The Game Awards 2018 Nominee’s Revealed

by Dylan Blight

The Game Awards is returning for another year with Geoff Keighley hosting the event once again.

You can currently vote on the Game Awards website here right now.

Below are the nominees for 2018:

Game of The Year

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

• Celeste

• God of War

• Marvel’s Spider-Man

• Monster Hunter: World

• Red Dead Redemption 2

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 Action Game

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

• 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

• Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Best Role Playing Game

• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

• Monster Hunter: World

• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

• Octopath Traveller

• Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Best Fighting Game

• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

• Dragon Ball FighterZ

• Soul Calibur VI

• Street Fighter V Arcade

Best Family Game

• Mario Tennis Aces

• Nintendo Labo

• Overcooked 2

• Starlink: Battle for Atlas

• Super Mario Party

Best Strategy Game

• The Banner Saga 3

• BATTLETECH

• 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 4

• Destiny 2: Forsaken

• Fortnite

• Monster Hunter: World

• Sea of Thieves

Best VR/AR Game

• ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission

• Beat Saber

• Firewall Zero Hour

• Moss

• Tetris Effect

BEST MOBILE GAME

• Donut County

• Florence

• Fortnite

• PUBG Mobile

• Reigns: Game of Thrones

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

Best Ongoing Game

• Destiny 2: Forsaken

• Fortnite

• No Man’s Sky

• Overwatch

• Tom Clancy’s 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 Traveller

• Red Dead Redemption 2

• Return of the Obra Dinn

Best Score/Music

• Celeste

• God of War

• Marvel’s Spider-Man

• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

• Octopath Traveler

• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Audio Design

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

• Forza Horizon 4

• God of War

• Marvel’s Spider-Man

• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Debut Indie Game

• Donut County

• Florence

• Moss

• The Messenger

• Yoku’s Island Express

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 Student Game

• Combat 2018

• Dash Quasar

• JERA

• LIFF

• RE: Charge

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-hyeon “JJoNak” Bang

Best Esports Team

• Astralis

• Cloud9

• Fnatic

• London Spitfire

• OG

Best Esports Coach

• Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu

• Cristian “ppasarel” Bănăseanu

• Danny “zonic” Sørensen

• Dylan Falco

• Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi

• Janko “YNk” Paunovic

Best Esports Event

• ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018

• EVO 2018

• League of Legends World Championship

• Overwatch League Grand Finals

• The International 2018

Best Esports Event

• 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

The Game Awards will take place on December 7th from 11:30 AM AEDT and be streamed on Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Steam, Xbox, PlayStation and more.

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