Astro Bot and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree are the triumphant winners of the New York Game Awards 2025.
The XIV New York Game Awards ceremony took place, where the winners are determined by a professional jury, which includes critics, profile journalists and media personalities.
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Expectedly, the main triumphant was the cute platformer Astro Bot - the game from Sony and Team Asobi won three prizes, including the title of the Best Game of the Year.
Two awards were given to Shadow of the Erdtree for Elden Ring. Silent Hill 2 remake and Metaphor: ReFantazio received only one statuette each, while one of the most highly praised games of 2024, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, received no awards at all.
Remedy Entertainment's Sam Lake received the Andrew Yoon Legend Award and made a nice gesture of dedicating it to the memory of film director David Lynch, who died a few days ago, and acknowledging that his work was Lake's inspiration for many years
The full list of winners can be found below
Best Game of the Year
- Astro Bot (winner);
- Balatro;
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth;
- UFO 50;
- 1000xResist;
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle;
- Metaphor: ReFantazio;
- EA Sports College Football 25.
Best Indie Game
- UFO 50 (winner);
- Tales of Kenzera: ZAU;
- Lorelei and the Laser Eyes;
- Balatro;
- I Am Your Beast;
- 1000xResist;
- Thank Goodness You're Here!
- Neva.
Best Screenplay
- Metaphor: ReFantazio (Winner);
- Harold Halibut;
- 1000xResist;
- Life is Strange: Double Exposure;
- Phoenix Springs;
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
Best Game World Award
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (winner);
- Tales of Kenzera: ZAU;
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth;
- Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess;
- Astro Bot;
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle;
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart of Chornobyl.
Best Music
- Astro Bot (winner);
- Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess;
- Life is Strange: Double Exposure;
- Arco;
- Black Myth: Wukong;
- 1000xResist.
Best Actor Award
- Troy Baker - Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (winner);
- Abubakar Salim - Zau, Zuberi and the echo narrator in Tales of Kenzera: ZAU;
- John Eric Bentley - Barret in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth;
- Hannah Telle as Max Caulfield in Life is Strange: Double Exposure;
- Melina Juergens - Senua in Senua's Saga: Hellblade II;
- Humberly González as Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws.
Best AR/VR Game Award
- Batman: Arkham Shadow (winner);
- Thrasher;
- Umurangi Generation VR;
- Skydance's Behemoth;
- Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire;
- Shattered.
Best Children's Game Award
- Astro Bot (winner);
- Super Mario Party Jamboree;
- Little Kitty, Big City;
- Sonic X Shadow Generations;
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.
Best Mobile Game
- Zenless Zone Zero (winner);
- Rabbids: Legends of the Multiverse;
- Wuthering Waves;
- Ex Astris;
- Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket.
Best Remake
- Silent Hill 2 (winner);
- Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 2 Remastered;
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door;
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth;
- Age of Mythology: Retold;
- Persona 3 Reload.
Hidden Gem Award
- Mouthwashing (winner);
- Ultros;
- Vampire Therapist;
- Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story;
- Mars After Midnight;
- Starstruck: Hands of Time.
Best DLC
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (winner);
- Alan Wake II: Night Springs and The Lake House;
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - Mask of Darkness;
- Remnant II: The Dark Horizon;
- Splatoon 3: Side Order;
- Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred.
Best Gaming Journalist
- Simone De Rochefort and Clayton Ashley (winner);
- Duncan Fyfe;
- Alexis Ong;
- Grant Stoner;
- Mason Andrew Hamberlin;
- Edwin Evans-Thirlwell.
Andrew Yoon's Legend Award
- Sam Lake, screenwriter and creative director at Remedy Entertainment.
Source: New York Game Awards
