Well folks, it’s almost the end of another great year in gaming, and we’re approaching the 6th annual The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley’s attempts to have an awards ceremony for games that stands alongside the Oscars, Grammys, and Emmys. The show is on December 12th, and the nominees were just announced yesterday. The nominees were put together by a large jury made up of publications from several different countries, and you can vote on them now.
Most of the categories are pretty self-explanatory, but I put little descriptions for some of the less clear ones. You have to sign up with your Twitter or Facebook account to vote, probably to mitigate people voting more than once. It’s quick though, don’t worry.
The categories and nominees in each category are as follows:
- Game of the Year
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Resident Evil 2
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- The Outer Worlds
- Action Game
- Apex Legends
- Astral Chain
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Devil May Cry 5
- Gears 5
- Metro Exodus
- Action/Adventure Game
- Borderlands 3
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Resident Evil 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Art Direction
- Control
- Death Stranding
- GRIS
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
- Audio Design
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Gears 5
- Resident Evil 2
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Community Support
- Apex Legends
- Destiny 2
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
- Content Creator of the Year
- Courage (Jack Dunlop)
- Dr. Lupo (Benjamin Lupo)
- Ewok (Soleil Wheeler)
- Grefg (David Martínez)
- Shroud (Michael Grzesiek)
- eSports Coach
- Eric ‘Adren’ Hoag (Team Liquid, CS:GO)
- Nu-Ri “Cain” Jang (Team Liquid, LoL)
- Fabian ‘Grabbz’ Lohmann (G2 eSports, LoL)
- Kim ‘Kkoma’ Jeong-Gyun (SK Telecom T1, LoL)
- Titouan ‘Sockshka’ Merloz (OG, Dota 2)
- Danny ‘Zonic’ Sorensen (Astralis, CS:GO)
- eSports Event
- 2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals
- Evo 2019
- Fortnite World Cup
- IEM Katowice 2019
- League of Legends World Championship 2019
- The International 2019
- eSports Game of the Year
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Dota 2
- Fortnite
- League of Legends
- Overwatch
- eSports Host
- Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
- Alex “Machine” Richardson
- Paul “Redeye” Chaloner
- Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
- Duan “Candice” Yu-Shang
- eSports Player
- Kyle ‘Bugha’ Giersdorf (Sentinels, Fortnite)
- Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-Hyeok (SK Telecom, LoL)
- Luka ‘Perkz’ Perkovic (G2 eSports, LoL)
- Oleksandr ‘S1mple’ Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
- Jay ‘Sinatraa’ Won (SF Shock, Overwatch)
- eSports Team
- Astralis (CS:GO)
- G2 eSports (LoL)
- OG (Dota 2)
- San Francisco Shock (Overwatch)
- Team Liquid (CS:GO)
- Family Game
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Ring Fit Adventure
- Super Mario Maker 2
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Yoshi’s Crafted World
- Fighting Game
- Dead or Alive 6
- Jump Force
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Samurai Showdown
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Fresh Indie Game (Recognizing a new independent studio that released its first game in 2019)
- ZA/UM (Disco Elysium)
- Nomada Studio (GRIS)
- DeadToast Entertainment (For My Friend Pedro)
- Mobius Digital (Outer Wilds)
- Mega Crit (Slay the Spire)
- House Hosue (Untitled Goose Game)
- Game Direction
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Resident Evil 2
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Outer Wilds
- Games for Impact (For a thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message)
- Concrete Genie
- GRIS
- Kind Words
- Life is Strange 2
- Sea of Solitude
- Independent Game
- Baba is You
- Disco Elysium
- Katana Zero
- Outer Wilds
- Untitled Goose Game
- Mobile Game
- Call of Duty: Mobile
- Grindstone
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
- Sky: Children of the Light
- What the Golf?
- Multiplayer Game
- Apex Legends
- Borderlands 3
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Tetris 99
- Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
- Narrative
- A Plague Tale: Innocence
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Disco Elysium
- The Outer Worlds
- Ongoing Game
- Apex Legends
- Destiny 2
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
- Performance
- Ashly Burch (Parvati Holcomb, The Outer Worlds)
- Courtney Hope (Jesse Faden, Control)
- Laura Bailey (Kait Diaz, Gears 5)
- Mads Mikkelsen (Cliff, Death Stranding)
- Matthew Porretta (Dr. Casper Darling, Control)
- Norman Reedus (Sam Porter Bridges, Death Stranding)
- Role-playing Game
- Disco Elysium
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Kingdom Hearts III
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
- The Outer Worlds
- Score & Music
- Cadence of Hyrule
- Death Stranding
- Devil May Cry 5
- Kingdom Hearts III
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
- Sports/Racing Game
- Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
- Dirt Rally 2.0
- eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020
- F1 2019
- FIFA 2020
- Strategy Game
- Age of Wonders: Planetfall
- ANNO 1880
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Total War: Three Kingdoms
- Tropico 6
- Wargroove
- VR/AR Game
- Asgard’s Wrath
- Blood & Truth
- Beat Saber
- No Man’s Sky
- Trover Saves the Universe
Voting is free, so go ahead and vote! The more people vote, the more the awards will truly reflect the feelings of the gaming community. What are you waiting for?
