Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2020
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The thirteenth annual Game of the Year awards from Giant Bomb.

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Giant Bomb's Game of the Year Awards celebrates 2020's best and worst in the world of video games.

This was the first year that the GOTY process took place in January rather than prior to the Christmas break. This also allowed the deliberations to be broadcast live for the first time ever.

The format this year also returned to the more traditional style of doing award categories each day rather than spending the first few days talking about the year's games in general as in 2018 and 2019.

Deliberations

Bonus Podcasts

The Awards

===Game of the Year===
  1. Hades
  2. Yakuza: Like a Dragon
  3. Spiritfarer (Game)
  4. Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Game)
  5. Astro's Playroom
  6. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  7. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
  8. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2
  9. Kentucky Route Zero (Game)
  10. Animal Crossing: New Horizons||

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===This Does Hang Here===

These are basically honorable mentions that didn't quite make it to the Top 10.

* Granblue Fantasy: Versus (Game)

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===Best Moment or Sequence===

Runners-Up

* Chapter 12 of Yakuza: Like a Dragon

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===Most Distressing Game===

Runners-Up

* Warcraft III: Reforged

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===Party of the Year===

Runners-Up

* Sentinels (13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim)

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===Best Game Feel===

Runners-Up

* Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Game)

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===Best Multiplayer===

Runners-Up

* Among Us (Game)

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===Best Music===

Runners-Up

* Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Game)

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===Best-Looking===

Runners-Up

* The Last of Us Part II (Game)

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===Best Dad===

Runners-Up

* Barret (Final Fantasy VII Remake (Game))

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Staff Picks

Links in names go to each staff members' written breakdown.


===Jeff Gerstmann===
  1. Astro's Playroom
  2. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  3. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2
  4. Hades
  5. Minecraft (Game)
  6. TrackMania
  7. Phantasy Star Online 2 (Game)
  8. Genshin Impact (Game)
  9. Fuser (Game)
  10. Teardown (Game)||

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===Vinny Caravella===
  1. Spiritfarer (Game)
  2. Microsoft Flight Simulator
  3. Paper Mario: The Origami King
  4. The Last of Us Part II (Game)
  5. There is No Game: Wrong Dimension
  6. Hades
  7. Satisfactory (Game)
  8. Destiny 2: Beyond Light
  9. Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Game)
  10. Deep Rock Galactic (Game)||

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===Brad Shoemaker===
  1. Astro's Playroom
  2. Minecraft (Game)
  3. Ori and ste Will of the Wisps
  4. Yakuza: Like a Dragon
  5. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  6. The Last of Us Part II (Game)
  7. Ghost of Tsushima (Game)
  8. Immortals: Fenyx Rising (Game)
  9. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  10. Star Wars: Squadrons||

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===Alex Navarro===
  1. Spiritfarer (Game)
  2. Hades
  3. Kentucky Route Zero (Game)
  4. Yakuza: Like a Dragon
  5. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  6. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  7. Fuser (Game)
  8. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2
  9. Astro's Playroom
  10. Treachery in Beatdown City (Game)||

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===Jason Oestreicher===
  1. Hades
  2. Yakuza: Like a Dragon
  3. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  4. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  5. Nioh 2 (Game)
  6. Streets of Rage 4 (Game)
  7. Granblue Fantasy: Versus (Game)
  8. Ghost of Tsushima (Game)
  9. Astro's Playroom
  10. Maneater (Game)||

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===Ben Pack===
  1. Yakuza: Like a Dragon
  2. Hades
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  4. Final Fantasy VII Remake (Game)
  5. Monster Train (Game)
  6. Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Game)
  7. Ghost of Tsushima (Game)
  8. Among Us (Game)
  9. Risk of Rain 2 (Game)
  10. Dota 2 (Game)||

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===Jan Ochoa===
  1. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
  2. Yakuza: Like a Dragon
  3. Hades
  4. Final Fantasy VII Remake (Game)
  5. Fuser (Game)
  6. One Step From Eden
  7. Fae Tactics (Game)
  8. Genshin Impact (Game)
  9. Sludge Life (Game)
  10. The Last of Us Part II (Game)||

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===Matt Rorie===
  1. Doom Eternal
  • Magic: The Gathering Arena
  • Destiny 2: Beyond Light
  • Hades
  • Desperados III
  • Townscaper
  • A Hand With Many Fingers
  • Wreckfest
  • Deep Rock Galactic

(in no particular order after Doom)

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# Hades
  1. The Last of Us Part II (Game)
  2. Final Fantasy VII Remake (Game)
  3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  4. Yakuza: Like a Dragon
  5. Ghost of Tsushima (Game)
  6. Cyberpunk 2077 (Game)
  7. Doom Eternal (Game)
  8. Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Game)
  9. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2||

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