Game Awards 2018 Nominees Now Live
Game of the Year
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Best Ongoing Game
Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Overwatch (Blizzard)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
Best Game Direction
A Way Out (Hazelight Studios / EA)
Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Best Narrative
Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Best Art Direction
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Return of Obra Din (3909 LLC)
Best Score/Music
Celeste (Lena Raine)
God of War (Bear McCreary)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (John Paesano)
Ni No Kuni II (Joe Hisaishi)
Octopath Traveler (Yasunori Nishiki)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Woody Jackson)
Best Audio Design
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch Studios / Activision)
Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Best Performance
Bryan Dechart as Connor, Detroit: Become Human
Christopher Judge as Kratos, God of War
Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2
Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man
Games for Impact
11-11 Memories Retold (Digixart / Aardman Animations / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories (White Owls / Arc System Works)
Best Independent Game
Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
Into the Breach (Subset Games)
Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC)
The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)
Best Mobile Game
Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
PUBG MOBILE (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games)
Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Developer Digital)
Best VR/AR Game
ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / SIE)
Beat Saber (Beat Games)
Firewall Zero Hour (First Contact Entertainment / SIE)
Moss (Polyarc Games)
Tetris Effect (Resonair / Enhance, Inc)
Best Action Game
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)
Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
Mega Man 11 (Capcom)
Best Action/Adventure Game
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal / Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix)
Best Role-Playing Game
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix / Square Enix)
Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Level 5 / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil)
Best Fighting Game
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc System Works)
Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
Soul Calibur VI (Bandai Namco Studios / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
Street Fighter V Arcade (Dimps / Capcom)
Best Family Game
Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games / Team 17)
Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
Super Mario Party (NDCube / Nintendo)
Best Strategy Game
BATTLETECH (Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive
Frostpunk (11 bit studios)
Into the Breach (Subset Games)
The Banner Saga 3 (Stoic Studio / Versus Evil)
Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Sega CS3 / Sega)
Best Sports/Racing Game
FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)
Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
NBA 2K19 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (PES Productions / Konami)
Best Multiplayer Game
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)
Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
Sea of Thieves (Rare / Microsoft Studios)
Best Student Game
Combat 2018 (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – Norway)
Dash Quasar (UC Santa Cruz)
JERA (Digipen Bilbao, Spain)
LIFF (ISTART Digital – France)
RE: Charge (MIT)
Best Debut Indie Game
Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
Moss (Polyarc Games)
The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)
Yoku’s Island Express (Villa Gorilla)
Best Esports Game
CSGO
DOTA2
Fortnite
League of Legends
Overwatch
Best Esports Player
Dominique "SonicFox" McLean (Echo Fox)
Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi
Jian "Uzi" Zi-Hao (Royal Never Give Up)Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev (Natus Vincere)
Sung-hyeon "JJoNak" Bang (New York Excelsior)
Best Esports Team
Astralis (CSGO)
Cloud9 (LOL)
Fnatic (LOL)
London Spitfire (OWL)
OG (DOTA2)
Best Esports Coach
Bok "Reapered" Han-gyu (Cloud9)
Cristian "ppasarel" Bănăseanu (OG)
Danny "zonic" Sørensen (Astralis)
Dylan Falco (Fnatic)
Jakob "YamatoCannon" Mebdi (Team Vitality)
Janko “YNk” Paunovic (MiBR)
Best Esports Event
ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
EVO 2018
League of Legends World Championship
Overwatch League Grand Finals
The International 2018
Best Esports Host
Alex "Goldenboy" MendezAlex “Machine” Richardson
AndersBlumeEefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
Paul “RedEye” Chaloner
Best Esports Moment
C9 Comeback Win In Triple OT vs FAZE (ELEAGUE)KT vs IG Base Race (LOL Worlds)G2 Beating RNG (LOL Worlds)
OG’s Massive Upset of LGD (DOTA 2 Finals)
SonicFox Side Switch Against Go1 in DBZ (EVO)
Content Creator of the Year
Dr. Lupo
Myth
Ninja
Pokimane
Willyrex
Comments
wtf ?
I don't get it either. How can you nominate a single episode for a game that has 4 unreleased episodes, and put it up against actual complete games?
Answer: They had it to nominate it for the masses and because of the "deep" issues it tackled.
The issues were too exaggerated and/or unrealistic anyway. Same goes for the story and characters.
You know what, LiS 2 should've been nominated for the music, not narrative. Definitely not that.
Yeah I think it should of been held back for next year as a nominee. Like we don't even know if the rest of the story is of the same quality.
haven't even heard of most these games. but i played soul calibur 6 and it was mind numbingly dull. celeste looks kinda interesting.
Playstation VR isn't doing so well. The only game that is worth using the VR for is Resident Evil 7.
Funny enough I actually just bought a PSVR in the early black friday sales for £175 and I'm having a blast. Ace Combat 7 is what I'm really looking forward to in VR I have a flight stick ready for it. You say it isn't doing so well but it's the most popular VR headset out there with the most sales, what does that say about VR as a whole? There was a big boost last year for the winter season so the PSVR sales will probably head up again. I fully expect a successor to the PSVR it's great for VR developers who beforehand only had the PC market to rely on.
Its funny how they're making it seem like the other games actually have a chance of winning Game of the Year against Red Dead 2.
Uhhhh.....God of War???
Indeed I think it's between God Of War & RDR 2 for GOTY mainly due to GOW having a great narrative. Very different games but both 10/10 for me, I hope both pick up awards anyway.
I think RDR 2 wins but GOW has a slightly better narrative. Gameplay is debatable.
45 minutes till the event now, folks.
Youtube Livestream link right here.
You can vote for your GOTY with your smart speakers? Cool.
FUCK THE OSCARS
Holy Shit The Stanley Parable is coming back. Updating the game with new endings and bringing it to consoles, too.
Woot. I LOVE that game.
Okay, the CEOs of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo working and presenting together is just amazing. The console wars are just people being fully retarded.
@MetallicaRules Did you have a chuckle when they said that Lis2 was nominated for best narrative?
Boi, Kratos is pissed right now.
Such a good opener.
@Zombiekiller3121
Trust me when I say: everyone had a chuckle -- no, a laugh -- seeing 1/5th of a game get nominated, let alone Life Is Strange of all things this year in narrative.
I knew it was already, and it’s still bullshit. Not because I don’t like the game, but because it’s a single episode out of 5, it’s not a complete game and yet it was nominated for a major award. I’d be saying the same thing if it had been a Telltale game being nominated before the final episode. So it wasn’t so much a chuckle, more like frustration.
WOOT! Roger Clark!
Well shit, RDR2 is gonna win everything, leaving God of War and Spider-Man empty.
Oh boy. Read Dead's gonna bring in all the awards tonight, aren't they?
(yeah, yeah, I won't knock it till I tried it)
True, and with it being fresh in everyone's minds it kinda has the advantage
RDR2 can win GOTY but for fuckssakes, it should let the other games win some awards because Spider-Man and God of War did justice as well. It would have made more sense if RDR2 was the only best game released this year.
Yer a good boah
Is this a new Planet of the Apes game?
Stab Animals with Sticks: The Game.
At least, that's what I got from the trailer.
The REAL version of spore
I was hoping that RDR wouldn't be there, but it just slithered in there an-- SHIT
Yep, RDR2 is going to win everything they were nominated for...and everything they weren’t nominated for.
And the award for Best Indie Game goes to...Red Dead Redemption 2.
I'm sooo done. RDR2 is such a bully.
Of... Fucking.... Course
Anyone who expected RDR2 not to win at every award
I guess IGN was right about RDR2 being a bigger bully than Bully itself.
Jokes on you, it didn't win best audio design. I guess the sounds of farting horses put them off
My sister's new favourite artist/band is Panic At The Disco so it's an interesting coincidence to see him appear here.
....and omg what Goeff is Canadian!?!
Join us in the fog...
Did anyone else get whisperer vibes from that?
Fuck off EA, no one cares about your stupid gambling anymore.