2020 Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards Nominees Include FFVII Remake and Ghost of Tsushima

The games nominated for the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2020 have been announced. The live broadcast to reveal the winners will be held on March 7, 2021, from 19:15 to 21:15 JST. It will be available to watch in three languages, Japanese, English, and Chinese, on YouTube, Niconico, Periscope, Twitch, bilibili, and Weibo.

The Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2020 nominees are:

Game of The Year

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Ghost of Tsushima 
• The Last of Us: Part II 
• Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
• Final Fantasy VII Remake 

MVC ~ Most Valuable Creator~

• Edelweiss (Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin)
• Sucker Punch Productions (Ghost of Tsushima)
• Nintendo’s Animal Crossing development team (Animal Crossing: New Horizons)

Best Narrative

• The Last of Us: Part II
• Final Fantasy VII Remake
• Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Best Graphics

• Ghost of Tsushima 
• The Last of Us: Part II 
• Final Fantasy VII Remake 

Best Music

• Ghost of Tsushima 
• Final Fantasy VII Remake 
• Persona 5 Strikers 

Best Performance (Actor)

• Keanu Reeves (as Johnny Silverhand, Cyberpunk 2077)
• Daisuke Tsuji (as Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima)
• Ken Yasuda (as Nanba, Yakuza: Like a Dragon)

Best Performance (Voice Actor)

• Takahiro Sakurai (as Cloud Strife, Final Fantasy VII Remake)
• Kazuya Nakai (as Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima)
• Kazuhiro Nakaya (as Ichiban Kasuga, Yakuza: Like a Dragon)

Best Character

• Ichiban Kasuga (Yakuza: Like a Dragon)
• Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII Remake)
• Jin Sakai (Ghost of Tsushima)

Best Online Game

• Apex Legends 
• Final Fantasy XIV 
• Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout 

Best Action Game

• Hyrule Warriors: The Age of Calamity
• Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
• Nioh 2

Best Action-Adventure Game

• Ghost of Tsushima 
• The Last of Us: Part II 
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales 

Best Adventure Game

• ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos
• Kowloon Youma Gakuenki: Origin of Adventure 
• Life is Strange 2

Best RPG

• Genshin Impact 
• Final Fantasy VII Remake 
• Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Best Indie Game

• Among Us 
• Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin 
• Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

Best Rookie Game

• Ghost of Tsushima
• Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
• Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

Best Esports Game

• eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2020
• Apex Legends 
• VALORANT 

The Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2020 live broadcast to announce the winners will be March 7, 2021, from 19:15 until 21:15 JST. It will stream in English on YouTube and Twitch. In terms of domestic honors, The Game Awards 2020 showwas held back in December 2020.