The Game Awards 2019 itself is set for December 12 at 8:30 p.m. EDT. With that knowledge, there’s not much time to wait and see if your favorite game, streamer, or eSports team will be taking home a shiny new trophy to commemorate their awesome superiority.
Here are all of the categories for The Game Awards, as well as their respective nominees.
The Game Awards 2019 Categories and Nominees
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 (FromSoftware/Activision) The Outer Worlds (Obsidian/Private Division)
Best Game Direction
Control (Remedy/505 Games) Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE) Resident Evil 2 (Capcom/Capcom) Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision) Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna)
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)
Best Art Direction
Control (Remedy/505) Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE) Gris (Nomada Studio/Devolver) Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo/Annapurna) Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision) The 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) Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE) Gears 5 (The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios) Resident Evil 2 (Capcom) Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision)
Best Performance
Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb (The Outer Worlds) Courtney Hopeas 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/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 (Capcom) The 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 Bros. 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 Bros. 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 (Jack Dunlop) Dr. Lupo (Benjamin Lupo) Ewok (Soleil Wheeler) Grefg (David Martínez) Shroud (Michael Grzesiek)
Best Esports Game
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve) DOTA2 (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, CSGO) Jay “Sinatraa” Won (SF Shock, Overwatch)
Best Esports Team
Astralis (CounterStrike: Global Offensive) G2 Esports (League of Legends) OG (DOTA2) San Francisco Shock (Overwatch League) Team Liquid (CounterStrike: Global Offensive)
Best Esports Event
2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals EVO 2019 Fortnite World Cup IEM Katowice 2019 League of Legends World Championship 2019 The International 2019
Best Esports Coach
Eric “adreN” Hoag (Team Liquid, CounterStrike:Global Offensive) Nu-ri “Cain” Jang (Team Liquid, League of Legends) Fabian “GrabbZ” Lohmann (G2 Esports, League of Legends) Kim “Kkoma” Jeong-gyun (SK Telecom T1, League of Legends) Titouan “Sockshka” Merloz (OG, DOTA2) Danny “Zonic” Sørensen (Astralis, CounterStrike: Global Offensive)
Best Esports Host
Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere Alex “Machine” Richardson Paul “Redeye” Chaloner Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez Duan “Candice” Yu-Shuang
How to Vote for The Game Awards 2019
Fan votes are open for this year’s The Game Awards. Normally, you can vote by visiting the official voting page. It’s down right now, though The Game Awards on Twitter has a link to a generic Google page that tallies your votes.
You can vote once in each category once per 24 hours.
The Game Awards 2019 will air live on December 12 at 8:30 p.m. EDT. You can see how to watch it here.
