Forza Horizon 5, Psychonauts 2 and Age of Empires 4.
Stevivor’s Game of the Year awards for 2021 are almost complete. Today, we award the Best Xbox game of the year… and this one’s a three-way tie.
While a title like Deathloop was in the running (how confusing is that?), we’ve ultimately stuck with two titles available only on Xbox and PC — Forza Horizon 5 and Age of Empires 4 — alongside the multiplatform Psychonauts 2.
“It’s fun, only structured if you want it to be, and seems to exist purely to make sure you have a good time,” Alice said of Playground Games’ Forza Horizon 5 in her review.
“Psychonauts 2 is uplifting and very old-school, a colourful barrage of colours and mish-mashed designs that — most importantly — doesn’t take itself seriously,” I said of Double Fine’s latest. “At the same time, it very much does; it’s hard not to when dealing with the inner workings of the mind.”
“The strategic polish of two decades is on display in Age of Empires 4, both in the history of this series and the pedigree of the developer,” Stuart said in his review of Relic and World’s Edge’s latest.
Our GOTY 2021 awards end in just two days; the full schedule is below.
Congratulations to Microsoft, Playground Games, Double Fine, Relic and World’s Edge for the wins.
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Forza Horizon 59 November 2021, 29 April 2025 (PS5)PC PS5 Xbox One Xbox Series S & X
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Psychonauts 225 August 2021PC PS4 Xbox One Xbox Series S & X |
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Age of Empires 429 October 2021PC |
Stevivor GOTY Awards 2021
- Best Sports/Racing: Forza Horizon 5
- Best RPG: Cyberpunk 2077
- Best Action/Action-Adventure: Deathloop
- Best Multiplayer game: It Takes Two
- Best Ongoing game: Dead by Daylight
- Best Indie game: Inscryption
- Best Audio & Sound Design: The Artful Escape
- Best Narrative: Guardians of the Galaxy
- Best Direction: Deathloop
- Best PC game: Inscryption
- Best Switch game: Metroid Dread
- Best Xbox game: Forza Horizon 5, Psychonauts 2 and Age of Empires 4
- Best PlayStation game: Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart
- The runners-up
- Game of the Year: Deathloop
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