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Famitsu has revealed the list of nominees for the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2021. This award presentation will give honors to specific game titles based on Japanese user votes.
Tales of Arise, Resident Evil Village, and Uma Musume: Pretty Derby have noticeably occupied many award nominations in this list. These titles are highly popular in Japan, and all of them made their way into the top five most-searched video game titles in the country in 2021.
Here is the full list of nominees for the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2021:
Game of the Year
- Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
- Tales of Arise
- Resident Evil Village
- Monster Hunter Rise
- Lost Judgment
MVC – Most Valuable Creator
- Capcom’s Resident Evil Village development team
- Cygames’ Uma Musume: Pretty Derby development team
- Masahiro Sakurai (creator of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)
- Sega’s Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
- Naoki Yoshida (producer of Final Fantasy XIV)
Best Scenario
- Tales of Arise
- Buddy Mission BOND
- Lost Judgment
Best Graphics
- Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
- Tales of Arise
- Resident Evil Village
Best Music
- Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
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- Monster Hunter Rise
Best Actor
- Takuya Kimura as Takayuki Yagami in Lost Judgment
- Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai in Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut
- Maggie Robertson as Alcina Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village
Best Voice Actor
- Hitomi Ueda as Gold Ship in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
- Shino Shimoji as Shionne in Tales of Arise
- Daisuke Namikawa as Chesley Nichols in Buddy Mission BOND
Best Character
- Alphen from Tales of Arise
- Ethan Winters from Resident Evil Village
- Gold Ship from Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
Best Online Game
- Apex Legends
- Genshin Impact
- Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
Best Action
- Hades
- Monster Hunter Rise
- Returnal
Best Action Adventure
- Resident Evil Village
- Metroid Dread
- Lost Judgment
Best Adventure
- Jack Jeanne
- Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-
- Buddy Mission BOND
Best RPG
- The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki
- Shin Megami Tensei V
- Tales of Arise
Best Indie Game
- Eastward
- Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
- Hades
Best Rookie
- Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
- Scarlet Nexus
- Buddy Mission BOND
Best Esports Game
- Apex Legends
- Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
- Valorant
Famitsu will announce the winners of the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2021 on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 20:30 JST (6:30 AM ET). The Japanese media outlets have been holding their own annual award ceremonies for several years. They gave the Game of the Year award in the 2020 edition to Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Pokemon Sword and Shield won the same award in the 2019 edition.
