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by Venom » Tue Nov 13, 2018 6:43 pm

The Game Awards 2018

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The Game Awards ceremony run by Geoff Keighley takes place on Thursday 6th December. The nominations for this year's game awards have been revealed and what's good is that it features very recent releases such as Tetris Effect and Red Dead Redemption 2. Interestingly No Man's Sky, first released two years ago, is nominated in the ongoing game category. And Keighley is trying to support the many aspects of gaming with awards for VR games, student and indie games, a creator award and eSports awards. There should also be some game reveals - my wish would be to see a trailer for Bethesda's Starfield.

Nominees and winners

Game of the Year

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Celeste
God of War - WINNER!
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Monster Hunter: World
Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Ongoing Game

Destiny 2: Forsaken
Fortnite - WINNER!
No Man’s Sky
Overwatch
Rainbow Six Siege


Best Game Direction

A Way Out
Detroit: Become Human
God of War - WINNER!
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Red Dead Redemption 2


Best Narrative

Detroit: Become Human
God of War
Life is Strange 2: Episode 1
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Red Dead Redemption 2 - WINNER!


Best Art Direction

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
God of War
Octopath Traveler
Red Dead Redemption 2
Return of the Obra Dinn - WINNER!


Best Score/Music

Celeste
God of War
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Ni no Kuni II
Octopath Traveler
Red Dead Redemption 2 - WINNER!


Best Audio Design

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
Forza Horizon 4
God of War
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Red Dead Redemption 2 - WINNER!


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 - WINNER!
Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man


Games for Impact

11-11 Memories Retold
Celeste - WINNER!
Florence
Life is Strange 2: Episode 1
The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories


Best Independent Game

Celeste - WINNER!
Dead Cells
Into the Breach
Return of the Obra Dinn
The Messenger


Best Mobile Game

Donut County
Florence - WINNER!
Fortnite
PUBG Mobile
Reigns: Game of Thrones


Best VR/AR Game

Astro Bot Rescue Mission - WINNER!
Beat Saber
Firewall Zero Hour
Moss
Tetris Effect


Best Action Game

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
Dead Cells - WINNER!
Destiny 2: Forsaken
Far Cry 5
Mega Man 11


Best Action/Adventure Game

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
God of War - WINNER!
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Red Dead Redemption 2
Shadow of the Tomb Raider


Best RPG

Dragon Quest XI
Monster Hunter: World - WINNER!
Ni no Kuni II
Octopath Traveler
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire


Best Fighting Game

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
Dragon Ball FighterZ - WINNER!
Soulcalibur VI
Street Fighter V Arcade Edition


Best Family Game
Mario Tennis Aces
Nintendo Labo
Overcooked 2 - WINNER!
Starlink: Battle for Atlas
Super Mario Party


Best Strategy Game

The Banner Saga 3
Battleteach
Frostpunk
Into the Breach - WINNER!
Valkyria Chronicles 4


Best Sports/Racing Game

FIFA 19
Forza Horizon 4 - WINNER!
Mario Tennis Aces
NBA 2K19
Pro Evolution Soccer 2019


Best Multiplayer Game

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
Destiny 2: Forsaken
Fortnite - WINNER!
Monster Hunter: World
Sea of Thieves


Best Student Game
Combat 2018 - WINNER!
Dash Quasar
JERA
LIFF
RE: Charge


Best Debut Indie Game

Donut County
Florence
Moss
The Messenger - WINNER!
Yoku’s Island Express


Best eSports Game

CSGO
DOTA2
Fortnite
League of Legends
Overwatch - WINNER!


Best eSports Player

Dominique “SonicFox” McLean - WINNER!
Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi
Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao
Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
Sung-hygeon “JJoNak” Bang


Best eSports Team

Astralis
Cloud9 - WINNER!
Fnatic
London Spitfire
OG


Best eSports Coach

Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu - WINNER!
Christian “ppasarel” Banaseanu
Danny “zonic” Sorensen
Dylan Falco
Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi
Janko “YNk” Paunovic


Best eSports Event
ELAGUE Major: Boston 2018
EVO 2018
League of Legends World Championship - WINNER!
Overwatch League Grand Finals
The International 2018


Best eSports Host

Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
Alex “Machine” Richardson
Anders Blume
Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere - WINNER!
Paul “RedEye” Chaloner


Best eSports Moment

C9 comeback win in triple OT vs FAZE - WINNER!
G2 beating RNG
KT vs IG Base Race
OG’s massive upset of LGD
SonicFox side switch against Go1 in DBZ


Content Creator of the Year

Dr. Lupo
Myth
Ninja - WINNER!
Pokimane
Willyrex


Favorite Moment of 2017

Carol Shaw (Industry Icon)
The Game Awards Orchestra (Performance)
Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro (Moment)
Josef Fares (A Way Out)
Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Game of the Year)


The show starts at 1:30am (!) GMT Friday morning. Broadcast in 4k on YouTube. The stream will also be available via multiple other services including
Twitter, Facebook Live, Steam, Xbox Live, Mixer, MLG and Gamespot.

https://thegameawards.com/about/

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PostRe: The Game Awards 2018
by jiggles » Tue Nov 13, 2018 6:53 pm

Ok, one: The strawberry float is Celeste even doing there.

Two: How can A Way Out even be considered for anything other than Biggest Pile of Flaming Garbage.

1. We need a token indie title to show you don't need to be a AAA megastudio to qualify for GotY.

2. Geoff giving his mate Josef a free pass


Also, Best eSports Coach LOL

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PostRe: The Game Awards 2018
by jawafour » Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:03 pm

At this point, my personal choices for GOTY are:

Night in the Woods (Switch) - This really got me; a wonderfully meloncholy - and yet inspiring - tale.
OnRush (PS4) - "...exciting, moreish and downright rambunctious!"
Pro Evolution Soccer PES 2019 (PS4) - Still beautiful.

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by NickSCFC » Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:12 pm

Can't wait, this has turned into a great event over the past few ywars.

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PostRe: The Game Awards 2018
by Mafro » Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:24 pm

Christ, those nominations really highlight how strawberry floating boring this year has been for me other than Monster Hunter World/Generation Ultimate and the two Yakuza games.

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PostRe: The Game Awards 2018
by Lagamorph » Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:26 pm

Of those on the GotY list, Spider-Man is by far the most deserving winner.

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PostRe: The Game Awards 2018
by ITSMILNER » Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:58 pm

I would vote Spider-Man but it’s fantastic to see Celeste getting recognition, it’s an amazing game!

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by Balladeer » Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:05 pm

jiggles wrote:Ok, one: The strawberry float is Celeste even doing there.

I dunno, being the best game on offer?

Okay probably not: as a Nintendonly gamer it's the only one I've played and I'm not going to claim it's better than The Game That Broke A Thousand Developers. But it slotted into my Games Of All Time list at Number 11. It's damn good and I'm chuffed to see it in for consideration.

Can I put in a negative vote for everyone for all the eSports awards?

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PostRe: The Game Awards 2018
by Frank » Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:20 pm

How many esports awards? :slol: Good grief.

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PostRe: The Game Awards 2018
by NBK » Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:22 pm

Venom wrote:The Game Awards 2018


Best eSports Player

Dominique “SonicFox” McLean
Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi
Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao
Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
Sung-hygeon “JJoNak” Bang


Best eSports Team

Astralis
Cloud9
Fnatic
London Spitfire
OG


Best eSports Coach

Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu
Christian “ppasarel” Banaseanu
Danny “zonic” Sorensen
Dylan Falco
Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi
Janko “YNk” Paunovic


Best eSports Event
ELAGUE Major: Boston 2018
EVO 2018
League of Legends World Championship
Overwatch League Grand Finals
The International 2018


Best eSports Host

Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
Alex “Machine” Richardson
Anders Blume
Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
Paul “RedEye” Chaloner


Best eSports Moment

C9 comeback win in triple OT vs FAZE
G2 beating RNG
KT vs IG Base Race
OG’s massive upset of LGD
SonicFox side switch against Go1 in DBZ


Content Creator of the Year

Dr. Lupo
Myth
Ninja
Pokimane
Willyrex


What the strawberry floating strawberry float is this pile of utter dog shite doing in there. Just don't get the appeal at all. I also swore very loudly in the car today when I heard about the eSport awards from last night, and that utter bell end with his "it's a joke" announcement. Sums up the lot of them right there. Twats. [/dannydyer]

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PostRe: The Game Awards 2018
by Met » Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:27 pm

Just do everyone a favour and vote for Evo and SonicFox for beating Go1 after he summoned Shenron twice in grandfinals.

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PostRe: The Game Awards 2018
by Venom » Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:38 pm

NBK wrote:What the strawberry floating strawberry float is this pile of utter dog shite doing in there. Just don't get the appeal at all. I also swore very loudly in the car today when I heard about the eSport awards from last night, and that utter bell end with his "it's a joke" announcement. Sums up the lot of them right there. Twats. [/dannydyer]


I'm from the Amiga generation so perhaps that's why eSports are not such a big draw to me, however I can see that for many they are massive. As the amount of people watching streamers grow, so will the amount of people wanting to watch competitive gaming. Look at this stadium filled with people for the League of Legends final.


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by Garth » Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:49 pm

I'll probably just watch the trailers that come out of this, not really interested in the awards show.

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by Cuttooth » Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:56 pm

NBK wrote:What the strawberry floating strawberry float is this pile of utter dog shite doing in there.

Agreed, how is Lil Majin vs. JDCR not in moment of the year?!



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PostRe: The Game Awards 2018
by Met » Tue Nov 13, 2018 10:00 pm

Smash 4 GFs were robbed.

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by DarkRula » Tue Nov 13, 2018 10:49 pm

Put my vote in for Forza Horizon 4 for the two awards its been nominated in. Haven't played any other game in any of those categories other than Starlink and Sea of Thieves. SoT has absolutely no chance of winning, and while Starlink is a great game it also has no chance. Might hit up a vote for both anyway just to show support.

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PostRe: The Game Awards 2018
by NBK » Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:07 am

Venom wrote:
NBK wrote:What the strawberry floating strawberry float is this pile of utter dog shite doing in there. Just don't get the appeal at all. I also swore very loudly in the car today when I heard about the eSport awards from last night, and that utter bell end with his "it's a joke" announcement. Sums up the lot of them right there. Twats. [/dannydyer]


I'm from the Amiga generation so perhaps that's why eSports are not such a big draw to me, however I can see that for many they are massive. As the amount of people watching streamers grow, so will the amount of people wanting to watch competitive gaming. Look at this stadium filled with people for the League of Legends final.



Yeah, I'm very aware of how much it's taken off in recent years, I just don't understand how watching someone screaming into a microphone is more enjoyable than playing the game yourself.

I'm maybe being unfair by lumping the people who take part in these competitions in with the personalities who represent it and the general streamer community, but, strawberry float me, I just wish they'd dial it back a notch.

Anyway, a different discussion for a different thread. Back to game awards chat.

Monster Hunter World to win everything please.

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by Knoyleo » Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:56 am

Ninja waiting to see if he wins the Content Creator of the Year award:

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by OrangeRKN » Wed Nov 14, 2018 10:13 am

jiggles wrote:Ok, one: The strawberry float is Celeste even doing there.

Two: How can A Way Out even be considered for anything other than Biggest Pile of Flaming Garbage.

1. We need a token indie title to show you don't need to be a AAA megastudio to qualify for GotY.

2. Geoff giving his mate Josef a free pass


Also, Best eSports Coach LOL


This is the worst post I've ever seen on this forum and I'm including the politics thread

Celeste is a modern masterpiece and deserving of every award its in the running for. It's one of the best platformers I've ever played, and not only does it control perfectly with depth and nuance, its story and themes tie in so perfectly to the gameplay in a way that makes it genuine art. I'm not even being hyperbolic.

A Way Out is an incredibly endearing game and wonderfully unique. It's a genre-defying celebration of videogames that offers constant variety but is consistently entertaining, and the ending is one of my favourites in any game ever.

At least we share a disdain of the eSports awards ;)

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PostRe: The Game Awards 2018
by Tafdolphin » Wed Nov 14, 2018 10:16 am

I continue to be utterly baffled by eSports. That opening ceremony video is unreal.

Regarding TGAs, they may as well just announce RDR2 as the winner in every category it's in. On a completely unrelated note, did they end up adding the 'Most Crushing Working Conditions' award? I know R* were campaigning hard for its inclusion.

I love me some games, but I sure do strawberry floating hate gamer culture.

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