Full list of nominees for The Game Awards 2018 - Gaming and Esports

The Game Awards have officially unveiled all the nominees for the 2018 awards, ahead of the ceremony on December 6.

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Covering 30 categories, with the winners picked by various industry experts, with the help of a fan vote, which is live now on TheGameAwards.com

God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 tied for the most nominations, with eight nominations in total, and Marvel’s Spider-Man has been nominated for seven awards.

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In addition to handing out the rewards, the ceremony, which will be streamed on Twitter, Twitch, Facebook, Mixer, Steam TV, PlayStation 4 and Xbox Live, will also feature live performances and new game announcements and trailers.

The Game Awards 2018 Nominees

*Winners will appear in bold in the list below*

Game of the Year

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

Best Ongoing Game

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

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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)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)

Best Art Direction

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

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Best Score/Music

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

Best Audio Design

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

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)
• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
• The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories (White Owls / Arc System Works)
• Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Independent Game

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

Best Mobile Game

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

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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

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

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)
• 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)
• Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)

Best Fighting Game

• 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 Sport/Racing Game

• 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)
• Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
• Sea of Thieves (Rare / Microsoft Studios)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)

Best Student Game

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

Best Debut Indie Game

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

Best Esports Game

• CS:GO
• Dota2
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• League of Legends
• Overwatch (Blizzard)
  

Best Esports Player

• Sung-hyeon “JJoNak” Bang (New York Excelsior)
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere)
• Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao (Royal Never Give Up)
• Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi
• Dominique “SonicFox” McLean (Echo Fox)

Best Esports Team

• Fnatic (LoL)
• Astralis (CS:GO)
• Cloud9 (LoL)
• London Spitfire (OWL)
• OG (Dota2)

Best Esports Coach

• Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu (Cloud9)
• Danny “zonic” Sørensen (Astralis)
• Dylan Falco (Fnatic)
• Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi (Team Vitality)
• Janko “YNk” Paunovic (MiBR)
• Cristian “ppasarel” Bănăseanu (OG)
  

Best Esports Event

• Overwatch League Grand Finals
• League of Legends World Championship
• ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
• The International 2018
• EVO 2018

Best Esports Host

• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
• Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Paul “RedEye” Chaloner
• Anders Blume
• Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez

Best Esports Moment

• OG’s Massive Upset of LGD (Dota2 Finals)
• KT vs IG Base Race (LoL Worlds)
  
• C9 Comeback Win In Triple OT vs FAZE (ELEAGUE)
• G2 Beating RNG (LoL Worlds)
• SonicFox Side Switch Against Go1 in DBZ (EVO)

Content Creator/Streamer of the Year

• Ninja
• Pokimane
• Dr. Lupo
• Myth
• Willyrex

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