nominees

The six games that have a chance to win the prize for game of the year are Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Control, The Outer Worlds, Death Stranding, Resident Evil 2 and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Smash Bros. Ultimate appeared at the end of 2018 and could therefore no longer participate in The Awards last year.

The Game Awards 2019 will be held on the night of 12 to 13 December. In addition to awarding awards, new announcements are made every year and trailers for games are shown.

The complete list of nominations can be seen below.

Game of the Year

• Control
• Death Stranding
• Resident Evil 2
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• The Outer Worlds

Best Action Game

• Apex Legends
• Astral Chain
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Devil May Cry 5
• Gears 5
• Metro Exodus

Best Action-Adventure Game

• Borderlands 3
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Resident Evil 2
• The Legends of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
• Sekiro: Shadows Dice Twice

Best Art Direction

• Control
• Death Stranding
• Gris
• Sayonara Wild Hearts
• Dekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

Best Audio Design

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Gears 5
• Resident Evil 2
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Best Community Support

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• Final Fantasy 14
• Fortnite
• Rainbow Six Siege

Best Family Game

• Luigi’s Mansion 3
• Ring Fit Adventure
• Super Mario Maker 2
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• Yoshi’s Crafted World

Best Fighting Game

• Dead or Alive 6
• Jump Force
• Mortal Kombat 11
• Samurai Showdown
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Best Narrative

• A Plague Tale: Innocence
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Disco Elysium
• The Outer Worlds

Best Game Direction

• Control
• Death Stranding
• Resident Evil 2
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• The Outer Worlds

Best Score/Music

• Cadence of Hyrule
• Death Stranding
• Devil May Cry 5
• Kingdom Hearts 3
• Sayonara Wild Hearts

Best Independent Game

• Baba Is You
• Disco Elysium
• Katana ZERO
• Outer Wilds
• Untitled Goose Game

Best Ongoing Game

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• Final Fantasy 14
• Fortnite
• Rainbow Six Siege

Best Performance

• Courtney Hope/Control
• Laura Bailey/Gears 5
• Mads Mikkelsen/Death Stranding
• Matthew Porretta/Control
• Norman Reedus/Death Stranding

Best Mobile Game

• Call of Duty: Mobile
• GRINDSTONE
• Sayonara Wild Hearts
• Sky: Children of Light
• What the Golf?

Best RPG Game

• Disco Elysium
• Final Fantasy 14
• Kingdom Hearts 3
• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
• The Outer Worlds

Best VR/AR Game

• Asgard’s Wrath
• Blood & Truth
• Beat Saber
• No Man’s Sky
• Trover Saves the Universe

Best Strategy Game

• Age of Wonders: Planetfall
• Anno 1800
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses
• Total War: Three Kingdoms
• Tropico 6
• Wargroove

Best Sports/Racing Game

• Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
• DiRT Rally 2.0
• eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020
• F1 2019
• FIFA 20

Best Multiplayer Game

• Apex Legends
• Borderlands 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Tetris 99
• The Division 2

Fresh Indie Game

• ZA / UM – Disc Elysium
• Nomada Studio – Gris
• Deadtoast Entertainment – My Friend Pedro
• Mobuis Digital – Outer Wilds
• Nega Crit – Slay the Spire
• House House – Untilted Goose Game

Games for Impact

• Concrete Genie
• Gris
• Kind Words
• Life is Strange 2
• Sea of Solitude

Content Creator of the Year

• Courage (Jack Dunlop)
• Dr. Lupo (Benjamin Lupo)
• Ewok (Soleil Wheeler)
• Grefg (David Martinez)
• Shroud (Michael Grzsiek)

eSports Coach

• Eric “Adren” Hoag – Team Liquid – CS:GO
• Bu-Ri “Cain” Jang – team Liquid – LoL
• Fabien “Grabbz” Lohmann – G2 eSports – LoL
• Kin “KKOMA” Jeong-Gyun – SK Telecom T1, LoL
• Titouan “Sockshka” Merloz – OG – Dota 2
• Danny “Zonic: Sorsensen – Astarlis – CS:GO

eSports Event

• 2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals
• EVO 2019
• Fortnite World Cup
• IEM Katowice 2019
• League of Legends World Championship 2019
• The International 2019

eSports Game of the Year

• CS:GO
• Dota 2
• Fortnite
• League of Legends
• Overwatch

eSports Host

• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
• Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Paul “Redeye” Chaloner
• Alex “Goldeboy” Medez
• Duan “Candice” Yu-Shuang

eSports Player

• Kyle “Bugha” Giersdork – Immortals – Fortnite
• Lees” Faker” Sang-Hyeok – SK Telecom – LoL
• Luka “Perkz” Perkovic – G2 ESPORTS – LoL
• Oleksandr “S1mple” Kostyliev – Natus Vincere – CSGO
• Jay “Sinatraa” Won – San Fransico Shock – Overwatch

eSports Team

• Astralis – CS:GO
• G2 EsportS – LoL
• OG – DOTA2
• San Francisco Shock – Overwatch League
• Team Liquid – CS:GO

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