The Game Awards Are Over: Pick Your Side and Join The Battle!
The Game Awards 2018 took place on Thursday, Dec. 6 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. While Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 expected to be game of the year, Sony Santa Monica's God of War has won the award! However, Red Dead Redemption 2 won the most awards and riding home with four.
Here is the full list of winners and nominees:
Game Of The Year - Winner: “God of War” (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Nominees:
“Assassin’s Creed Odyssey” (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
“Celeste” (Matt Makes Games)
“Marvel’s Spider-Man” (Insomniac Games / SIE)
“Monster Hunter: World” (Capcom)
“Red Dead Redemption 2” (Rockstar Games)
Best Ongoing Game - Winner: “Fortnite” (Epic Games)
Nominees:
“Destiny 2” (Bungie / Activision)
“No Man’s Sky” (Hello Games)
“Overwatch” (Blizzard)
“Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege” (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
Best Game Direction - Winner: “God of War” (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Nominees:
“A Way Out” (Hazelight Studios / EA)
“Detroit: Become Human” (Quantic Dream / SIE)
“Marvel’s Spider-Man” (Insomniac Games / SIE)
“Red Dead Redemption 2” (Rockstar Games)
Best Narrative - Winner: “Red Dead Redemption 2” (Rockstar Games)
Nominees:
“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)
Best Art Direction - Winner: “Return of Obra Dinn” (3909 LLC)
Nominees:
“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)
Best Score/Music - Winner: “Red Dead Redemption 2” (Woody Jackson)
Nominees:
“Celeste” (Lena Raine)
“God of War” (Bear McCreary)
“Marvel’s Spider-Man” (John Paesano)
“Ni No Kuni II” (Joe Hisaishi)
“Octopath Traveler” (Yasunori Nishiki)
Best Audio Design - Winner: “Red Dead Redemption 2” (Rockstar Games)
Nominees:
“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)
Best Performance - Winner: Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, “Red Dead Redemption 2”
Nominees:
Bryan Dechart as Connor, “Detroit: Become Human”
Christopher Judge as Kratos, “God of War”
Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra, “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey”
Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, “Marvel’s Spider-Man”
Games for Impact - Winner: “Celeste” (Matt Makes Games)
Nominees:
“11-11 Memories Retold” (Digixart / Aardman Animations / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
“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 Independent Game - Winner: “Celeste” (Matt Makes Games)
Nominees:
“Dead Cells” (Motion Twin)
“Into the Breach” (Subset Games)
“Return of the Obra Dinn” (3909 LLC)
“The Messenger” (Sabotage Studio)
Best Debut Indie Game - Winner: “The Messenger” (Sabotage Studio)
Nominees:
“Donut County”(Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
“Florence” (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
“Moss” (Polyarc Games)
“Yoku’s Island Express” (Villa Gorilla)
Best Mobile Game - Winner: “Florence” (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
Nominees:
“Donut County” (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
“Fortnite” (Epic Games)
“PUBG MOBILE” (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games)
“Reigns: Game of Thrones” (Nerial / Developer Digital)
Best VR/AR Game - Winner: “ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission” (SIE Japan Studio / SIE)
Nominees:
“Beat Saber” (Beat Games)
“Firewall Zero Hour” (First Contact Entertainment / SIE)
“Moss” (Polyarc Games)
“Tetris Effect” (Resonair / Enhance, Inc)
Best Action Game - Winner: “Dead Cells” (Motion Twin)
Nominees:
“Call of Duty: Black Ops 4” (Treyarch / Activision)
“Destiny 2: Forsaken” (Bungie / Activision)
“Far Cry 5” (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
“Mega Man 11” (Capcom)
Best Action/Adventure Game - Winner: "God of War” (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Nominees:
“Assassin’s Creed Odyssey” (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
“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 - Winner: “Monster Hunter: World” (Capcom)
Nominees:
“Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age” (Square Enix / Square Enix)
“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 - Winner: “Dragon Ball FighterZ” (Arc System Works / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
Nominees:
“BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle” (Arc System Works)
“Soul Calibur VI” (Bandai Namco Studios / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
“Street Fighter V Arcade” (Dimps / Capcom)
Best Family Game - Winner: “Overcooked 2″ (Ghost Town Games / Team 17)
Nominees:
“Mario Tennis Aces” (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
“Nintendo Labo” (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
“Starlink: Battle for Atlas” (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
“Super Mario Party” (NDCube / Nintendo)
Best Strategy Game - Winner: “Into the Breach” (Subset Games)
Nominees:
“BATTLETECH” (Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive
“Frostpunk” (11 bit studios)
“The Banner Saga 3” (Stoic Studio / Versus Evil)
“Valkyria Chronicles 4” (Sega CS3 / Sega)
Best Sports/Racing - Winner: “Forza Horizon 4” (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
Nominees:
“FIFA 19” (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)
“Mario Tennis Aces” (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
“NBA 2K19” (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
“Pro Evolution Soccer 2019” (PES Productions / Konami)
Best Multiplayer Game - Winner: “Fortnite” (Epic Games)
Nominees:
“Call of Duty: Black Ops 4” (Treyarch / Activision)
“Destiny 2: Forsaken” (Bungie / Activision)
“Monster Hunter: World” (Capcom)
Content Creator/Streamer of the Year - Winner: Ninja
Nominees:
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