The Game Awards 2015 nominees named
The nominees for this year's Game Awards have been named with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt leading the pack with seven nominations.
Every year for the past decade, Geoff Keighley has put together a gaming award show to end the year. With that said, it is that time of the year to honor the best in video games with this year's Game Awards, with a jury of 32 members of the international gaming media gathering to decide on winners across roughly a dozen categories. In addition to honoring games, several eSports categories are included, which will be decided by an advisory panel of featuring members of the eSports media. The big guns include The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with seven nominations, with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom just behind it with four.
Here are this year's nominees:
Game of the Year
- Bloodborne (From Software/Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks)
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions/Konami)
- Super Mario Maker (Nintendo)
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt RED/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Developer of the Year
- Bethesda Game Studios
- CD Projekt RED
- From Software
- Kojima Productions
- Nintendo
Best Independent Game
- Axiom Verge
- Her Story
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Rocket League
- Undertale
Best Mobile/Handheld Game
- Downwell
- Fallout Shelter
- Lara Croft GO
- Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate
- Pac-Man 256
Best Narrative
- Her Story
- Life is Strange
- Tales from the Borderlands
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Until Dawn
Best Score/Soundtrack
- Fallout 4
- Halo 5: Guardians
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Best Performance
- Ashly Burch as Chloe Price (Life is Strange)
- Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft (Rise of the Tomb Raider)
- Doug Cockle as Geralt (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)
- Mark Hamill as The Joker (Batman: Arkham Knight)
- Viva Seifert (Her Story)
Games For Change
- Cibele
- Her Story
- Life is Strange
- Sunset
- Undertale
Best Shooter
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
- Destiny: The Taken King
- Halo 5: Guardians
- Splatoon
- Star Wars Battlefront
Best Action/Adventure
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
Best Role-Playing Game
- Bloodborne
- Fallout 4
- Pillars of Eternity
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Undertale
Best Fighting Game
- Guilty Gear XRD -SIGN-
- Mortal Kombat X
- Rise of Incarnates
- Rising Thunder
Best Family Game
- Disney Infinity 3.0
- LEGO Dimensions
- Skylanders: Superchargers
- Splatoon
- Super Mario Maker
Best Sports/Racing Game
- FIFA 16
- Forza Motorsport 6
- NBA 2K16
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2016
- Rocket League
Best Multiplayer
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
- Destiny: The Taken King
- Halo 5: Guardians
- Rocket League
- Splatoon
Best Art Direction
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Bloodborne
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
A fan vote will also decide the following categories:
eSports Game of the Year
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Dota 2
- Hearthstone
- League of Legends
Best Fan Creation
- GTA V - Targets
- Portal Stories: Mel
- Real GTA
- Twitch Plays Dark Souls
Trending Gamer
- Christopher 'Montecristo' Mykles
- Greg Miller
- Markiplier
- Pewdiepie
- Total Biscuit
eSports Team of the Year
- Evil Geniuses
- Fnatic
- Optic Gaming
- SK Telecom T1
- Team Solomid
eSports Player of the Year
- Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub
- Lee 'Faker' Sang-Hyeok
- Olof 'Olofmeister' Kajbjer
- Peter 'PPD' Dager
- Syed Sumail 'Suma1l' Hassan
Most Anticipated Game
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- No Man's Sky
- Quantum Break
- The Last Guardian
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
The Game Awards will take place on December 3 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, CA.
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