The nominees for the Game Awards 2019 have been announced, with Death Stranding up for eight prizes and Control up for seven.
The show’s executive producerGeoff Keighleyannounced the nominations, which are listed below, in a YouTube live stream on Tuesday.
There are 29 awards in total, with winners determined by a blended vote between the voting jury (90%) andpublic fan voting(10%).
The Game Awards2019 will be held on July 03, 2025, starting at 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT / 1:30am December 13 UK.
For the fifth year running the event will take place at theMicrosoftTheater in Los Angeles.
Red Dead Redemption 2,CelesteandFortnitewon multiple prizes at The Game Awards 2018, as didGod of War, which was crowned Game of the Year.
More than 10 new games were announced during the event includingMortal Kombat 11,The Outer Worlds,Far Cry New DawnandJourney to the Savage Planet.
The Game Awards 2019 willincludea fresh look atGears of War’s real time strategy spin-off,Gears Tactics,which is in development for PC and Xbox.
“This year’s show will celebrate the act of creation, as I turn the stage over to a group of visionary teams selected to share their new projects with you,” Keighley hassaid.
Game of the Year
Control(Remedy/505 Games)Death Stranding(Kojima Productions/SIE)Super Smash Bros. Ultimate(Bandai-Namco/Sora/Nintendo)Resident Evil 2(Capcom/Capcom)Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice(From Software/Activision)The Outer Worlds (Obsidian/Private Division)
Best Action Game
Apex Legends(Respawn/EA)Astral Chain(PlatinumGames/Nintendo)Call of Duty: Modern Warfare(Infinity Ward/Activision)Devil May Cry 5(Capcom/Capcom)Gears 5(The Coalition/XboxGame Studios)Metro Exodus(4A Games/Deep Silver)
Best Action/Adventure Game
Borderlands 3(Gearbox/2K)Control (Remedy/505 Games)Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)Resident Evil 2 (Capcom/Capcom)The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening(Grezzo/Nintendo)Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)
Best Art Direction
Control (Remedy/505)Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)Gris (Nomada Studio/Devolver)Sayonara Wild Hearts(Simogo/Annapurna)Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo/Nintendo)
Best Audio Design
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)Control (Remedy/505)Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)Gears 5 (The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios)Resident Evil 2 (Capcom/Capcom)Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)
Best Community Support
Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)Destiny2 (Bungie)Final Fantasy XIV(Square Enix)Fortnite (Epic Games)Tom Clancy’sRainbow Six Siege(Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
Best Content Creator of the Year
Courage (Jack Dunlop)Dr. Lupo (Benjamin Lupo)Ewok (Soleil Wheeler)Grefg (David Martinez)Shroud (Michael Grzesiek)
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’ Sorensen (Astralis, CSGO)
Best Esports Event
2019OverwatchLeague Grand FinalsEVO 2019Fortnite World CupIEM Katowice 2019League of LegendsWorld Championship 2019The International 2019
Best Esports Game
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)DOTA2 (Valve)Fortnite (Epic Games)League of Legends (Riot Games)Overwatch (Blizzard)
Best Esports Host
Eefje ‘Sjokz’ DepoortereAlex ‘Machine’ RichardsonPaul ‘Redeye’ ChalonerAlex ‘Goldenboy’ MendezDuan ‘Candice’ Yu-Shuang
Best Esports Player
Kyle ‘Bugha’ Giersdorf (Sentinels, 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)
Astralis (CS:GO)G2 Esports (LOL)OG (DOTA2)San Francisco Shock (OWL)Team Liquid (CS:GO)
Best Family Game
Luigi’s Mansion 3(Next Level Games/Nintendo)Ring Fit Adventure(Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)Super Mario Maker 2(Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco/Sora/Nintendo)Yoshi’s Crafted World(Good-Feel/Nintendo)
Best Fighting Game
Dead or Alive 6(Team Ninja/Koei Tecmo)Jump Force(Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco)Mortal Kombat 11 (NetherRealm/WBIE)Samurai Showdown (SNK/Athlon)Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco/Sora/Nintendo)
Fresh Indie Game
ZA/UM for Disco ElysiumNomada Studio for GrisDeadToast Entertainment for My Friend PedroMobius DigitalforOuter WildsMega Crit for Slay the SpireHouse HouseforUntitled Goose Game
Best Game Direction
Control (Remedy/505 Games)Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)Resident Evil 2 (Capcom/Capcom)Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna)
Games for Impact
Concrete Genie(Pixelopus/SIE)Gris (Nomada Studio/Devolver)Kind Words (Popcannibal)Life is Strange 2(Dontnod/Square Enix)Sea of Solitude(Jo-Mei Games/EA)
Best Independent Game
Baba Is You (Hempuli)Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)Katana ZERO (Askiisoft/Devoler)Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna)Untitled Goose Game (House House/Panic)
BestMobileGame
Call of Duty: Mobile(TiMi Studios/Activision)Grindstone (Capybara Games)Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo/Annapurna)Sky: Children of Light (Thatgamecompany)What the Golf? (Tribland)
Best Multiplayer Game
Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)Borderlands 3 (Gearbox/2K)Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)Tetris 99(Arika/Nintendo)Tom Clancy’sThe Division 2(Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)
Best Narrative
A Plague Tale: Innocence (Asobo/Focus Home)Control (Remedy/505)Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)The Outer Worlds (Obsidian/Private Division)
Best Ongoing Game
Apex Legends (Respawn)Destiny 2 (Bungie)Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)Fortnite (Epic Games)Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
Best Performance
Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb, The Outer WorldsCourtney Hope as Jesse Faden, ControlLaura Bailey as Kait Diaz, Gears 5Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff, Death StrandingMatthew Porretta as Dr. Casper Darling, ControlNorman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges, Death Stranding
Best RPG
Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)Kingdom Hearts III(Square Enix)Monster Hunter World: Iceborne(Capcom)The Outer Worlds (Obsidian/Private Division)
Best Score and Music
Cadence of Hyrule (Brace Yourself Games/Nintendo)Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo/Annapurna)
Best Sports/Racing Game
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled(Beenox/Activision)Dirt Rally 2.0 (Codemasters)eFootballPro Evolution Soccer 2020 (PES Productions/Konami)F1 2019(Codemasters)FIFA 20(EA Sports)
Best Strategy Game
Age of Wonders: Planetfall (Triumph Studios/Paradox)Anno 1800(Blue Byte/Ubisoft)Fire Emblem: Three Houses(Intelligent Systems/Koei Tecmo/Nintendo)Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly/Sega)Tropico 6 (Limbic Entertainment/Kalypso Media)Wargroove (Chucklefish)
Best VR/AR Game
Asgard’s Wrath (Sanzaru Games/OculusStudios)Blood & Truth(SIE London Studio/SIE)Beat Saber (Beat Games)No Man’s Sky(Hello Games)Trover Saves the Universe (Squanch Games)
