14 DAY TRIAL // The Game Awards might be an entirely new show but it has a solid list of backers, and the list of nominees shows that the panel assembled by Geoff Keighley takes its job seriously and can deliver a solid evaluation of the titles launched this year.
The nominees were delivered via a Twitch stream and the full list includes:
Game of the Year – Bayonetta 2, Dark Souls II, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Hearthstone, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Best Online Experience – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Dark Souls II, Destiny. Hearthstone. Titanfall
Best Family Game – Disney Infinity 2.0. Fantasia: Music Evolved, Mario Kart 8, Skylanders: Trap Team, Tomodachi Life
Best Sports/Racing Game – FIFA 15, Forza Horizon 2, Mario Kart 8. NBA 2K15, Trials Fusion
Best Role-Playing Game – Bravely Default, Dark Souls II, Divinity: Original Sin, Dragon Age: Inquisition, South Park: The Stick Of Truth
Best Fighting Game – Killer Instinct: Season 2, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Super Smash Bros. for 3DS, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Ultra Street Fighter IV
Best Action/Adventure – Alien: Isolation, Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Bayonetta 2, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Sunset Overdrive
Best Shooter – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Destiny, Far Cry 4, Titanfall, Wolfenstein: The New Order
Best Remaster – Grand Theft Auto V, Pokémon: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, The Last of Us: Remastered, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Games For Change – Mountain, Never Alone, The Last of Us: Left Behind, This War of Mine, Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Best Performance – Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf, The Wolf Among Us, Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Melissa Hutchison as Clementine, The Walking Dead: Season Two, Trey Parker as Various Voices, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Troy Baker as Talion, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Best Score/Soundtrack – Alien: Isolation, Child of Light, Destiny, Sunset Overdrive, Transistor
Best Narrative – South Park: The Stick of Truth, The Walking Dead: Season Two, The Wolf Among Us, Valiant Hearts: The Great War, Wolfenstein: The New Order
Developer of the Year – Blizzard Entertainment, Monolith Productions, Nintendo, Telltale Games, Ubisoft Montreal
Best Mobile/Handheld Game – Bravely Default, Hearthstone, Monument Valley, Super Smash Bros. for 3DS, Threes!
Best Independent Game – Broken Age: Act I, Monument Valley, Shovel Knight, Transistor, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
The Game Awards will be hosting its live ceremony on December 5 using a variety of streaming services and other mass media, and it will feature exclusive reveals as well as musical numbers and other surprises.
It will be interesting to see what the impact of the new video game-focused awards is and whether the most important figures in the industry will be present in order to receive their own prizes and to comment on the state of video gaming at the moment.
Rumors are suggesting that at least one high-profile new title, with some sources talking about a new The Elder Scrolls, will be first shown on December 5.
