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Here are the nominees for the best video games of the year at The Game Awards - and anyone can vote for the final winners
Game of the Year
"Assassin’s Creed Odyssey" (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
"Celeste "(Matt Makes Games)
"God of War (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
"Marvel’s Spider-Man" (Insomniac Games / SIE)
"Monster Hunter: World" (Capcom)
Best Ongoing Game
"Destiny 2" (Bungie / Activision)
"Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege" (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
Best Game Direction
Best Narrative
"Detroit: Become Human" (Quantic Dream / SIE)
"God of War" (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
"Life is Strange 2: Episode 1" (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
Best Art Direction
"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 Obra Din" (3909 LLC)
Best Role-Playing Game
"Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age" (Square Enix / 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)
Best Audio Design
Best Performance
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
"11-11 Memories Retold" (Digixart / Aardman Animations / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
"Celeste" (Matt Makes Games)
"Florence" (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
"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 Fighting Game
"BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle" (Arc System Works)
"Dragon Ball FighterZ" (Arc System Works / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
"Soul Calibur VI" (Bandai Namco Studios / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
Best Family Game
"Mario Tennis Aces" (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
"Nintendo Labo" (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
"Overcooked 2" (Ghost Town Games / Team 17)
Best Independent Game
"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 Strategy Game
"BATTLETECH" (Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive)
"Frostpunk" (11 bit studios)
"Into the Breach" (Subset Games)
"The Banner Saga 3" (Stoic Studio"/ Versus Evil)
"Valkyria Chronicles 4" (Sega CS3 / Sega)
Best Sports/Racing Game
"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)
Best Multiplayer Game
Best Mobile Game
"Donut County" (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
"Florence" (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
"PUBG MOBILE" (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games)
Best Student Game
"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)
Best VR/AR Game
"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)
Best Action Game
Best Action/Adventure Game Tomb Raider
Best Debut Indie Game
"Donut County" (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
"Florence" (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
"Moss" (Polyarc Games)
"The Messenger" (Sabotage Studio)
"Yoku’s Island Express" (Villa Gorilla)
Best Score/Music
"Celeste" (Lena Raine)
"Marvel’s Spider-Man" (John Paesano)
"Ni No Kuni II" (Joe Hisaishi)
"Octopath Traveler" (Yasunori Nishiki)
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