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Here are the Nominees for The Game Awards 2017

We are a few weeks away from the The Game Awards 2017, and the nominees were just announced this morning. Let’s not draw out this anticipation any longer. Here are games that were nominated in some of the biggest categories:

 

Game of the Year

Horizon Zero Dawn

Persona 5

PlayerUnkown’s Battlegrounds

Super Mario Odyssey

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

 

Best Game Direction

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Resident Evil VII Biohazard

Horizon Zero Dawn

Super Mario Odyssey

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

 

Best Narrative

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

Horizon Zero Dawn

NieR Automata

What Remains of Edith Finch

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

 

Best Art Direction

Destiny 2

Cuphead

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Persona 5

Horizon Zero Dawn

 

Best Score

Cuphead

Destiny 2

NieR: Automata

Persona 5

Super Mario Odyssey

Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild

 

Best Audio Design

Destiny 2

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

Resident Evil 7: Biohzard

Super Mario Odyssey

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

 

Best Performance

Ashly Burch (Aloy), Horizon Zero Dawn

Claudia Black (Chloe Frazer), Uncharted the Lost Legacy

Brian Bloom (BJ Blazkowicz), Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Laura Bailey (Nadine Ross),  Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Melina Juergens (Senua), Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

 

Games for Impact

Bury Me, My Love

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

Life is Stange: Before the Storm

Night in the Woods

Please Knock on My Door

What Remains of Edith Finch

Best Action/Adventure Game

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Assassin’s Creed Origins

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Horizon Zero Dawn

Super Mario Odyssey

Best Sports/Racing Game

Project Cars 2

Pro Evolution Soccer 2018

NBA 2k18

GT Sport

FIFA 18

Forza Motorsport 7

Best Independent Game

Night in the Woods

Pyre

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

Cuphead

What Remains of Edith Finch

 

Best Multiplayer

Mario Kart 8

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

Destiny 2

Call of Duty WWII

Splatoon 2

Fortnite

 

Most Anticipated Game

God of War 4

Marvel’s Spiderman

Monster Hunter: World

Red Dead Redemption 2

The Last of Us Part II

Check out the full list of nominated games, as well as full details about the categories here. The Game Awards 2017 will be held at the Microsoft Theater in L.A. on Thursday, December 7. Which game do you think will take home the Game of the Year Award?

Stay up to date with more news about The Game Awards 2017 here. LoadingXP will be at the show next month and we hope to see you there!

Tori is originally from Rapture but now she lives in Chicago. She enjoys open world RPGs, a good narrative-driven game, and is probably the only person still watching The Walking Dead.

Tori Morrow

Tori is originally from Rapture but now she lives in Chicago. She enjoys open world RPGs, a good narrative-driven game, and is probably the only person still watching The Walking Dead.

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