The Game Awards 2019: Meet the Game of the Year nominees

You must be tired of the cliché by now"Oscar of the games“, but perhaps this is the best way to define the The Game Awards 2019. The awards are divided into several categories, involving all niches that involve video games.

The event takes place on the day December 12th this year and will be celebrated alongside announcements and trailers for upcoming games.

During the awards, games from big and small studios, actors and actresses who lent their voices to characters from the best games of 2019 and even professional eSports players and coaches will be represented and awarded.

In a video of less than 10 minutes, the presenter Geoff keighley made the announcement of the nominees, who can already start receiving public votes.

Check below the list of nominees to receive the award of the The Game Awards 2019 and learn how to vote for your favorite game below!

The Nominees for The Game Awards 2019

Best game of 2019

• Control;
• Death Stranding;
• Resident Evil 2;
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate;
• The Outer Worlds.

best game direction

• Control
• Death Stranding;
• Outer Wilds;
• Resident Evil 2;
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Best narrative

• A Plague Tale: Innocence;
• Control
• Death Stranding;
• Elysium disk;
• The Outer Worlds.

Best Art Direction

• Control
• Death Stranding;
• Grey;
• Sayonara Wild Hearts;
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice;
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.

Best Soundtrack/Music

• Cadence of Hyrule;
• Death Stranding;
• Devil May Cry 5;
• Kingdom Hearts III;
• Sayonara Wild Hearts.

Best audio design

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare;
• Control
• Death Stranding;
• Gears 5;
• Resident Evil 2;
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Best Performance

• Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb in The Outer Worlds;
• Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden in Control;
• Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz in Gears 5;
• Madds Mikkelsen as Cliff in Death Stranding;
• Matthew Porretta as Dr. Casper Darling in Control;
• Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges in Death Stranding.

games by impact

This award is already part of the The Game Awards for a few years and rewards games for the social message they convey, going beyond the technical aspects. Check out the ones listed below.

• Concrete Genie;
• Gray;
• Kind Words;
• Life is Strange 2;
• Sea of ​​Solitude.

best continuous game

In this case, the nominees are games that, even if they were not released in 2019, continue to offer new content to their players, such as MMOs and shooters that still move many gamers around them. Check the list of nominees.

• Apex Legends;
• Destiny 2: Shadowkeep;
• Final Fantasy XIV Online: Shadowbringers;
• Fortnite?
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege.

Best independent game

• Baba is You;
• Elysium disk;
• Katana Zero;
• Outer Wilds;
• Untitled Goose Game.

best mobile game

• Call of Duty Mobile;
• grindstone;
• Sayonara Wild Hearts;
• Sky: Children of Light;
• What the Golf?

Better community support

• Apex Legends;
• Destiny 2: Shadowkeep;
• Final Fantasy XIV Online: Shadowbringers;
• Fortnite?
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege.

Observation: you didn't read it wrong, they are the same games nominated for the award best continuous game do The Game Awards 2019.

Best game in virtual or augmented reality

• Asgard's Wrath;
• Beat Saber;
• Blood & Truth;
• No Man's Sky;
• Trover Saves the Universe.

Best Action Game

• Apex Legends;
• Astral Chain;
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare;
• Devil May Cry 5;
• Gears 5;
• Metro Exodus.

Best action adventure game

• Borderlands 3;
• Control
• Death Stranding;
• Resident Evil 2;
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice;
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.

Best RPG

• Elysium disk;
• Final Fantasy XIV Online: Shadowbringers;
• Kingdom Hearts III;
• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne;
• The Outer Worlds.

Best fighting game

• Dead or Alive 6;
• jump force;
• Mortal Kombat 11;
• Samurai Showdown;
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate;

best family game

• Luigi's Mansion 3;
• Ring Fit Adventure;
• Super Mario Maker 2;
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate;
• Yoshi's Crafted World.

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best strategy game

• Age of Wonders: Planetfall;
• Year 1800;
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses;
• Total War: Three Kingdoms;
• Tropic 6;
• Wargroove.

Best sports or racing game

• Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled;
• Dirt Rally 2.0;
• eFootball PES 2020;
• F1 2019;
• FIFA 20.

Best multiplayer game

• Apex Legends;
• Borderlands 3;
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare;
• Tetris 99;
• The Division 2.

Best indie game from a rookie studio

As the category says, this includes only independent games from studios that are making their first release. See who are the nominees in this category of the The Game Awards 2019 Right below.

• DeadToast Entertainment by My Friend Pedro;
• house house by Untitled Goose Game;
• Mega Crit by Slay the Spire;
• Mobius Digital by Outer Wilds;
• Nomada Studio by Grey;
• ZA/UM per Elysium disk

Curiosity: with 9 indications, Death Stranding was the most recommended game in the The Game Awards 2019Followed by Control with 8 nominations!

Best Content Creator of the Year

• Courage;
• Dr. lupus;
• Ewok;
• Grefg;
• Shroud.

Best eSports game

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive;
• Dota 2
• Fortnite?
• League of Legends;
• Overwatch.

Best eSports player

• Jay “Sinatraa” Won (Overwatch);
• Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf (Fortnite);
• Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (League of Legends);
• Luka “Perkz” Perkovich (League of Legends);
• Oleksandr “S1mple” Kostyliev (CS:GO).

Best eSports coach

• Danny “Zonic” Sorensen (CS:GO);
• Eric “adreN” Hoag (CS:GO);
• Fabian “GrabbZ” Lohmann (League of Legends);
• Kim “Kkoma” Jeong-gyun (League of Legends);
• Nu-ri “Cain” Jang (League of Legends);
• Titouan “Sockshka” Merloz (Dota 2).

Best eSports team

• Astralis (CS:GO);
• G2 Esports (League of Legends);
• OG (Dota 2);
• San Francisco Shock (Overwatch);
• Team Liquid (CS:GO).

Best eSports event

• 2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals;
• EVO 2019;
• Fortnite World Cup;
• IEM Katowice 2019;
• League of Legends World Championship 2019;
• The International 2019.

Best eSports announcer

• Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez;
• Alex “Machine” Richardson;
• Duan “Candice” Yu-Shuang;
• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere;
• Paul “Redeye” Chaloner.

How to vote for your favorites at The Game Awards 2019

Never seen the awards before and don't know how to choose the games that moved you during 2019? It's very easy to vote!

On the other hand, it is worth remembering that voting is just a way to participate in the event, but it is not used for the awards, made by a selected body of portals and journalists specialized in games.

To vote, go to awards page and log in with your Twitter or Facebook account! Then you just have to run the screen and select your favorite in each category.

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