"The Last Of Us Part II" leads the way in nominations for The Game Awards. The Sony PlayStation 4 exclusive game, released in June, earned 10 nominations Wednesday for the annual "Oscars" for video games. This year's ceremony will be held Dec. 10 and broadcast live from studios in Los Angeles, London and Tokyo. Collecting eight nominations: "Hades," a PC game also released for the Nintendo Switch in September. Another PlayStation game, "The Ghost of Tsushima," released in July, earned seven nominations.

The video game Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout started out as an easy-to-play online multiplayer game for everyone – kids, parents and players of all ages. But now six months into the coronavirus pandemic, the cute, colorful addition to the battle royale genre – think Fortnite – has provided a salve to social isolation and an escape from the constant barrage of bad news. More than 2 million players have bought the game for PCs on Steam video game marketplace since its release Tuesday. The buzz is hot with this one. While it's not an apples and oranges comparison, consider that Taylor Swift sold and streamed the equivalent to 846,000 copies of her new album "Folklore" in the first week, according to Nielsen Music. Fall Guys has been out less than a week.