It’s nearly the end of the year, and you know what that means right, gamers? It’s nearly time for The Game Awards (TGA) — the biggest annual video game award show! TGA executive producer/host Geoff Keighley has recently announced the list of nominees for this year’s The Game Awards.
Watch Keighley’s announcement here:
Have no time to watch the whole vid? Then here are the nominees for TGA’s major awards:
Game of the Year
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft
- Celeste – Matt Makes Games
- God of War – SIE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Monster Hunter: World – Capcom
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games
Best Game Direction
- A Way Out – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
- Detroit: Become Human – Quantic Dream/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- God of War – SIE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games
Best Ongoing Game
- Destiny 2: Forsaken – Bungie/Activision
- Fortnite – Epic Games
- No Man’s Sky – Hello Games
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
Best Narrative
- Detroit: Become Human – Quantic Dream/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- God of War – SIE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Life is Strange 2 – Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
- Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games
Best Art Direction
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Ubisoft Quebec
- God of War – SIE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games
- Return of the Obra Dinn – 3909 LLC
- Octopath Traveler – Acquire/Square Enix/Nintendo
Best Score/Music
- Celeste – Lena Raine
- God of War – Bear McCreary
- Marvel’s Spider-Man – John Paesano
- Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – Joe Hisaishi
- Octopath Traveler – Yasunori Nishiki
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – Woody Jackson
Best Audio Design
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – Treyarch
- Forza Horizon 4 – Playground Games
- God of War – SIE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games
Best Performance
- Bryan Dechart as Connor – in Detroit: Become Human
- Christopher Judge as Kratos – in God of War
- Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra – in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan – in Red Dead Redemption 2
- Yuri Lowenthal as Spider-Man – in Marvel’s Spider-Man
Best Mobile Game
- Donut County – Ben Esposito/Annapurna Interactive
- Florence – Mountains
- Fortnite – Epic Games
- PUBG Mobile – Lightspeed & Quantum/Tencent Games
- Reigns: Game of Thrones – Nerial/Devolver Digital
Best VR/AR Game
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission – SIE Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Beat Saber – Beat Games
- Firewall: Zero Hour – First Contact Entertainment/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Moss – Polyarc Games
- Tetris Effect – Resonair/Enhance, Inc.
For the full list of awards and nominees, visit TGA’s official website.
The Game Awards 2018 is happening on December 6, 2018 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.