New York Game Awards 2025: Nominees Announced, Honoring Sam Lake
Gaming Staff • January 7, 2025
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The New York Videogame Critics Circle (NYVGCC) has announced the nominees for the 14th annual New York Game Awards, honoring excellence in video games. The awards will be presented on January 21, 2025, at the Paley Center for Media in New York City. Sam Lake, Creative Director at Remedy Entertainment, will receive the Andrew Yoon Legend Award.
The Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year nominees include Balatro, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, Astro Bot, UFO 50, 1000xResist, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and EA Sports College Football 25. The Off Broadway Award for Best Indie Game nominees are Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, Balatro, I Am Your Beast, UFO 50, 1000xResist, Thank Goodness You're Here!, and Neva.
The Herman Melville Award for Best Writing in a Game nominees are Harold Halibut, Metaphor: ReFantazio, 1000xResist, Life is Strange: Double Exposure, Phoenix Springs, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. The Statue of Liberty Award for Best World nominees include Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, Astro Bot, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
The Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game nominees are Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, Life is Strange: Double Exposure, Astro Bot, Arco, Black Myth Wukong, and 1000xResist. The Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game nominees are Abubakar Salim as Zao, Zuberi and Griot Echo in Tales of Kenzera: ZAO, John Eric Bentley as Barret in Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, Hannah Telle as Max Caulfield in Life is Strange: Double Exposure, Mel
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