The Game Awards 2018 Nominees Announced

Today, The Game Awards 2018 announced the nominees that will be part of the show on December 6th. The games competing for the Game of the Year award, are a lot of fan favorites, so this year will be hard to select a game of the year winner.

The games nominated for Game of the Year are:

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Celeste
God of War
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Monster Hunter: World
Red Dead Redemption 2

It is a surprise to see an indie game among all these great AAA titles, but we’ll have to see which game will win the award on December 6th.

These are the rest of the nominees for the show:

Best Ongoing Game

Destiny 2: Forsaken

Fortnite

No Man’s Sky

Overwatch

Rainbow Six Siege

Best Game Direction

A Way Out

Detroit: Become Human

God of War

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Narrative

Detroit: Become Human

God of War

Life is Strange 2: Episode 1

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Art Direction

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

God of War

Octopath Traveler

Red Dead Redemption 2

Return of the Obra Dinn

Best Score/Music

Celeste

God of War

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Ni no Kuni II

Octopath Traveler

Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Audio Design

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII

Forza Horizon 4

God of War

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Red Dead Redemption 2

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 II

Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man

Games for Impact

11-11 Memories Retold

Celeste

Florence

Life is Strange 2: Episode 1

The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories

Best Independent Game

Celeste

Dead Cells

Into the Breach

Return of the Obra Dinn

The Messenger

Best Mobile Game

Donut County

Florence

Fortnite

PUBG Mobile

Reigns: Game of Thrones

Best VR/AR Game

Astro Bot Rescue Mission

Beat Saber

Firewall Zero Hour

Moss

Tetris Effect

Best Action Game

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII

Dead Cells

Destiny 2: Forsaken

Far Cry 5

Mega Man 11

Best Action/Adventure Game

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

God of War

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Red Dead Redemption 2

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Best RPG

Dragon Quest XI

Monster Hunter: World

Ni no Kuni II

Octopath Traveler

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Best Fighting Game

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

Dragon Ball FighterZ

Soulcalibur VI

Street Fighter V Arcade Edition

Best Family Game

Mario Tennis Aces

Nintendo Labo

Overcooked 2

Starlink: Battle for Atlas

Super Mario Party

Best Strategy Game

The Banner Saga 3

Battleteach

Frostpunk

Into the Breach

Valkyria Chronicles 4

Best Sports/Racing Game

FIFA 19

Forza Horizon 4

Mario Tennis Aces

NBA 2K19

Pro Evolution Soccer 2019

Best Multiplayer Game

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII

Destiny 2: Forsaken

Fortnite

Monster Hunter: World

Sea of Thieves

Best Student Game

Combat 2018

Dash Quasar

JERA

LIFF

RE: Charge

Best Debut Indie Game

Donut County

Florence

Moss

The Messenger

Yoku’s Island Express

Best eSports Game

CSGO

DOTA2

Fortnite

League of Legends

Overwatch

Best eSports Player

Dominique “SonicFox” McLean

Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi

Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao

Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev

Sung-hygeon “JJoNak” Bang

Best eSports Team

Astralis

Cloud9

Fnatic

London Spitfire

OG

Best eSports Coach

Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu

Christian “ppasarel” Banaseanu

Danny “zonic” Sorensen

Dylan Falco

Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi

Janko “YNk” Paunovic

Best eSports Event

ELAGUE Major: Boston 2018

EVO 2018

League of Legends World Championship

Overwatch League Grand Finals

The International 2018

Best eSports Host

Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez

Alex “Machine” Richardson

Anders Blume

Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere

Paul “RedEye” Chaloner

Best eSports Moment

C9 comeback win in triple OT vs FAZE

G2 beating RNG

KT vs IG Base Race

OG’s massive upset of LGD

SonicFox side switch against Go1 in DBZ

Content Creator of the Year

Dr. Lupo

Myth

Ninja

Pokimane

Willyrex

Favorite Moment of 2017

Carol Shaw (Industry Icon)

The Game Awards Orchestra (Performance)

Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro (Moment)

Josef Fares (A Way Out)

Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Game of the Year)

The winners of The Game Awards 2018 will be announced on December 6. Fans can vote for their favorite game here, as well as via various platforms including social media, Alexa Voice, Google Assistant, and for the first time ever in the show’s history, on Discord.