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Title: The Game Awards 2017 nominees announced
Post by: javajolt on November 14, 2017, 06:17:42 PM

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Geoff Keighley’s annual show celebrating the best of video games from the past year, The Game Awards, is set to return on December 7, 2017. Just a couple of weeks ahead of its premiere, nominees for this year’s awards have been announced.

As you can probably already guess, Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, PlayerUnknown’s Battleground’s, and Destiny 2 are nominated for several categories. Xbox exclusive Cuphead from Studio MDHR managed to snag a few nominations as well for its brilliant art direction and gameplay. The nominees can be read below and are also announced in a 12-minute video.



Game of The Year

• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

• Persona 5 (Atlus)

• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp.)

• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Game Direction

• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games)

• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)

• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD)

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD)Wolfenstein II: The New
 
• Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda)

Best Narrative

• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Tameem Antoniades, Elizabeth Ashman-Rowe / Ninja Theory)

• Horizon Zero Dawn (John Gonzalez / Ninja Theory)

• NieR: Automata (Yoko Taro, Hana Kikuchi, Yoshiho Akabane / Platinum Games)

• What Remains of Edith Finch (Ian Dallas / Giant Sparrow)

• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Jen Matthies, Tommy Tordsson Bjork / MachineGames)

Best Art Direction

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment)

• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)

• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

• Persona 5 (Atlus)

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Score / Music

• Cuphead (Kristofer Maddigan)

• Destiny 2 (Mike Salvatori, Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson)

• NieR: Automata (Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi)

• Persona 5 (Shoji Meguro)

• Super Mario Odyssey (Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii, Koji Kondo)

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata)

Best Audio Design

• Destiny 2 (Bungie)

• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)

• Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (Capcom)

• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Performance

• Ashly Burch, Horizon: Zero Dawn (As Aloy)

• Brian Bloom, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (as BJ Blazkowicz)

• Claudia Black, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (as Chloe Frazer)

• Laura Bailey, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (as Nadine Ross)

• Melina Juergens, Hellblade (as Senua)

Games for Impact

• Bury Me, My Love (The Pixel Hunt / Figs / ARTE / Playdius)

• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)

• Life is Strange: Before the Storm (Deck Nine / Square Enix)

• Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall)

• Please Knock on My Door (Levall Games AB)

• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Ongoing Game

• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)

• Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar Games)

• Overwatch (Blizzard)

• Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG. Corp)

• Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)

• Warframe (Digital Extremes)

Best Independent Game

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment)

• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)

• Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall)

• Pyre (Supergiant Games)

• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Mobile Game

• Fire Emblem Heroes (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)

• Hidden Folks (Adriaan de Jongh / Sylvain Tegroeg)

• Monument Valley 2 (ustwo games)

• Old Man’s Journey (Broken Rules)

• Super Mario Run (Nintendo)

Best Handheld Game

• Ever Oasis (Grezzo / Nintendo)

• Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)

• Metroid: Samus Returns (MercurySteam / Nintendo)

• Monster Hunter Stories (Marvelous / Capcom / Nintendo)

• Poochy and Yoshi’s Woolly World (Good-Feel / Nintendo)

Best VR/AR Game

• Farpoint (Impulse Gear / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

• Lone Echo (Ready at Dawn / Oculus Studios)

• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)

•  Trek: Bridge Crew (Red Storm Entertainment / Ubisoft)

• SUPERHOT VR (SUPERHOT Team)

Best Action Game

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment)

• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)

• Nioh (Team Ninja / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

• Prey (Arkane Studios / Bethesda)

• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Assassin’s Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)

• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Role-Playing Game

• Divinity: Original Sin II (Larian Studios)

• Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix Business Division 2 / Square Enix)

• NieR: Automata (Platinum Games / Square Enix)

• Persona 5 (Atlus)

• South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Ubisoft San Francisco / Ubisoft)

Best Fighting Game

• ARMS (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

• Injustice 2 (NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive Ent)

• Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (Capcom)

• Nidhogg 2 (Messhof Games)

• Tekken 7 (Bandai Namco Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)

Best Family Game

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)

• Mario   Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris   Milan / Ubisoft)

• Sonic Mania (PagodaWest Games, Headcannon / Sega)

• Splatoon 2 (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)

Best Strategy Game

• Halo Wars 2 (Creative Assembly, 343 Industries / Microsoft Studios)

• Mario   Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris   Milan / Ubisoft)

• Total War: Warhammer II (Creative Assembly / Sega)

• Tooth and Tail (Pocketwatch Games)

• XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (Firaxis Games / 2K)

Best Sports/Racing Game

• FIFA 18 (EA Vancouver / EA)

• Forza Motorsport 7 (Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)

• Gran Turismo Sport (Polyphony Digital / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

• NBA 2K18 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)

• Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (PES Productions / Konami)

• Project Cars 2 (Slightly Mad Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)

Best Multiplayer

• Call of Duty: WWII (Sledgehammer Games / Activision)

• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)

• Fortnite (Epic Games)

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)

• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp.)

• Splatoon 2 (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Most Anticipated Game

• God of War (Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

• Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)

• Red Dead Redemption II (Rockstar Games)

• The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Trending Gamer

• Andrea Rene (What’s Good Games)

• Clint Lexa (“Halfcoordinated”)

• Guy Beahm (“Dr. Disrespect”)

• Mike Grzesiek (“Shroud”)

• Steven Spohn (AbleGamers)

Best Esports Game

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)

• DOTA2 (Valve)

• League of Legends (Riot)

• Overwatch (Blizzard)

• Rocket League (Psyonix)

Best Esports Player presented by Omen by HP

• Lee Sang-hyeok “Faker” (SK Telecom 1, League of Legends)

• Marcelo “coldzera” David (SK Gaming, Counter-Strike: GO)

• Nikola ‘NiKo’ Kovac (FaZe Clan, Counter-Strike: GO)

• Je-hong “ryujehong” Ryu (Seoul Dynasty, Overwatch)

• Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi (Team Liquid, DOTA 2)

Best Esports Team

• Cloud 9

• FaZe Clan

• Lunatic-Hai

• SK Telecom T1

• Team Liquid

Student Game Award

• Falling Sky (Jonathan Nielssen, Nikolay Savoy, Mohsen Shah / National Film & TV School)

• From Light (Alejandro Grossman, Steven Li, Sherveen Uduwana / USC)

• Hollowed (Erin Marek, Jerrick Flores, Charley Choucard / University of Central Florida)

• Impulsion (Hugo Verger, Remi Bertrand, Maxime Lupinski / IIM)

• Level Squared (Kip Brennan, Stephen Scoglio, Dane Perry Svendsen / Swinburne University)

• Meaning (Hariz Yet / DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore)

Best Debut Indie Game presented by Schick Hydro

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment)

• Golf Story (Sidebar Games)

• Hollow Knight (Team Cherry)

• Mr. Shifty (Team Shifty)

• Slime Rancher (Monomi Park)

Chinese Fan Game Award

• Honor of Kings (Timi Studio Group)

• ICEY (FantaBlade Network)

• Gumballs & Dungeons (QcPlay Limited)

• jx3HD (Kingsoft Corporation)

• Monument Valley 2 (ustwo games)

You can vote for your favorite games here (http://thegameawards.com/awards/).

source (http://mspoweruser.com/game-awards-2017-nominees-announced/)