Sable, Psychonauts 2, Life Is Strange: True Colors, Resident Evil 4 VR, and more win at the New York Game Awards

Held by the non-profit group New York Videogame Critics Circle (NYVGCC), the New York Game Awards aims to celebrate the very best the gaming world has to offer by recognising the creators who have worked hard to bring these games to fans. 

Hosted by Reggie Fils-Aimé and Harold Goldberg, the 11th edition of the annual award games show took place virtually and saw a list of winners from various categories including everything from the best writing and world to the best music and acting.

Titles such as Sable managed to bag two awards—the Off Broadway Award for Best Indie Game and the Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game, courtesy of Japanese Breakfast.

Psychonauts 2 also walked away with a double award—the Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year and the Statue of Liberty Award for Best World. 

Let’s not forget Resident Evil 4 VR which snagged the Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best AR/VR Game and the Freedom Tower Award for Best Remake. 

Other games that have won individual awards include Life Is Strange: True Colors with the Herman Melville Award for Best Writing in a Game, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart with the Central Park Children's Zoo Award for Best Kids Game, and NieR Re[in]carnation with the  A-Train Award for Best Mobile Game. 

Here is the list of winners for each category: 

• Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year: Psychonauts 2

• Off Broadway Award for Best Indie Game: Sable

• Herman Melville Award for Best Writing in a Game: Life Is Strange: True Colors

• Statue of Liberty Award for Best World: Psychonauts 2

• Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game: Sable

• Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game: Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu – Resident Evil VIllage

• Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best AR/VR Game: Resident Evil 4 VR

• Central Park Children's Zoo Award for Best Kids Game: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

•  A-Train Award for Best Mobile Game: NieR Re[in]carnation

• Freedom Tower Award for Best Remake: Resident Evil 4 VR

• Captain Award for Best Esports Team: Natus Vincere a.k.a. Na'Vi (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)

• Joltin' Joe Award for Best esports Player of the Year:  Genki "Gen" Kumisaka (Tekken 7 for Donuts USG)

• Knickerbocker Award for Best Games Journalism: Rebekah Valentine – Investigative reporting

• Andrew Yoon Legend Award Recipient: Tim Schafer