In just over three weeks time, The Game Awards 2019 will descend upon Los Angeles and honor some of the year's best video games, conten...
In just over three weeks time, The Game Awards 2019 will descend upon Los Angeles and honor some of the year's best video games, content creators, and esports personalities. An annual awards ceremony hosted by games journalist Geoff Keighley, The Game Awards have become quite an event, and fans tune in from across the globe to enjoy the festivities and see who will go home a winner. However, before there can be winners there must be nominees, and a full list of 2019 Game Awards nominees is now available for fans to peruse. Coming out on top this year is Hideo Kojima's recently-released Death Stranding, which has received nine nominations, including Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, and Best Art Direction. While Death Stranding reviews have been decidedly mixed, many players have found a lot to love in this unique title, and time will tell if that affection translates into awards for Kojima Productions and Sony Interactive Entertainment. Trailing just behind Death Stranding is Remedy's Control with eight nominations that range from Game of the Year to Best Performance. As many players will know, Control reviews were remarkably positive, and while the title did not receive attention on the level of Death Stranding, the incredibly rich world and thrilling gameplay that it offers may just be enough to see the game come out ahead From there, titles like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, with five nominations, and Resident Evil 2 and The Outer Worlds, each with four nominations, round out the top spots. Without question, these three games were met with adoration upon their releases, and all of them certainly have a chance of walking away with The Game Awards' coveted Game of the Year title next month. This is, of course, just scratching the surface of the Game Awards 2019 nominations, and interested fans can view the full list below. Unfortunately, not every nominee on this list will be able to walk away from the show a winner, but the caliber of these nominations do make one thing perfectly clear: 2019 was a great year for video games. Hopefully, the ceremony and the Game Awards 2019 world premieres will be able to live up to the high bar set by the titles being honored. Control Death Stranding Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Resident Evil 2 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice The Outer Worlds Control Death Stranding Resident Evil 2 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Outer Wilds A Plague Tale: Innocence Control Death Stranding Disco Elysium The Outer Worlds Control Death Stranding Gris Sayonara Wild Hearts Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Cadence of Hyrule Death Stranding Devil May Cry 5 Kingdom Hearts III Sayonara Wild Hearts Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Control Death Stranding Gears 5 Resident Evil 2 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb, The Outer Worlds Courtney Hopeas Jesse Faden, Control Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz, Gears 5 Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff, Death Stranding Matthew Porretta as Dr. Casper Darling, Control Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges, Death Stranding Concrete Genie Gris Kind Words Life is Strange 2 Sea of Solitude Apex Legends Destiny 2 Final Fantasy XIV Fortnite Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Baba Is You Disco Elysium Katana ZERO Outer Wilds Untitled Goose Game Call of Duty: Mobile GRINDSTONE Sayonara Wild Hearts Sky: Children of Light What the Golf? Apex Legends Destiny 2 Final Fantasy XIV Fortnite Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Asgard's Wrath Blood & Truth Beat Saber No Man's Sky Trover Saves the Universe Apex Legends Astral Chain Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Devil May Cry 5 Gears 5 Metro Exodus Borderlands 3 Control Death Stranding Resident Evil 2 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Disco Elysium Final Fantasy XIV Kingdom Hearts III Monster Hunter World: Iceborne The Outer Worlds Dead or Alive 6 Jump Force Mortal Kombat 11 Samurai Showdown Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Luigi's Mansion 3 Ring Fit Adventure Super Mario Maker 2 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Yoshi's Crafted World Age of Wonders: Planetfall Anno 1800 Fire Emblem: Three Houses Total War: Three Kingdoms Tropico 6 Wargroove Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled DiRT Rally 2.0 eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 F1 2019 FIFA 20 Apex Legends Borderlands 3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Tetris 99 Tom Clancy's The Division 2 ZA/UM for Disco Elysium Nomada Studiof or Gris DeadToast Entertainment for My Friend Pedro Mobius Digital for Outer Wilds Mega Crit for Slay the Spire House House for Untitled Goose Game Courage - Jack Dunlop Dr. Lupo- Benjamin Lupo Ewok- Soleil Wheeler Grefg- David MartÃnez Shroud- Michael Grzesiek Counter-Strike: Global Offensive DOTA2 Fortnite League of Legends Overwatch Kyle ‘Bugha’ Giersdorf (Immortals, Fortnite) Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok (SK Telecom, League of Legends) Luka ‘Perkz’ Perkovic (G2 Esports, League of Legends) Oleksandr ‘S1mple’ Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, CSGO) Jay ‘Sinatraa’ Won (SF Shock, Overwatch) Astralis (CS:GO) G2 Esports (LOL) OG (DOTA2) San Francisco Shock (OWL) Team Liquid (CS:GO) 2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals EVO 2019 Fortnite World Cup IEM Katowice 2019 League of Legends World Championship 2019 The International 2019 Eric ‘adreN’ Hoag (Team Liquid, CS:GO) Nu-ri ‘Cain’ Jang (Team Liquid, LOL) Fabian ‘GrabbZ’ Lohmann (G2 Esports, LOL) Kim ‘Kkoma’ Jeong-gyun (SK Telecom T1, LOL) Titouan ‘Sockshka’ Merloz (OG, DOTA2) Danny ‘Zonic’ Sørensen (Astralis, CSGO) Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere Alex “Machine” Richardson Paul “Redeye” Chaloner Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez Duan "Candice" Yu-Shuang The Game Awards 2019 will take place on December 12, 2019. Source: The Game Awards
Game of The Year
Best Game Direction
Best Narrative
Best Art Direction
Best Score/Music
Best Audio Design
Best Performance
Games for Impact
Best Ongoing Game
Best Independent Game
Best Mobile Game
Best Community Support
Best VR/AR Game
Best Action Game
Best Action/Adventure Game
Best RPG
Best Fighting Game
Best Family Game
Best Strategy Game
Best Sports/Racing Game
Best Multiplayer Game
Fresh Indie Game Presented by Subway
Content Creator of the Year
ESPORTS AWARDS
Best Esports Game
Best Esports Player
Best Esports Team
Best Esports Event
Best Esports Coach
Best Esports Host
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