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The first annual ‘Game Awards’ is a newly announced annual award show presented by industry vet and producer Geoff Keighley. The ceremony will be broadcasted via different web platforms on December 5th at 9pm. These include Youtube, Twitch TV, NicoNico, Steam and consoles.
Keighley has now revealed the nominees for the upcoming awards. The nominations were voted on a jury consisting of people from 28 publications across the globe.
The award show will also have categories such as ‘Best Remaster’ and fan voted as well categories like ‘Best E-Sports Player’. You can vote for the online categories on game awards site. Only games released by November 25 have been considered eligible for the 2014 awards.
Here is the full list of nominees:
GAME OF THE YEAR
Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)Dark Souls II (From Software/Bandai-Namco Games)Dragon Age: Inquisition (Bioware/EA)Hearthstone (Blizzard)Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith/WBIE)
DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR
BlizzardMonolithNintendoTelltale GamesUbisoft Montreal
BEST INDEPENDENT GAME
Broken Age: Act I (Double Fine Productions)Monument Valley (Ustwo)Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games)Transistor (Supergiant Games)The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)
BEST MOBILE/HANDHELD GAME
Bravery Default (Silicon Studio/Square-Enix/Nintendo)Hearthstone (Blizzard)Monument Valley (Ustwo)Super Smash Bros. 3DS (Sora Ltd/Bandai-Namco Games/Nintendo)Threes! (Sirvo)
BEST NARRATIVE
South Park: The Stick of Truth (Obsidian/Ubisoft)The Walking Dead, Season Two (Telltale Games)The Wolf Among Us (Telltale Games)Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)Wolfenstein: The New Order (MachineGames/Bethesda)
BEST SCORE/SOUNDTRACK
Alien: Isolation (Joe Henson and Alexis Smith/The Creative Assembly)Child of Light (Coeur de pirate/Ubisoft Montreal)Destiny (Marty O’Donnell/Bungie)Sunset Overdrive (Boris Salchow/Insomniac Games)Transistor (Darren Korb/Supergiant Games)
BEST PERFORMANCE
Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf, The Wolf Among Us (Telltale Games)Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Sledgehammer Games/Activision)Melissa Hutchison as Clementine, The Walking Dead: Season Two (Telltale Games)Trey Parker as Various Voices, South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft)Troy Baker as Talion, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (WBIE)
GAMES FOR CHANGE
Never Alone (Upper One Games/E-Line Media)The Last of Us: Left Behind (Naughty Dog/SCEA)Mountain (David O’Reilly/Double Fine Presents)This War of Mine (11 bit studios)Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)
BEST SHOOTER
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Sledgehammer/Activision)Destiny (Bungie/Activision)Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)Titanfall (Respawn/EA)Wolfenstein: The New Order (MachineGames/Bethesda)
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE
Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)Assassin’s Creed Unity (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith/WBIE)Sunset Overdrive (Insomniac/Microsoft Studios)
BEST ROLE PLAYING GAME
Bravely Default (Silicon Studio/Square-Enix/Nintendo)Dark Souls II (From Software/Bandai-Namco Games)Divinity (Larian Studios)Dragon Age: Inquisition (Bioware/EA)South Park: The Stick of Truth (Obsidian/Ubisoft)
BEST FIGHTING GAME
Killer Instinct: Season Two (Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft Studios)Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (Arc System Works/Atlus)Super Smash Bros. 3DS (Sora Ltd/Bandai-Namco Games/Nintendo)Super Smash Bros. Wii-U (Sora Ltd/Bandai-Namco Games/Nintendo)Ultimate Street Fighter IV (Capcom)
BEST FAMILY GAME
Disney Infinity 2.0 (Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive Studios)Fantasia: Music Evolved (Harmonix/Disney Interactive Studios)Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo)Skylanders: Trap Team (Toys for Bob/Activision)Tomodachi Life (Nintendo SPD/Nintendo)
BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME
FIFA 15 (EA Canada/EA Sports)Forza Horizon 2 (Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Studios)Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo)NBA 2K15 (Visual Concepts/2K Sports)Trials Fusion (RedLynx/Ubisoft)
BEST ONLINE EXPERIENCE
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Sledgehammer Games/Activision)Dark Souls II (From Software/Bandai-Namco Games)Destiny (Bungie/Activision)Hearthstone (Blizzard)Titanfall (Respawn/EA)
BEST REMASTER
Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games)Halo: The Master Chief Collection (343/Microsoft Studios)Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (Game Freak/The Pokemon Company/Nintendo)The Last of Us (Naughty Dog/SCEA)Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (Crystal Dynamics/Square-Enix)
Fan Voted Nominees
MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
Batman: Arkham Knight (Rocksteady/WBIE)Bloodborne (From Software/SCEA)Evolve (Turtle Rock/2K Games)The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt RED/WBIE)Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/SCEA)
E-SPORTS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
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)
E-SPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR
Samsung White (League of Legends)Evil Geniuses (DOTA2)Edward Gaming (League of Legends)Newbee (DOTA2)Ninjas in Pajamas (Counter-Strike: GO)
TRENDING GAMER
Evan “Vanoss” FongJeff GerstmannPewDiePieStampyLongHeadTotalBiscuit
BEST FAN CREATION
BEST Zelda Rap EVER!! by EgoraptorLuigi Death Stare by CZBwoi and RizupicorrMine the Diamond (Minecraft Song) by TobuscusMinecraft – TITAN City by Colonial PuppetTwitch Plays Pokemon by Anonymous
