The Game Awards 2018 |OT| Not Ready For Prime Time Players

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Created by media entrepreneur and Cranky Kong enthusiast Geoff Keighley, what started as a baffling and highly entertaining mess of a show known as VGX featuring Joel McHale has evolved into a commendable work of passion and care that truly aims to celebrate the video game industry. With multiple world premiers, new trailers and performances, this should be a fun night with only a slight chance of crushing your hopes and dreams.

START TIME - 8:30 PM EST/5:30 PM PST

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GAME OF THE YEAR

• Assassin's Creed Odyssey – Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft
• Celeste – Matt Makes Games
• God of War – SIE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Marvel's Spider-Man – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Monster Hunter: World – Capcom
• Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games

Best Action Game

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
• Dead Cells
• Destiny 2: Forsaken
• Far Cry 5
• Mega Man 11

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
• God of War
• Marvel's Spider-Man
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Best Role Playing Game

• Dragon Quest XI
• Monster Hunter: World
• Ni no Kuni II
• Octopath Traveler
• Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Best Game Direction

• A Way Out
• Detroit: Become Human
• God of War
• Marvel's Spider-Man
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Narrative

• Detroit: Become Human
• God of War
• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1
• Marvel's Spider-Man
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Ongoing Game

• Destiny 2: Forsaken
• Fortnite
• No Man's Sky
• Overwatch
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Best Art Direction

• Assassin's Creed Odyssey
• God of War
• Octopath Traveler
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Return of the Obra Dinn

Best Score/Music

• Celeste
• God of War
• Marvel's Spider-Man
• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
• Octopath Traveler
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Audio Design

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
• Forza Horizon 4
• God of War
• Marvel's Spider-Man
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Independent Game

• Celeste
• Dead Cells
• Intro the Breach
• Return of the Obra Dinn
• The Messenger

Best Performance

• Bryan Dechart as Connor, Detroit: Become Human
• Christopher Judge as Kratos, God of War
• Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra, Assassin's Creed Odyssey
• Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption II
• Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel's Spider-Man

Games for Impact

• 11-11 Memories Retold
• Celeste
• Florence
• Life is Strange 2
• The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories

Best Mobile Game

• Donut County
• Florence
• Fortnite
• PUBG MOBILE
• Reigns: Game of Thrones

Best VR/AR Game

• ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission
• Beat Saber
• Firewall Zero Hour
• Moss
• Tetris Effect

Best Fighting Game

• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
• Dragon Ball FighterZ
• Soul Caliber VI
• Street Fighter V Arcade

Best Family Game

• Mario Tennis Aces
• Nintendo Labo
• Overcooked 2
• Starlink: Battle for Atlas
• Super Mario Party

Best Sports/Racing Game

• FIFA 19
• Forza Horizon 4
• Mario Tennis Aces
• NBA 2K19
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2019

Best Multiplayer Game

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
• Destiny 2: Forsaken
• Fortnite
• Monster Hunter: World
• Sea of Thieves

Best Student Game

• Combat 2018
• Dash Quasar
• JERA
• LIFF
• RE: Charge

Best Debut Indie Game

• Donut County
• Florence
• Moss
• The Messenger
• Yoku's Island Express

Best eSports Game

• CSGO
• DOTA2
• Fortnite
• League of Legends
• Overwatch

Best eSports Player

• Dominique "SonicFox" McLean
• Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi
• Jian "Uzi" Zi-Hao
• Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev
• Sung-hygeon "JJoNak" Bang

Best eSports Team

• Astralis
• Cloud9
• Fnatic
• London Spitfire
• OG

Best eSports Coach

• Bok "Reapered" Han-gyu
• Christian "ppasarel" Banaseanu
• Danny "zonic" Sorensen
• Dylan Falco
• Jakob "YamatoCannon" Mebdi
• Janko "YNk" Paunovic

Best eSports Event

• ELAGUE Major: Boston 2018
• EVO 2018
• League of Legends World Championship
• Overwatch League Grand Finals
• The International 2018

Best eSports Host

• Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez
• Alex "Machine" Richardson
• Anders Blume
• Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere
• Paul "RedEye" Chaloner

Best eSports Moment

• C9 comeback win in triple OT vs FAZE
• G2 beating RNG
• KT vs IG Base Race
• OG's massive upset of LGD
• SonicFox side switch against Go1 in DBZ

Content Creator of the Year

• Dr. Lupo
• Myth
• Ninja
• Pokimane
• Willyrex

Favorite Moment of 2017

• Carol Shaw (Industry Icon)
• The Game Awards Orchestra (Performance)
• Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro (Moment)
• Josef Fares (A Way Out)
• Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Game of the Year)

Presenters and performers include:

Hans Zimmer: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1069633499324329984
Phil Spencer: https://twitter.com/thegameawards/status/1070356506602684416
Lena Raine: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1069671124361871360
Joel McHale: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1070754281756622848
Shawn Layden: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1070426103741853700
Ninja: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1068529725507723266
Josef Fares: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1068530325851000833
Pokimane: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1068547790790258688
Jacksepticeye: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1068287895331471360
Rivers Cuomo: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1069664568262062080
Christopher Waltz: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1068287429528809472
Pepe - The King Prawn: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1068268973454553093
Russo Brothers: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1068264605334429696
Duffer Brothers: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1068541766721126400
Aisha Tyler: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1068530764927528960

 

[kennyamr]

Hype! It will be a fun night, I'm sure.
Kudos to Keighley for working so hard and making this a reality.

Let's re-watch this TGA trailer to get hyped:

 

[Deleted member 2618]

Damn right its Prime Time

 

[Maple]

Can't wait! Geoff has created something amazing.

Any predictions on how many viewers we'll have this year? I think last year was around 11 million. Wouldn't be surprised if we have 15+ million this year, which is insane.

 

[BY2K]

"Prime Time"

Indeed.

*wiggles eyebrows*

 

[Winstano]

Prime Time... I'm probably getting up at 2am for this, it best be good!

 

[Dark Cloud]

You bet your ass it's Prime Time.

 

[Couscous]

A great OT! Can someone make a timer?

 

[Lant_War]

I'm so fucking ready for that live performance.

 

[SuperBoss]

God of War for GOTY.

 

[DarkFlame92]

Let's hope the event lives up to the hype in terms of game content

 

[Lukar]

Surprised the thread title wasn't Fuck the Oscars.

Can't wait to watch tonight. Ready for some Metroid!

EDIT: Fuck, I'm an idiot and totally missed the joke in the thread title.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Are polls maxed out at 5 options? I'd like to add a GOTY poll.

 

[Cymbal Head]

Looking forward to watching this trash and making fun of it online yet again in 2018.

I hope A Way Out wins so we can get more Josef Fares.

 

[JoJo'sDentCo]

This will be fun!

 

[DarkChronic]

So excited. Can't believe this is turning into the new "E3".

Hoping for Red Dead to win it's rightful spot as GOTY, but I'm thinking God of War will pull it off in the end.

 

[ElliesKnife]

It's going to be great! I'm really happy they brought back the orchestra because video game music this year has been phenomenal. Hype!!

 

[DMVfan123]

All I want is to see The Avengers Project and for Spider-Man to win an award
Anything else is gravy

 

[Gravity Insanity]

 

[thefro]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/game-awards-aim-be-future-proof-awards-show-1164363

This year's show also features a roster of A-list Hollywood talent as presenters, including Avengers directors Joe and Anthony Russo; Stranger Things showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer; actors Jonah Hill, Joel McHale, Christoph Waltz, Aisha Tyler, Alita: Battle Angel star Rosa Salazar — who will debut new footage from the upcoming Fox film — and even the Muppets.

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[Phendrift]

PRIME fucking time

Are polls maxed out at 5 options? I'd like to add a GOTY poll.

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If they are, maybe just do one between GoW and RDR2? I've been interested in what the result of such a poll would be

Plus those seem like the front runners for a lot of categories, and realistically, there's a 99% chance the winner will be one of those two

 

[Borowski]

If God of War doesn't win it'll be absolutely disgraceful

 

[DarkFlame92]

I have only played 1 out of 6 GOTY nominess lol. This must be a first for me.

 

[LiK]

Don't fail me now, Geoff.

 

[karkii]

Any word on how long the show will be?

 

[Regiruler]

Hype for Prime 4, better known as Federation Force 2.

 

[janusff]

All I want is to see The Avengers Project and for Spider-Man to win an award
Anything else is gravy

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praying for you dmv.

 

[Smurf]

can someone add a countdown clock?

 

[Becks']

METROID TIME

 

[shaneo632]

What snacks and drinks do y'all have for this?

 

[Kindekuma]

I approve of the OT title.

 

[Sebastopa]

What an exceptional Prime time ;)

 

[Empyrean Cocytus]

With Nintendo tweeting to tune into the show, and also because they are nominated for basically nothing, I'm hoping for a big showcase from them with regards to extracurricular activities, especially with Smash launching today/tomorrow. Prime 4 trailer? Bayo 3 trailer? First Smash DLC fighter? A live performance of "Lifelight"? Would love one, adore two, and absolutely cream my pants if we got all of them.

 

[Rosur]

How long is this going to be?

 

[THEVOID]

Last year was so good! Expecting good stuff tonight.

 

[Lant_War]

PRIME fucking time

If they are, maybe just do one between GoW and RDR2? I've been interested in what the result of such a poll would be

Plus those seem like the front runners for a lot of categories, and realistically, there's a 99% chance the winner will be one of those two

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There already was one, RDR2 won.

 

[Tagg]

Do we know how long it is? I have other plans later on tonight...

 

[ReginaldXIV]

In my utopia, I want Celeste to win GOTY and The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories to win Games for Impact.

 

[Dark Cloud]

Do we know how long it is? I have other plans later on tonight...

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No

 

[Becks']

Do we know how long it is? I have other plans later on tonight...

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3 hours long probably, even more.

 

[famikon]

 

[Brock2621]

God of War for GOTY.

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I hope so.

The world AI and underlying systems in RDR2 were superbly impressive, but the pacing and structure of the narrative took a poor turn about 3/4 through the game and I feel the story really suffered until end/epilogue.

GoW however, punched my soul. So powerful and concise, with incredible pacing. And on a technical level the HDR 4K I felt was better implemented and more graphically impressive from a texture, animation (with all the inverse kinematics with fighting system, lip sync and eyes (facial animation) etc. It just felt tighter with a huge emphasis on cinematic lighting that spilled out perfectly in every scene. GoW is 1st for me, RDR2 2nd, and prob Spider-Man my 3rd but I need to play more Monster Hunter and a few other titles to know for sure (i loved octopath and still need to finish that even).

 

[sebco]

Go! Celeste! Go!

 

[Briarios]

I'm actually looking forward to Pepe the King Prawn presenting lol that's hilarious

Also, the VR nominations this year are really legit games. That space is starting to mature ... I want Astrobot to win, but if still be happy with Tetris, Moss, or Beat Saber. Haven't played firewall, so I can't speak to that

 

[Hugare]

Josef Fares winning "Favorite Moment of 2017" would be amazing.

Excited for the announcements, but even more for the memes.

 

[BRSxIgnition]

It's METROID TIME.

for METROID PRIME.

 

[Saint-14]

Where is the countdown?

 

[VX1]

Yeah,this will be at 2:30 am here in Europe....but considering no Sony's E3 next year at 3 am,i might stay for this thing,it better be good!

 

[bombshell]

Created in 2014 by media entrepreneur and Cranky Kong enthusiast Geoff Keighley, what started as a baffling and highly entertaining mess of a show featuring Joel McHale

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Joel McHale co-hosted the VGX in 2013. The re-branded The Game Awards didn't start as a mess and was serious from the start in 2014.

 

[The Main Event]

Amazing title. I'm hyped!