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.

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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.