Pubblicate le nomination per i VideoGame Awards 2014

L’evento dedicato ai VideoGame Awards 2014 è alle porte. Come di consueto, si terrà all’Axis Theater di Las Vegas il 5 dicembre e andrà in onda su SpikeTv. Intanto è stata pubblicata la lista dei giochi che sono stati scelti per le nomination:

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.

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
• 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 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

• 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

• 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

• Evan “Vanoss” Fong
• Jeff Gerstmann
• PewDiePie
• StampyLongHead
• TotalBiscuit

Best Fan Creation

• 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