It Takes Two Wins Game Of The Year At The 2021 Game Awards

Pour one out for Death's Door, snubbed for eternity at TGA 2021

It Takes Two won Game of the Year at the 2021 Game Awards, beating out games like Deathloop and Metroid Dread for the top spot.

Though the slew of “world exclusives!” might have you think otherwise, The Game Awards—also known as E3 Part 2: Geoff Keighley’s Winter Break Edition—are ostensibly about honoring some of the buzziest games of the year. Following last year’s socially distanced charade, the event was IRL this year, with games industry haut monde filing into the Microsoft ƒTheater in sunny Los Angeles, making every games writer posted up in 37ºF New York hot with envy (he said, definitely not feeling scorned at all).

Six blockbusters were up for the top prize this year, but awards were doled out across more than two dozen categories, covering everything from specific genres to technical accolades to “best esports game, presented by GrubHub.” Deliberations were mostly (about 90 percent) determined by a voting body of press and influencers, but 10 percent of the vote is weighted by fan feedback.

What follows is the full list of nominees, with winners highlighted in bold. Congrats to all involved. If your championed game didn’t win big, rest easy knowing it’s GOTY in your heart.

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