A Reminder of This Year's Game Awards Nominees

Movies got the Academy Awards, Music got the Grammy's and Sports got the Espy but, when it came to the video games, the industry had to wait for its own grand ceremony where the crème de la crème was rightfully recognized. Thank god for Geoff Keighley and his stubborn determination to give video games its time in the spotlight. At the time of writing, we are currently less than 10 hours away from this year's edition, so we decided to give you all a quick refresher of the nominees from the main categories as well as our picks and who we believe will win. 

​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)

OUR VOTE:                          Katana Zero
​MOST LIKELY WINNER: Untitled Goose Game

Best  Narrative

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

OUR VOTE:                          Control 
​MOST LIKELY WINNER: Control

​Best  Art   Direction

• Control (Remedy/505)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
• Gris (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo/Annapurna)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Grezzo/Nintendo)

OUR VOTE:                          Gris 
​MOST LIKELY WINNER: Gris

​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)

OUR VOTE:                          Cadence of Hyrule   
​MOST LIKELY WINNER: Death Stranding

​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/Capcom)
• Gears 5 (The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios)
• Metro Exodus (4A Games/Deep Silver)

OUR VOTE:                          Astral Chain   
​MOST LIKELY WINNER: Devil May Cry 5

​Best  Action/Adventure Game

• Borderlands 3 (Gearbox/2K)
• Control (Remedy/505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Grezzo/Nintendo)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)

OUR VOTE:                          Resident Evil 2   
​MOST LIKELY WINNER: Death Stranding

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)

OUR VOTE:                          The Outer Worlds 
​MOST LIKELY WINNER: The Outer Worlds 

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 Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco/Sora/Nintendo)

OUR VOTE:                           Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
​MOST LIKELY WINNER:  Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 

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)

OUR VOTE:                           FIFA 20
​MOST LIKELY WINNER:  FIFA 20

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)

​OUR VOTE:                           Tetris 99
​MOST LIKELY WINNER:  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Best  Esports  Game

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
DOTA2 (Valve)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
League of Legends (Riot Games)
Overwatch (Blizzard)

OUR VOTE:                           Fortnite
​MOST LIKELY WINNER:  Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Game  of  the  Year

• Control (Remedy/505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai-Namco/Sora/Nintendo)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom/Capcom)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)

OUR VOTE:                           Resident Evil 2
​MOST LIKELY WINNER:  Death Stranding

We predict that this year's Game of the Year Award will be a close battle between Control and Death Stranding with the latter controversially (Due to  Keighley and the game's director Kojima's very public friendship)  taking it in the end. If you don't care who wins whichever award, then the show is traditionally known for big reveals/announcements with at least 10 surprises promised.

All in all, this Year's Game Awards promises to be the best yet. The show kicks off at 8:30pm local time and you can watch it all live right here:

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