Nominees For The Game Awards 2017 Announced

Game of the Year

• Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Persona 5 (Atlus)
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp.)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Game Direction

• Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Resident Evil 7: biohazard (Capcom)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda Softworks)

Best Narrative

• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• NieR: Automata (Platinum Games / Square Enix)
• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda Softworks)

Best Art Direction

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
• Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Persona 5 (Atlus)

Best Score / Music

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• NieR: Automata (Platinum Games / Square Enix)
• Persona 5 (Atlus)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Audio Design

• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Resident Evil 7: biohazard (Capcom)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Performance

• Ashly Burch as Aloy in Horizon: Zero Dawn
• Brian Bloom as BJ Blazkowicz in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
• Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
• Laura Bailey as Nadine Ross in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
• Melina Juergens as Senua in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

Games for Impact Award

• Bury Me, My Love (The Pixel Hunt / Figs, ARTE)
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• Life is Strange: Before the Storm (Deck Nine / Square Enix)
• Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall)
• Please Knock on my Door (Levall Games)
• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Ongoing Game

• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
• Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar Games)
• Overwatch (Blizzard)
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp.)
• Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
• Warframe (Digital Extremes)

Best Mobile Game

• Fire Emblem Heroes (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)
• Hidden Folks (Adriaan de Jongh / Sylvain Tegroeg)
• Monument Valley 2 (Ustwo Games)
• Old Man’s Journey (Broken Rules)
• Super Mario Run (Nintendo)

Best Handheld Game

• Ever Oasis (Grezzo / Nintendo)
• Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)
• Metroid: Samus Returns (MercurySteam / Nintendo)
• Monster Hunter Stories (Capcom / Nintendo)
• Poochy and Yoshi’s Woolly World (Good-Feel / Nintendo)

Best VR Game

• Farpoint (Impulse Gear / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Lone Echo / Echo Arena (Ready at Dawn / Oculus Studios)
• Resident Evil 7: biohazard (Capcom)
• Star Trek: Bridge Crew (Red Storm Entertainment / Ubisoft)
• Superhot VR (Superhot Team)

Best Action Game

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activison)
• Nioh (Team Ninja / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Prey (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda Softworks)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Assassin’s Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
• Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best RPG

• Divinity: Original Sin 2 (Larian Studios)
• Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix Business Division 2 / Square Enix)
• NieR: Automata (Platinum Games / Square Enix)
• Persona 5 (Atlus)
• South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Ubisoft San Francisco / Ubisot)

Best Fighting Game

• ARMS (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Injustice 2 (NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (Capcom)
• Nidhogg 2 (Messhof Games)
• Tekken 7 (Bandai Namco Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)

Best Family Game

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris + Milan / Ubisoft)
• Sonic Mania (PagodaWest Games + Headcannon / Sega)
• Splatoon 2 (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Strategy Game

• Halo Wars 2 (Creative Assembly + 343 Industries / Microsoft Studios)
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris + Milan / Ubisoft)
• Total War: Warhammer II (Creative Assembly / Sega)
• Tooth and Tail (Pocketwatch Games)
• XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (Firaxis Games / 2K Games)

Best Sports / Racing Game

• Gran Turismo Sport (Polyphony Digital / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• FIFA 18 (EA Vancouver / EA)
• Forza Motorsport 7 (Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
• NBA 2K18 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (PES Productions / Konami)
• Project Cars 2 (Slightly Mad Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)

Best Multiplayer Game

• Call of Duty: WWII (Sledgehammer Games / Activision)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp.)
• Splatoon 2 (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Most Anticipated Game

• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
• Red Dead Redemption II (Rockstar Games)
• Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Independent Game

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall)
• Pyre (Supergiant Games)
• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Student Game

• Falling Sky (Jonathan Nielssen, Nikolay Savov, Mohsen Shah; National Film and Television School)
• From Light (Alejandro Grossman, Steven Li, Sherveen Uduwana; University of Southern California)
• Hollowed (Erin Marek, Jerrick Flores, Charley Choucard; University of Central Florida – Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy)
• Impulsuon (Hugo Verger, Rémi Bertrand, Maxime Lupinski; IIM – Institut de l’Internet et du Multimédia)
• Level Squared (Kip Brennan, Stephen Scoglio, Dane Perry Svendsen; Swinburne University of Technology)
• Meaning (Hariz Yet; DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore)

Trending Gamer

• Andrea Rene (What’s Good Games)
• Clint Lexa (“Halfcoordinated”)
• Guy Beahm (Dr. Disrespect)
• Mike Grzesiek (Shroud)
• Steve Spohn (AbleGamers)

Best eSports Game

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
• Dota 2 (Valve)
• League of Legends (Riot)
• Overwatch (Blizzard)
• Rocket League (Psyonix)

Best eSports Player

• Je-hong “ryujehong” Ryu (Seoul Dynasty, Overwatch)
• Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi (Team Liquid, Dota 2)
• Lee sang-hyeok “Faker” (SK Telecom 1, League of Legends)
• Marcelo ‘coldzera’ David (SK Gaming, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• Nikola ‘NiKo’ Kovac (FaZE Clan, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)

Best eSports Team

• Cloud 9
• FaZE Clan
• Lunatic-Hai
• SK Telecom 1
• Team Liquid

Best Debut Indie Game

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
• Golf Story (Sidebar Games)
• Hollow Knight (Team Cherry)
• Mr. Shifty (Team Shifty)
• Slime Rancher (Monomi Park)

Best Chinese Game

• Gumballs (QcPlay Limited)
• Icey (FantaBlade Network)
• Jx3 HD (Kingsoft Corporation)
• King of Glory (Timi Studio Group)
• Monument Valley 2 (Ustwo)