Chovy Is Nominated for Best Esports Athlete: All Game Awards 2025 Nominees

The complete list of The Game Awards nominees is out! 2025 has been a remarkable year for gaming, both in and out of esports. Now, it's time to award the titles, teams, players, and creative minds that continue to propel the gaming industry forward.

With the nominations announced, The Game Awards 2025 voting is officially open. Head over to the official voting site and select the candidates that you believe stand above the rest.

Without further ado, let's take a look at the complete list of the 2025 Game Awards nominees before the winners are declared on December 11th.

Chovy, ZywOo, Caedrel, and NRG Receive Esports Recognition

The Game Awards are about all things gaming. For us esports fanatics, though, some awards shine brighter than others. In the world of competitive gaming, a few players, teams, and titles have stood out throughout the year, and are now receiving some well earned recognition.

Best Esports Game

• Counter-Strike 2
• DOTA 2
• League of Legends
• VALORANT
• Mobile Legends Bang Bang

Best Esports Athlete

• Brock "brawk" Somerhalder
• Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon
• Jason "f0rsakeN" Susanto
• Kakeru "Kakeru" Watanabe
• Saul Leonardo "MenaRD" Mena II
• Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut

Best Esports Team

• Gen.G – League of Legends
• NRG – VALORANT
• Team Falcons – DOTA 2
• Team Liquid PH – Mobile Legends Bang Bang
• Team Vitality – Counter-Strike 2

Content Creator of the Year

• Caedrel
• Kai Cenat
• MoistCr1TiKaL
• Sakura Miko
• THE BURNT PEANUT

All Other 2025 Game Awards Nominees

Best Performance

• Ben Starr – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Charlie Cox – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Jennifer English – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Konatsu Kato – SILENT HILL f
• Troy Baker – Indiana Jones & the Great Circle

Best Ongoing Game

• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fornite
• Helldivers II
• MARVEL Rivals
• No Man’s Sky

Best Mobile Game

• Destiny Rising
• PERSONA 5 The Phantom X
• Sonic Rumble
• Umamusume Pretty Derby
• Wuthering Waves

Best Art Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hades II
• Hollow Knight Silksong

Best Score & Music

• Christopher Larkin – Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Darren Korb – Hades II
• Laurien Testard – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Toma Otowa – Ghost of Yotei
• Woodkid & Ludvig Forrsell – Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Best Audio Design

• Battlfield 6
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• SILENT HILL f

Best Adaptation

• A Minecraft Movie
• Devil May Cry
• Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
• The Last of US Season 2
• Until Dawn

Best Narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Kingdom Come Deliverance II
• SILENT HILL f

Best Community Support

• Baldur’s Gate III
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fornite
• Helldivers II
• No Man’s Sky

Games for Impact

• Consume Me
• Despelote
• Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
• South of Midnight
• Wanderstop

Best Multiplayer

• ARC Raiders
• Battlefield 6
• Elden Ring: Nightreign
• Peak
• Split Fiction

Best Independent Game

• Absolum
• BALL x PIT
• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Hades II
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Debut Indie Game

• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Despolote
• Dispatch
• MEGABONK

Best VR/AR Game

• Alien: Rogue Incursion – Part One
• Arken Age
• Ghost Town
• MARVEL Deadpool VR
• The Midnight Walk

Most Anticipated Game

• 007: First Light
• Grand Theft Auto VI
• MARVEL Wolverine
• Resident Evil: Requiem
• The Witcher IV

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Indiana Jones & the Great Circle
• SPLIT/FICTION

Best Role-Playing Game

• Avowed
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Kingdom Come Deliverance II
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• The Outer Worlds 2

Best Fighting Game

• 2XKO
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2
• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
• MORTAL KOMBAT: Legacy Kollection
• Virtua Fighter 5: R.E.V.O World Stage

Best Action Game

• Battlefield 6
• DOOM: The Dark Ages
• Hades II
• NINJA GAIDEN 4
• SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance

Innovation in Accessibility

• Assassin’s Creed: Shadows
• Atomfall
• DOOM: The Dark Ages
• EA Sports FC 26
• South of Midnight

Best Family Game

• Donkey Kong Bananza
• LEGO Party
• LEGO Voyagers
• Mario Kart World
• Sonic Racing Crossworlds
• SPLIT/FICTION

Best Sim/Strategy Game

• The Alters
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
• Jurassic World Evolution 3
• Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
• Tempest Rising
• Two Point Museum

Best Sports/Racing Game

• EA Sports FC 26
• EA Sports F1 25
• Mario Kart World
• REMATCH
• Sonic Racing Crossworlds

Best Game Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hades II
• SPLIT/FICTIOn

Game of the Year

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Hades II
• Hollow Knight Silksong
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

When Are The Game Awards 2025?

All of 2025's The Game Awards winners will be announced on December 11th at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.

To find out which games, players, and personalities will come away with some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, make sure to tune in to the official Twitch or YouTube channels for The Game Awards 2025 to watch the ceremony live.

Before that, remember that you have until December 10th to cast your votes for the nominees you think deserve the recognition the most at this year's The Game Awards.

Follow Strafe Esports for all the latest esports news and our X account for the latest content and coverage. Also, stay tuned to Strafe YouTube for exclusive interviews, press conferences, and more.

Featured image credit: The Game Awards

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