21st Game Developers Choice Awards
The 21st Game Developers Choice Awards was an award ceremony by Game Developers Choice Awards for outstanding game developers and video games held on July 21, 2021. The ceremony was held alongside the Independent Games Festival awards, with both events presented through virtual streaming video due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Hades was named as Game of the Year.
Winners and nominees
Nominees were announced on April 20, 2021, Winners were named on July 21, 2021.Game of the Year">Game Developers Choice Award for Game of the Year">Game of the Year
- Hades
- * Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- * Half-Life: Alyx
- * Ghost of Tsushima
- * ''The [Last of Us Part II]''
Best Audio
- Hades
- * Doom Eternal
- * Final Fantasy VII Remake
- * Ghost of Tsushima
- * ''The Last of Us Part II''
Best Debut Developer
- Phasmophobia
- * Carrion
- * Mortal Shell
- * Raji: An Ancient Epic
- * ''Umurangi Generation''
Best Design
- Hades
- * Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- * Half-Life: Alyx
- * Ghost of Tsushima
- * ''The Last of Us Part II''
Best Mobile Game
- Genshin Impact
- * Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
- * If Found...
- * Legends of Runeterra
- * ''The Pathless''
Innovation Award
- Dreams
- * Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
- * Hades
- * Half-Life: Alyx
- * ''Microsoft [Flight Simulator (2020 video game)|Microsoft Flight Simulator]''
Best Narrative
- The Last of Us Part II
- * Final Fantasy VII Remake
- * Ghost of Tsushima
- * Hades
- * ''Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition''
Best Technology
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- * Dreams
- * Ghost of Tsushima
- * Half-Life: Alyx
- * ''The Last of Us Part II''
Best Visual Art">Game Developers Choice Award for Best Visual Art">Best Visual Art
- Ghost of Tsushima
- * Cyberpunk 2077
- * Hades
- * The Last of Us Part II
- * ''Ori and the Will of the Wisps''
Best VR/AR Game
- Half-Life: Alyx
- * Dreams
- * Paper Beast
- * Star Wars: Squadrons
- * ''The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners''
Audience Award
- Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch Productions
Pioneer Award
- Tom Fulp, creator of Newgrounds and co-founder of The Behemoth
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Laralyn McWilliams, director of Free Realms and ''Full Spectrum Warrior''