Do we need even more proof that the smaller companies know how to make a good game well look no further than this year’s Game of the Year, It Takes Two. The game was one of the few that won multiple awards. It Takes Two also won Best Multiplayer and Best Family. Forza Horizon 5 took away three awards throughout the course of the night, Best Sports/Racing game, Best Audio Design, and Innovation in Accessibility. Deathloop decided to join in the fun as well taking away multiple awards. Arkane’s latest won the Best Art Direction and Best Game Direction categories.

Final Fantasy XIV Online, Kena: Bridge of Spirits also took home multiple awards. Kena Bridge of Spirits won Best Indie and Best Indie Debut. Final Fantasy XIV Online won Best Ongoing and Best Community Support categories.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Esports Event: 2021 League of Legends World Championship

Best Esports Coach: Kim “Kkoma” Jeong-Gyun

Best Esports Team: Natus Vincere (CS: GO)

Best Esports Athlete: Chris “Simp” Lehr

Best Esports Game: League of Legends

Most Anticipated Game: Elden Ring

Player’s Voice: Halo Infinite 

Best Indie Debut: Kena: Bridge of Spirits 

Content Creator of the Year: Dream

Best Multiplayer: It Takes Two

Best Sports/Racing Game: Forza Horizon 5 

Best Sim/Strategy Game: Age of Empires IV

Best Family: It Takes Two

Best Fighting: Guilty Gear -Strive-

Best Role-Playing: Tales of Arise 

Best Action/Adventure: Metroid Dread

Best Action: Returnal

Best VR/AR: Resident Evil 4

Innovation in Accessibility: Forza Horizon 5 

Best Community Support: Final Fantasy XIV Online 

Best Mobile: Genshin Impact

Best Indie: Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Best Ongoing: Final Fantasy XIV Online 

Games for Impact: Life is Strange: True Colors

Best Performance: Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu (Resident Evil Village)

Best Audio Design: Forza Horizon 5 

Best Score and Music: Nier Replicant 

Best Art Direction: Deathloop

Best Narrative: Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy 

Best Game Direction: Deathloop 

Game of the Year: It Takes Two