Japan: Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2020 nominees announced

The Japanese video game awards, the annual Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2020, are set to happen next month on Sunday, 7th March from 19:15 to 21:15 JST. It will be live-streamed via YouTube for everyone to watch in three languages, Japanese, English, and Chinese. The nominees for the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2020 have been announced today and the popular Nintendo Switch exclusive Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been nominated for the prestigious Game of the Year award.

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

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