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- Metroid Dread originally favourite but drifted out to 3/1 in the market
- EA's It Takes Two proved popular this year and boosted by addition to EA Play service
- Ratchet & Clank outsider at 5/1 in betting market for the award
Metroid Dread out to second favourite for Game of the Year award
The 2021 Game Awards take place on the 9th December at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
The awards were created back in 2014 to honour the work that is done in the video game industry.
It Takes Two is currently the 2/1 favourite with bookmakers for the big award of the night, the Game of the Year award.
| Game Of The Year Nominee
|
Odds | Implied Probability |
|---|---|---|
| It Takes Two | 2/1 | 33.3% |
| Metroid Dread | 3/1 | 25% |
| Deathloop | 4/1 | 20% |
| Resident Evil Village | 4/1 | 20% |
| Psychonauts 2 | 5/1 | 16.7% |
| Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart | 5/1 | 16.7% |
Other titles nominated for the award include Deathloop, created by prestigious developer Bethesda, coming in at 4/1 odds in the market.
With an implied probability of 33.3% in the betting market, It Takes Two is the clear favourite for the award this year.
It Takes Two favourite for the Game of the Year award this year
EA's It Takes Two has taken over as favourite in the Game of the Year award nominations.
The game's story is around a couple who are planning on going through a divorce, but turn into miniature dolls in the process.
Primarily a co-op game, it centres around working with another player to get to the end of the story and features various different additions to get to the bottom of things.
EA themselves recently added it to their EA Play subscription service, meaning the game has been accessed by many more people than originally thought.
In October this year, the game surpassed 3 million sales and has been a major success for EA.
Ratchet & Clank outsider for the award at 5/1
Sony and Insomniac Games' Ratchet and Clank is the outsider for the award at odds of 5/1.
The game was a major seller for the latest Playstation 5 system, with the adaptive triggers on the new console focused on with this game.
At odds of 5/1 though, bookmakers think the game doesn't rank as high as the other nominees for the big award.
Psychonauts 2 is the other rank outsider for the award, with the XBOX Game Studios title also sitting at odds of 5/1.
