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    And the nominees are…. HERE! Here for the Game Awards 2018!

    Pete CurulliBy Pete CurulliNovember 13, 2018
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    It’s awards season for the gaming industry, and the 2018 Game Awards nominees have been revealed!

    No surprises for most of the nominees in the category for Game of the year with all of the titles you would expect to get a nom, getting one – though it was great to see one not so recognised game in Celeste, a stunning 2D platformers by Matt Makes Games making the cut.

    God of War (Santa Monica Studios) and Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) lead the pack with 8 nominations each including Game of the year!

    Voting is open now through until December 5, and in an industry first, gamers will be able to join the official Game Awards Discord Server to help select winners, as well as voting online at TheGameAwards.com.

    The awards will take place on December 6 at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles at 9pm E.T which works out to December 7 @ 10am AWST / 1pm AEST.

    Below are the list of nominees – we wish them all the best of luck!

    The Game Awards 2018 Nominees:

    GAME OF THE YEAR

    Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
    Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
    God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
    Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
    Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
    Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

    BEST ONGOING GAME

    Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
    Fortnite (Epic Games)
    No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
    Overwatch (Blizzard)
    Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)

    BEST GAME DIRECTION

    A Way Out (Hazelight Studios / EA)
    Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)
    God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
    Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
    Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

    BEST NARRATIVE

    Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)
    God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
    Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
    Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
    Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

    BEST ART DIRECTION

    Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
    God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
    Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
    Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
    Return of Obra Din (3909 LLC)

    BEST SCORE/MUSIC PRESENTED BY SPOTIFY

    Celeste (Lena Raine)
    God of War (Bear McCreary)
    Marvel’s Spider-Man (John Paesano)
    Ni No Kuni II (Joe Hisaishi)
    Octopath Traveler (Yasunori Nishiki)
    Red Dead Redemption 2 (Woody Jackson)

    BEST AUDIO DESIGN PRESENTED BY DOLBY

    Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch Studios / Activision)
    Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
    God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
    Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
    Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

    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 2
    Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man

    GAMES FOR IMPACT

    11-11 Memories Retold (Digixart / Aardman Animations / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
    Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
    Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
    Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
    The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories (White Owls / Arc System Works)

    BEST INDEPENDENT GAME

    Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
    Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
    Into the Breach (Subset Games)
    Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC)
    The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)

    BEST MOBILE

    Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
    Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
    Fortnite (Epic Games)
    PUBG MOBILE (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games)
    Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Developer Digital)

    BEST VR/AR Game

    ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / SIE)
    Beat Saber (Beat Games)
    Firewall Zero Hour (First Contact Entertainment / SIE)
    Moss (Polyarc Games)
    Tetris Effect (Resonair / Enhance, Inc)

    BEST ACTION GAME

    Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)
    Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
    Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
    Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
    Mega Man 11 (Capcom)

    BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME

    Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
    God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
    Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
    Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
    Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal / Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix)

    BEST ROLE PLAYING GAME

    Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix / Square Enix)
    Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
    Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Level 5 / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
    Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
    Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil)

    BEST FIGHTING

    BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc System Works)
    Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
    Soul Calibur VI (Bandai Namco Studios / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
    Street Fighter V Arcade (Dimps / Capcom)

    BEST FAMILY GAME

    Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
    Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
    Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games / Team 17)
    Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
    Super Mario Party (NDCube / Nintendo)

    BEST STRATEGY GAME

    BATTLETECH (Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive
    Frostpunk (11 bit studios)
    Into the Breach (Subset Games)
    The Banner Saga 3 (Stoic Studio / Versus Evil)
    Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Sega CS3 / Sega)

    BEST SPORTS/RACING

    FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)
    Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
    Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
    NBA 2K19 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
    Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (PES Productions / Konami)

    BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME

    Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)
    Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
    Fortnite (Epic Games)
    Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
    Sea of Thieves (Rare / Microsoft Studios)

    BEST STUDENT GAME

    Combat 2018 (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – Norway)
    Dash Quasar (UC Santa Cruz)
    JERA (Digipen Bilbao, Spain)
    LIFF (ISTART Digital – France)
    RE: Charge (MIT)

    BEST DEBUT INDIE GAME

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

    ESPORTS AWARDS

    BEST ESPORTS GAME

    CSGO
    DOTA2
    Fortnite
    League of Legends
    Overwatch

    BEST ESPORTS PLAYER PRESENTED BY OMEN BY HP

    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 TEAM

    Astralis (CSGO)
    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
    AndersBlume
    Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
    Paul “RedEye” Chaloner

    BEST ESPORTS MOMENT

    C9 Comeback Win In Triple OT vs FAZE (ELEAGUE)
    KT vs IG Base Race (LOL Worlds)
    G2 Beating RNG (LOL Worlds)
    OG’s Massive Upset of LGD (DOTA 2 Finals)
    SonicFox Side Switch Against Go1 in DBZ (EVO)

    COMMUNITY AWARD

    CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR
    Dr. Lupo
    Myth
    Ninja
    Pokimane
    Willyrex

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