// News // 20th Nov 2019 — 4 years ago // By Francis Kenna

Game Awards 2019 Nominees Have Been Announced

Geoff Keighley will yet again be hosting another Game Awards show this year, with this show including a total of 29 different categories this year. The nominees include:

Game of the Year

Control - Remedy/505 Games
Death Stranding - Kojima Productions/SIE
Super Smash Brothers Ultimate - Bandai Namco/Sora/Nintendo
Resident Evil 2 (2019) - Capcom
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - FromSoftware/Activision
The Outer Worlds - Obsidian/Private Division

Best Game Direction

Control - Remedy/505 Games
Death Stranding - Kojima Productions/SIE
Resident Evil 2 (2019) - Capcom
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - FromSoftware/Activision
Outer Wilds - Mobius Digital/Annapurna

Best Narrative

A Plague Tale: Innocence - Asobo/Focus Home
Control - Remedy/505 Games
Death Stranding - Kojima Productions/SIE
Disco Elysium - ZA/UM
The Outer Worlds - Obsidian/Private Division

Best Art Direction

Control - Remedy/505 Games
Death Stranding - Kojima Productions/SIE
GRIS - Nomada Studio/Devolver
Sayonara Wild Hearts - Simogo/Annapurna
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - FromSoftware/Activision
Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening - Grezzo/Nintendo

Best Score/Music

Cadence of Hyrule - Brace Yourself Games/Nintendo
Death Stranding - Kojima Productions/SIE
Devil May Cry 5 - Capcom
Kingdom Hearts III - Square Enix
Sayonara Wild Hearts - Simogo/Annapurna

Best Audio Design

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward/Activision
Control - Remedy/505 Games
Death Stranding - Kojima Productions/SIE
Gears 5 - The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios
Resident Evil 2 (2019) - Capcom
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - FromSoftware/Activision

Best Performance

Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb - The Outer Worlds
Courtney Hopeas as Jesse Faden -Control
Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz - Gears 5
Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff - Death Stranding
Matthew Porretta as Dr. Casper Darling - Control
Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges - Death Stranding

Games for Impact

Concrete Genie - Pixelopus/SIE
GRIS - Nomada Studio/Devolver
Kind Words - Popcannibal
Life is Strange 2 - Dontnod/Square Enix
Sea of Solitude - Jo-Mei Games/EA

Best Ongoing Game

Apex Legends - Respawn
Destiny 2 - Bungie
FINAL FANTASY XIV - Square Enix
Fortnite - Epic Games
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft

Best Independent Game

Baba Is You - Hempuli
Disco Elysium - ZA/UM
Katana ZERO - Askiisoft/Devoler
Outer Wilds - Mobius Digital/Annapurna
Untitled Goose Game - House House/Panic

Best Mobile Game

Call of Duty: Mobile - TiMi Studios/Activision
GRINDSTONE - Capybara Games
Sayonara Wild Hearts - Simogo/Annapurna
Sky: Children of Light - Thatgamecompany
WHAT THE GOLF? - Tribland

Best Community Support

Apex Legends - Respawn/EA
Destiny 2 - Bungie
FINAL FANTASY XIV - Square Enix
Fortnite - Epic Games
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft

Best VR/AR Game

Asgard's Wrath - Sanzaru Games/Oculus Studios
Blood & Truth - SIE London Studio/SIE
Beat Saber - Beat Games
No Man's Sky - Hello Games
Trover Saves the Universe - Squanch Games

Best Action Game

Apex Legends - Respawn/EA
Astral Chain - Platinum Games/Nintendo
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward/Activision
Devil May Cry 5 - Capcom
Gears 5 - The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios
Metro: Exodus - 4A Games/Deep Silver

Best Action/Adventure Game

Borderlands 3 - Gearbox/2K
Control- Remedy/505 Games
Death Stranding - Kojima Productions/SIE
Resident Evil 2 (2019) - Capcom
Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening - Grezzo/Nintendo
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - FromSoftware/Activision

Best RPG

Disco Elysium - ZA/UM
FINAL FANTASY XIV - Square Enix
Kingdom Hearts III - Square Enix
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne - Capcom
The Outer Worlds - Obsidian/Private Division

Best Fighting Game

Dead or Alive 6 - Team Ninja/Koei Tecmo
JUMP FORCE - Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco
Mortal Kombat 11 - NetherRealm/WBIE
Samurai Showdown - SNK/Athlon
Super Smash Brothers Ultimate - Bandai Namco/Sora/Nintendo

Best Family Game

Luigi's Mansion 3 - Next Level Games/Nintendo
Ring Fit Adventure - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
Super Mario Maker 2 - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
Super Smash Brothers Ultimate - Bandai Namco/Sora/Nintendo
Yoshi’s Crafted World - Good-Feel/Nintendo

Best Strategy Game

Age of Wonders: Planetfall - Triumph Studios/Paradox
Anno 1800 - Blue Byte/Ubisoft
Fire Emblem Three Houses - Intelligent Systems/Koei Tecmo/Nintendo
Total War: Three Kingdoms - Creative Assembly/Sega
Tropico 6 - Limbic Entertainment/Kalypso Media
Wargroove - Chucklefish

Best Sports/Racing Game

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled - Beenox/Activision
DiRT Rally 2.0 - Codemasters
eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 - PES Productions/Konami
F1 2019 - Codemasters
FIFA 20 - EA Sports

Best Multiplayer Game

Apex Legends - Respawn/EA
Borderlands 3 - Gearbox/2K
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward/Activision
Tetris 99 - Arika/Nintendo
Tom Clancy's The Division 2 - Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft

Fresh Indie Game Presented by Subway

ZA/UM - Disco Elysium
Nomada Studio - GRIS
DeadToast Entertainment - My Friend Pedro
Mobius Digital - Outer Wilds
Mega Crit - Slay the Spire
House House - Untitled Goose Game

Content Creator of the Year

Courage
Dr. Lupo
Ewok
Grefg
Shroud

Best Esports Game

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Valve
Dota 2 - Valve
Fortnite - Epic Games
League of Legends - Riot Games
Overwatch - Blizzard

Best Esports Player

Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf - Immortals, Fortnite
Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok - SK Telecom, League of Legends
Luka "Perkz" Perkovic - G2 Esports, League of Legends
Oleksandr "S1mple" Kostyliev - Natus Vincere, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Jay "Sinatraa" Won - SF Shock, Overwatch

Best Esports Team