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In this week episode, Drew, Nathan and Cory talk about what they have been up to this week, and discuss the nominees of the 2018 gaming awards.
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Game of the Year
Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey., Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft. Celeste, Matt Makes Games. God of War, Sony Santa Monica / SIE. .Marvel’s Spider-Man, Insomniac Games / SIE. .Monster Hunter World, Capcom. Red Dead Redemption 2,Rockstar Games.
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Best Ongoing Game
Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time.
Destiny 2: Forsaken, Bungie / Activision. Fortnite, Epic Games. No Man’s Sky, Hello Games. Overwatch, Blizzard. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft.
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Best Game Direction
Awarded to a game studio for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.
A Way Out, Hazelight Studios / EA. Detroit: Become Human, Quantic Dream / SIE.
God of War, Sony Santa Monica / SIE. Marvel’s Spider-Man, Insomniac Games / SIE.
Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games.
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Best Narrative
For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.
Detroit: Become Human, Quantic Dream / SIE. God of War, Sony Santa Monica / SIE
Life is Strange 2: Episode 1, Dotnod Entertainment / Square Enix. Marvel’s Spider-Man
Insomniac Games / SIE. Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games.
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Best Art Direction
For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation.
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft. God of War, Sony Santa Monica / SIE. Octopath Traveler, Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo. Red Dead Redemption 2 Rockstar Games. Return of the Obra Dinn, 3909 LLC.
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Best Score/Music - Presented by Spotify
For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.
Celeste, Lena Raine. God of War, Bear McCreary. Marvel’s Spider-Man, John Paesano.
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, Joe Hisaishi. Octopath Traveler, Yasunori Nishiki.
Red Dead Redemption 2, Woody Jackson / Daniel Lanois.
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Best Audio Design - Presented by Dolby
Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Treyarch / Activision. Forza Horizon 4, Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios. God of War, Sony Santa Monica / SIE.
Marvel’s Spider-Man, Insomniac Games / SIE. Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games.
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Best Performance
Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture.
Bryan Dechart as Connor, Detroit: Become Human. Christopher Judge as Kratos, God of War. Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.
Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption II.
Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man.
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Games for Impact
For a thought provoking game with a profound pro-social meaning or message.
11-11 Memories Retold, Digixart / Aardman Animations / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment. Celeste, Matt Makes Games. Florence, Mountains.
Life is Strange 2: Episode 1, Dotnod Entertainment / Square Enix.
The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories, White Owls / Arc System Works
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Best Independent Game
For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.
Celeste, Matt Makes Games. Dead Cells, Motion Twin. Into the Breach,
Subset Games. Return of the Obra Dinn, 3909 LLC. The Messenger, Sabotage Studio
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Best Mobile Game
For the best game playable on a dedicated mobile device.
Donut County, Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive.
Florence, Mountains. Fortnite, Epic Games. PUBG MOBILE, Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games. Reigns: Game of Thrones, Nerial / Developer Digital.
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Best VR/AR Game
For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform.
ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission, SIE Japan Studio / SIE. Beat Saber, Beat Games.
Firewall Zero Hour, First Contact Entertainment / SIE. Moss, Polyarc Games.
Tetris Effect, Resonair and Monstars Inc. / Enhance, Inc.
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Best Action Game
For the best game in the action genre focused on combat.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Treyarch / Activision. Dead Cells, Motion Twin. Destiny 2: Forsaken, Bungie / Activision. Far Cry 5, Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft. Mega Man 11,
Capcom.
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Best Action/Adventure Game For the best action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft. God of War, Sony Santa Monica / SIE. Marvel’s Spider-Man, Insomniac Games / SIE. Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games. Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Eidos Montreal / Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix
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Best Role Playing Game
For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences.
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, Square Enix / Square Enix. Monster Hunter: World, Capcom. Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, Level 5 / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment. Octopath Traveler, Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil.
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Best Fighting Game
For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Arc System Works. Dragon Ball FighterZ,
Arc System Works / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment. Soul Calibur VI,
Bandai Namco Studios / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment. Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Capcom.
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Best Family Game
For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform.
Mario Tennis Aces, Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo. Nintendo Labo, Nintendo EPD / Nintendo. Overcooked 2, Ghost Town Games / Team 17. Starlink: Battle for Atlas, Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft. Super Mario Party, NDCube / Nintendo.
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Best Strategy Game
Best game focused on real time or turn-based strategy game play, irrespective of platform.
The Banner Saga 3, Stoic Studio / Versus Evil. BATTLETECH, Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive. Frostpunk, 11 bit studios. Into the Breach, Subset Games.
Valkyria Chronicles 4, Sega CS3 / Sega.
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Best Sports/Racing Game
For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game.
FIFA 19, EA Vancouver / EA Sports. Forza Horizon 4, Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios. Mario Tennis Aces, Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo.
NBA 2K19, Visual Concepts / 2K Sports. Pro Evolution Soccer 2019, PES Productions / Konami.
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Best Multiplayer Game
For outstanding online multiplayer game play and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Treyarch / Activision. Destiny 2: Forsaken, Bungie / Activision.
Fortnite, Epic Games. Monster Hunter: World, Capcom. Sea of Thieves, Rare / Microsoft Studios.
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Best Student Game
Awarded the best student project created at the high school or college level.
Combat 2018, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – Norway.
Dash Quasar, UC Santa Cruz. JERA, Digipen Bilbao, Spain.
LIFF, ISART Digital – France. RE: Charge, MIT.
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Best Debut Indie Game
Recognizing a new independent studio that released its first game in 2018. Winner selected by fan voting.
Donut County, Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive. Florence, Mountains. Moss,
Polyarc Games. The Messenger, Sabotage Studio. Yoku’s Island Express, Villa Gorilla.
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Best Esports Game
For the game that has delivered the best overall eSports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform.
CSGO. DOTA2. Fortnite, Epic Games. League of Legends. Overwatch, Blizzard
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Best Esports Player - Presented by Omen by HP
The eSports player judged to be the most outstanding performer in 2018, irrespective of game.
Dominique “SonicFox” McLean, Echo Fox. Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi. Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao, Royal Never Give Up. Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, Natus Vincere. Sung-hyeon “JJoNak” Bang, New York Excelsior.
Best Esports Team
The eSports team judged to be the most outstanding for performance in 2018, inclusive of multi-team organizations.
Astralis, CS:GO. Cloud9, LOL. Fnatic, LOL. London Spitfire, OWL. OG, DOTA2
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Best Esports Coach
Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu, Cloud9. Cristian “ppasarel” Bănăseanu, OG. Danny “zonic” Sørensen, Astralis. Dylan Falco, Fnatic, Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi, Team Vitality.
Janko “YNk” Paunovic, MiBR.
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Best Esports Event
ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018.
EVO 2018. League of Legends World Championship. Overwatch League Grand Finals
The International 2018.
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Best Esports Host
Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez. Alex “Machine” Richardson. Anders Blume. Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere. Paul “RedEye” Chaloner.
Best Esports Moment
C9 Comeback Win In Triple OT vs FAZE, ELEAGUE. G2 Beating RNG, LOL Worlds.
KT vs IG Base Race, LOL Worlds. OG’s Massive Upset of LGD, DOTA 2 Finals.
SonicFox Side Switch Against Go1 in DBZ, EVO.
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Content Creator of the Year
Dr. Lupo. Myth. Ninja. Pokimane. Willyrex.
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Drew, Nathan and Cory finish off the show with the games they have been playing this week, including games –red dead redemption 2, Spiderman, Fortnite, Destiny 2 and much more,