2014 Game Awards nominees announced by Geoff Kieghley

Assassins Creed Unity nominated for best action/adventure category

The first annual ‘Game Awards’ is a newly announced annual award show presented by industry vet and producer Geoff Keighley. The ceremony will be broadcasted via different web platforms on December 5th at 9pm. These include Youtube, Twitch TV, NicoNico, Steam and consoles.

Keighley has now revealed the nominees for the upcoming awards. The nominations were voted on a jury consisting of people from 28 publications across the globe.

The award show will also have categories such as ‘Best Remaster’ and fan voted as well categories like ‘Best E-Sports Player’. You can vote for the online categories on game awards site. Only games released by November 25 have been considered eligible for the 2014 awards.

Here is the full list of nominees:

GAME OF THE YEAR

Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)Dark Souls II (From Software/Bandai-Namco Games)Dragon Age: Inquisition (Bioware/EA)Hearthstone (Blizzard)Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith/WBIE)

DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR

BlizzardMonolithNintendoTelltale GamesUbisoft Montreal

BEST INDEPENDENT GAME

Broken Age: Act I (Double Fine Productions)Monument Valley (Ustwo)Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games)Transistor (Supergiant Games)The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)

BEST MOBILE/HANDHELD GAME

Bravery Default (Silicon Studio/Square-Enix/Nintendo)Hearthstone (Blizzard)Monument Valley (Ustwo)Super Smash Bros. 3DS (Sora Ltd/Bandai-Namco Games/Nintendo)Threes! (Sirvo)

BEST NARRATIVE

South Park: The Stick of Truth (Obsidian/Ubisoft)The Walking Dead, Season Two (Telltale Games)The Wolf Among Us (Telltale Games)Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)Wolfenstein: The New Order (MachineGames/Bethesda)

BEST SCORE/SOUNDTRACK

Alien: Isolation (Joe Henson and Alexis Smith/The Creative Assembly)Child of Light (Coeur de pirate/Ubisoft Montreal)Destiny (Marty O’Donnell/Bungie)Sunset Overdrive (Boris Salchow/Insomniac Games)Transistor (Darren Korb/Supergiant Games)

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 (Ubisoft)Troy Baker as Talion, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (WBIE)

GAMES FOR CHANGE

Never Alone (Upper One Games/E-Line Media)The Last of Us: Left Behind (Naughty Dog/SCEA)Mountain (David O’Reilly/Double Fine Presents)This War of Mine (11 bit studios)Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)

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 Montreal/Ubisoft)Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith/WBIE)Sunset Overdrive (Insomniac/Microsoft Studios)

BEST ROLE PLAYING GAME

Bravely Default (Silicon Studio/Square-Enix/Nintendo)Dark Souls II (From Software/Bandai-Namco Games)Divinity (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 Studios)Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (Arc System Works/Atlus)Super Smash Bros. 3DS (Sora Ltd/Bandai-Namco Games/Nintendo)Super Smash Bros. Wii-U (Sora Ltd/Bandai-Namco Games/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 EAD/Nintendo)Skylanders: Trap Team (Toys for Bob/Activision)Tomodachi Life (Nintendo SPD/Nintendo)

BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME

FIFA 15 (EA Canada/EA Sports)Forza Horizon 2 (Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Studios)Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo EAD/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 Games)Destiny (Bungie/Activision)Hearthstone (Blizzard)Titanfall (Respawn/EA)

BEST REMASTER

Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games)Halo: The Master Chief Collection (343/Microsoft Studios)Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (Game Freak/The Pokemon Company/Nintendo)The Last of Us (Naughty Dog/SCEA)Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (Crystal Dynamics/Square-Enix)

Fan Voted Nominees

MOST ANTICIPATED GAME

Batman: Arkham Knight (Rocksteady/WBIE)Bloodborne (From Software/SCEA)Evolve (Turtle Rock/2K Games)The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt RED/WBIE)Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/SCEA)

E-SPORTS PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson (League of Legends)Xu “Fy” Linsen (DOTA2)James “Firebat” Kostesich (Hearthstone)Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund (Counter-Strike: GO)Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag (Call of Duty)

E-SPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR

Samsung White (League of Legends)Evil Geniuses (DOTA2)Edward Gaming (League of Legends)Newbee (DOTA2)Ninjas in Pajamas (Counter-Strike: GO)

TRENDING GAMER

Evan “Vanoss” FongJeff GerstmannPewDiePieStampyLongHeadTotalBiscuit

BEST FAN CREATION

BEST Zelda Rap EVER!! by EgoraptorLuigi Death Stare by CZBwoi and RizupicorrMine the Diamond (Minecraft Song) by TobuscusMinecraft – TITAN City by Colonial PuppetTwitch Plays Pokemon by Anonymous