The Game Awards 2018 Nominees Announced

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.

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