The Game Awards 2014 Nominees Are Revealed
In what should be regarded as a time-filler (in contrast to the main event of game reveals and gameplay footage), The Game Awards 2014 nominees have been announced. They are viewable on The Game Awards website, with five separate awards at the bottom eligible for fan voting interaction.
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Voted on by a panel of 28 different journalists from across the United States, Europe, Japan and Canada, The Game Awards list 16 different main categories, some of which are quite intriguing. For example, “Games For Change” is a rather vague category that includes a game about WWI, a young woman exploring her romantic feelings alongside her friend and, essentially, a video file of a mountain. Plus, both Bayonetta 2 and Hearthstone included in the Game of the Year list is a surprising turn of events. The fact that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is in the Best Online Experience category, with its launch problems, is concerning. Ultimately, it’s a pedestrian list filled with a bunch of Nintendo-published titles.
The journalist panel won’t be able to touch 5 of The Game Awards categories, which are fan-voted and ultimately boring. Most anticipated game will likely be a popularity contest, while eSports players/teams of the year and “Trending Gamer” categories (who’s popular on Youtube/Twitch) are alienating to gamers who aren’t part of those possibly-niche worlds. Best Fan Creation, at the least, looks at transformative content that aims to entertain, so that much should be interesting.
Below is The Game Awards 2014’s full list of nominees.
Game of the Year
Bayonetta 2 – Platinum Games/Nintendo
Dark Souls 2 – FROM Software/Bandai Namco
Dragon Age: Inquisition – BioWare/EA
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros.
Developer of the Year
Blizzard
Monolith
Nintendo
Telltale Games
Ubisoft Montreal
Best Role Playing Game
Bravely Default – Square Enix
Dark Souls II – From Software/Bandai Namco
Divinity: Original Sin – Larian Studios
Dragon Age: Inquisition – Bioware/EA
South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
Best Action/Adventure
Alien: Isolation – Creative Assembly/Sega
Assassin’s Creed Unity – Ubisoft
Bayonetta 2 – Platinum Games/Nintendo
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros.
Sunset Overdrive – Insomniac/Microsoft
Best Fighting Game
Killer Instinct: Season Two – Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – Arc System Works/Atlus
Super Smash Bros. 3DS – Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Wii U – Nintendo
Ultimate Street Fighter IV – Capcom
Best Narrative
South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
The Walking Dead, Season Two – Telltale
The Wolf Among Us – Telltale
Valiant Hearts: The Great War – Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft
Wolfenstein: The New Order – MachineGames/Bethesda
Best Performance
Adam Harrington As Bigby Wolf, The Wolf Among Us – Telltale
Kevin Spacey As Jonathan Irons, Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
Melissa Hutchison As Clementine, The Walking Dead: Season Two – Telltale
Trey Parker As Various Voices, South Park: The Stick Of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
Troy Baker As Talion, Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor – Monolith/WBIE
Best Score/Sountrack
Alien: Isolation – Christian Henson, Joe Henson and Alexis Smith
Child of Light – Couer De Pirate/Ubisoft Montreal
Destiny – Marty O’Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Paul McCartney
Sunset Overdrive – Boris Salchow/Insomniac Games
Transistor – Supergiant Games
Best Independent Game
Broken Age Part 1 – Double Fine
Monument Valley – Ustwo
Shovel Knight – Cellar Door
Transistor – Supergiant Games
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – The Astronauts
Best Online Experience
Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer/Activision
Dark Souls II – FROM Software/Bandai-Namco Games
Destiny – Bungie/Activision
Hearthstone – Blizzard
Titanfall – Respawn/EA
Best Remaster
Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar Games
Halo: The Master Chief Collection – 343 Industries/Microsoft
Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire – Game Freak/Nintendo
The Last of Us – Naughty Dog/Sony
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition – Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix
Best Sports/Racing Game
FIFA 15 – EA Canada/EA Sports
Forza Horizon 2 – Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft
Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
NBA 2K15 – Visual Concepts/2K Sports
Trials Fusion – RedLynx/Ubisoft
Best Shooter
Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
Destiny – Bungie/Activision
Far Cry 4 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
Titanfall – Respawn/EA
Wolfenstein: The New Order – MachineGames/Bethesda
Best Family Game
Disney Infinity 2.0 – Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive Studios
Fantasia: Music Evolved – Harmonix/Disney Interactive Studios
Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
Skylanders: Trap Team – Toys for Bob/Activision
Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
Best Mobile/Handheld
Bravely Default – Square Enix
Monument Valley – Ustwo
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
Super Smash Bros. 3DS – Nintendo
Threes – Asher Vollmer, illustrator Greg Wohlwend, and composer Jimmy Hinson
Games For Change
Mountain – David O’Reilly/Double Fine Presents
Never Alone – Upper One Games/E-Line Media
The Last of Us: Left Behind – Naughty Dog/SCEA
This War of Mine – 11 Bit Studios
Valiant Hearts: The Great War – Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft
Fan-Voted Game Awards
Most Anticipated Game
Batman: Arkham Knight
Bloodborne
Evolve
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
The Witcher 3
eSports Player of the Year
Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund
James “Firebat” Kostesich
Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson
Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag
Xu “Fy” Linsen
eSports Team of the Year
Edward Gaming
Evil Genuises
Newbee
Ninjas in Pajamas
Samsung White
Best Fan Creation
BEST Zelda Rap EVER!! By Egoraptor
Luigi Death Stare by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr
Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song) by Tobuscus
Minecraft – TITAN City by Colonial Puppet
Twitch Plays Pokemon by Anonymous
Trending Gamer
Evan “Vanoss” Fong
Jeff Gerstmann
PewDiePie
StampyLongHead
TotalBiscuit
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