The Game Awards Picture: Nintendo
Nintendo has scooped two awards at The Game Awards with Donkey Kong Bananza recognised as Best Family Game, while Mario Kart World took home the honour of Best Sports/Racing Game
The Game Awards was held in Los Angeles in the US last week.
Games of the Year
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was named game of the year in a record-breaking haul at this year’s Game Awards.
It staved off competition from Death Stranding 2, Nintendo platformer Donkey Kong Bananza, indie games Hollow Knight: Silksong and Hades 2, and medieval adventure Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 to claim the top prize.
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Bananza is a 3D platforming action-adventure for Nintendo Switch 2 starring Donkey Kong. Harness the incredible strength of DK to smash through walls, carve tunnels with your fists, punch straight down into the ground, and even tear off chunks of terrain to swing around and throw in groundbreaking exploration.
Mario Karts
Mario Kart World puts the pedal to the metal across a vast interconnected environment. Race seamlessly across connected courses that deliver Mario Kart racing like never before as up to 24 drivers can compete in a race.
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Coming in 2026
Additionally, The Game Awards saw news and reveals of multiple upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 titles from Nintendo’s development and publishing partners, including Orbitals, an intergalactic two-player co-op adventure set in a brand new retro anime universe, launching exclusively to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026.
Other new games include PRAGMATA from Capcom, an all-new science-fiction action-adventure with a hacking twist, launching April 24th, 2026; spine-chilling four-player online co-op psychological horror experience Phasmophobia, jumping onto Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026
Out of Words from Kong Orange, WiredFly and Epic Games Publishing, a handcrafted co-op platformer adventure for two will be coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026.
Other winners
Other notable winners at the Game Awards included Doom: The Dark Ages, which walked away with the Innovation in Accessibility Award, proving that the id Software team really put their all into creating a game made for all Slayers.
Game of the year
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Hades II (Supergiant Games)
- Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)
Best family game
- Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- LEGO Party! (SMG Studio/Fictions)
- LEGO Voyagers (Light Brick Studios/Annapurna Interactive)
- Mario Kart World (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (Sonic Team/Sega)
- Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios/EA)
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