<p>The video game awards season is rolling around the corner once again and it has another slew of nominees in tow.</p>
<p>Canadian games journalist and former G4 TV host Geoff Keighley will be presenting a brand new game awards show, simply titled The Game Awards 2014 in place of Spike TV&#8217;s Video Game Awards – defunct as of last year&#8217;s controversial showing which Keighley hosted with Community star Joel McHale.</p>
<p>For the very first time, the show will be conducted with the exclusive backing of Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, and a wealth of other game publishers including that of Rockstar Games, all of whose games have landed one prestigious spot or another on the nominee list.</p>
<p>The nominations for the first ever edition of The Game Awards include the standard set of genre-based categories, a fan category for most anticipated title of 2015 (which mostly includes delayed games) as well as some attention to famous YouTube celebs and eSports teams in light of its newfound appreciation of the &#8220;hardcore&#8221; game crowd.</p>
<p>The awards show debuts live on its very own channel <strong>Dec. 5th</strong> – the same day as <a href="https://bagogames.com/captain-toad-tracks-holiday-release-date/">Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker</a>, so you&#8217;ll have something to watch that night in between gaming sessions.</p>
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<p><strong>• Best Shooter</strong></p>
<p><em>Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare</em> – Sledgehammer/Activision<br />
<em>Destiny</em> – Bungie/Activision<br />
<em>Far Cry 4</em> – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft<br />
<em>Titanfall</em> – Respawn/EA<br />
<em>Wolfenstein: The New Order</em> – MachineGames/Bethesda</p>
<p><strong>• Best Action/Adventure</strong></p>
<p><em>Alien: Isolation</em> – Creative Assembly/Sega<br />
<em>Assassin’s Creed: Unity</em> – Ubisoft<br />
<em>Bayonetta 2</em> – Platinum Games/Nintendo<br />
<em>Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor</em> – Monolith/Warner Bros.<br />
<em>Sunset Overdrive</em> – Insomniac/Microsoft</p>
<p><strong>• Best Role Playing Game</strong></p>
<p><em>Bravely Default</em> – Square Enix<br />
<em>Dark Souls II</em> – From Software/Bandai Namco<br />
<em>Divinity: Original Sin</em> – Larian Studios<br />
<em>Dragon Age: Inquisition</em> – Bioware/EA<br />
<em>South Park: The Stick of Truth</em> – Obsidian/Ubisoft</p>
<p><strong>• Best Fighting Game</strong></p>
<p><em>Killer Instinct: Season Two</em> – Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft<br />
<em>Persona 4 Arena Ultimax</em> – Arc System Works/Atlus<br />
<em>Super Smash Bros. 3DS</em> – Nintendo<br />
<em>Super Smash Bros. Wii U</em> – Nintendo<br />
<em>Ultimate Street Fighter IV</em> – Capcom</p>
<p><strong>• Best Family Game</strong></p>
<p><em>Disney Infinity 2.0</em> – Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive Studios<br />
<em>Fantasia: Music Evolved</em> – Harmonix/Disney Interactive Studios<br />
<em>Mario Kart 8</em> – Nintendo<br />
Skylanders: Trap Team – Toys for Bob/Activision<br />
<em>Tomodachi Life</em> – Nintendo</p>
<p><strong>• Best Sports/Racing Game</strong></p>
<p><em>FIFA 15</em> – EA Canada/EA Sports<br />
<em>Forza Horizon 2</em> – Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft<br />
<em>Mario Kart 8</em> – Nintendo<br />
<em>NBA 2K15</em> – Visual Concepts/2K Sports<br />
<em>Trials Fusion</em> – RedLynx/Ubisoft</p>
<p><strong>• Best Online Experience</strong></p>
<p><em>Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare</em> – Sledgehammer Games/Activision<br />
<em>Dark Souls II</em> – From Software/Bandai Namco<br />
Destiny – Bungie/Activision<br />
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard<br />
Titanfall – Respawn/EA</p>
<p><strong>• Best Mobile/Handheld</strong></p>
<p><em>Bravely Default</em> – Square Enix<br />
<em>Monument Valley</em> – Ustwo<br />
<em>Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft</em> – Blizzard<br />
<em>Super Smash Bros. for 3DS</em> – Nintendo<br />
<em>Threes</em> &#8211; Asher Vollmer, illustrator Greg Wohlwend, and composer Jimmy Hinson</p>
<p><strong>• Best Remaster</strong></p>
<p><em>Grand Theft Auto V</em> – Rockstar Games<br />
<em>Halo: The Master Chief Collection</em> – 343 Industries/Microsoft<br />
<em>Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire</em> – Game Freak/Nintendo<br />
<em>The Last of Us</em> – Naughty Dog/Sony<br />
<em>Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition</em> – Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix</p>
<p><strong>• Best Narrative</strong></p>
<p><em>South Park: The Stick of Truth</em> – Obsidian/Ubisoft<br />
<em>The Walking Dead Season 2</em> – Telltale Games<br />
<em>The Wolf Among Us</em> – Telltale Games<br />
<em>Valiant Hearts</em> – Ubisoft<br />
<em>Wolfenstein: The New Order</em> – Machine Games/Bethesda</p>
<p><strong>• Best Score/Soundtrack</strong></p>
<p><em>Alien: Isolation</em> – Christian Henson, Joe Henson, and Alexis Smith, The Creative Assembly/Sega<br />
<em>Child of Light</em> – Coeur de pirate, Ubisoft Montreal<br />
<em>Destiny</em> – Marty O’Donnell, Bungie/Activision<br />
<em>Sunset Overdrive</em> – Boris Salchow, Insomniac Games/Microsoft<br />
<em>Transistor</em> – Darren Korb, Supergiant Games</p>
<p><strong>• Best Independent Game</strong></p>
<p><em>Broken Age Part 1</em> – Double Fine<br />
<em>Monument Valley</em> – Ustwo<br />
<em>Shovel Knight</em> – Cellar Door<br />
<em>Transistor</em> – Supergiant Games<br />
<em>The Vanishing of Ethan Carter</em> – The Astronauts</p>
<p><strong>• Games for Change</strong></p>
<p><em>Mountain</em> – David O’Reilly/Double Fine Presents<br />
<em>Never Alone</em> – Upper One Games<br />
<em>The Last of Us: Left Behind</em> – Naughty Dog/Sony<br />
<em>This War of Mine</em> – 11bit Studios<br />
<em>Valiant Hearts: The Great War</em> – Ubisoft</p>
<p><strong>• eSports Player of the Year &#8211; (To be voted on by fans)</strong></p>
<p>Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson –<em> League of Legends</em><br />
Xu “Fy” Linsen –<em> Dota 2</em><br />
James “Firebat” Kostesich –<em> Hearthstone</em><br />
Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund – <em>Counter-Strike: GO</em><br />
Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag – <em>Call of Duty</em></p>
<p><strong>• eSports Team of the Year &#8211; (To be voted on by fans)</strong></p>
<p>Samsung White – <em>League of Legends</em><br />
Evil Geniuses – <em>Dota 2</em><br />
Edward Gaming – <em>League of Legends</em><br />
Newbee – <em>Dota 2</em><br />
Ninjas in Pajamas – <em>Counter-Strike: GO</em></p>
<p><strong>• Trending Gamer &#8211; (To be voted on by fans)</strong></p>
<p>Evan “Vanoss” Fong<br />
Jeff Gerstmann<br />
PewDiePie<br />
StampyLongHead<br />
TotalBiscuit</p>
<p><strong>• Best Fan Creation &#8211; (To be voted on by fans)</strong></p>
<p><em>BEST Zelda Rap EVER!!</em> By Egoraptor<br />
<em>Luigi Death Stare</em> by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr<br />
<em>Mine the Diamond</em> (Minecraft Song) by Tobuscus<br />
<em>Minecraft</em> – TITAN City by Colonial Puppet<br />
<em>Twitch Plays Pokemon</em> by Anonymous</p>
<p><strong>• Developer of the Year</strong></p>
<p>Blizzard<br />
Monolith<br />
Nintendo<br />
Telltale Games<br />
Ubisoft Montreal</p>
<p><strong>• Best Performance</strong></p>
<p>Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf, <em>The Wolf Among Us</em> – Telltale Games<br />
Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons, <em>Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare</em> – Sledgehammer Games/Activision<br />
Melissa Hutchison as Clementine,<em> The Walking Dead: Season Two</em> – Telltale Games<br />
Trey Parker as Various Voices, <em>South Park: The Stick of Truth</em> – Obsidian/Ubisoft<br />
Troy Baker as Talion, <em>Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor</em> – Monolith/Warner Bros.</p>
<p><strong>• Most Anticipated Game – (To be voted on by fans)</strong></p>
<p><em>Batman: Arkham Knight</em> – Rocksteady/Warner Bros.<br />
<em>Bloodborne</em> – FROM Software/Sony<br />
<em>Evolve</em> – Turtle Rock/2K Games<br />
<em>The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt</em> – CD Projekt<br />
<em>Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End</em> – Naughty Dog/Sony</p>
<p><strong>• Game of the Year</strong></p>
<p><em>Bayonetta 2</em> – Platinum Games/Nintendo<br />
<em>Dark Souls 2</em> – FROM Software/Bandai Namco<br />
<em>Dragon Age: Inquisition</em> – BioWare/EA<br />
<em>Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft</em> – Blizzard<br />
<em>Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor</em> – Monolith/Warner Bros.</p>
<p>[divider]</p>
<p>Tell us: What video games captured your eye this year? Agree or disagree with the nominees listed here?</p>

These Are Your 2014 Video Game Award Nominees
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By Tim Gruver
- Categories: Game News
- Tags: Geoff KeighleyHideo KojimaMicrosoftNintendoRockstar GamesSonyThe Game Awards
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