You can vote in 29 categories.
Host Geoff Keighley presented all the nominations for this year’s gaming awards – The Game Awards – in a short video on Monday night. Nominations in 29 categories were selected by an expert jury of more than 100 gaming media and content creators from around the world. In this article we will discuss the most interesting categories, but you can view them all on the official website, where you can also vote. Viewer votes carry 10% weight and jury votes carry 90% weight in choosing the winner. The main show will take place December 13 at 1:30 morning Central European time.
Game of the Year
The main prize is awarded to the game that offers the best experience both creatively and technically. Nominees:
- Astro Bot (Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
- Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
- Elden Ring: Shadow of Airdtree (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- Rebirth of Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix)
- Metaphor: ReFantasio (Atlus/Sega)
Best Game Direction
Another important category is the Best Game Direction award, which recognizes outstanding creative vision and innovation in direction and game design. The nominations are as follows:
- Astro Bot (Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
- Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
- Elden Ring: Shadow of Airdtree (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- Rebirth of Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix)
- Metaphor: ReFantasio (Atlus/Sega)
Best Narrative
The award recognizes outstanding storytelling and story development. Nominees:
- Rebirth of Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix)
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Studio Ryu Ga Gotoku/Sega)
- Metaphor: ReFantasio (Atlus/Sega)
- Senua Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
- Silent Hill 2 (Team Bloober/Konami)
Best Art Direction
The Best Art Direction Award recognizes outstanding creative and technical achievements in artistic design and animation. Nominated titles:
- Astro Bot (Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
- Elden Ring: Shadow of Airdtree (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- Metaphor: ReFantasio (Atlus/Sega)
- Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver Digital)
best music
The following games are nominated for the Best Music Award:
- Astro Bot (Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Rebirth of Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix)
- Metaphor: ReFantasio (Atlus/Sega)
- Silent Hill 2 (Team Bloober/Konami)
- Star Blade (Shift Up/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Sound Design
But not all sound has to be music, so there is also an award for the best sound design for which games are nominated:
- Astro Bot (Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
- Rebirth of Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix)
- Senua Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
- Silent Hill 2 (Team Bloober/Konami)
Best Performance by an Actor
The Best Acting Award is given to the person for dubbing, moving and filming the performance. Nominees:
- Briana White as Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VI Rebirth)
- Hannah Tell as Max Caulfield (Life is Strange: Double Exposure)
- Humberly Gonzalez as Kay Wess (Star Wars: Outlaws)
- Luke Roberts as James Sunderland (Silent Hill 2)
- Melina Jurgens as Senua (Senua Saga: Hellblade II)
Overlapping games
The award is given for a play with a deeper meaning, idea or message. Nominations received titles:
- Closer Distance (Osmotic Studios/Skybound Games)
- India (Odd Meter/11-bit studios)
- Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver Digital)
- Life is Strange: Double Exposure (Deck Nine/Square Enix)
- Senua Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
- Tales of Kenzera: Zau (Surgent Studios/EA)
Best Indie Game
Awarded for outstanding creative and technical achievements in a game created outside of the traditional publishing system. Nominees:
- Animal well (Shared Memory/Large Mode)
- Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
- Lorelei and laser eyes (Simago/Annapurna Interactive)
- Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver Digital)
- UFO 50 (Mossmouth)
Innovation in Accessibility
This category recognizes software and hardware that adds new features, technology, and content to make games more accessible to an even wider audience. Nominees:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
- Diablo IV (Blizzard Xbox)
- Dragon Age: Guardian of the Veil (Bioware/EA)
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)
- Star Wars: Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)
Best Action Game
The Best Action Game Award is given to games that focus primarily on combat. Nominees:
- Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
- Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Warhammer 40K: Space Marines 2 (Sabre Interactive/Focus Entertainment)
- Star Blade (Shift Up/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Action Adventure
But some games combine combat with various logic puzzles and other activities and win the award for best action-adventure game. The games received nominations:
- Astro Bot (Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)
- Silent Hill 2 (Team Bloober/Konami)
- Star Wars: Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Nintendo)
Best RPG
Awarded for the best game design with rich character development and customization, including MMO games. Nominated titles:
- Dragon’s Dogma 2 (Capcom)
- Elden Ring: Shadow of Airdtree (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- Rebirth of Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix)
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Studio Ryu Ga Gotoku/Sega)
- Metaphor: ReFantasio (Atlus/Sega)
Best Simulator/Strategy
Award for the best game with real-time turn-based simulation or strategy gameplay. Nominees:
- Age of Mythology: Retelling (Edge of the World/Forgotten Empires/Xbox Game Studios)
- Frostpunk 2 (11 bit studios)
- Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Capcom)
- Lords of the Manor (Slavic magic/Games with hoods)
- Unicorn Overlord (Vanillaware/Sega/Atlus)
Most anticipated game
The category was created for previously announced games that have demonstrated the potential to move the gaming medium forward. Nominations received:
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Konami Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Ghost of Yothei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Grand Craft Auto VI (Rockstar Games)
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (Retro Studios/Nintendo)
- Wild Monster Hunters (Capcom)
The best adaptation
Currently, the newest category is awarded to work that faithfully and faithfully adapts a video game to another medium. Nominees:
- Arcana (Bunt/Fortish/Netflix)
- Fall out (Bethesda/Kilter Films/Amazon MGM Studios)
- Knuckles (Sega/Paramount)
- Like a Dragon: Yakuza (Sega/Amazon MGM Studios)
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (Crystal Dynamics/Legendary/Netflix)
In conclusion I would add that The games Astro Bot and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth received the largest number of nominations – 7 each.. As for companies, you PlayStation received the most nominations with 16.
Source :Indian TV
