The nominations for the Game Awards 2014 have been unveiled and it truly is a great line up!
The Game Awards is a new event to honour the year’s best games and developers. Producer Geoff Keighley announced the nominees for the inaugural year.
This year’s event, which is not affiliated with the programming of past years produced by Viacom, includes a number of new categories.
Game Of The Year:
Best Independent Game:
- Broken Age – Act 1
- Monument Valley
- Shovel Knight
- Transistor
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Best Narrative:
- South Park: The Stick of Truth
- The Walking Dead — Season 2
- The Wolf Among Us
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War
- Wolfenstein: The New Order
Best Performance:
- Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf — The Wolf Among Us
- Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons — Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Melissa Hutchinson as Clementine — The Walking Dead — Season 2
- Trey Parker as various voices — South Park: The Stick of Truth
- Troy Baker as Talion — Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Best Remaster:
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
- The Last of Us Remastered
- The Master Chief Collection
- Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Best Action/Adventure:
- Alien: Isolation
- Assassin’s Creed Unity
- Bayonetta 2
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
- Sunset Overdrive
Best Fighting Game:
- Killer Instinct: Season 2
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
- Super Smash Bros. 3DS
- Super Smash Bros. Wii U
- Ultra Street Fighter IV
Best Sports/Racing Game:
- FIFA 15
- Forza Horizon 2
- Mario Kart 8
- NBA 2K15
- Trials Fusion
Best Shooter:
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Destiny
- Far Cry 4
- Titanfall
- Wolfenstein: The New Order
Best Role-Playing Game:
- Bravely Default
- Dark Souls II
- Divinity
- Dragon Age: Inquisition
- South Park: The Stick of Truth
Best Family Game:
- Disney Infinity 2.0
- Fantasia: Music Evolved
- Mario Kart 8
- Skylanders: Trap Team
- Tomodachi Life
Best Online Experience:
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Dark Souls II
- Destiny
- Hearthstone
- Titanfall
Best Mobile/Handheld Game:
- Bravely Default
- Hearthstone
- Monument Valley
- Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
- Threes!
Developer of the Year:
Best Score/Soundtrack:
- Alien: Isolation
- Child of Light
- Destiny
- Sunset Overdrive
- Transistor
Games for Change:
- Mountain
- Never Alone
- The Last of Us: Left Behind
- This War of Mine
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Most Anticipated Game: – (To be voted on by fans)
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Bloodborne
- Evolve
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
eSports Player of the Year: – (To be voted on by fans)
- Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson (League of Legends)
- Xu “Fy” Linsen (DOTA2)
- James “Firebat” Kostesich (Hearthstone)
- Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund (Counter-Strike: GO)
- Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag (Call of Duty)
eSports Team of the Year: – (To be voted on by fans)
- Samsung White (League of Legends)
- Evil Geniuses (DOTA2)
- Edward Gaming (League of Legends)
- Newbee (DOTA2)
- Ninjas in Pajamas (Counter-Strike: GO)
Trending Gamer: – (To be voted on by fans)
- Evan “Vanoss” Fong
- Jeff Gerstmann
- PewDiePie
- StampyLongHead
- TotalBiscuit
Best Fan Creation: (To be voted on by fans)
- BEST Zelda Rap EVER!! By Egoraptor
- Luigi Death Stare by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr
- Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song) by Tobuscus
- Minecraft — TITAN City by Colonial Puppet
- Twitch Plays Pokemon by Anonymous
The Game Awards will be Live December 5th and watchable through a number of distribution partner’s including: Wii U, Xbox Live, PSN, Steam, Twitch and YouTube.
