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Game of the Year
91 predictions#
Grand Theft Auto VI
65%
•
81 votes
#
Resident Evil Requiem
22%
•
88 votes
#
007 First Light
3%
•
49 votes
#
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2%
•
64 votes
#
Control Resonant
2%
•
62 votes
#
Phantom Blade 0
1%
•
57 votes
#
Forza Horizon 6
1%
•
5 votes
#
Splatoon Raiders
1%
•
1 votes
#
Aether & Iron
1%
•
1 votes
#
Youtubers Life 3
1%
•
1 votes
Best Game Direction
72 predictions#
Grand Theft Auto VI
42%
•
62 votes
#
Resident Evil Requiem
26%
•
67 votes
#
Control Resonant
19%
•
60 votes
#
Pragmata
4%
•
52 votes
#
007 First Light
3%
•
43 votes
#
Phantom Blade 0
3%
•
38 votes
#
Pokémon Pokopia
1%
•
6 votes
#
Splatoon Raiders
1%
•
1 votes
#
Mina the Hollower
0%
•
21 votes
#
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
0%
•
19 votes
Best Narrative
71 predictions#
Grand Theft Auto VI
41%
•
60 votes
#
Control Resonant
31%
•
64 votes
#
007 First Light
11%
•
51 votes
#
Resident Evil Requiem
4%
•
43 votes
#
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
3%
•
41 votes
#
Pragmata
3%
•
35 votes
#
The Blood of Dawnwalker
3%
•
26 votes
#
Dispatch
1%
•
19 votes
#
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter
1%
•
2 votes
#
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
1%
•
1 votes
Best Art Direction
71 predictions#
Control Resonant
52%
•
61 votes
#
Grand Theft Auto VI
21%
•
52 votes
#
Mouse: P.I. For Hire
13%
•
57 votes
#
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
4%
•
44 votes
#
Orbitals
3%
•
30 votes
#
Replaced
3%
•
7 votes
#
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
1%
•
5 votes
#
Splatoon Raiders
1%
•
1 votes
#
Nioh 3
1%
•
1 votes
#
Phantom Blade 0
0%
•
30 votes
Best Score and Music
72 predictions#
Grand Theft Auto VI
28%
•
60 votes
#
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve
19%
•
57 votes
#
Control Resonant
17%
•
55 votes
#
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
14%
•
48 votes
#
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
7%
•
47 votes
#
007 First Light
3%
•
32 votes
#
Mina the Hollower
3%
•
4 votes
#
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
3%
•
4 votes
#
Mixtape
1%
•
23 votes
#
Phantom Blade 0
1%
•
18 votes
Best Indie Game
67 predictions#
Mina the Hollower
58%
•
66 votes
#
Big Walk
36%
•
63 votes
#
Cairn
3%
•
44 votes
#
Mewgenics
1%
•
63 votes
#
Mixtape
1%
•
40 votes
#
Denshattack!
0%
•
30 votes
#
Mouse: P.I. For Hire
0%
•
24 votes
#
Dispatch
0%
•
14 votes
#
Esoteric Ebb
0%
•
10 votes
#
Valheim
0%
•
9 votes
Best Mobile Game
61 predictions#
Arknights: Endfield
48%
•
56 votes
#
Pokémon Champions
26%
•
57 votes
#
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
11%
•
51 votes
#
Aniimo
10%
•
53 votes
#
Neverness to Everness
2%
•
38 votes
#
Subway Surfers City
2%
•
10 votes
#
Servant of the Lake
2%
•
3 votes
#
The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin
0%
•
40 votes
#
Dungeon Clawler
0%
•
7 votes
#
Resident Evil: Survival Unit
0%
•
3 votes
Best Action Game
67 predictions#
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
37%
•
61 votes
#
Phantom Blade 0
36%
•
58 votes
#
Gears of War: E-Day
6%
•
53 votes
#
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve
6%
•
44 votes
#
Saros
3%
•
52 votes
#
007 First Light
3%
•
10 votes
#
Control Resonant
3%
•
6 votes
#
Pragmata
1%
•
31 votes
#
Splatoon Raiders
1%
•
18 votes
#
Resident Evil Requiem
1%
•
4 votes
Best Action/Adventure Game
66 predictions#
Grand Theft Auto VI
42%
•
52 votes
#
Resident Evil Requiem
27%
•
61 votes
#
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
12%
•
51 votes
#
Control Resonant
8%
•
56 votes
#
007 First Light
5%
•
58 votes
#
Mina the Hollower
5%
•
32 votes
#
Pragmata
2%
•
26 votes
#
Crimson Desert
0%
•
8 votes
#
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
0%
•
6 votes
#
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
0%
•
4 votes
Best RPG
66 predictions#
The Blood of Dawnwalker
58%
•
65 votes
#
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
21%
•
42 votes
#
Final Fantasy Resonance
6%
•
55 votes
#
Nioh 3
3%
•
37 votes
#
Phantom Blade 0
3%
•
5 votes
#
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales
2%
•
8 votes
#
Esoteric Ebb
2%
•
8 votes
#
Valor Mortis
2%
•
3 votes
#
Beast of Reincarnation
2%
•
3 votes
#
Control Resonant
2%
•
3 votes
Best Multiplayer Game
61 predictions#
Big Walk
79%
•
59 votes
#
Forza Horizon 6
11%
•
47 votes
#
Gears of War: E-Day
2%
•
44 votes
#
Orbitals
2%
•
44 votes
#
Meccha Chamereon
2%
•
39 votes
#
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
2%
•
27 votes
#
Marathon
2%
•
20 votes
#
Splatoon Raiders
2%
•
9 votes
#
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
0%
•
25 votes
#
Valheim
0%
•
6 votes
Best Family Game
63 predictions#
Pokémon Pokopia
84%
•
62 votes
#
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
11%
•
59 votes
#
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
3%
•
51 votes
#
Splatoon Raiders
2%
•
39 votes
#
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
0%
•
45 votes
#
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort
0%
•
25 votes
#
Big Walk
0%
•
22 votes
#
Orbitals
0%
•
19 votes
#
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
0%
•
7 votes
#
Mario Tennis Fever
0%
•
4 votes
Best Sim/Strategy Game
63 predictions#
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
62%
•
57 votes
#
Star Wars Zero Company
27%
•
61 votes
#
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve
5%
•
24 votes
#
Pokémon Pokopia
3%
•
47 votes
#
Mewgenics
2%
•
57 votes
#
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
2%
•
43 votes
#
Cairn
0%
•
29 votes
#
Planet Zoo 2
0%
•
9 votes
#
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
0%
•
6 votes
#
Fields of Mistria
0%
•
3 votes
Best Sports/Racing Game
63 predictions#
Forza Horizon 6
78%
•
62 votes
#
Star Wars: Galactic Racer
17%
•
60 votes
#
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort
2%
•
51 votes
#
WWE 2K26
2%
•
38 votes
#
Kirby Air Riders
2%
•
23 votes
#
EA Sports FC 27
0%
•
39 votes
#
Mario Tennis Fever
0%
•
36 votes
#
NBA 2K27
0%
•
13 votes
#
Cairn
0%
•
6 votes
#
Denshattack!
0%
•
5 votes
Best Fighting Game
63 predictions#
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
92%
•
63 votes
#
Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game
5%
•
59 votes
#
2XKO
3%
•
52 votes
#
Invincible Vs.
0%
•
59 votes
#
My Hero Academia: All's Justice
0%
•
42 votes
#
Dead or Alive 6: Last Round
0%
•
28 votes
#
Marvel Cosmic Invasion
0%
•
12 votes
#
EA Sports UFC 6
0%
•
6 votes
#
Dead as Disco
0%
•
6 votes
#
WWE 2K26
0%
•
6 votes
Best Debut Indie Game
63 predictions#
Mouse: P.I. For Hire
56%
•
61 votes
#
Esoteric Ebb
10%
•
53 votes
#
Meccha Chamereon
8%
•
45 votes
#
Big Walk
8%
•
18 votes
#
Fields of Mistria
3%
•
30 votes
#
Denshattack!
3%
•
5 votes
#
Replaced
2%
•
48 votes
#
Mina the Hollower
2%
•
17 votes
#
Dispatch
2%
•
6 votes
#
Schrödinger's Call
2%
•
6 votes
Best Audio Design
67 predictions#
Resident Evil Requiem
46%
•
62 votes
#
Grand Theft Auto VI
19%
•
56 votes
#
Control Resonant
10%
•
56 votes
#
Forza Horizon 6
7%
•
51 votes
#
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve
7%
•
25 votes
#
Marathon
3%
•
10 votes
#
Saros
1%
•
33 votes
#
Gears of War: E-Day
1%
•
23 votes
#
Big Walk
1%
•
13 votes
#
Splatoon Raiders
1%
•
1 votes
Innovation in Accessibility
59 predictions#
Forza Horizon 6
46%
•
56 votes
#
Marvel's Wolverine
32%
•
50 votes
#
Grand Theft Auto VI
8%
•
41 votes
#
007 First Light
5%
•
51 votes
#
Mina the Hollower
3%
•
11 votes
#
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
2%
•
45 votes
#
Marathon
2%
•
23 votes
#
Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations
2%
•
4 votes
#
Control Resonant
0%
•
13 votes
#
Resident Evil Requiem
0%
•
9 votes
Best Adaptation
67 predictions#
Resident Evil
51%
•
64 votes
#
Fallout (S2)
27%
•
64 votes
#
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
10%
•
62 votes
#
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (S2)
3%
•
58 votes
#
Street Fighter
3%
•
44 votes
#
Iron Lung
3%
•
38 votes
#
Among Us (S1)
3%
•
17 votes
#
Mortal Kombat II
0%
•
17 votes
#
Exit 8
0%
•
6 votes
#
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
0%
•
3 votes
Most Anticipated Game
67 predictions#
Final Fantasy VII Revelation
57%
•
62 votes
#
Persona 6
10%
•
46 votes
#
God of War Laufey
6%
•
58 votes
#
The Witcher IV
6%
•
10 votes
#
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
4%
•
49 votes
#
Kingdom Hearts IV
4%
•
40 votes
#
Resident Evil Veronica
4%
•
40 votes
#
Fable
4%
•
28 votes
#
Stranger Than Heaven
1%
•
20 votes
#
Kirby and the World Beyond
1%
•
1 votes
Best VR/AR Game
54 predictions#
Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow
74%
•
54 votes
#
Aces of Thunder
11%
•
52 votes
#
Star Trek: Infection
4%
•
52 votes
#
City of Hunger
2%
•
48 votes
#
Monkaroon
2%
•
37 votes
#
Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes
2%
•
18 votes
#
Marvel`s Deadpool VR
2%
•
8 votes
#
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
2%
•
3 votes
#
Into the Radius 2
2%
•
1 votes
#
Aerosurfer
0%
•
24 votes
Games for Impact
64 predictions#
Cairn
50%
•
62 votes
#
Mixtape
33%
•
57 votes
#
Life is Strange: Reunion
6%
•
52 votes
#
Big Walk
5%
•
30 votes
#
Pokémon Pokopia
3%
•
10 votes
#
Schrödinger's Call
2%
•
10 votes
#
Grand Theft Auto VI
2%
•
1 votes
#
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies
0%
•
48 votes
#
Dosa Divas
0%
•
30 votes
#
Inkonbini
0%
•
24 votes
Best Performance
57 predictions#
Angela Sant'Albano
as Grace Ashcroft · Resident Evil Requiem
68%
•
56 votes
#
Manni L. Perez
as Lucia · Grand Theft Auto VI
26%
•
52 votes
#
Dylan Rourke
as Jason · Grand Theft Auto VI
4%
•
41 votes
#
Aaron Paul
as Robert · Dispatch
2%
•
39 votes
#
Patrick Gibson
as James Bond · 007 First Light
0%
•
49 votes
#
Grace Saif
as Diana · Pragmata
0%
•
27 votes
#
Anna Demetriou
as Sophia · Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
0%
•
18 votes
#
Liam McIntyre
as Wolverine · Marvel's Wolverine
0%
•
18 votes
#
Frankie Kevich
as Zoe De Vera · Control Resonant
0%
•
12 votes
#
Sean Durrie
as Dylan Faden · Control Resonant
0%
•
7 votes