The full list of nominees for the upcoming The Game Awards 2014 had been read by producer Geoff Keighly on Thursday, honoring the top game titles and developers for the year.
Keighly announced the roster of nominees and discussed the nomination process for the very first The Game Awards through an informal Twitch announcement. According to the producer, 28 gaming publications from different parts of the world had been involved in the selection process, including those from the United States, the U.K., Japan, Canada, Italy, France, Germany, and Spain, among others.
The full list of nominees includes:
Best Shooter
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Sledgehammer/Activision
- Destiny - Bungie/Activision
- Far Cry 4 - Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
- Titanfall - Respawn/EA
- Wolfenstein: The New Order - MachineGames/Bethesda
Best Action/Adventure
- Alien: Isolation - Creative Assembly/Sega
- Assassin's Creed Unity - Ubisoft
- Bayonetta 2 - Platinum Games/Nintendo
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Monolith/Warner Bros.
- Sunset Overdrive - Insomniac/Microsoft
Best Role Playing Game
- Bravely Default - Square Enix
- Dark Souls II - From Software/Bandai Namco
- Divinity: Original Sin - Larian Studios
- Dragon Age: Inquisition - Bioware/EA
- South Park: The Stick of Truth - Obsidian/Ubisoft
Best Fighting Game
- Killer Instinct: Season Two - Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax - Arc System Works/Atlus
- Super Smash Bros. 3DS - Nintendo
- Super Smash Bros. Wii U - Nintendo
- Ultimate Street Fighter IV - Capcom
Best Family Game
- Disney Infinity 2.0 - Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive Studios
- Fantasia: Music Evolved - Harmonix/Disney Interactive Studios
- Mario Kart 8 - Nintendo
- Skylanders: Trap Team - Toys for Bob/Activision
- Tomodachi Life - Nintendo
Best Sports/Racing Game
- FIFA 15 - EA Canada/EA Sports
- Forza Horizon 2 - Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft
- Mario Kart 8 - Nintendo
- NBA 2K15 - Visual Concepts/2K Sports
- Trials Fusion - RedLynx/Ubisoft
Best Online Experience
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Sledgehammer Games/Activision
- Dark Souls II - From Software/Bandai Namco
- Destiny - Bungie/Activision
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blizzard
- Titanfall - Respawn/EA
Best Mobile/Handheld
- Bravely Default - Square Enix
- Monument Valley - Ustwo
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blizzard
- Super Smash Bros. for 3DS - Nintendo
- Threes - Asher Vollmer, illustrator Greg Wohlwend, and composer Jimmy Hinson
Best Remaster
- Grand Theft Auto V - Rockstar Games
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection - 343 Industries/Microsoft
- Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire - Game Freak/Nintendo
- The Last of Us - Naughty Dog/Sony
- Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix
Best Narrative
- South Park: The Stick of Truth - Obsidian/Ubisoft
- The Walking Dead Season 2 - Telltale Games
- The Wolf Among Us - Telltale Games
- Valiant Hearts - Ubisoft
- Wolfenstein: The New Order - Machine Games/Bethesda
Best Score/Soundtrack
- Alien: Isolation - Christian Henson, Joe Henson, and Alexis Smith, The Creative Assembly/Sega
- Child of Light - Coeur de pirate, Ubisoft Montreal
- Destiny - Marty O'Donnell, Bungie/Activision
- Sunset Overdrive - Boris Salchow, Insomniac Games/Microsoft
- Transistor - Darren Korb, Supergiant Games
Best Independent Game
Games for Change
- Mountain - David O'Reilly/Double Fine Presents
- Never Alone - Upper One Games
- The Last of Us: Left Behind - Naughty Dog/Sony
- This War of Mine - 11bit Studios
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War - Ubisoft
eSports Player of the Year - (To be voted on by fans)
- Martin 'Rekkles' Larsson - League of Legends
- Xu "Fy" Linsen - Dota 2
- James "Firebat" Kostesich - Hearthstone
- Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund - Counter-Strike: GO
- Matt "NaDeSHoT" Haag - Call of Duty
eSports Team of the Year - (To be voted on by fans)
- Samsung White - League of Legends
- Evil Geniuses - Dota 2
- Edward Gaming - League of Legends
- Newbee - Dota 2
- Ninjas in Pajamas - Counter-Strike: GO
Trending Gamer - (To be voted on by fans)
- Evan "Vanoss" Fong
- Jeff Gerstmann
- PewDiePie
- StampyLongHead
- TotalBiscuit
Best Fan Creation - (To be voted on by fans)
- BEST Zelda Rap EVER!! By Egoraptor
- Luigi Death Stare by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr
- Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song) by Tobuscus
- Minecraft – TITAN City by Colonial Puppet
- Twitch Plays Pokemon by Anonymous
Developer of the Year
- Blizzard
- Monolith
- Nintendo
- Telltale Games
- Ubisoft Montreal
Best Performance
- Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf, The Wolf Among Us - Telltale Games
- Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Sledgehammer Games/Activision
- Melissa Hutchison as Clementine, The Walking Dead: Season Two - Telltale Games
- Trey Parker as Various Voices, South Park: The Stick of Truth - Obsidian/Ubisoft
- Troy Baker as Talion, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Monolith/Warner Bros.
Most Anticipated Game - (To be voted on by fans)
- Batman: Arkham Knight - Rocksteady/Warner Bros.
- Bloodborne - FROM Software/Sony
- Evolve - Turtle Rock/2K Games
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Naughty Dog/Sony
Game of the Year
- Bayonetta 2 - Platinum Games/Nintendo
- Dark Souls 2 - FROM Software/Bandai Namco
- Dragon Age: Inquisition - BioWare/EA
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blizzard
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Monolith/Warner Bros.
Keighly, the Canadian video game journalist and TV host, developed the new independent award giving body for video games in order to highlight the accomplishments of publishers and developers in the ever growing industry.
Some of the jurors for The Game Awards 2014 include Lou Kesten from the Associated Press - USA, Tony Mott from Edge - UK, Andy McNamara from Game Informer - USA, Federico Cella from Corriere Della Sera - Italy, Victor Lucas from Electric Playground - Canada, Sophia Tong from Gameradar - USA, Darren Franich from Entertainment Weekly - USA, Chris Grant from Polygon - USA, Katsuhiko Hayashi from Famits - Japan, Chris Kohler from Wired - USA, and Ben Silverman from Yahoo! - USA, among others.
The Game Awards night will be held on Dec. 5, 6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET, at the AXIS Theater in Las Vegas.
