Sony Announces PS Blog’s 2021 Game Of The Year Winners

The polls for the PlaySta­tion Blog’s Game of the Year 2021 have been closed for some time, with the win­ners being announced on the blog site. As stat­ed in post, games were “neck and neck” for top spots dur­ing the vot­ing peri­od, with “last minute twists” chang­ing place­hold­ers right before the poll closings.

Those who went to PlaySta­tion’s blog when the polls were open were able to pick for the fol­low­ing cat­e­gories: Best New Char­ac­ter, Best Sto­ry, Best Art Direc­tion, Best Sound­track, Best Mul­ti­play­er Expe­ri­ence, Best Sports Game, Best Acces­si­bil­i­ty Fea­tures, Best Use of DualSense, Best Graph­i­cal Show­case, Best Re-Release, Inde­pen­dent Game of the Year, PS VR Game of the Year, PS4 Game of the Year, PS5 Game of the Year, Stu­dio of the Year, and the Most Antic­i­pat­ed Game of 2022 and Beyond.

As you can tell from the above list, some of these are direct­ly relat­ed to Sony’s PS5 con­sole, includ­ing the use of the DualSense con­troller. Their awards are also based around the Tro­phy sys­tem, so there are tech­ni­cal­ly four win­ners per category. 

You can check out all the top-spot win­ners for the PS Blog in 2021, below:

PS Blog Game of the Year 2021 — Winners

Best New Character

Platinum — Lady Dimitrescu | Resident Evil Village

• Gold — Riv­et | Rachet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Sil­ver — Ten­zo | Ghost of Tsushi­ma Direc­tor’s Cut
• Bronze — Alex Chen | Life is Strange: True Colors

Best Story

Platinum — Resident Evil Village

• Gold — Life is Strange: True Colors
• Sil­ver — Mar­vel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Bronze — Rachet & Clank: Rift Apart

Best Art Direction

Platinum — Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

• Gold — Lit­tle Night­mare II
• Sil­ver — It Takes Two
• Bronze — Hades

Best Soundtrack

Platinum — Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy

• Gold — Ghost of Tsushi­ma: Iki Island expansion
• Sil­ver — Final Fan­ta­sy VII Remake Intergrade
• Bronze — Nier Repli­cant ver. 1.22474487139

Best Multiplayer Experience

Platinum — It Takes Two

• Gold — Call of Duty: Vanguard
• Sil­ver — Bat­tle­field 2042
• Bronze — Final Fan­ta­sy XIV: Endwalker

Best Sports Game 

Platinum — FIFA 22

• Gold — Hot Wheels Unleashed
• Sil­ver — Rid­ers Republic
• Bronze — NBA 2K22

Best Accessibility Features

Platinum — Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut

• Gold — Ratch­et & Clank: Rift Apart
• Sil­ver — Far Cry 6
• Bronze — Mar­vel’s Guardians of the Galaxy

Best Use of DualSense

Platinum — Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

• Gold — Ghost of Tsushi­ma Direc­tor’s Cut
• Sil­ver — Returnal 
• Bronze — Res­i­dent Evil Village

Best Graphical Showcase

Platinum — Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

• Gold — Res­i­dent Evil Village
• Sil­ver — Far Cry 6
• Bronze — Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Best Re-Release

Platinum — Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut

• Gold — Final Fan­ta­sy VII Remake Intergrade
• Sil­ver — Mass Effect Leg­endary Edition
• Bronze — Nier Repli­cant ver. 1.22474487139

Independent Game of the Year

Platinum — Kena: Bridge of Spirits

• Gold — Hades
• Sil­ver — Doki Doki Lit­er­a­ture Club Plus!
• Bronze — Dis­co Ely­si­um — The Final Cut

PS VR Game of the Year

Platinum — Hitman 3

• Gold — Doom 3 VR Edition
• Sil­ver — Sniper Elite VR
• Bronze — I Expect You To Die 2

PS4 Game of the Year

Platinum — Resident Evil Village

• Gold — It Takes Two 
• Sil­ver — Mar­vel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Bronze — Far Cry 6

PS5 Game of the Year

Platinum — Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

• Gold — Res­i­dent Evil Village
• Sil­ver — Returnal 
• Bronze — Mar­vel’s Guardians of the Galaxy

Most Anticipated Game of 2022 and Beyond

Platinum — Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

• Gold — Elden Ring
• Sil­ver — Hori­zon For­bid­den West
• Bronze — Hog­wart’s Legacy

Studio of the Year

Platinum — Insomniac Games

• Gold — Square Enix
• Sil­ver — Capcom
• Bronze — Bandai Namco