The Game Awards 2014 will be broadcasted live on December 5th 2014. The categories are listed below, and I’ve highlighted my winning picks in green out of the nominees that were chosen. The Most Anticipated category was the hardest category for me to pick one winner. Also, I think there should be separate categories for Sports and Racing games. If there were a Publisher of the Year award I would definitely give it to Nintendo. They weren’t the developer of some of the great games that have their name by them this year, but they were the publisher, so that’s why I didn’t choose them for the developer award. All winning pick opinions are my own. Looking forward to seeing some game developers, new trailers, and the rest of the show. 

[UPDATED – The actual winners are underlined]

 

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 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 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
• Pokemon 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 – 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

• Broken Age Part 1 – Double Fine
• Monument Valley – Ustwo
• Shovel Knight – Cellar Door
• Transistor – Supergiant Games
• The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – The Astronauts

 

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.