• Geoff Keighley's "Game Awards" Nominees announced
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[URL="http://www.joystiq.com/2014/11/20/bayonetta-2-hearthstone-among-first-game-awards-nominees/#continued"]http://www.joystiq.com/2014/11/20/bayonetta-2-hearthstone-among-first-game-awards-nominees/#continued[/URL] [QUOTE] THE GAME AWARDS 2014 NOMINEES GAME OF THE YEAR Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo) Dark Souls II (From Software/Bandai-Namco Games) Dragon Age: Inquisition (Bioware/EA) Hearthstone (Blizzard) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith/WBIE) DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR Blizzard Monolith Nintendo Telltale Games Ubisoft Montreal BEST INDEPENDENT GAME Broken Age: Act I (Double Fine Productions) Monument Valley (Ustwo) Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games) Transistor (Supergiant Games) The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts) BEST MOBILE/HANDHELD GAME Bravery Default (Silicon Studio/Square-Enix/Nintendo) Hearthstone (Blizzard) Monument Valley (Ustwo) Super Smash Bros. 3DS (Sora Ltd/Bandai-Namco Games/Nintendo) Threes! (Sirvo) BEST NARRATIVE South Park: The Stick of Truth (Obsidian/Ubisoft) The Walking Dead, Season Two (Telltale Games) The Wolf Among Us (Telltale Games) Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft) Wolfenstein: The New Order (MachineGames/Bethesda) BEST SCORE/SOUNDTRACK Alien: Isolation (Joe Henson and Alexis Smith/The Creative Assembly) Child of Light (Coeur de pirate/Ubisoft Montreal) Destiny (Marty O'Donnell/Bungie) Sunset Overdrive (Boris Salchow/Insomniac Games) Transistor (Darren Korb/Supergiant Games) 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 (Ubisoft) Troy Baker as Talion, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (WBIE) GAMES FOR CHANGE Never Alone (Upper One Games/E-Line Media) The Last of Us: Left Behind (Naughty Dog/SCEA) Mountain (David O'Reilly/Double Fine Presents) This War of Mine (11 bit studios) Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier/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 ACTION/ADVENTURE Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega) Assassin's Creed Unity (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft) Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith/WBIE) Sunset Overdrive (Insomniac/Microsoft Studios) BEST ROLE PLAYING GAME Bravely Default (Silicon Studio/Square-Enix/Nintendo) Dark Souls II (From Software/Bandai-Namco Games) Divinity (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 Studios) Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (Arc System Works/Atlus) Super Smash Bros. 3DS (Sora Ltd/Bandai-Namco Games/Nintendo) Super Smash Bros. Wii-U (Sora Ltd/Bandai-Namco Games/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 EAD/Nintendo) Skylanders: Trap Team (Toys for Bob/Activision) Tomodachi Life (Nintendo SPD/Nintendo) BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME FIFA 15 (EA Canada/EA Sports) Forza Horizon 2 (Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Studios) Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo EAD/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 Games) Destiny (Bungie/Activision) Hearthstone (Blizzard) Titanfall (Respawn/EA) BEST REMASTER Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games) Halo: The Master Chief Collection (343/Microsoft Studios) Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (Game Freak/The Pokemon Company/Nintendo) The Last of Us (Naughty Dog/SCEA) Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (Crystal Dynamics/Square-Enix) MOST ANTICIPATED GAME Batman: Arkham Knight (Rocksteady/WBIE) Bloodborne (From Software/SCEA) Evolve (Turtle Rock/2K Games) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt RED/WBIE) Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog/SCEA) E-SPORTS PLAYER OF THE YEAR Martin 'Rekkles' Larsson (League of Legends) Xu "Fy" Linsen (DOTA2) James "Firebat" Kostesich (Hearthstone) Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund (Counter-Strike: GO) Matt "NaDeSHoT" Haag (Call of Duty) E-SPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR Samsung White (League of Legends) Evil Geniuses (DOTA2) Edward Gaming (League of Legends) Newbee (DOTA2) 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 [/QUOTE] [QUOTE]The Game Awards will take place on December 5 at the Axis theater in Las Vegas. If you can't attend the event in person, you can watch the spectacle live on Twitch. [/QUOTE]
Wolfenstein to win awards pls
If PewDiePie wins i've lost all hope
It seems like Geoff Keighley has a hard-on for award shows.
The 'Trending Gamers' category is atrociously cringeworthy
Hearthstone, Stick of Truth and Wolfenstein deserve to steal the show. Also that "Game of the Year" has some really blatant trap options; Shadow of Mordor was just kind of good and DA:I? Really?
[QUOTE=Mr Dude;46536654]It seems like Geoff Keighley has a hard-on for award shows.[/QUOTE] it makes sense though movies have oscars, tv has emmys, music has grammys, gaming has nothing yet like that. geoff is trying to make a thing like that, and he has the proper support behind it if the advisory/judge board says anything about it
[QUOTE=TheKritter71;46536665]The 'Trending Gamers' category is atrociously cringeworthy[/QUOTE] Replace PewDiePie with DSP.
Replace them all with Achievement Hunters.
[QUOTE=Wii60;46536670]it makes sense though movies have oscars, tv has emmys, music has grammys, gaming has nothing yet like that. geoff is trying to make a thing like that, and he has the proper support behind it if the advisory/judge board says anything about it[/QUOTE] The baftas? Golden joystick? I'm sure there's a few others. I don't really think giving an award to "gaming personalities" really validates the notion of an award ceremony on par with the likes of those in other media's though lol.
> Developer of the year > Ubisoft Haha please.
The overall GOTY list is pretty damn lackluster.
If Jeff Gerstmann doesn't win the trending gamer award then this show is rigged. [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B26DxriIcAAck3g.png[/IMG]
Ubisoft is on the list. ... Ubisoft is on the list...
None of these games are The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, 0/10
It's pretty funny to me that Jeff Gerstmann is both a judge for the awards and a nominee for an award.
[QUOTE=TheKritter71;46536665]The 'Trending Gamers' category is atrociously cringeworthy[/QUOTE] I have no idea who any of these turds are.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;46536669]Hearthstone, Stick of Truth and Wolfenstein deserve to steal the show. Also that "Game of the Year" has some really blatant trap options; Shadow of Mordor was just kind of good and DA:I? Really?[/QUOTE] Shadow of Mordor i thought was pretty excellent and certainly up there, but didn't DA come out today? For an apparently 100 hour game a day isn't enough time to nominate it.
I hope ninjas in pyjamas win
Valiant Hearts please win something. Out of all the new games I've played this year, it had the most charm and honesty to it. That's my GOTY.
[QUOTE=Wiggles;46536770]If Jeff Gerstmann doesn't win the trending gamer award then this show is rigged. [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B26DxriIcAAck3g.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] this, the fact he's even there is amzing
TotalBiscuit HAS to win the Trending Gamers category like come on But we all know thats not gonna happen because PewDiePie has 32 million idiots that follow him
[QUOTE=ZakkShock;46536852]I have no idea who any of these turds are.[/QUOTE] Jeff Gerstmann is an awesome person who's been covering video games for about 20 years now, does an amazing job at it, is hilarious and manages to avoid pretty much all of the stupid controversy shit usually associated with game journalism so I guess he should win but I don't know if winning something titled "Trending Gamer" (the fuck does that even mean?) is even a good thing.
[QUOTE=Megadave;46536635]If PewDiePie wins i've lost all hope[/QUOTE] Yeah but who else would win when comparing fanbase size?
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;46536669]Hearthstone, Stick of Truth and Wolfenstein deserve to steal the show. Also that "Game of the Year" has some really blatant trap options; Shadow of Mordor was just kind of good and DA:I? Really?[/QUOTE] hearthstone is literally one of the most imba card games ive ever seen. you have to fork money over if you ever want to be able to build a good deck.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;46536669]Hearthstone, Stick of Truth and Wolfenstein deserve to steal the show. Also that "Game of the Year" has some really blatant trap options; Shadow of Mordor was just kind of good and DA:I? Really?[/QUOTE] DA:I seems a bit TOO early to even nominate it for GOTY, so far the game has been great for me
Bayonetta 2 should win. It won't, but it should. However, if the cosmic strings align and it [I]does[/I] win, I will absolve Geoff Keighley of all his past sins. [editline]21st November 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=codemaster85;46536929]hearthstone is literally one of the most imba card games ive ever seen. you have to fork money over if you ever want to be able to build a good deck.[/QUOTE] You can make a pgreat Shaman deck with nothing but free cards plus a few good rares.
[QUOTE=simkas;46536915]and manages to avoid pretty much all of the stupid controversy shit usually associated with game journalism[/QUOTE] Apart form that time he wrote an entire article about it.
[QUOTE=RG4ORDR;46536942]DA:I seems a bit TOO early to even nominate it for GOTY, so far the game has been great for me[/QUOTE] It probably just got nominated for hype. Far Cry 4 is up for a few awards too and it's been out for all of three days.
Wolfenstein is missing from GOTY list, what gives?
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