Nominees for The Game Awards 2018
Game of the Year:
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
- Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
- God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
- Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Best Action Game:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)
- Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
- Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
- Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
- Mega Man 11 (Capcom)
Best Action/Adventure Game:
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
- God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal / Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix)
Best Role Playing Game:
-Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix / Square Enix)
-Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
-Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Level 5 / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
-Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
-Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil)
Best Fighting Game:
- BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc System Works)
- Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
- Soul Calibur VI (Bandai Namco Studios / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
- Street Fighter V Arcade (Dimps / Capcom)
Best Family Game:
-Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
-Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
-Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games / Team 17)
-Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
-Super Mario Party (NDCube / Nintendo)
Best VR/AR Game:
- ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / SIE)
- Beat Saber (Beat Games)
- Firewall Zero Hour (First Contact Entertainment / SIE)
- Moss (Polyarc Games)
- Tetris Effect (Resonair / Enhance, Inc)
Best Mobile Game:
- Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
- Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- PUBG MOBILE (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games)
- Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Developer Digital)
Best Strategy Game:
- BATTLETECH (Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive
- Frostpunk (11 bit studios)
- Into the Breach (Subset Games)
- The Banner Saga 3 (Stoic Studio / Versus Evil)
- Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Sega CS3 / Sega)
Games For Impact:
- 11-11 Memories Retold (Digixart / Aardman Animations / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
- Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
- Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
- Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
- The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories (White Owls / Arc System Works)
Best Game Direction:
- A Way Out (Hazelight Studios / EA)
- Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)
- God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Best Narrative:
- Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)
- God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Best Art Direction:
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
- God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
- Return of Obra Din (3909 LLC)
Best Independent Game:
-Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
-Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
-Into the Breach (Subset Games)
-Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC)
-The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)
Best Sports/Racing:
-FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)
-Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
-Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
-NBA 2K19 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
-Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (PES Productions / Konami)
Best Multiplayer Game:
-Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)
-Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
-Fortnite (Epic Games)
-Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
-Sea of Thieves (Rare / Microsoft Studios)
Best Ongoing Game:
- Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
- Overwatch (Blizzard)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
Best Score/Music:
- Celeste (Lena Raine)
- God of War (Bear McCreary)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (John Paesano)
- Ni No Kuni II (Joe Hisaishi)
- Octopath Traveler (Yasunori Nishiki)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Woody Jackson)
Best Audio Design:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch Studios / Activision)
- Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
- God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Best Performance:
- Christopher Judge as Kratos (God of War)
- Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption 2)
- Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker (Spider-Man)
- Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra (Assassin's Creed Odyssey)
- Bryan Dechart as Connor (Detroit: Become Human)
Best Content Creator:
- Ninja
- Pokimane
- Dr. Lupo
- Myth
- Willyrex