The nominees for the second annual The Game Awards have officially been revealed. Picked by a team of jurors made up from outlets such as IGN, Edge, Giant Bomb, Game Informer, Vice, and many more, all eligible games had to have had a commercial release by November 24, 2015. The Game Awards 2015 will air live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California on December 3 from sites such as Twitch, Kotaku, IGN and more.
Check out all of the nominees for each award below:
Game of the Year:
Bloodborne
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Super Mario Maker
Fallout 4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Developer of the Year:
CD Projekt Red
From Software
Kojima Productions
Bethesda Game Studios
Nintendo
Best Independent Game:
Her Story
Axiom Verge
Ori and the Blind Forest
Rocket League
Undertale
Best Mobile/Handheld Game:
Downwell
Fallout Shelter
Lara Croft Go
Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate
Pac-Man 256
Best Narrative:
Her Story
Life Is Strange
Tales From the Borderlands
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Until Dawn
Best Score/Soundtrack:
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Fallout 4
Halo V: Guardians
Ori and the Blind Forest
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Best Performance:
Ashly Burch as Chloe Price in Life Is Strange
Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft in Rise of the Tomb Raider
Doug Cockle as Geralt in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Mark Hamill as The Joker in Batman: Arkham Knight
Viva Seifert in Her Story
Games for Change:
Cibele
Her Story
Life Is Strange
Sunset
Undertale
Best Shooter:
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
Halo 5: Guardians
Destiny: The Taken King
Splatoon
Star Wars: Battlefront
Best Action/Adventure:
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Batman Arkham Knight
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Ori and the Blind Forest
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Best Role Playing Game:
Bloodborne
Fallout 4
Pillars of Eternity
Undertale
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Best Fighting Game:
Guilty Gear XRD -Sign-
Mortal Kombat X
Rise of Incarnates
Rising Thunder
Best Family Game:
Disney Infinity 3.0
Lego Dimensions
Skylanders: Superchargers
Splatoon
Super Mario Maker
Best Sports/Racing Game:
Fifa 16
Forza Motorsport 6
NBA 2K16
Pro Evolution Soccer 2016
Rocket League
Best Multiplayer:
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
Destiny: The Taken King
Halo 5: Guardians
Rocket League
Splatoon
Best Art Direction:
Batman: Arkham Knight
Bloodborne
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Ori and the Blind Forest
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Fan’s Choice: Esports Game of the Year:
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Dota 2
Hearthstone
League of Legends
Fan’s Choice: Best Fan Creation:
Grand Theft Auto V – Targets
Portal Stories: Mel
Real GTA
Twitch Plays Dark Souls
Fan’s Choice: Trending Gamer:
Greg Miller
Christopher “Montecristo” Mykles
Markiplier
PewDiePie
Total Biscuit
Fan’s Choice: Esports Team of the Year:
Evil Geniuses
Fnatic
Optic Gaming
SK Telecom T1
Team Solomid
Fan’s Choice: Esports Player of the Year:
Kenny “Kennys” Schrub
Lee “Faker” Sang-Hyeok
Olof “Olofmeister” Kajbjer
Peter “PPD” Dager
Syed Sumail “Suma1l” Hassan
Fan’s Choice: Most Anticipated Game:
Horizon Zero Dawn
No Man’s Sky
Quantum Break
The Last Guardian
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Probably listening to Metallica.
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