Los nominados para The Game Awards 2018 han sido anunciados de forma oficial, por lo que los fans pueden votar por ellos desde la página oficial de The Game Awards website, además de Twitter Direct Message, Facebook Messenger, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant y el Discord  oficial del evento.

Juego del Año

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
• Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Mejor juego que sigue lanzando contenido

• Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)

Mejor dirección

• A Way Out (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)
• Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Mejor Narrativa

• Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Mejor dirección artística

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC)

Mejor banda sonora: Presentado por Spotify

• Celeste (Matt Makes Games) – Lena Raine
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment) – Bear McCreary
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment) – John Paesano
• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Level-5 / Bandai Namco Entertainment) – Joe Hisaishi
• Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo) – Yasunori Nishiki
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) – Woody Jackson

Mejor diseño de audio: Presentado por Dolby

• Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (Treyarch / Activision)
• Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Mejor actuación

• Bryan Dechart as Connor in Detroit: Become Human
• Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War
• Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
• Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2
• Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man

Juego de impacto

• 11-11: Memories Retold (Digixart / Aardman Animations / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
• Florence (Mountains)
• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
• The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories (White Owls / Arc System Works)

Mejor juego indie

• Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
• Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
• Into the Breach (Subset Games)
• Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC)
• The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)

Mejor juego para móviles

• Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
• Florence (Mountains)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games)
• Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Devolver Digital)

Mejor juego VR/AR

• Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Beat Saber (Beat Games)
• Firewall: Zero Hour (First Contact Entertianment / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Moss (Polyarc Games)
• Tetris Effect (Resonair / Enhance Games)

Mejor juego de acción

• Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (Treyarch / Activision)
• Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
• Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
• Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
• Mega Man 11 (Capcom)

Mejor juego de acción/aventura

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal / Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix)

Mejor RPG

• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Orca / 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)

Mejor juego de peleas

• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc SYstem Works)
• Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Soulcalibur VI (Bandai Namco Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Street Fighter V Arcade (Dimps / Capcom)

Mejor juego familiar

• Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
• Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Overcooked! 2 (Ghost Town Games / Team17)
• Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
• Super Mario Party (NDCube / Nintendo)

Mejor juego de estrategia

• 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)

Mejor juego de deportes/carreras

• 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)

Mejor juego multijugador

• Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (Treyarch / Activision)
• Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bugnie / Activision)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
• Sea of Thieves (Rare / Microsoft Studios)

Mejor juego desarrollado por estudiantes

• Combat 2018 (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – Norway)
• Dash Quasar (UC Santa Cruz)
• JERA (Digipen Bilbao, Spain)
• LIFF (ISTART Digital, France)
• RE: Charge (MIT)

Mejor juego debut

• Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
• Florence (Mountains)
• Moss (Polyarc Games)
• The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)
• Yoku’s Island Express (Villa Gorilla)

Mejor juego de eSports

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
• DOTA 2 (Valve)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• League of Legends (Riot Games)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)

Mejor jugador de eSports: Presentado por Omen by HP

• 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)

Mejor equipo de eSports

• Astralis (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• Cloud9 (League of Legends)
• Fnatic (League of Legends)
• London Spitfire (The Overwatch League)
• OG (DOTA 2)

Mejor coach de eSports

• 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)

Mejor evento de eSports

• ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
• EVO 2018
• League of Legends World Championship
• Overwatch League Grand Finals
• The International 2018

Mejor Host de eSports

• Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
• Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Anders Blume
• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
• Paul “RedEye” Chaloner

Mejor momento de los eSports

• C9 Comeback Win In Triple OT vs FAZE at ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
• G2 Beating RNG at the League of Legends World Championship
• KT vs. IG Base Race at the League of Legends World Championship
• OG’s Massive Upset of LGD at the DOTA 2 Finals
• SonicFox Side Switch Against Go1 in Dragon Ball FighterZ at EVO 2018

Mejor creador de contenido

• Dr. Lupo
• Myth
• Ninja
• Pokimane
• Willyrex

Momento favorito de 2017

• Carol Shaw (Industry Icon)
• The Game Awards Orchestra (Performance)
• Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro (Moment)
• Josef Fares (A Way Out)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Game of the Year Award)

The Game Awards 2018 se celebrará el próximo 6 de diciembre a las 7:30pm hora de Costa Rica y podrás seguirlo en YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Mixer, y otros.

Fuente: Gematsu