The Canadian Game Awards are back for its sixth year with the 2026 CGA's, celebrating games made in Canada and by Canadians. This year, it's very much a Quebec-led affair, as all of the games up for Game of the Year (save for one) are based in the French Canadian province, and those titles are also the ones with the most nominations across all categories, with Assassin's Creed Shadows, Hell is Us, and South of Midnight leading the charge.
Assassin's Creed Shadows leads the pack with a total of nine nominations across all categories, with South of Midnight in a close second place with eight nominations (nine if you also count Compulsion Games getting a nomination for Studio of the Year) and Hell is Us in third with six (seven if you count Rogue Factor's nomination for Studio of the Year).
All three titles are also nominated for Game of the Year, though one of this year's GOTY noms is also an unfortunately tragic story, because Wanderstop, the game from indie developer Ivy Road received its nomination just days after Ivy Road announced it would be shutting down.
The nominees and winners are selected by a jury of Canadian video game industry professionals and media members, of which, and this is our disclaimer, Wccftech is part of, as I have been included on the jury this year, though we have had no other role with the production of the show. The awards will take place on May 21, 2026, at 5pm PT / 8pm ET at the John W.H. Bassett Theatre at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, alongside the XP Game Summit Conference.
Here's the full list of nominees for this year's show.
Canadian Game Awards 2026 Nominees
Best Art Direction
- Eternal Strands
- Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
- Marvel Cosmic Invasion
- 33 Immortals
- South of Midnight
Best Audio Design
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Battlefield 6
- Eternal Strands
- Hell is Us
- South of Midnight
Best Score/Soundtrack
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Eternal Strands
- Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
- Marvel Cosmic Invasion
- South of Midnight
Best Performance
- Erica Luttrell as Melissa Mills in Battlefield 6
- Olivia Lepore as Swann Holloway in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
- Momona Tamada as Oni-yuri in Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Peter Shinkoda as Fujibayashi Nagato in Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Elias Toufexis as Rémi in Hell is Us
Best Console Game
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Battlefield 6
- Hell is Us
- Marvel Cosmic Invasion
- South of Midnight
Best PC Game
- Aloft
- Ambrosia Sky: Act One
- Battlefield 6
- Eternal Strands
- Foundation
Best Mobile Game
- EA Sports FC 26 Mobile
- Elsewhere Electric
- LHEA and the Word Spirit
- Rainbow Six Mobile
Best VR/AR Game
- Chronostrike
- Elsewhere Electric
- Fruit Golf
- Prison Boss Prohibition
- Verse VR
Best Esports Event
- Battle of BC 7
- Call of Duty Champs
- Electric Clash
- Raptors GC Tournament
- Valorant Masters Toronto 2025
Best Esports Player
- Adam “mada” Pampuch
- Brandon “Dashy” Otell
- Keith “NAF” Markovic
- Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken
- Troy “Canadian” Jaroslawski
Best Esports Coach
- Antonin “AEC” Tran
- Kurtis “Aui_2000” Ling
- Loic “Effys” Sauvageau
- Mervin-Angelo “Dayos” Lachica
- Shaun Byrne
Best Esports and Gaming Organization
- Raptors GC
- Shopify Rebellion
- Toronto Ultra/KOI/OverActive Media
- Vancouver Surge
Best Content Creator
- Alex “Vansilli” Nguyen
- Ashley Roboto
- Nicholas “NickEh30” Amyoony
- Stef Sanjati
- Victor Lucas/Electric Playground
Innovation in Accessibility
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- EA Sports FC 26
- South of Midnight
- Squeekross
- Wanderstop
Best Narrative
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Hell is Us
- Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
- South of Midnight
- Wanderstop
Best Game Design
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Battlefield 6
- Hell is Us
- Eternal Strands
- South of Midnight
Best Indie Game
- Ambrosia Sky: Act One
- Ctrl Alt Deal
- Fresh Tracks
- Marvel Cosmic Invasion
- Wanderstop
Studio of the Year
- Compulsion Games
- Digital Extremes
- Rogue Factor
- Tribute Games
- Yellow Brick Games
Game of the Year
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Hell is Us
- Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
- South of Midnight
- Wanderstop
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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