The Game Awards 2018 Nominations Announced.

There have been numerous incredible games released in 2018, and now the nominations for The Game Awards 2018 have been announced across 30 categories. Marvel's Spider-Man, God of War, and Red Dead Redemption 2 are all up for Game of The Year, alongside being nominated for other categories, including Best Narrative, Best Game Direction, and Best Action/Adventure Game. 

God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 are tied for the most nominations for 2018, standing at a sum of seven. Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Monster Hunter: World and the indie Celeste are also up for Game of the Year.

The Game Awards celebrates individual games and game developers alike through an extensive variety of categories ranging from Best Role Playing Game and Best Art Direction to Best Mobile Game and Content Creator of the Year. The most desired distinction, however, is the Game of the Year award, honoring the overall best accomplishment within the universe of gaming.

The full nominations and their respective categories can be seen below:


Game Of The Year:

• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
• God of War
• Monster Hunter: World
• Celeste

Previous Year Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Best Action/Adventure Game:

• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
• God of War
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Previous Year Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild



Best Action Game:

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
• Destiny 2: Forsaken
• Far Cry 5
• Dead Cells
• Mega Man 11

Previous Year Winner: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus



Best Game Direction:

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

Previous Year Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Best Role Playing Game:

• Ni no Kuni II
• Monster Hunter: World
• Dragon Quest XI
• Octopath Traveler
• Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Previous Year Winner: Persona 5 

Best Ongoing Game:

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

Previous Year Winner: Overwatch

Best Art Direction:

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

Previous Year Winner: Cuphead

Best Narrative:

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

Previous Year Winner: What Remains of Edith Finch

Best Score/Music:

• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• God of War
• Celeste
• Octopath Traveler

Previous Year Winner: Nier: Automata

Best Independent Game:

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

Previous Year Winner: Cuphead

Best Audio Design:

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

Previous Year Winner: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Best Performance:

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

Previous Year Winner: Melina Juergens as Senua

Best Fighting Game:

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

Previous Year Winner: Injustice 2

Best VR/AR Game:

• Firewall Zero Hour
• Tetris Effect
• Moss
• Beat Saber
• ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission

Previous Year Winner: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

Games for Impact:

• Life is Strange 2
• 11-11 Memories Retold
• Celeste
• Florence
• The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories

Previous Year Winner: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Best Mobile Game:

• PUBG MOBILE
• Reigns: Game of Thrones
• Fortnite
• Donut County
• Florence

Previous Year Winner: Monument Valley 2

Best Family Game:

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

Previous Year Winner: Super Mario Odyssey

Best Sports/Racing Game:

• FIFA 19
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2019
• NBA 2K19
• Forza Horizon 4
• Mario Tennis Aces

Previous Year Winner: Forza Motorsport 7

Best Multiplayer Game:

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
• Fortnite
• Destiny 2: Forsaken
• Monster Hunter: World
• Sea of Thieves

Previous Year Winner: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

Best Debut Indie Game:

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

Previous Year Winner: Cuphead

Best Student Game:

• RE: Charge
• Combat 2018
• Dash Quasar
• JERA
• LIFF

Previous Year Winner: Level Squared

Best eSports Game:

• DOTA2
• Fortnite
• CSGO
• League of Legends
• Overwatch

Previous Year Winner: Overwatch

Best eSports Player:

• Dominique “SonicFox” McLean
• Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi
• Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
• Sung-hygeon “JJoNak” Bang

Previous Year Winner: Lee Sang-hyeok "Faker"

Best eSports Team:

• London Spitfire
• Cloud9
• Astralis
• Fnatic
• OG

Previous Year Winner: Cloud 9

Best eSports Coach:

• Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu
• Christian “ppasarel” Banaseanu
• Danny “zonic” Sorensen
• Dylan Falco
• Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi
• Janko “YNk” Paunovic

Best eSports Event:

• ELAGUE Major: Boston 2018
• EVO 2018
• League of Legends World Championship
• Overwatch League Grand Finals
• The International 2018

Best eSports Host:

• Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
• Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Anders Blume
• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
• Paul “RedEye” Chaloner

Content Creator of the Year:

• Dr. Lupo
• Myth
• Ninja
• Pokimane
• Willyrex

Best eSports Moment:

• SonicFox side switch against Go1 in DBZ
• KT vs IG Base Race
• C9 comeback win in triple OT vs FAZE
• G2 beating RNG
• OG’s massive upset of LGD

Favorite Moment of 2017:

• The Legend Of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 
• Carol Shaw
• The Game Awards Orchestra 
• Josef Fares 
• Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro

The Game Awards will air on Dec. 6 2018 at 8 p.m. EST. Fans can vote for their favorite categories at The Game Awards Website.