The Game Awards 2014 Nominees

Editor: Gregg Dietz (@ChubRockGeek)

Today Geoff Keighley announced the nominees for his video game awards show to air december 5th. He made sure to let everyone know that this is in no way associated with viacom or spiketv. The panel of voters are from various gaming journalism companies around the world. without further ado, lets begin with the nominees.

Game of the Year

• Bayonetta 2
  
• Dark Souls 2
  
• Dragon Age: Inquisition
  
• Hearthstone
  
• Shadow of Mordor

Best Independent Game

• Broken Age: Part 1
  
• Monument Valley
  
• Shovel Knight
  
• Transistor
  
• The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
  

Best Narrative

• South Park: The Stick of Truth
  
• The Walking Dead: Season 2
  
• The Wolf Among Us
  
• Valiant Hearts: The Great War
  
• Wolfenstein: The New Order
  

Best Performer

• Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf in The Wolf Among Us
• Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
  
• Melissa Hutchinson as Clementine in The Walking Dead: Season 2
  
• Trey Parker as Various Voices in South Park: The Stick of Truth
  
• Troy Baker as Talion in Shadow of Mordor
  

Best Remaster

• Grand Theft Auto V
  
• Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
  
• The Last of Us Remastered
  
• The Master Chief Collection
  
• Tomb Raider Definitive Edition
  

Best Action Adventure

• Alien: Isolation
  
• Assassin’s Creed Unity
  
• Bayonetta 2
  
• Shadow of Mordor
  
• Sunset Overdrive
  

Best Fighting Game

• Killer Instinct: Season 2
  
• Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
  
• Super Smash Bros. 3DS
  
• Super Smash Bros. WiiU
  
• Ultra Street Fighter 4
  

Best Sports/Racing Game

• FIFA 15
  
• Forza Horizon 2
  
• Mario Kart 8
  
• NBA 2K15
  
• Trials Fusion
  

Developer of the Year

• Blizzard
  
• Monolith
  
• Nintendo
  
• Telltale
  
• Ubisoft Montreal
  

Best Mobile/Handheld Game

• Bravely Default
  
• Hearthstone
  
• Monument Valley
  
• Super Smash Bros. 3DS
  
• Threes!
  

Best Score/Soundtrack

• Alien: Isolation
  
• Child of Light
  
• Destiny
  
• Sunset Overdrive
  
• Transistor
  

Games for Change

• Mountain
  
• Never Alone
  
• The Last of Us: Left Behind
  
• This War of Mine
  
• Valiant Hearts: The Great War
  

Best Shooter

• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
  
• Destiny
  
• Far Cry 4
  
• Titanfall
  
• Wolfenstein: The New Order
  

Best Role Playing Game

• Bravely Default
  
• Dark Souls 2
  
• Divinity
  
• Dragon Age Inquisition
  
• South Park: The Stick of Truth
  

Best Family Game

• Disney Infinity 2.0
  
• Fantasia Music Evolved
  
• Mario Kart 8
  
• Skylanders Trap Team
  
• Tomodachi Life
  

Best Online Experience

• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
  
• Dark Souls 2
  
• Destiny
  
• Hearthstone
  
• Titanfall
  

There is a small list of nominations for some more obscure things I intentionally omitted from the article because you can go to thegameawards.com/nominees and vote yourself.

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