Een tijdje terug werd het nieuws naar buiten gebracht dat, met ingang van dit jaar, er een nieuwe jaarlijkse awardshow voor games zal worden gehouden. We hebben het hier over The Game Awards, een show van producer Geoff Keighley die we onder andere van de VGX kennen.
Inmiddels zijn alle genomineerden van het evenement bekendgemaakt. Voor de eerste editie van de show zijn er maar liefst 21 categorieën waarin een prijs wordt uitgereikt. Hieronder zie je een overzicht van alle genomineerden en bovenaan dit bericht kan je een korte teaser van The Game Awards 2014 zien. Het evenement vindt op 5 december in Las Vegas plaats.
Best Shooter
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer/Activision
- Destiny – Bungie/Activision
- Far Cry 4 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
- Titanfall – Respawn/EA
- Wolfenstein: The New Order – MachineGames/Bethesda
Best Action/Adventure
- Alien: Isolation – Creative Assembly/Sega
- Assassin’s Creed Unity – Ubisoft
- Bayonetta 2 – Platinum Games/Nintendo
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros.
- Sunset Overdrive – Insomniac/Microsoft
Best Role Playing Game
- Bravely Default – Square Enix
- Dark Souls II – From Software/Bandai Namco
- Divinity: Original Sin – Larian Studios
- Dragon Age: Inquisition – Bioware/EA
- South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
Best Fighting Game
- Killer Instinct: Season Two – Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – Arc System Works/Atlus
- Super Smash Bros. 3DS – Nintendo
- Super Smash Bros. Wii U – Nintendo
- Ultimate Street Fighter IV – Capcom
Best Family Game
- Disney Infinity 2.0 – Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive Studios
- Fantasia: Music Evolved – Harmonix/Disney Interactive Studios
- Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
- Skylanders: Trap Team – Toys for Bob/Activision
- Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
Best Sports/Racing Game
- FIFA 15 – EA Canada/EA Sports
- Forza Horizon 2 – Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft
- Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
- NBA 2K15 – Visual Concepts/2K Sports
- Trials Fusion – RedLynx/Ubisoft
Best Online Experience
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
- Dark Souls II – From Software/Bandai Namco
- Destiny – Bungie/Activision
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
- Titanfall – Respawn/EA
Best Mobile/Handheld
- Bravely Default – Square Enix
- Monument Valley – Ustwo
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
- Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – Nintendo
- Threes – Asher Vollmer, illustrator Greg Wohlwend, and composer Jimmy Hinson
Best Remaster
- Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar Games
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection – 343 Industries/Microsoft
- Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire – Game Freak/Nintendo
- The Last of Us – Naughty Dog/Sony
- Tomb Raider: Definitive – Edition Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix
Best Narrative
- South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
- The Walking Dead Season 2 – Telltale Games
- The Wolf Among Us – Telltale Games
- Valiant Hearts – Ubisoft
- Wolfenstein: The New Order – Machine Games/Bethesda
Best Score/Soundtrack
- Alien: Isolation – Christian Henson, Joe Henson and Alexis Smith, The Creative Assembly/Sega
- Child of Light – Coeur de pirate, Ubisoft Montreal
- Destiny – Marty O’Donnell, Bungie/Activision
- Sunset Overdrive – Boris Salchow, Insomniac Games/Microsoft
- Transistor – Darren Korb, Supergiant Games
Best Independent Game
- Broken Age Part 1 – Double Fine
- Monument Valley – Ustwo
- Shovel Knight – Cellar Door
- Transistor – Supergiant Games
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – The Astronauts
Games for Change
- Mountain – David O’Reilly/Double Fine Presents
- Never Alone – Upper One Games
- The Last of Us: Left Behind – Naughty Dog/Sony
- This War of Mine – 11bit Studios
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War – Ubisoft
eSports Player of the Year
- Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson – League of Legends
- Xu “Fy” Linsen – Dota 2
- James “Firebat” Kostesich – Hearthstone
- Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund – Counter-Strike: GO
- Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag – Call of Duty
eSports Team of the Year
- Samsung White – League of Legends
- Evil Geniuses – Dota 2
- Edward Gaming – League of Legends
- Newbee – Dota 2
- Ninjas in Pajamas – Counter-Strike: GO
Trending Gamer
- Evan “Vanoss” Fong
- Jeff Gerstmann
- PewDiePie
- StampyLongHead
- TotalBiscuit
Best Fan Creation
- BEST Zelda Rap EVER!! By Egoraptor
- Luigi Death Stare by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr
- Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song) by Tobuscus
- Minecraft – TITAN City by Colonial Puppet
- Twitch Plays Pokemon by Anonymous
Developer of the Year
- Blizzard
- Monolith
- Nintendo
- Telltale Games
- Ubisoft Montreal
Best Performance
- Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf, The Wolf Among Us – Telltale Games
- Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
- Melissa Hutchison as Clementine, The Walking Dead: Season Two – Telltale Games
- Trey Parker as Various Voices, South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
- Troy Baker as Talion, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros.
Most Anticipated Game – (To be voted on by fans)
- Batman: Arkham Knight – Rocksteady/Warner Bros.
- Bloodborne – FROM Software/Sony
- Evolve – Turtle Rock/2K Games
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – CD Projekt
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog/Sony
Game of the Year
- Bayonetta 2 – Platinum Games/Nintendo
- Dark Souls 2 – FROM Software/Bandai Namco
- Dragon Age: Inquisition – BioWare/EA
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros
Zijn jullie het eens met de genomineerden? Welke games zien jullie graag in de prijzen vallen? Laat het ons weten in de reacties.