious Visions/Activision) [DYLAN – 11], [CIARAN – 14], [ASHLEY – 13]

BEST MULTIPLAYER

Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)
Among Us (Innersloth) [DYLAN – 12], [CIARAN – 15], [ASHLEY – 14]
Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward/Activision/Raven Software)
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic/Devolver Digital)
Valorant (Riot Games)

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR

Alanah Pearce [ASHLEY – 14]
Jay-Ann Lopez [DYLAN – 12]
Nickmercs
TimTheTatMan
Valkyrae [CIARAN – 16]

BEST DEBUT GAME

Carrion (Phobia Game Studio/Devolver Digital) [CIARAN – 16]
Mortal Shell (Cold Symmetry/Playstack)
Raji: An Ancient Epic (Nodding Heads Games)
Roki (Polygon Treehouse) [DYLAN – 12]
Phasmophobia (Kinetic Games) [ASHLEY – 15]

BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE

Ian “Crimsix” Porter (Call of Duty) [CIARAN – 16], [ASHLEY – 15]
Heo “Showmaker” Su (League of Legends) [DYLAN – 13]
Kim “Canyon” Geon-Bu (League of Legends)
Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro (Call of Duty)
Matthieu “Zywoo” Herbaut (CSGO)

BEST ESPORTS COACH

Danny “Zonic” Sorensen (CSGO)
Dae-Hee “Crusty” Park (OWL) [CIARAN – 16]
Fabian “Grabbz” Lohmann (LOL) [ASHLEY – 15]
Lee “Zefa” Jae-Min (LOL) [DYLAN – 13]
Raymond “Rambo” Lussier (COD)

BEST ESPORTS EVENT

Blast Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals (CS:GO)
Call of Duty League Championship 2020 (Call of Duty)
IEM Katowice 2020 (CS:GO)
League of Legends World Championship 2020 (League of Legends) [DYLAN – 14], [CIARAN – 17] [ASHLEY – 16]
Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020 (Overwatch)