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The Game Awards Announces 2018 Nominees
Each year, Geoff Keighley puts on The Game Awards, a celebration of the best games of the year and a look forward at the exciting things to come. This year's show is on Thursday, December 6 at 8:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM PT.
Today Keighley announced nominees across 30 categories, and below are many of those nominees:
Game of the Year
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- Celeste
- God of War
- Spider-Man
- Monster Hunter: World
- Red Dead Redemption 2
Best Ongoing Game – Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time.
- Destiny 2: Forsaken
- Fortnite
- No Man’s Sky
- Overwatch
- Rainbow Six Siege
Best Game Direction – Awarded to a game studio for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.
- Hazelight Studio / EA - A Way Out
- Quantic Dream / SIEDetroit: Become Human
- Sony Santa Monica / SIE - God of War
- Insomniac Games / SIE - Spider-Man
- Rockstar Games - Red Dead Redemption 2
Best Narrative – For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.
- Detroit: Become Human
- God of War
- Life is Strange 2: Episode 1
- Spider-Man
- Red Dead Redemption 2
Best Art Direction – For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation.
- 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
- 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
- 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, Spider-Man
Games for Impact – For a thought provoking game with a profound pro-social meaning or message.
- 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 - For the best game playable on a dedicated mobile device.
- 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 4
- Dead Cells
- Destiny 2: Forsaken
- Far Cry 5
- Mega Man 11
Best Action/Adventure Game
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- God of War
- Spider-Man
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- 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 Traveler
- 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 Student Game – Awarded the best student project created at the high school or college level.
- 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
- Echo Fox
- Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi
- Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao
- Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
- Sung-hyeon “JJoNak” Bang
Best Esports Team
- Astralis – CS:GO
- Cloud9 – LOL
- Fnatic – LOL
- London Spitfire – OWL
- OG – DOTA2
Best Esports Coach
- Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu – Cloud9
- 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
- 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
You can vote on your picks in each category on The Game Awards website.
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