Nominees for The Game Awards 2018 announced

The nominees for The Game Awards 2018 has been announced. The lineup includes games like God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2.

Check out the full list of nominees below:

Game of the Year

This category recognises the game that delivered the best experience in both creative and technical fields.

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

Best Ongoing Game

This award goes to a game with outstanding development of ongoing content and keeps evolving player experience.

• Destiny 2: Forsaken
• Fortnite
• No Man’s Sky
• Overwatch
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Best Game Direction

The award goes to a studio with great creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.

• A Way Out
• Detroit: Become Human
• God of War
• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Art Direction

For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in graphic design.

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
• God of War
• Octopath Traveler
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Return of the Obra Dinn

Best Score/Music

Awarded for best overall music including score and soundtrack.

• Celeste (Lena Rain)
• God of War (Bear McCreary)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (John Paesano)
• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Joe Hisashi)
• Octopath Traveler (Yasunori Nishiki)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Woody Jackson)

Best Performance

Awarded for best individual performance in voice-acting, motion and/or performance capture.

• Bryan Dechart (as Connor from Detroit: Become Human)
• Christopher Judge (as Kratos in God of War)
• Melissanthi Mahut (as Kassandra in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey)
• Roger Clark (as Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2)
• Yuri Lowenthal (as Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man)

Best Audio Design

Awarded for the best in-game audio and sound design.

• Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
• Forza Horizon 4
• God of War
• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Narrative

Awarded for outstanding storytelling and narrative development.

• Detroit: Become human
• God of War
• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1
• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Games for Impact

Awarded for a thought provoking game with profound message.

• 11-11: Memories Retold
• Celeste
• Florence
• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1
• The Missing J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories

Best Indie Game

Awarded for outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made independent of traditional publishers.

• Celeste
• Dead Cells
• Into the Breach
• Return of the Obra Dinn
• The Messenger

Best Mobile Game

Awarded for the best game playable on a dedicated mobile device.

• Donut County
• Florence
• Fortnite
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
• Reigns: Game of Thrones

Best VR/AR Game

Awarded for the best game experience playable in VR or AR, independent of platform.

• Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
• Beat Saber
• Firewall: Zero Hour
• Moss
• Tetris Effect

Best Action Game

Awarded to the best game in the action genre that focuses on combat.

• Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
• Dead Cells
• Destiny 2: Forsaken
• Far Cry 5
• Mega Man 11

Best Action/Adventure Game

Awarded to the best action/adventure game, mixing combat with adventure and puzzle solving.

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
• God of War
• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Best Role-Playing Game

Awarded to the best game with rich player character customisation and progression.

• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
• Monster Hunter: World
• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
• Octopath Traveler
• Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Best Fighting Game

Awarded to the best game designed around head-to-head combat.

• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
• Dragon Ball FighterZ
• Soulcalibur VI
• Street Fighter V Arcade

Best Family Game

Awarded to the best family-friendly game.

• Mario Tennis Aces
• Nintendo Labo
• Overcooked! 2
• Starlink: Battle for Atlas
• Super Mario Party

Best Strategy Game

Awarded to the best game focused on strategy gameplay, regardless of real time or turn-based.

• The Banner Saga 3
• Battletech
• Frostpunk
• Into the Breach
• Valkyria Chronicles

Best Sports/Racing Game

Awarded to the best sports or racing game.

• FIFA 19
• Forza Horizon
• Mario Tennis Aces
• NBA 2K19
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2019

Best Student Game

Awarded to the best game by a student created at high school or college level.

• Combat 2018
• Dash Quasar
• JERA
• LIFF
• RE: Charge

Best Debut Game

The award recognises a new independent studio that released its first game in 2017. The winner of this category is determined through fan voting.

• Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
• Florence (Mountains)
• Moss (Polyarc Games)
• The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)
• Yoku’s Island Express (Villa Gorilla)

Best eSports Game

Awarded to the game that delivered the best overall eSports experience to players.

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• DOTA 2
• Fornite
• League of Legends
• Overwatch

Best eSports Team

Awarded to the eSports team which had the best overall performance in 2017.

• Astralis (Counter Strike: Global Offensive)
• Cloud 9 (League of Legends)
• Fnatic (League of Legends)
• London Spitfire (Overwatch League)
• OG (DOTA 2)

Best eSports Player

Awarded to the eSports player who performed the best in 2018.

• 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 Coach

• Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu (Cloud 9)
• 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” Mendez
• Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Anders Blume
• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
• Paul “RedEye” Chaloner

Best eSports Moment

• Cloud 9’s comeback win in triple overtime vs FAZE at ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
• G2 Esports beat Royal Never Give Up at the League of Legends World Championship
• KT Rolster vs Invictus Gaming base race at the League of Legends World Championship
• OG’s comeback vs PSG.LGD at the Grand Finals of the International 2018
• SonicFox side switch vs Go1 in Dragon Ball FighterZ at EVO 2018

Content Creator of the Year

• Dr. Lupo
• Myth
• Ninja
• Pokimane
• Willyrex

Favourite Moment of 2017

Awarded for the top moment of 2017’s show

• Carol Shaw (Industry Icon)
• The Game Awards Orchestra (Performance)
• Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro (Moment)
• Josef Fares (A Way Out)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of Wild (Game of the Year Award)

The Game Awards 2018 will broadcast live on December 6 at 5.30pm PT. The show will be broadcasted on Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Mixer, Steam TV, Playstation 4, Xbox Live, IGN, Gamespot, Polygon, MLG, Caffeine.tv and more.

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