Sony picks the best PlayStation games of 2021

The Official PlayStation Blog has summed up the year, picking the best games, the most outstanding characters and the coolest developers.

Resident Evil Village was named Best Game of the Year for PS4 and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart for PS5. By the way, the latter also earned awards for the best graphics, art direction and use of DualSense.

Other important nominations:

• Best Independent Game - Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Best Sports Game - FIFA 22
• Best Multiplayer - It Takes Two.
• Best PS VR Game - Hitman 3
• Best Narrative - Resident Evil Village
• Best Soundtrack - Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
• Best Character - Lady Dimitrescu from Resident Evil Village.
• Best Reissue - Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut.
• Best Use of Accessibility - Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut;
• Studio of the Year - Insomniac Games (Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart).

Most Anticipated Game of 2022 and Beyond became Marvel's Spider-Man 2. She bypassed Elden Ring, Horizon Forbidden West and Hogwart's Legacy.

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