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The Game Awards 2021: Watch ‘Breath of the Wild 2’ Compete For Most Anticipated Game With ‘Elden Ring,’ ‘God of War Ragnarök,’ and More

At the 2021 Game Awards, ‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ sequel looks to take home the Most Anticipated Game award as it competes with ‘God of War Ragnarök,’ ‘Elden Ring,’ ‘Horizon Forbidden West,’ and ‘Starfield,’ all games set to release at various point in 2022.
by Andrew Addessi
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The 2021 Game Awards stream on Dec. 9 at 8 pm EST with many hopeful nominees. In the category for Most Anticipated Game, Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel hopes to take home the Game Award from Sony’s God of War Ragnarök, FromSoftware, and Bandai Namco’s Elden Ring, and more. Will the Game Awards give BOTW 2 the prize, or will Link need to sleep off the loss in the Shrine of Resurrection?

Link skydives in the Sequel to 'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild' competes at the 2021 Game Awards
Link from the Sequel to ‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ | Nintendo

What are the nominees for Most Anticipated Game besides ‘Breath of the Wild’ at the 2021 Game Awards?

Nintendo‘s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel has some stiff competition at the 2021 Game Awards. Five games total have nominations for Most Anticipated Game.

The list of the nominees includes Elden Ring from FromSoftware/Bandai Namco, set to release on February 25, 2022. Then, God of War Ragnarök from Sony Santa Monica/SIE plans a vague 2022 release date.

Meanwhile, Horizon Forbidden West from Guerrilla Games/SIE focuses on a February 18, 2022 release date. The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild from Nintendo has a vague 2022 release date. 

Then the last nominee, Starfield from Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda, plans to release on November 11, 2022.

What does each game hold in store for players?

All five nominees have a planned 2022 release date, some early in the year, some later. 2021 Game Awards contender Breath of the Wild 2 has only confirmed 2022 as a release date.

“Elden Ring tells the story of the Tarnished who was banished from The Lands Between. With the titular Elden Ring now shattered, you build your very own Tarnished and set out on a quest for glory in the aftermath of a great war, the gods of old actively decaying all around you, GamesRadar reported.

The story of God of War Ragnarök should sound familiar to fans of Marvel’s Thor. It follows Kratos and Atreus venturing to the Nine Realms for answered on the Norse end of the world.

Then Horizon Forbidden West sees Aloy set out to the titular Forbidden West to find the source of a mysterious plague.

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Then, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel follows Champion Link and Princess Zelda. They venture below Hyrule and stumble across the ancient corpse of Ganondorf, who burst to life in an early trailer for the game.

Finally, Starfield imagines space wars in the year 2310. The United Colonies and Freestar Collective battle in a bloody conflict, but the player controls a space explorer on the edges of an uneasy peace.

How to watch the competition between Nintendo’s competitors and ‘Breath of the Wild’ at the 2021 Game Awards?

If you’re looking to catch how BOTW 2 performs at the 2021 Game Awards, you have a few options.

The 2021 Game Awards stream on several platforms on Thursday at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET. You can catch them on the following sites:

Fans watching the 2021 Game Awards for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 hope for more than just an award. With years of very little new info on the Breath of the Wild sequel, some hope for a title reveal or announcement.

With 2021 marking the 35th anniversary of the Zelda series (and the 25th anniversary of Super Mario 64), fans want something to celebrate.

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