The nominees for the 2018 Video Game Awards have recently been announced, and Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2 and Sony Santa Monica’s God of War dominate the list across several major categories. Our list includes all of the video game nominations, but you can check out the list of eSports teams, eSports host, and video game content creators here.
The Video Game Awards will be aired live on Thursday, December 6 in Los Angeles and will once again be hosted by the event’s creator and games media veteran Geoff Knightley.
*Category descriptions have been provided by the official Video Game Awards website.*
Game of the Year:
Recognizing a game the delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec/ Ubisoft)
Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica Studio/ SIE)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games, SIE)
Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Best Ongoing Game:
Awarded for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time.
Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie/ Activision)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Overwatch (Blizzard)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft)
Best Game Direction:
Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.
A Way Out (Hazelight Studios/ EA)
Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream/SIE)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica/ SIE)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Best Narrative:
Outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.
Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream/SIE)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Best Art Direction:
Awarded for outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation.
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec/ Ubisoft)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC)
Best Score / Music – Presented by Spotify: Awarded for outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.
Celeste (Lena Raine)
God of War (Bear McCreary)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (John Paesano)
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Joe Hisaishi)
Octopath Traveler (Yasunori Nishiki)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Woody Jackson/ Daniel Lanois)
Best Audio Design – Presented by Dolby:
Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)
Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games/ Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Best Performance:
Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture.
Bryan Dechart as Connor (Detroit: Become Human)
Christopher Judge as Kratos (God of War)
Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra (Assassin’s Creed Odyssey)
Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption 2)
Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker (Marvel’s Spider-Man)
Games for Impact:
For a thought-provoking game with a profound pro-social meaning or message.
11-11 Memories Retold (Digicart / Aardman Animations / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
Florence (Mountains)
Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories (White Owls / Arc System Works)
Best Independent Game:
For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.
Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
Into the Breach (Subset Games)
Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC)
The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)
Best Mobile Game:
For the best game playable on a dedicated mobile device.
Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
Florence (Mountains)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
PUBG Mobile (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games)
Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Developer Digital)
Best VR/AR Game:
For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform.
Astro Bot Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / SIE)
Beat Saber (Beat Games)
Firewall Zero Hour (First Contact Entertainment / SIE)
Moss (Polyarc Games)
Tetris Effect (Resonair / Enhance, Inc.)
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