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December 05, 2017 IG2G - The Game Awards Special
THiRD SHiFT presents a special dive into The Game Awards for 2017.
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Key
EP = Eric's Pick
EW = Eric's Projected Winner
MP = Matt's Pick
MW = Matt's Projected Winner
ALL IN = Both Picks and Projected Winners
Winners in bold/italics.
Best Chinese Game
MW King of Glory (王者荣耀) - Timi Studio Group
ICEY (艾希)- FantaBlade Network
EW Gumballs & Dungeons (不思议迷宫)- QcPlay Limited
jx3 HD (剑网3)重制版 - Kingsoft Corporation
MP Monument Valley 2 (纪念碑谷2)- ustwo games
Best Debut Indie Game
ALL IN Cuphead - Studio MDHR Entertainment
Golf Story - Sidebar Games
Hollow Knight - Team Cherry
Mr. Shifty - Team Shifty
Slime Rancher - Monomi Park
Best eSports Team
EW Cloud 9
FaZe Clan
Lunatic-Hai
MP/MW SK Telecom T1
EP Team Liquid
Best eSports Player
ALL IN Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok - SK Telecom T1, League of Legends
Marcelo “coldzera” David - SK Gaming, Counter-Strike: GO
Nikola ‘NiKo’ Kovac - FaZe Clan, Counter-Strike: GO
Ryu “ryujehong” Je-hong - Seoul Dynasty, Overwatch
Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi - Team Liquid, DOTA 2
Best eSports Game
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Valve
DOTA2 - Valve
MP League of Legends - Riot
EP/EW/MW Overwatch - Blizzard
Rocket League - Psyonix
Trending Gamer
EP/EW Andrea Rene - What’s Good Games
Clint Lexa - “Halfcoordinated”
Guy Beahm - “Dr. Disrespect”
Mike Grzesiek - “Shroud”
MP Steven Spohn - AbleGamers
Best Student Game
MP Falling Sky - Jonathan Nielssen, Nikolay Savoy, Mohsen Shah / National Film & TV School
From Light - Alejandro Grossman, Steven Li, Sherveen Uduwana / USC
EP Hollowed - Erin Marek, Jerrick Flores, Charley Choucard / University of Central Florida
Impulsion - Hugo Verger, Remi Bertrand, Maxime Lupinski / IIM
Level Squared - Kip Brennan, Stephen Scoglio, Dane Perry Svendsen / Swinburne University
Meaning - Hariz Yet / DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore
Best Independent Game
MW/EW Cuphead - Studio MDHR Entertainment
EP Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice - Ninja Theory
MP Night in the Woods - Infinite Fall
Pyre - Supergiant Games
What Remains of Edith Finch - Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive
Most Anticipated Game
God of War - Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Marvel’s Spider-Man - Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Monster Hunter World - Capcom
EW/MW Red Dead Redemption II - Rockstar Games
EP The Last of Us Part II - Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best Multiplayer
Call of Duty: WWII - Sledgehammer Games / Activision
EP Destiny 2 - Bungie / Activision
MP Fortnite - Epic Games
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Nintendo EAD / Nintendo
MW/EW PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds - PUBG Corp.
Splatoon 2 - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
Best Sports/Racing Game
EW FIFA 18 - EA Vancouver / EA
MW Forza Motorsport 7 - Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios
Gran Turismo Sport - Polyphony Digital / Sony Interactive Entertainment
NBA 2K18 - Visual Concepts / 2K Sports
MP Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 - PES Productions / Konami
EP Project Cars 2 - Slightly Mad Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment
Best Strategy Game
Halo Wars 2 - Creative Assembly, 343 Industries / Microsoft Studios
MW/EP/EW Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle - Ubisoft Paris + Milan / Ubisoft
Total War: Warhammer II - Creative Assembly / Sega
MP Tooth and Tail - Pocketwatch Games
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen - Firaxis Games / 2K
Best Family Game
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Nintendo EAD / Nintendo
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle - Ubisoft Paris + Milan / Ubisoft
Sonic Mania - PagodaWest Games, Headcannon / Sega
Splatoon 2 - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
ALL IN Super Mario Odyssey - Nintendo EAD / Nintendo
Best Fighting Game
ARMS - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
EP/EW Injustice 2 - NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive Ent
MW Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite - Capcom
Nidhogg 2 - Messhof Games
MP Tekken 7 - Bandai Namco Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment
Best Role Playing Game
Divinity: Original Sin II - Larian Studios
MW Final Fantasy XV - Square Enix Business Division 2 / Square Enix
NieR: Automata - Platinum Games / Square Enix
EP/EW/MP Persona 5 - Atlus
South Park: The Fractured But Whole - Ubisoft San Francisco / Ubisoft
Best Action/Adventure Game
MP Assassin’s Creed: Origins - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft
EP/EW Horizon Zero Dawn - Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Super Mario Odyssey - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
MW The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best Action Game
Cuphead - Studio MDHR Entertainment
EW Destiny 2 - Bungie / Activision
Nioh - Team Ninja / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Prey - Arkane Studios / Bethesda
EP/MP/MW Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - MachineGames / Bethesda
Best VR/AR Game
Farpoint - Impulse Gear / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Lone Echo - Ready at Dawn / Oculus Studios
MW/EP/EW Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - Capcom
Star Trek: Bridge Crew - Red Storm Entertainment / Ubisoft
MP SUPERHOT VR - SUPERHOT Team
Best Handheld Game
MP Ever Oasis - Grezzo / Nintendo
EP Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia - Intelligent Systems / Nintendo
EW/MW Metroid: Samus Returns - MercurySteam / Nintendo
Monster Hunter Stories - Marvelous / Capcom / Nintendo
Poochy and Yoshi’s Woolly World - Good-Feel / Nintendo
Best Mobile Game
MP/EP/EW Fire Emblem Heroes - Intelligent Systems / Nintendo
Hidden Folks - Adriaan de Jongh / Sylvain Tegroeg
Monument Valley 2 - ustwo games
Old Man’s Journey - Broken Rules
MW Super Mario Run - Nintendo
Best Ongoing Game
Destiny 2 - Bungie / Activision
Grand Theft Auto Online - Rockstar Games
EP Overwatch - Blizzard
EW/MW PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds - PUBG. Corp
MP Rainbow Six: Siege - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft
Warframe - Digital Extremes
Games for Impact
Bury Me, My Love - The Pixel Hunt / Figs / ARTE / Playdius
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice - Ninja Theory
MW/EW Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Deck Nine / Square Enix
MP/EP Night in the Woods - Infinite Fall
Please Knock on My Door - Levall Games AB
What Remains of Edith Finch - Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive
Best Performance
EP/EW Ashly Burch, Horizon: Zero Dawn - As Aloy
Brian Bloom, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - as BJ Blazkowicz
MP Claudia Black, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - as Chloe Frazer
Laura Bailey, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - as Nadine Ross
MW Melina Juergens, Hellblade - as Senua
Best Audio Design
Destiny 2 - Bungie
ALL IN Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice - Ninja Theory
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - Capcom
Super Mario Odyssey - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
Best Score / Music
MW Cuphead - Kristofer Maddigan
EW Destiny 2 - Mike Salvatori, Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson
NieR: Automata - Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi
EP/MP Persona 5 - Shoji Meguro
Super Mario Odyssey - Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii, Koji Kondo
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata
Best Art Direction
ALL IN Cuphead - Studio MDHR Entertainment
Destiny 2 - Bungie / Activision
Horizon Zero Dawn - Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Persona 5 - Atlus
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
Best Narrative
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice - Tameem Antoniades, Elizabeth Ashman-Rowe / Ninja Theory
EP Horizon Zero Dawn - John Gonzalez / Ninja Theory
MP NieR: Automata - Yoko Taro, Hana Kikuchi, Yoshiho Akabane / Platinum Games
What Remains of Edith Finch - Ian Dallas / Giant Sparrow
EW/MW Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - Jen Matthies, Tommy Tordsson Bjork / MachineGames
Best Game Direction
MW/EW Horizon Zero Dawn - Guerrilla Games
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - Capcom
Super Mario Odyssey - Nintendo EPD
EP The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo EPD
MP Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - MachineGames / Bethesda
Game of the Year
Horizon Zero Dawn - Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
ALL IN Persona 5 - Atlus
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds - PUBG Corp.
Super Mario Odyssey - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
Fallen out of gaming? Just don't have the time? This is the podcast for you! Every other week, we'll be bringing you information and discussions on five topics from the world of gaming, so you can stay up-to-date and hold real conversations with your video-game-loving friends!

1 hr 27 min
December 01, 2017 TS - Episode #71 - It's All A Blur [Fortnite/Hello Neighbor/We Happy Few/Nerdvana Live]
Fortnite is chugging along with updates, Compulsion Games keeps us begging for more, and Hello Neighbor is on the cusp of release and threatening to scare the pants off everyone. We also discuss Nerdvana Live and start the hype train on some exclusive THiRD SHiFT content coming in the near future.
52 min
December 01, 2017 TS - Episode #71 - It’s All A Blur [Fortnite/Hello Neighbor/We Happy Few/Nerdvana Live]
Fortnite is chugging along with updates, Compulsion Games keeps us begging for more, and Hello Neighbor is on the cusp of release and threatening to scare the pants off everyone. We also discuss Nerdvana Live and start the hype train on some exclusive THiRD SHiFT content coming in the near future.
52 min
November 28, 2017IG2G - Episode #19 - Good News King [Star Wars Battlefront II/Animal Crossing/World of Warcraft]
Have games that you love that you want to purchase again? Do you love good news? Well, you're in luck. We bring you a healthy dose of both on the show today. And don't forget those troublemaking microtransactions...
This week's topics:
Top 5 Releases:
Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation VR)
Pokémon Ultra Sun/Pokémon Ultra Moon
The Sims 4 (for console)
Star Wars Battlefront II
Marvel Heroes
Gazillion cans Marvel Heroes team
Matt's Good News Bag
World of Warcraft: Classic
CD Projekt - Cyberpunk 2077
Valkyria Chronicles 4
Finding Paradise
Bloodborne Enemy Went Undiscovered Until 2017
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
Matt's Good News Bag (cont.)
Games Receiving Continued Support:
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Hitman
System Improvement:
Steam has a new roadblock to combat so-called ‘review bombs’
Destiny 2
Star Wars Battlefront II
Fallen out of gaming? Just don't have the time? This is the podcast for you! Every other week, we'll be bringing you information and discussions on five topics from the world of gaming, so you can stay up-to-date and hold real conversations with your video-game-loving friends!
1 hr 4 min
November 24, 2017 TS - Episode #70 - I Like That Idea [Battleborn/Fortnite/We Happy Few/Nerdvana Live]
It might be Thanksgiving season, but today's episode comes with an extra helping of Twitter Beef! First, fill your plate with tales from Battleborn Day, the Battleborn free rotation, upcoming changes to Fortnite, and another outstanding Compulsion Games weekly journal, then dig into the Beef that caused Matt to eyeroll clean out of the latest episode of @NerdvanaLive! Then take a trip with Eric and Matt down memory lane, and don't forget to Beef us yourself at @mahagaglunng, @TheRealDocFunky, and @Usakoi84!
1 hr 2 min
November 17, 2017 TS - Episode #69 - I'm A Magic Man [Battleborn/Fortnite/We Happy Few/Nerdvana Live]
Conspiracy theories arise as we discuss the latest patch from Fortnite, the status of We Happy Few, Battleborn's free rotation and third Battleborn Day, and topics from the Nerdvana Live call-in show. Don't forget to celebrate Battleborn Day and join us on Twitch and/or in-game for some fun times!
52 min
November 17, 2017 TS - Episode #69 - I’m A Magic Man [Battleborn/Fortnite/We Happy Few/Nerdvana Live]
Conspiracy theories arise as we discuss the latest patch from Fortnite, the status of We Happy Few, Battleborn's free rotation and third Battleborn Day, and topics from the Nerdvana Live call-in show. Don't forget to celebrate Battleborn Day and join us on Twitch and/or in-game for some fun times!
52 min
November 14, 2017IG2G - Episode #18 - Goodbye, Anything Good [Doom/Hand of Fate 2/Horizon Zero Dawn]
We Tell you a Tale of the doom and gloom that recently befell several video game developers and try and ease your mind. A different type of DOOM hits the Switch, it gets cold on the HORiZON, and Matt deals you in on a Hand of Fate. Stick around for this news-packed, ominous episode!
This week's topics:
Top 5 Releases:
Football Manager 2018
Xbox One X
Call of Duty: WWII
Sonic Forces
Hand of Fate 2
DOOM (for the Nintendo Switch)
Hand of Fate 2
Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds
EA to acquire Titanfall developer Respawn
Volition and Telltale Games Layoffs + Runic Games and Motiga Shut Down
Big Layoffs Hit Agents of Mayhem Developer Volition
Telltale Games lays off 25 percent of workforce
Daily Glixel: R.I.P. Runic Games
Fallen out of gaming? Just don't have the time? This is the podcast for you! Every other week, we'll be bringing you information and discussions on five topics from the world of gaming, so you can stay up-to-date and hold real conversations with your video-game-loving friends!
57 min
November 10, 2017 TS - Episode #68 - Do It Again [Fortnite/We Happy Few/Nerdvana Live]
There's something lurking in the swamp this week as we discuss bushes in Fortnite, being non-violent in We Happy Few, microtransactions still making their presence known, and we answer a Mailbag question from our most excellent listener. Tune in as Matt secretly pulls out his Golden Mask of Optimism and Eric replaces his ghostly future with one worthy of a comic book series.
1 hr 5 min
November 03, 2017 TS - Episode #67 - I Don't Have A Skyviewer (wsg @FXBl4ckout) [Fortnite/We Happy Few/Battleborn]
We've got not one, but TWO special guests! First up, it's Gearbox Software VFX artist extraordinaire, Ash Lyons! Join us as we learn all about his job at Gearbox, where he's worked beforehand, and the happy accident that launched his VFX studies in the first place! We've also got Danie in the house to help us sift through the details from the latest Compulsion Games and Gearbox Publishing blogs, news on a streaming call-in show featuring Randy Pitchford, some Fortnite patch notes, and the Battleborn free rotation!
Update #1: Fixed a couple audio issues at the tail-end of the podcast concerning dead air and echoes.
1 hr 14 min