The Game Awards 2025 – Play Every Xbox Nominated Game Today

November 17, 2025

The Game Awards 2025 – Play Every Xbox Nominated Game Today

Summary

  • We’re excited to share that a half-dozen Xbox first-party titles (plus one movie) have been nominated for awards across multiple categories – voting is now open on The Game Awards official site.
  • You can play many of the nominees announced today with Xbox Game Pass, including top nominee Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, DOOM: The Dark Ages, South of Midnight, and Hollow Knight: Silksong.
  • Tune into The Game Awards on December 11 to see if your favorite games from 2025 take home an award.

The Game Awards has officially revealed the full list of nominees for the year, and we’re thrilled to see such a wide range of unique titles being recognized for their contributions to gaming. Even better, many of these nominees can be played today across Xbox consoles, Xbox on PC, ROG Xbox Ally handhelds, Cloud, and with Xbox Game Pass!

This year our first-party studios received nominations for Avowed, DOOM: The Dark Ages, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Ninja Gaiden 4, South of Midnight, and The Outer Worlds 2. Troy Baker’s pitch-perfect performance as Indiana Jones was recognized with a Best Performance nomination, and ‘A Minecraft Movie’, one of the biggest hits at the box office in 2025, was nominated for Best Adaptation.

We’re also equally excited to see that many of our third-party partners have been nominated across a wide range of categories – many of which can be played with Game Pass. Ball x Pit, Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and Rematch are all up for awards this year, and playable across devices as Xbox Play Anywhere titles. Additionally, Game Pass subscribers receive incredible benefits for nominees League of Legends, Valorant, and – starting tomorrowFortnite.

Congratulations to all this year’s amazing nominees – and don’t forget, these nominations join titles on Xbox nominated across the Golden Joysticks, and even the Grammys!

Remember, you can vote for your favorites right now over at TheGameAwards.com. See below for the full list of nominees that you can play today.

First-Party Nominees


Xbox Play Anywhere

Avowed Standard Edition

Xbox Game Studios


1288

$69.99

$55.99
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass

Nominated for:

  • Best RPG

Xbox Play Anywhere

DOOM: The Dark Ages

Bethesda Softworks


625

$69.99

$55.99
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass

Nominated for:

  • Best Action/Adventure Game
  • Innovation in Accessibility

Xbox Play Anywhere

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Bethesda Softworks


785

$69.99

$55.99
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass

Nominated for:

  • Best Performance: Troy Baker
  • Best Action/Adventure Game

Xbox Play Anywhere

NINJA GAIDEN 4 Standard Edition

Xbox Game Studios


438
$69.99
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass

Nominated for:

  • Best Action/Adventure

Xbox Play Anywhere

The Outer Worlds 2

Xbox Game Studios


303
$69.99
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass

Nominated for:

  • Best RPG

Third-Party Nominees


Xbox Play Anywhere

The Alters

11 bit studios


293

$34.99

$27.99
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass

Nominated for:

  • Best Sim/Strategy

Xbox Play Anywhere

ARC Raiders

Embark Studios


415
$39.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Multiplayer

Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Ubisoft


527
$69.99

Nominated for:

  • Innovation in Accessibility

Xbox Play Anywhere

Atomfall

Rebellion


499

$59.99

$47.99
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass

Nominated for:

  • Innovation in Accessibility

Baldur’s Gate 3

Larian Studios


992
$69.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Community Support

Xbox Play Anywhere

BALL x PIT

Devolver Digital


242

$14.99

$13.49
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass
Free Trial

Nominated for:

  • Best Independent Game

Battlefield™ 6

Electronic Arts


936

$69.99

$62.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Multiplayer
  • Best Action/Adventure

Xbox Play Anywhere

Blue Prince

Raw Fury


247

$29.99

$23.99
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass

Nominated for:

  • Best Independent Game
  • Best Debut Indie Game

Capcom Fighting Collection 2

CAPCOM Co., Ltd.


108
$39.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Fighting Game

Xbox Play Anywhere

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Kepler Interactive


972

$49.99

$39.99
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass

Nominated for:

  • Game of the Year
  • Best Game Direction
  • Best Performance: Ben Starr
  • Best Performance: Charlie Cox
  • Best Performance: Jennifer English
  • Best Narrative
  • Best Art Direction
  • Best Independent Game
  • Best Debut Indie Game
  • Best RPG
  • Best Score and Music
  • Best Audio Design

despelote

Panic


14
$14.99

Nominated for:

  • Games for Impact
  • Best Debut Indie Game

EA SPORTS FC™ 26 Xbox Series X|S

Electronic Arts


259
Free Trial

Nominated for:

  • Innovation in Accessibility
  • Best Sports/Racing

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN

Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.


414
$39.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Multiplayer

F1® 25

Electronic Arts


196

$69.99

$62.99
Free Trial

Nominated for:

  • Best Sports/Racing

FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves – Special Edition

SNK CORPORATION


97

$59.99

$23.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Fighting Game

FINAL FANTASY XIV Online – Starter Edition

SQUARE ENIX


358
$19.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Ongoing
  • Best Community Support

FINAL FANTASY TACTICS – The Ivalice Chronicles

SQUARE ENIX


175
$49.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Sim/Strategy

Fortnite

Epic Games Inc.


2000
Xbox One X Enhanced

Nominated for:

  • Best Ongoing
  • Best Community Support

HELLDIVERS™ 2

PlayStation Publishing LLC


813
$39.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Ongoing
  • Best Community Support

Xbox Play Anywhere

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Team Cherry


478

$19.99

$17.99
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass

Nominated for:

  • Game of the Year
  • Art Direction
  • Best Independent Game
  • Best Action Adventure
  • Best Score and Music

Xbox Play Anywhere

Jurassic World Evolution 3

Frontier Developments


203
$59.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Sim/Strategy

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

Deep Silver


545
$69.99

Nominated for:

  • Game of the Year
  • Best Narrative
  • Best RPG

LEGO® Party!

Fictions


97
$39.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Family

LEGO® Voyagers

Annapurna Interactive


48
$24.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Family

League of Legends

Riot Games


6
PC Game Pass

Nominated for:

  • Best Esports

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

DON’T NOD


211
$39.99

Nominated for:

  • Games for Impact

Marvel Rivals

NetEase Games


1365

Nominated for:

  • Best Ongoing

Monster Hunter Wilds

CAPCOM CO., LTD.


442
$69.99
Free Trial

Nominated for:

  • Best RPG

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection

Atari


198
$49.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Fighting Game

Xbox Play Anywhere

No Man’s Sky

Hello Games


1113

$59.99

$47.99
Xbox One X Enhanced
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass

Nominated for:

  • Best Ongoing
  • Best Community Support

Xbox Play Anywhere

REMATCH

Sloclap, Kepler Interactive


295

$29.99

$23.99
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass

Nominated for:

  • Best Sports/Racing

Split Fiction

Electronic Arts


594

$49.99

$44.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Game Direction
  • Best Multiplayer
  • Best Action Adventure
  • Best Family

Xbox Play Anywhere

SILENT HILL f

KONAMI


221
$69.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Performance: Konatsu Kato
  • Best Narrative
  • Best Audio Design

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance

SEGA


108
$29.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Action/Adventure

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

SEGA


205
$69.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Family
  • Best Sports/Racing

Sid Meier’s Civilization® VII

2K


282
$69.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Sim/Strategy

Two Point Museum

SEGA


68
$29.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Sim/Strategy

VALORANT

Riot Games


878
Xbox Game Pass

Nominated for:

  • Best Esports

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage 30th Anniversary Edition

SEGA


48
$49.99

Nominated for:

  • Best Fighting Game

Wanderstop

Annapurna Interactive


27
$24.99

Nominated for:

  • Games for Impact
  • Best Audio Design

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