Octopath Traveler, Monster Hunter: World, Valkyria Chronicles 4, More Nominated For Game Awards 2018

The nominees for The Game Awards 2018 have been revealed, and it includes Octopath Traveler, Monster Hunter: World, Ni no Kuni II, Mega Man 11, Dragon Quest XI, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and even The Missing as part of its lineup.

 

Here are the full nominee lineups below:

Best Game Direction:

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

 

 

Best Art Direction:

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

 

 

Best Score and Music:

• Celeste (Lena Raine)
• God of War (Bear McCreary)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (John Paesano)
• Ni no Kuni II (Joe Hisaishi)
• Octopath Traveler (Yasunori Yashiki)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Woody Jackson)

 

Best Performance:

• Bryan Dechart (Conner; Detroit: Become Human)
• Christopher Judge (Kratos; God of War)
• Melissanthi Mahut (Kassandra; Assassin’s Creed Odyssey)
• Roger Clark (Arthur Morgan; Red Dead Redemption 2)
• Yuri Lowenthal (Peter Parker; Marvel’s Spider-Man)

 

Best Indie Game:

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

 

 

Best eSports Game:

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• DOTA 2
• Fortnite
• League of Legends
• Overwatch

 

 

Best Narrative:

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

 

 

Games For Impact:

• 11-11: Memories Retold
• Celeste
• florence
• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1
• The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories

 

 

Best Audio Design:

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

 

 

Best Debut Indie Game:

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

 

 

Best Mobile Game:

• Donut County
• florence
• Fortnite
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
• Reigns: Game of Thrones

 

 

Best VR / AR Game:

• Astro Bot Rescue Mission
• Beat Saber
• Firewall: Zero Hour
• Moss
• Tetris Effect

 

 

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 RPG:

• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
• Monster Hunter: World
• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
• Octopath Traveler
• Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

 

 

Best Fighting Game:

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

 

 

Best Family Game:

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

 

 

Best Strategy Game:

• Battletech
• Frostpunk
• Into the Breach
• The Banner Saga 3
• Valkyria Chronicles 4

 

 

Best Sports / Racing Game:

• FIFA ‘19
• Forza Horizon 4
• Mario Tennis Aces
• NBA 2K19
• PES 2019

 

 

Best Multiplayer Game:

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch)
• Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
• Sea of Thieves (Rare)

 

Best eSports Player:

• Dominique “SonicFox” McLean
• Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi
• Jian “Uzi” Zihao
• Alexander “s1mple” Kostylev
• Bang “JJoNak” Sung-hyeon

 

Best eSports Team:

• Fnatic (League of Legends)
• Astralis (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• Cloud9 (League of Legends)
• London Spitfire (Overwatch)
• OG (DOTA 2)

 

Best eSports Coach:

• “Reapered” (Cloud9)
• “Zonic” (Astralis)
• Dylan Falco (Fnatic)
• Yamato Cannon (Team Fatality)
• “YNk” (MiBR)
• “ppasarel” (OG)

 

Best eSports Event:

• Overwatch League Grand Finals
• League of Legends World Championship 2018
• ELEAGUE Boston 2018
• The International 2018
• EVO 2018

 

Best eSports Host:

• Eefje “sjokz” Depoortere
• Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Paul “Redeye” Chaloner
• Anders Blume
• Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez

 

Best eSports Moment:

• OG upset at DOTA 2 finals
• KT vs IG base race at League of Legends World Championship
• Cloud9 comeback win in triple overtime at ELEAGUE Boston 2018
• G2 Esports beating Royal Never Give Up at League of Legends World Championship
• SonicFox side switch vs GO1 in Dragon Ball FighterZ at EVO 2018

 

Best Content Creator:

• DrLupo
• Myth
• Ninja
• Pokimane
• Willyrex

 

Best Student Game:

• Combat 2018 (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences)
• Dash Quasar (University of California, Santa Cruz)
• Jera (DigiPen Institute of Technology)
• LIFF (iStart Digital)
• Recharge (MIT)

 

Best Ongoing Game:

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

 

Game of the Year:

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Montreal)
• Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games)
• Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar)

 

Here’s the full announcement video below:

 

Voting can be done via The Game Awards’ official site here. The Game Awards 2018 will be held on December 6, 2018 at 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT.

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