Fallout, Metal Gear, Bloodborne
The Game Awards, the closest thing the video game industry has to film’s Academy Awards, isscheduled for December 3. With only three weeks until the event, nominees have been announced for the 22 categories.
After the usual categories highlighting genres, there are some near the bottom focused on the community side rather than the development side. Three categories are dedicated to eSports, with two highlighting players and one filled with years-old games (and no mention ofRocket League!). There is also the “Trending Gamer” category, featuring a bunch of YouTubers, and “Best Fan Creation,” looking at mods and community projects.
Game of the Year nominees include From Software’sBloodborne, Bethesda’sFallout 4, Kojima Production’sMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Nintendo’sSuper Mario Maker, and CD Projekt Red’sThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The Developer of the Year nominees are redundant, with those five studios making the cut.
The full list of nominees is below.
Game of the YearBloodborne(FromSoftware / Sony Computer Entertainment)Fallout 4(Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain(Kojima Productions / Konami)Super Mario Maker(Nintendo)The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt(CD Projekt Red / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
Developer of the YearBethesda Game StudiosCD Projekt RedFromSoftwareKojima ProductionsNintendo
Best Independent GameAxiom Verge(Tom Happ)Her Story(Sam Barlow)Ori and the Blind Forest(Moon Studios)Rocket League(Psyonix)Undertale(tobyfox)
Best Mobile/Handheld GameDownwell(Moppin / Devolver Digital)Fallout Shelter(Bethesda Game Studios | Behaviour Interactive / Bethesda Softworks)Lara Croft GO(Square Enix Montreal / Square Enix)Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate(Capcom)Pac-Man 256(Hipster Whale / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Best NarrativeHer Story(Sam Barlow)Life Is Strange(DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix)Tales From The Borderlands(TellTale Games)The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt(CD Projekt Red / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)Until Dawn(Supermassive Games / Sony Computer Entertainment)
Best Art DirectionBatman: Arkham Knight(Rocksteady Studios / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)Bloodborne(FromSoftware / Sony Computer Entertainment)Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain(Kojima Productions / Konami)Ori and the Blind Forest(Moon Studios / Microsoft Studios)The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt(CD Projekt Red / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
Best Score/SoundtrackFallout 4(Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)Halo 5: Guardians(343 Industries / Microsoft Studios)Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain(Kojima Productions / Konami)Ori and the Blind Forest(Moon Studios / Microsoft Studios)The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt(CD Projekt Red/ Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
Best PerformanceAshly Burch as Chloe Price(Life is Strange)Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft(Rise of the Tomb Raider)Doug Cockle as Geralt(The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)Mark Hamill as The Joker(Batman: Arkham Knight)Viva Seifert(Her Story)
Games for Change AwardCibele(Nina Freeman)Her Story(Sam Barlow)Life Is Strange(DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix)Sunset(Tale of Tales)Undertale(tobyfox)
Best ShooterCall of Duty: Black Ops 3(Treyarch / Activision)Destiny: The Taken King(Bungie / Activision)Halo 5: Guardians(343 Industries / Microsoft Studios)Splatoon(Nintendo)Star Wars Battlefront(DICE / Electronic Arts)
Best Action/Adventure GameAssassin’s Creed Syndicate(Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)Batman: Arkham Knight(Rocksteady Studios / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain(Kojima Productions / Konami)Ori and the Blind Forest(Moon Studios / Microsoft Studios)Rise of the Tomb Raider(Crystal Dynamics / Microsoft Studios)
Best Role Playing GameBloodborne(FromSoftware / Sony Computer Entertainment)Fallout 4(Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)Pillars of Eternity(Obsidian Entertainment / Paradox Interactive)The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt(CD Projekt Red/ Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)Undertale(tobyfox)
Best Fighting GameGuilty Gear Xrd –SIGN–(Arc System Works / Aksys Games)Mortal Kombat X(NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)Rise of Incarnates(Bandai Namco Entertainment)Rising Thunder(Radiant Entertainment)
Best Family GameDisney Infinity 3.0(Avalanche Studios / Disney Interactive Studios)LEGO Dimensions(Traveller’s Tales / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)Skylanders: SuperChargers(Vicarious Visions | Beenox Studios / Activision)Splatoon(Nintendo)Super Mario Maker(Nintendo)
Best Sports/Racing GameFIFA 16(EA Canada / Electronic Arts)Forza Motorsport 6(Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)NBA 2K16(Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)Pro Evolution Soccer 2016(PES Productions / Konami)Rocket League(Psyonix)
Best MultiplayerCall of Duty: Black Ops 3(Treyarch / Activision)Destiny: The Taken King(Bungie / Activision)Halo 5: Guardians(343 Industries / Microsoft Studios)Rocket League(Psyonix)Splatoon(Nintendo)
Most Anticipated GameHorizon Zero Dawn(Guerrilla Games / Sony Computer Entertainment)No Man’s Sky(Hello Games)Quantum Break(Remedy Entertainment / Microsoft Studios)The Last Guardian(GenDesign/ Sony Computer Entertainment)Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End(Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment)
eSports Player of the YearKenny “KennyS” Schrub(Counter-Strike Global Offensive / Team EnVyUs)Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok(League of Legends / SK Telecom T1)Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer(Counter-Strike Global Offensive / Fnatic)Peter “ppd” Dager(Dota 2 / Evil Geniuses)Syed Sumail “Suma1L” Hassan(Dota 2 / Evil Geniuses)
eSports Team of the Year Evil GeniusesFnaticOptic GamingSK Telecom T1 Team SoloMid
eSports Game of the YearCall of Duty: Advanced Warfare(Sledgehammer Games / Activision)Counter-Strike: Global Offensive(Valve)Dota 2(Valve)Hearthstone(Blizzard Entertainment)League of Legends(Riot Games)
Trending GamerTotal BiscuitChristopher “MonteCristo” MyklesGreg MillerMarkiplierPewDiePie
Best Fan CreationGTA V – Targets(Hoodoo Operator)Real GTA(Corridor Digital)Portal Stories: Mel(Prism Studios)Super Mario Maker e-Reader Levels(Baddboy78 / theycallmeshaky)Twitch Plays Dark Souls(Twitch Community)
