In just over three weeks time, The Game Awards 2019 will descend upon Los Angeles and honor some of the year's best video games, content creators, and esports personalities. An annual awards ceremony hosted by games journalist Geoff Keighley, The Game Awards have become quite an event, and fans tune in from across the globe to enjoy the festivities and see who will go home a winner. However, before there can be winners there must be nominees, and a full list of 2019 Game Awards nominees is now available for fans to peruse.
Coming out on top this year is Hideo Kojima's recently-released Death Stranding, which has received nine nominations, including Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, and Best Art Direction. While Death Stranding reviews have been decidedly mixed, many players have found a lot to love in this unique title, and time will tell if that affection translates into awards for Kojima Productions and Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Trailing just behind Death Stranding is Remedy's Control with eight nominations that range from Game of the Year to Best Performance. As many players will know, Control reviews were remarkably positive, and while the title did not receive attention on the level of Death Stranding, the incredibly rich world and thrilling gameplay that it offers may just be enough to see the game come out ahead
From there, titles like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, with five nominations, and Resident Evil 2 and The Outer Worlds, each with four nominations, round out the top spots. Without question, these three games were met with adoration upon their releases, and all of them certainly have a chance of walking away with The Game Awards' coveted Game of the Year title next month.
This is, of course, just scratching the surface of the Game Awards 2019 nominations, and interested fans can view the full list below. Unfortunately, not every nominee on this list will be able to walk away from the show a winner, but the caliber of these nominations do make one thing perfectly clear: 2019 was a great year for video games. Hopefully, the ceremony and the Game Awards 2019 world premieres will be able to live up to the high bar set by the titles being honored.
Game of The Year
Control
Death Stranding
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
The Outer Worlds
Best Game Direction
Control
Death Stranding
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Outer Wilds
Best Narrative
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Control
Death Stranding
Disco Elysium
The Outer Worlds
Best Art Direction
Control
Death Stranding
Gris
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Best Score/Music
Cadence of Hyrule
Death Stranding
Devil May Cry 5
Kingdom Hearts III
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Best Audio Design
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Control
Death Stranding
Gears 5
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
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
Gris
Kind Words
Life is Strange 2
Sea of Solitude
Best Ongoing Game
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Best Independent Game
Baba Is You
Disco Elysium
Katana ZERO
Outer Wilds
Untitled Goose Game
Best Mobile Game
Call of Duty: Mobile
GRINDSTONE
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sky: Children of Light
What the Golf?
Best Community Support
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Best VR/AR Game
Asgard's Wrath
Blood & Truth
Beat Saber
No Man's Sky
Trover Saves the Universe
Best Action Game
Apex Legends
Astral Chain
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Devil May Cry 5
Gears 5
Metro Exodus
Best Action/Adventure Game
Borderlands 3
Control
Death Stranding
Resident Evil 2
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Best RPG
Disco Elysium
Final Fantasy XIV
Kingdom Hearts III
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
The Outer Worlds
Best Fighting Game
Dead or Alive 6
Jump Force
Mortal Kombat 11
Samurai Showdown
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Best Family Game
Luigi's Mansion 3
Ring Fit Adventure
Super Mario Maker 2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Yoshi's Crafted World
Best Strategy Game
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Anno 1800
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Total War: Three Kingdoms
Tropico 6
Wargroove
Best Sports/Racing Game
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
DiRT Rally 2.0
eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020
F1 2019
FIFA 20
Best Multiplayer Game
Apex Legends
Borderlands 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Tetris 99
Tom Clancy's The Division 2
Fresh Indie Game Presented by Subway
ZA/UM for Disco Elysium
Nomada Studiof or Gris
DeadToast Entertainment for My Friend Pedro
Mobius Digital for Outer Wilds
Mega Crit for Slay the Spire
House House for Untitled Goose Game
Content Creator of the Year
Courage - Jack Dunlop
Dr. Lupo- Benjamin Lupo
Ewok- Soleil Wheeler
Grefg- David Martínez
Shroud- Michael Grzesiek
ESPORTS AWARDS
Best Esports Game
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
DOTA2
Fortnite
League of Legends
Overwatch
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 (CS:GO)
G2 Esports (LOL)
OG (DOTA2)
San Francisco Shock (OWL)
Team Liquid (CS:GO)
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, CS:GO)
Nu-ri ‘Cain’ Jang (Team Liquid, LOL)
Fabian ‘GrabbZ’ Lohmann (G2 Esports, LOL)
Kim ‘Kkoma’ Jeong-gyun (SK Telecom T1, LOL)
Titouan ‘Sockshka’ Merloz (OG, DOTA2)
Danny ‘Zonic’ Sørensen (Astralis, CSGO)
Best Esports Host
Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
Alex “Machine” Richardson
Paul “Redeye” Chaloner
Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
Duan "Candice" Yu-Shuang
The Game Awards 2019 will take place on December 12, 2019.
Source: The Game Awards