Barozi on 14 December 2020
Almost completely forgot about this. As always, I haven't played as many games from the current year, so I'll probably miss some big games. Will update it eventually.
| Category | Top Pick | Runner-Up |
| Best Shooter | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | CoD: MW 2 Campaign Remastered |
| Best Action/Action-Adventure | Yakuza Kiwami 2 | Minecraft Dungeons |
| Best RPG | Dragon Quest XI S | CrossCode |
| Best Platformer | Ori and the Will of the Wisps | Crash Bandicoot 4 |
| Best Fighter/Brawler/Beat 'em up | Battletoads | - |
| Best Horror | Carrion | - |
| Best Sports/Racing | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 | F1 2020 |
| Best Sim/Strategy | Gears Tactics | Planet Coaster |
| Best Soundtrack | Ori and the Will of the Wisps | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 |
| Best Art Design | Ori and the Will of the Wisps | Cyberpunk 2077 |
| Best Graphics | Cyberpunk 2077 | Gears 5 Hivebusters DLC |
| Best Male Performance | Takaya Kuroda as Kazuma Kiryu | - |
| Best Female Performance | - | - |
| Best Singleplayer | Dragon Quest XI S | Ori and the Will of the Wisps |
| Best Multiplayer | - | - |
| Best Story | Dragon Quest XI S | Yakuza Kiwami 2 |
| Best 3rd party Gamepass release List | Dragon Quest XI S | A Plague Tale: Innocence |
| Best Ongoing Support | Gears 5 | Forza Horizon 4 |
| Best Indie | Supraland | Planet Coaster |
| Best Xbox Console Exclusive | Gears Tactics | Tell Me Why |
| Best Studio | The Coalition | Moon Studios |
| Overall Xbox Game of the Year | Dragon Quest XI S | Ori and the Will of the Wisps |
| Most Anticipated 2021 Multiplat | Hogwarts Legacy | FFVII Remake |
| Most Anticipated 2021 Xbox Console Exclusive | Halo Infinite | Flight Simulator 2020 (Series X Ed.) |
