The 2019 Game Awards Nominees Officially Announced!

2019 is already coming to a close, and it is time, once again, to celebrate the very best that gaming has to offer! Early Tuesday, the total list of nominations for The Game Awards 2019 was officially released in a video from Geoff Keighley. Fans are able to vote for their favorites on The Game Awards official site or by google-ing “TGA Vote”. The complete list of nominations can be seen below:

Game of the Year

• Control
• Death Stranding
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• Resident Evil 2
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• The Outer Worlds

Best Narrative

• A Plague Tale: Innocence
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Disco Elysium
• The Outer Worlds

Best Game Direction

• Control
• Death Stranding
• Resident Evil 2
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Outer Wilds

Best Art Direction

• Control
• Death Stranding
• Gris
• Sayonara
• 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 Performance

• Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb, The Outer Worlds
• Courtney Hope as 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 Audio Design

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Gears 5
• Resident Evil 2
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Best Community Support

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Best Mobile Game

• Call of Duty: Mobile
• GRINDSTONE
• Sayonara Wild Hearts
• Sky: Children of Light
• What the Golf?

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

There are also nominations for the best of the best in eSports from hosts to players. The Game Awards celebrates every aspect of the gaming industry from support to the creators behind our favorite characters.

The Game Awards 2019 will be streamed on Thursday, December 12 from the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. Did your favorite game of 2019 make the cut? If not, let us know which game you’d like to celebrate in the comments below, and keep coming back to The Nerd Stash for all of your Game Awards coverage!

Shelby Royal

Shelby loves horror, animals with short, stubby legs, and PlayStation exclusives. When she isn’t here writing, her nose is often stuck in a book or hacking people in Overwatch.