Nominees for The Game Awards 2021 have been announced leading up to the December 8 ceremony. Even for a year where potentially top contendors like Horizon Forbidden West were delayed into 2022, there is still a strong showing for Game of the Year (GOTY). Most of the list is big-budget AAA titles one might expect, such as Arkane Studios' Deathloop, Nintendo and MercurySteam's Metroid Dread, Insomniac's Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Capcom's Resident Evil Village. However, the stand-out nominee is a smaller and more unique title: Hazelight Studios' It Takes Two.