Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nominated For GOTY At New York Game Awards, Reggie Fils-Aimé To Co-Host

The New York Videogame Critics Circle has announced the nominees for the 10th Annual New York Game Awards, which will be held later this month on January 26th.

Among this year’s nominees is Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which is up for their Game Of The Year Award along with Best Kids Game and Best Music. Other notable nominees include Doom Eternal and Hades.

The event will be held virtually, and broadcast via Twitch and YouTube. In addition, former Nintendo Of America President and Legend Award winner Reggie Fils-Aimé will be appearing as one of the co-hosts.

You can check out the full list of awards and nominees below:

Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• The Last of Us Part II
• Final Fantasy VII: Remake
• DOOM Eternal
• Yakuza: Like A Dragon
• Hades

Central Park Children’s Zoo Award for Best Kids Game

• Dreams
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Moving Out
• Good Job!
• Drake Hollow
• Sackboy: A Big Adventure
• Astro’s Playroom

A-Train Award for Best Mobile Game

• Roundguard
• Necrobarista
• Creaks
• Little Orpheus
• Good Sudoku
• Genshin Impact
• Wide Ocean Big Jacket

Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best AR/VR Game

• Half-Life: Alyx
• Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
• Dreams
• Paper Beast
• Star Wars Squadrons

Off Broadway Award for Best Indie Game

• Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• The Longing: Patience
• Hades
• Fall Guys
• Spiritfarer
• Umurangi Generation

Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Final Fantasy VII: Remake
• The Last of Us Part II
• Teenage Blob
• Hades
• Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Fuser
• Ghost of Tsushima

Statue of Liberty Award for Best World

• Ghost of Tsushima
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
• Final Fantasy VII: Remake
• Microsoft Flight Simulator
• Hades
• Umarangi Generation
• Demon’s Souls
• Cyberpunk 2077 (for PC)

Herman Melville Award for Best Writing

• The Last of Us Part II
• If Found
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
• Hades
• Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Cyberpunk 2077 (for PC)
• Treachery in Beatdown City

Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game

• Laura Bailey as Abby in The Last of Us Part II
• Ashley Johnson as Ellie in The Last of Us Part II
• Briana White as Aerith in Final Fantasy VII: Remake
• August Aiden as Tyler Ronan in Tell Me Why
• Logan Cunningham as Lord Hades / Poseidon / Achilles / Charon / The Storyteller / Asterius in Hades
• Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Keanu Reeves as Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077

Freedom Tower Award for Best Remake

• Final Fantasy VII: Remake
• Resident Evil 3
• Mr. Driller: DrillLand
• Black Mesa
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2
• Demon’s Souls

Captain Award for Best Esports Team

• DAMWOM Gaming
• San Francisco Shock
• Red Bull OG
• Dallas Empire
• TSM

Shea Stadium Award for Best Esports Event

• Street Fighter League
• Overwatch League
• League of Legends Worlds
• IEM Katowice
• Mortal Kombat 11 Final Kombat

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