11-22-2018, 06:31 AM
All Of The 2018 Game Awards Nominees
<p>The nominees have been announced for 2018's The Game Awards. This year Sony Santa Monica's God of War and Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption 2 are the two front-runners, locked neck-and-neck at eight nominations each including Game of the Year. Other GOTY contenders include Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Celeste, Spider-Man, and Monster Hunter: World.</p><p>Fortnite snagged four nominations of its own including Best Ongoing Game, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Destiny 2: Forsaken, and Detroit: Become Human each got three nominations. Fans can vote for their favorites through the <a href="https://thegameawards.com/">official site</a>. The awards will air live on Thursday, December 6 at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT.</p><p>As always the award show will feature exclusive world premieres and musical performances. You can purchase tickets <a href="https://www.axs.com/events/355190/the-game-awards-tickets?q=the game awards">here</a>, starting at $70. The show is once again being organized and hosted by gaming industry veteran Geoff Keighley. Keighley will also produce a limited podcast series in partnership with Spotify to take a closer look at the best game music of the year.</p><p>A total of 68 media partners, including GameSpot, are voting to decide the winners of the main categories. You can check out the full list of nominees below.</p><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Game of the Year</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)</li><li dir="ltr">Celeste (Matt Makes Games)</li><li dir="ltr">God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)</li><li dir="ltr">Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)</li></ul><h2><strong>Best Ongoing Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)</li><li dir="ltr">Fortnite (Epic Games)</li><li dir="ltr">No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Overwatch (Blizzard)</li><li dir="ltr">Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Game Direction</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">A Way Out (Hazelight Studios / EA)</li><li dir="ltr">Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Narrative</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)</li><li dir="ltr">Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Art Direction</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)</li><li dir="ltr">God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)</li><li dir="ltr">Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Return of Obra Din (3909 LLC)</li></ul><h2><strong>Best Score/Music</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Celeste (Lena Raine)</li><li dir="ltr">God of War (Bear McCreary)</li><li dir="ltr">Marvel’s Spider-Man (John Paesano)</li><li dir="ltr">Ni No Kuni II (Joe Hisaishi)</li><li dir="ltr">Octopath Traveler (Yasunori Nishiki)</li><li dir="ltr">Red Dead Redemption 2 (Woody Jackson)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Audio Design</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch Studios / Activision)</li><li dir="ltr">Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)</li><li dir="ltr">God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Performance</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Bryan Dechart as Connor, Detroit: Become Human</li><li dir="ltr">Christopher Judge as Kratos, God of War</li><li dir="ltr">Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey</li><li dir="ltr">Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2</li><li dir="ltr">Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Games for Impact</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">11-11 Memories Retold (Digixart / Aardman Animations / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)</li><li dir="ltr">Celeste (Matt Makes Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)</li><li dir="ltr">Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)</li><li dir="ltr">The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories (White Owls / Arc System Works)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Independent Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Celeste (Matt Makes Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Dead Cells (Motion Twin)</li><li dir="ltr">Into the Breach (Subset Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC)</li><li dir="ltr">The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Mobile Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)</li><li dir="ltr">Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)</li><li dir="ltr">Fortnite (Epic Games)</li><li dir="ltr">PUBG MOBILE (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Developer Digital)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best VR/AR Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Beat Saber (Beat Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Firewall Zero Hour (First Contact Entertainment / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Moss (Polyarc Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Tetris Effect (Resonair / Enhance, Inc)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Action Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)</li><li dir="ltr">Dead Cells (Motion Twin)</li><li dir="ltr">Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)</li><li dir="ltr">Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)</li><li dir="ltr">Mega Man 11 (Capcom)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Action/Adventure Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)</li><li dir="ltr">God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal / Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Role-Playing Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix / Square Enix)</li><li dir="ltr">Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)</li><li dir="ltr">Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Level 5 / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)</li><li dir="ltr">Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)</li><li dir="ltr">Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Fighting Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc System Works)</li><li dir="ltr">Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)</li><li dir="ltr">Soul Calibur VI (Bandai Namco Studios / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)</li><li dir="ltr">Street Fighter V Arcade (Dimps / Capcom)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Family Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)</li><li dir="ltr">Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)</li><li dir="ltr">Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games / Team 17)</li><li dir="ltr">Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)</li><li dir="ltr">Super Mario Party (NDCube / Nintendo)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Strategy Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">BATTLETECH (Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive</li><li dir="ltr">Frostpunk (11 bit studios)</li><li dir="ltr">Into the Breach (Subset Games)</li><li dir="ltr">The Banner Saga 3 (Stoic Studio / Versus Evil)</li><li dir="ltr">Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Sega CS3 / Sega)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Sports/Racing Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)</li><li dir="ltr">Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)</li><li dir="ltr">Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)</li><li dir="ltr">NBA 2K19 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)</li><li dir="ltr">Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (PES Productions / Konami)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Multiplayer Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)</li><li dir="ltr">Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)</li><li dir="ltr">Fortnite (Epic Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)</li><li dir="ltr">Sea of Thieves (Rare / Microsoft Studios)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Student Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Combat 2018 (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – Norway)</li><li dir="ltr">Dash Quasar (UC Santa Cruz)</li><li dir="ltr">JERA (Digipen Bilbao, Spain)</li><li dir="ltr">LIFF (ISTART Digital – France)</li><li dir="ltr">RE: Charge (MIT)</li></ul><h2><strong>Best Debut Indie Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)</li><li dir="ltr">Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)</li><li dir="ltr">Moss (Polyarc Games)</li><li dir="ltr">The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)</li><li dir="ltr">Yoku’s Island Express (Villa Gorilla)</li></ul><p dir="ltr"> </p><h2><strong>Best Esports Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">CSGO</li><li dir="ltr">DOTA2</li><li dir="ltr">Fortnite</li><li dir="ltr">League of Legends</li><li dir="ltr">Overwatch</li></ul><p dir="ltr"> </p><h2><strong>Best Esports Player</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Dominique "SonicFox" McLean (Echo Fox)</li><li dir="ltr">Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi</li><li dir="ltr">Jian "Uzi" Zi-Hao (Royal Never Give Up)Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev (Natus Vincere)</li><li dir="ltr">Sung-hyeon "JJoNak" Bang (New York Excelsior)</li></ul><h2><strong>Best Esports Team</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Astralis (CSGO)</li><li dir="ltr">Cloud9 (LOL)</li><li dir="ltr">Fnatic (LOL)</li><li dir="ltr">London Spitfire (OWL)</li><li dir="ltr">OG (DOTA2)</li></ul><p dir="ltr"> </p><h2><strong>Best Esports Coach</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Bok "Reapered" Han-gyu (Cloud9)</li><li dir="ltr">Cristian "ppasarel" Bănăseanu (OG)</li><li dir="ltr">Danny "zonic" Sørensen (Astralis)</li><li dir="ltr">Dylan Falco (Fnatic)</li><li dir="ltr">Jakob "YamatoCannon" Mebdi (Team Vitality)</li><li dir="ltr">Janko “YNk” Paunovic (MiBR)</li></ul><h2><strong>Best Esports Event</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018</li><li dir="ltr">EVO 2018</li><li dir="ltr">League of Legends World Championship</li><li dir="ltr">Overwatch League Grand Finals</li><li dir="ltr">The International 2018</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Esports Host</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Alex "Goldenboy" MendezAlex “Machine” Richardson</li><li dir="ltr">AndersBlumeEefje “Sjokz” Depoortere</li><li dir="ltr">Paul “RedEye” Chaloner</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Esports Moment</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">C9 Comeback Win In Triple OT vs FAZE (ELEAGUE)KT vs IG Base Race (LOL Worlds)G2 Beating RNG (LOL Worlds)</li><li dir="ltr">OG’s Massive Upset of LGD (DOTA 2 Finals)</li><li dir="ltr">SonicFox Side Switch Against Go1 in DBZ (EVO)</li></ul><p dir="ltr"> </p><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Content Creator of the Year</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Dr. Lupo</li><li dir="ltr">Myth</li><li dir="ltr">Ninja</li><li dir="ltr">Pokimane</li><li dir="ltr">Willyrex</li></ul>
<p>The nominees have been announced for 2018's The Game Awards. This year Sony Santa Monica's God of War and Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption 2 are the two front-runners, locked neck-and-neck at eight nominations each including Game of the Year. Other GOTY contenders include Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Celeste, Spider-Man, and Monster Hunter: World.</p><p>Fortnite snagged four nominations of its own including Best Ongoing Game, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Destiny 2: Forsaken, and Detroit: Become Human each got three nominations. Fans can vote for their favorites through the <a href="https://thegameawards.com/">official site</a>. The awards will air live on Thursday, December 6 at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT.</p><p>As always the award show will feature exclusive world premieres and musical performances. You can purchase tickets <a href="https://www.axs.com/events/355190/the-game-awards-tickets?q=the game awards">here</a>, starting at $70. The show is once again being organized and hosted by gaming industry veteran Geoff Keighley. Keighley will also produce a limited podcast series in partnership with Spotify to take a closer look at the best game music of the year.</p><p>A total of 68 media partners, including GameSpot, are voting to decide the winners of the main categories. You can check out the full list of nominees below.</p><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Game of the Year</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)</li><li dir="ltr">Celeste (Matt Makes Games)</li><li dir="ltr">God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)</li><li dir="ltr">Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)</li></ul><h2><strong>Best Ongoing Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)</li><li dir="ltr">Fortnite (Epic Games)</li><li dir="ltr">No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Overwatch (Blizzard)</li><li dir="ltr">Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Game Direction</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">A Way Out (Hazelight Studios / EA)</li><li dir="ltr">Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Narrative</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)</li><li dir="ltr">Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Art Direction</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)</li><li dir="ltr">God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)</li><li dir="ltr">Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Return of Obra Din (3909 LLC)</li></ul><h2><strong>Best Score/Music</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Celeste (Lena Raine)</li><li dir="ltr">God of War (Bear McCreary)</li><li dir="ltr">Marvel’s Spider-Man (John Paesano)</li><li dir="ltr">Ni No Kuni II (Joe Hisaishi)</li><li dir="ltr">Octopath Traveler (Yasunori Nishiki)</li><li dir="ltr">Red Dead Redemption 2 (Woody Jackson)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Audio Design</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch Studios / Activision)</li><li dir="ltr">Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)</li><li dir="ltr">God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Performance</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Bryan Dechart as Connor, Detroit: Become Human</li><li dir="ltr">Christopher Judge as Kratos, God of War</li><li dir="ltr">Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey</li><li dir="ltr">Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2</li><li dir="ltr">Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Games for Impact</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">11-11 Memories Retold (Digixart / Aardman Animations / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)</li><li dir="ltr">Celeste (Matt Makes Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)</li><li dir="ltr">Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)</li><li dir="ltr">The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories (White Owls / Arc System Works)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Independent Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Celeste (Matt Makes Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Dead Cells (Motion Twin)</li><li dir="ltr">Into the Breach (Subset Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC)</li><li dir="ltr">The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Mobile Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)</li><li dir="ltr">Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)</li><li dir="ltr">Fortnite (Epic Games)</li><li dir="ltr">PUBG MOBILE (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Developer Digital)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best VR/AR Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Beat Saber (Beat Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Firewall Zero Hour (First Contact Entertainment / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Moss (Polyarc Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Tetris Effect (Resonair / Enhance, Inc)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Action Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)</li><li dir="ltr">Dead Cells (Motion Twin)</li><li dir="ltr">Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)</li><li dir="ltr">Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)</li><li dir="ltr">Mega Man 11 (Capcom)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Action/Adventure Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)</li><li dir="ltr">God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)</li><li dir="ltr">Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal / Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Role-Playing Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix / Square Enix)</li><li dir="ltr">Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)</li><li dir="ltr">Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Level 5 / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)</li><li dir="ltr">Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)</li><li dir="ltr">Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Fighting Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc System Works)</li><li dir="ltr">Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)</li><li dir="ltr">Soul Calibur VI (Bandai Namco Studios / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)</li><li dir="ltr">Street Fighter V Arcade (Dimps / Capcom)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Family Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)</li><li dir="ltr">Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)</li><li dir="ltr">Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games / Team 17)</li><li dir="ltr">Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)</li><li dir="ltr">Super Mario Party (NDCube / Nintendo)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Strategy Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">BATTLETECH (Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive</li><li dir="ltr">Frostpunk (11 bit studios)</li><li dir="ltr">Into the Breach (Subset Games)</li><li dir="ltr">The Banner Saga 3 (Stoic Studio / Versus Evil)</li><li dir="ltr">Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Sega CS3 / Sega)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Sports/Racing Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)</li><li dir="ltr">Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)</li><li dir="ltr">Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)</li><li dir="ltr">NBA 2K19 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)</li><li dir="ltr">Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (PES Productions / Konami)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Multiplayer Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)</li><li dir="ltr">Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)</li><li dir="ltr">Fortnite (Epic Games)</li><li dir="ltr">Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)</li><li dir="ltr">Sea of Thieves (Rare / Microsoft Studios)</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Student Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Combat 2018 (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – Norway)</li><li dir="ltr">Dash Quasar (UC Santa Cruz)</li><li dir="ltr">JERA (Digipen Bilbao, Spain)</li><li dir="ltr">LIFF (ISTART Digital – France)</li><li dir="ltr">RE: Charge (MIT)</li></ul><h2><strong>Best Debut Indie Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)</li><li dir="ltr">Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)</li><li dir="ltr">Moss (Polyarc Games)</li><li dir="ltr">The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)</li><li dir="ltr">Yoku’s Island Express (Villa Gorilla)</li></ul><p dir="ltr"> </p><h2><strong>Best Esports Game</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">CSGO</li><li dir="ltr">DOTA2</li><li dir="ltr">Fortnite</li><li dir="ltr">League of Legends</li><li dir="ltr">Overwatch</li></ul><p dir="ltr"> </p><h2><strong>Best Esports Player</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Dominique "SonicFox" McLean (Echo Fox)</li><li dir="ltr">Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi</li><li dir="ltr">Jian "Uzi" Zi-Hao (Royal Never Give Up)Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev (Natus Vincere)</li><li dir="ltr">Sung-hyeon "JJoNak" Bang (New York Excelsior)</li></ul><h2><strong>Best Esports Team</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Astralis (CSGO)</li><li dir="ltr">Cloud9 (LOL)</li><li dir="ltr">Fnatic (LOL)</li><li dir="ltr">London Spitfire (OWL)</li><li dir="ltr">OG (DOTA2)</li></ul><p dir="ltr"> </p><h2><strong>Best Esports Coach</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Bok "Reapered" Han-gyu (Cloud9)</li><li dir="ltr">Cristian "ppasarel" Bănăseanu (OG)</li><li dir="ltr">Danny "zonic" Sørensen (Astralis)</li><li dir="ltr">Dylan Falco (Fnatic)</li><li dir="ltr">Jakob "YamatoCannon" Mebdi (Team Vitality)</li><li dir="ltr">Janko “YNk” Paunovic (MiBR)</li></ul><h2><strong>Best Esports Event</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018</li><li dir="ltr">EVO 2018</li><li dir="ltr">League of Legends World Championship</li><li dir="ltr">Overwatch League Grand Finals</li><li dir="ltr">The International 2018</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Esports Host</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Alex "Goldenboy" MendezAlex “Machine” Richardson</li><li dir="ltr">AndersBlumeEefje “Sjokz” Depoortere</li><li dir="ltr">Paul “RedEye” Chaloner</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Best Esports Moment</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">C9 Comeback Win In Triple OT vs FAZE (ELEAGUE)KT vs IG Base Race (LOL Worlds)G2 Beating RNG (LOL Worlds)</li><li dir="ltr">OG’s Massive Upset of LGD (DOTA 2 Finals)</li><li dir="ltr">SonicFox Side Switch Against Go1 in DBZ (EVO)</li></ul><p dir="ltr"> </p><h2 dir="ltr"><strong>Content Creator of the Year</strong></h2><ul><li dir="ltr">Dr. Lupo</li><li dir="ltr">Myth</li><li dir="ltr">Ninja</li><li dir="ltr">Pokimane</li><li dir="ltr">Willyrex</li></ul>