Elden Ring， Named the best games from Gamescom 2021

Elden Ring， Named the best games from Gamescom 2021

Cologne, Germany’s annual videogames confab gamescom has closed its second consecutive all-digital edition and the conference was also a great digital success. In total, more than 250 speakers offered exciting talks, panels and fireside chats, which is around 50% more content than last year. The conference’s diverse program also offered over 55 hours of live streaming on Twitch and was watched by around 200,000 people.

“gamescom 2021 has relied entirely on the power of the community. Whether co-streaming gamescom: Opening Night Live, joint quests at gamescom EPIX or even our fundraising campaign for the gamescom forest: the many shows, campaigns and the central content hub gamescom now were used millions of times by the community worldwide,” said Felix Falk, Managing Director of games – the Association of the German Games Industry. “In addition, we created a particularly large number of interaction opportunities this year in order to create the incomparable atmosphere of gamescom digitally as well. I am very pleased that gamescom 2021 with its many further developments was so well received. This makes it a great success for us and all the partners involved.”

There set 22 categories of the gamescom awards 2021 and was presented in during Opening Night Live (hosted by Geoff Keighley) and during gamescom studio, jury members and fans agreed on the year’s big winner: Elden Ring. The jury awarded the title Best Action Adventure, Best Role Playing Game, Best Sony PlayStation Game and crowned it with the main prize Best of gamescom. The gamescom fans further chose Elden Ring as their most hotly-anticipated title.

Bandai Namco has emerged victorious from this year’s Gamescom Awards, taking more prizes than any other publisher.

The Japanese firm won six categories, including Best Lineup for a single company and Best Simulation with upcoming theme park title Park Beyond.

Other companies that fared well include Microsoft with three wins — two for Halo Infinite, one for Age of Empires 4 — and Ubisoft — also with three wins, for Fary Cry 6, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope and Riders Republic.

This year’s winners are:

Platform

Best Microsoft Xbox Game: Halo Infinite, Microsoft

Best Nintendo Switch Game: Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft

Best PC Game: Syberia: The World Before, astragon Entertainment

Best Sony PlayStation Game: Elden Ring, FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Europe

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope

Genre

Best Action Adventure Game: Elden Ring, FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Europe

Best Action Game: Far Cry 6, Ubisoft

Best Family Game: Super Dungeon Maker, rokaplay

Best Indie Game: Lost in Random, Zoink Studios / EA Originals

Best Role Playing Game: Elden Ring, FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Europe

Best Simulation Game: Park Beyond, Limbic Entertainment / Bandai Namco Europe

Best Sports Game: Riders Republic, Ubisoft

Best Strategy Game: Age of Empires IV, Microsoft

Best Multiplayer Game: Halo Infinite, Microsoft

Best Ongoing Game: Apex Legends, Electronic Arts

Most Original Game: Dice Legacy, DESTINYbit / Ravenscourt

Consumer Awards

Best Streamer: Fextralife

gamescom “Most Wanted”: Elden Ring, FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Europe

gamescom global Awards

Best Announcement: Saints Row, Volition / Deep Silver

Best Lineup: Bandai Namco Europe

Best of gamescom: Elden Ring, FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Europe

Best Trailer: Saints Row, Volition / Deep Silver

Heart of Gaming Award: Let’s Play 4 Charity

gamescom 2022 will take place in Cologne and online from August 24 to 28.