The Game Awards Announces its Full Award Nomations List

The Game Awards is right around the corner, bringing the industry together to celebrate a superb year for the industry with awards for over two-dozen different categories. The company has today announced the full shortlist of nomations across each.

As you’d expect, Marvel’s Spider-Man, God of War, and Red Dead Redemption 2 dominate the awards. All three have been shortlisted for Game of the Year, as well as Best Narrative, Best Game Direction, and Best Action/Adventure Game.

You can check out the full list below:

Game of the Year

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
• Celeste
• God of War
• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• Monster Hunter: World
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Action Game

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
• Dead Cells
• Destiny 2: Forsaken
• Far Cry 5
• Mega Man 11

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
• God of War
• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Best Role Playing Game

• Dragon Quest XI
• Monster Hunter: World
• Ni no Kuni II
• Octopath Traveler
• Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Best Game Direction

• A Way Out
• Detroit: Become Human
• God of War
• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Narrative

• Detroit: Become Human
• God of War
• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1
• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Ongoing Game

• Destiny 2: Forsaken
• Fortnite
• No Man’s Sky
• Overwatch
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Best Art Direction

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
• God of War
• Octopath Traveler
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Return of the Obra Dinn

Best Score/Music

• Celeste
• God of War
• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
• Octopath Traveler
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Audio Design

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
• Forza Horizon 4
• God of War
• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Independent Game

• Celeste
• Dead Cells
• Intro the Breach
• Return of the Obra Dinn
• The Messenger

Best Performance

• Bryan Dechart as Connor, Detroit: Become Human
• Christopher Judge as Kratos, God of War
• Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
• Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption II
• Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man

Games for Impact

• 11-11 Memories Retold
• Celeste
• Florence
• Life is Strange 2
• The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories

Best Mobile Game

• Donut County
• Florence
• Fortnite
• PUBG MOBILE
• Reigns: Game of Thrones

Best VR/AR Game

• ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission
• Beat Saber
• Firewall Zero Hour
• Moss
• Tetris Effect

Best Fighting Game

• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
• Dragon Ball FighterZ
• Soul Caliber VI
• Street Fighter V Arcade

Best Family Game

• Mario Tennis Aces
• Nintendo Labo
• Overcooked 2
• Starlink: Battle for Atlas
• Super Mario Party

Best Sports/Racing Game

• FIFA 19
• Forza Horizon 4
• Mario Tennis Aces
• NBA 2K19
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2019

Best Multiplayer Game

• Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
• Destiny 2: Forsaken
• Fortnite
• Monster Hunter: World
• Sea of Thieves

Best Student Game

• Combat 2018
• Dash Quasar
• JERA
• LIFF
• RE: Charge

Best Debut Indie Game

• Donut County
• Florence
• Moss
• The Messenger
• Yoku’s Island Express

Best eSports Game

• CSGO
• DOTA2
• Fortnite
• League of Legends
• Overwatch

Best eSports Player

• Dominique “SonicFox” McLean
• Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi
• Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
• Sung-hygeon “JJoNak” Bang

Best eSports Team

• Astralis
• Cloud9
• Fnatic
• London Spitfire
• OG

Best eSports Coach

• Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu
• Christian “ppasarel” Banaseanu
• Danny “zonic” Sorensen
• Dylan Falco
• Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi
• Janko “YNk” Paunovic

Best eSports Event

• ELAGUE Major: Boston 2018
• EVO 2018
• League of Legends World Championship
• Overwatch League Grand Finals
• The International 2018

Best eSports Host

• Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
• Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Anders Blume
• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
• Paul “RedEye” Chaloner

Best eSports Moment

• C9 comeback win in triple OT vs FAZE
• G2 beating RNG
• KT vs IG Base Race
• OG’s massive upset of LGD
• SonicFox side switch against Go1 in DBZ

Content Creator of the Year

• Dr. Lupo
• Myth
• Ninja
• Pokimane
• Willyrex

Favorite Moment of 2017

• Carol Shaw (Industry Icon)
• The Game Awards Orchestra (Performance)
• Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro (Moment)
• Josef Fares (A Way Out)
• Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Game of the Year)

The Game Awards 2018 will air on Dec. 6 at 5:30 p.m. PT / 8:30 p.m. ET from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. You can tune into coverage on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Mixer, Steam TV, PlayStation 4, and Xbox Live, among others.