We’ve already heard that Bayonetta 2 is up for the prestigious Game of the Year at this year’s The Game Awards 2014, but what about the other titles? Well there’s a diverse list of games including a number of Nintendo titles which have seen some fantastic reviews. Here’s the nominees from each category at this year’s The Game Awards 2014.
Best Online Experience
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Dark Souls II
Destiny
Hearthstone
Titanfall
Best Family Game
Disney Infinity 2.0
Fantasia: Music Evolved
Mario Kart 8
Skylanders: Trap Team
Tomodachi Life
Best Sports/Racing Game
Fifa ’15
Forza Horizon 2
Mario Kart 8
NBA 2K15
Trials Fusion
Best Role-Playing Game
Bravely Default
Dark Souls II
Divinity: Original Sin
Dragon Age: Inquisition
South Park: The Stick Of Truth
Best Fighting Game
Killer Instinct: Season 2
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Best Action/Adventure
Alien: Isolation
Assassin’s Creed: Unity
Bayonetta 2
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Sunset Overdrive
Best Shooter
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Destiny
Far Cry 4
Titanfall
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Best Remaster
Grand Theft Auto V
Pokémon: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
The Last of Us: Remastered
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Games For Change
Mountain
Never Alone
The Last of Us: Left Behind
This War of Mine
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Best Performance
Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf, The Wolf Among Us
Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Melissa Hutchison as Clementine, The Walking Dead: Season Two
Trey Parker as Various Voices, South Park: The Stick of Truth
Troy Baker as Talion, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Best Score/Soundtrack
Alien: Isolation
Child of Light
Destiny
Sunset Overdrive
Transistor
Best Narrative
South Park: The Stick of Truth
The Walking Dead: Season Two
The Wolf Among Us
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Developer of the Year
Blizzard Entertainment
Monolith Productions
Nintendo
Telltale Games
Ubisoft Montreal
Best Mobile/Handheld Game
Bravely Default
Hearthstone
Monument Valley
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
Threes!
Best Independent Game
Broken Age: Act I
Monument Valley
Shovel Knight
Transistor
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Game of the Year
Bayonetta 2
Dark Souls II
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Hearthstone
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Lol Ubisoft doesn’t deserve to get anything this year. This year is where they went full retard. Especially with Watch Dogs and Assassin’s Creed Unity.
What’s wrong with Watchdogs? It’s a big game and it actually made it to the Wii U. Not to mention that the hacking part was revoloutionary. Did you not see the E3 trailer? The rain effects were totally Next/Current gen
Yeah. In that E3 demo it was. In the actual game, it’s crap.
Go back and play it on a 60 inch Plasma TV and come back to me..you can practically count the reused water drop animations
Who cares about how much rain there is when the game isn’t good?
I do agree with you there. IF the game was not good then the rain would not have saved it ;)
To be honest, I didn’t buy the game for other reasons, but the gameplay itself is good. If only I could say the same about the plot…
heard itgets kinda repetitive on some misson and angryjoe pretty much found a way to FULLY outrun the cops and thats to escape on water..
Pretty much.
“The hacking part was revolutionary” Lol no. It wasn’t. XD
You obviously never played the game XD
Watchdogs is shit and Wii U version is gimped and delayed as always.
How do you figure? It was delayed, but it wasn’t nerfed. We’re still getting some DLC after all!
That you need to pay separately. and with the price of that DLC you could easily buy a W_D for other systems in bargain bin
“Some” not all, still means “gimped/nerfed” and its all a bait for quick cash and then more blame game on fans. Dont be a fool. Ubisoft is still playing BS games on Nintendo fans.
Good for them I would love to watch them fail again. lol
Best Online….No comment
Best Family game Mario Kart
Best Sports/Racing game Mario Kart
Best Role Playing Bravely Default
Best fighting game Super Smash Bros 3D–…I mean Wii U!
GAME OF THE YEAR- MADDEN 15!!!!!
Madden’s not even on that list you troll!
I just had fun with that last part. If I included titles that weren’t on the list for the other categories…it would be Very different!
Best Online (that’s not broken): Mario Kart 8
Best Family Game: Mario Kart 8
Best Racing Game: Mario Kart 8
Best Role Playing Game: Fantasy Life
Best Fighting Game: Super Smash Bros. 4
Game of the Year: Bayonetta 2!!!!
that isn’t broken xD though mk8 had it’s issues in the beginning
What issues besides the usual “imbalance” BS?
Biased much? You don’t have any non Nintendo games in that list.
he thinks any game not made by nintendo is trash.
LOOKS like Bayonetta 2 is competing against shadows of motar
B2 was a bit underwelming for me, i actually like the first better..
Well lets make sure Bayonetta 2 wins our vote. This game needs a chance to shine and help Wii U shine bright for once.
Hahahah most biased piece of crap ever.
You know how many times me and my friend play online and there are lag issues.
Your internet connection must suck then because from Mario Kart DS to 8, I never experienced any lag…ever.
Your internet must suck because Mario Kart 8 works perfectly fine for me.
I can agree with Most of those…….Most. Mario Kart 8 was certainly a great title!
Fantasy FetchQuest Life….lol seriously tho thats what that game is..IMO
I love Nintendo, but Dragon Age is far superior to Fantasy Life.
Its Skyrim that doesnt suck due to BS orgy of glitches. I know. lol
Game of the year has to go to Dragon Age Inquisition
*hands Jester flame shield*
i dunno, its 28 press members, not gamer votes so Bayonetta has a strong chance
And with how many good reviews it is getting. I believe it can win easily.
Yes! A BIG publicity victory might be in Wii U’s sight!
Thankful that crappy main stream walking dead is not a game of the year nominee
It was crap. Of course it’s not gonna be there. lol The Evil Within of course is a better horror game.
Just get out.
Did I struck a nerve? lol
Strike*
Its past tense you fool. lol
You still say strike if you put it in that sentense….
Telltale’s Walking Dead isn’t even a horror game, dumb shit. Why not play the game first before making a fool of yourself?
Doesnt matter. Its crap.
Explain why it’s crap. Just saying it’s crap isn’t a good enough excuse.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4CbU2NIJgAY
Hhahahahaha you clearly have never played it. I’m surprised there aren’t many nominees.
As long as Fifa 15 doesn’t win Sports Game Of The Year, then I don’t care is Mario Kart 8 doesn’t…
I really hope Child of Light gets the award for the soudtrack. It was phenominal.
Hell no. Ubishit deserves nothing. lol
Best soundtrack of any game this year is Super Smash Bros. 4 and its 30 years of gaming parodies and tributes. :3
SSB4 soundtrack is great, but CMON. Those are all just the same songs and remixed versions.
It has a huge musical score of all Smash Bros. games and classic titles. How is that anywhere bad?
Well don’t really care about awards, but at a quick glance, Nintendo might win a few of those.
The categories I’d put Nintendo at greater than 50% of winning are best family game, sports/racing game, fighting game, action/adventure game, handheld game. Outside chance for best developer and GOTY as well.
if they dare to give ubishit best dev of the year
and why do they do these awards when the full year isn’t over anyway
For some reason GOTY games are counted all the way up to November. The December releases always fall into the next year GOTY awards.
Shovel Knight should definitely win for its category. I question why is there no platformer category?
What the fuck?
Why the hell isn’t smash even nominated for soundtrack of the year?
Because all they have is a compiled of songs from other games with a horrible remix to it.
Horrible remix to you maybe.
The racing category is really a toss up between Forza Horizon 2 and Mario kart 8. Both very different games, but amazing in their own rights.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze didn’t get nominated for Best Soundtrack? They brought back David Wise!
Mediocre soundtrack
Really? I honestly thought it was good, or even well above average! If it’s mediocre, do you have anything to show me that’s that much better? I’d be pretty thrilled to see it if it’s that good!
Oh really? Then give me a game with a better soundtrack. Keep your name as Jester because you do have your moments of being funny… like a true jester. Don’t forget that jesters were also known as fools.
Nintendo almost never win anything on these awards but best fighting game? Come on,
Smash bros should take this hands down…period.
only winner for nintendo will probably be smash bros for best fighting.
With the glowing reviews of Bayonetta 2, and the fact that it made this list of nominees, I think that’ll be victorious in both categories.
I always wondered if game companies ever really took these awards seriously? Even I don’t take them TOO serious. Because it’s just the opinions of a select number of gamers.
They use the awards for marketing their game
It’s the first “award show” that is actually balanced quite well. A mixture of both 3rd parties and Nintendo should win.
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze has the best 8th gen game soundtrack PERIOD and it didn’t even get put on the list? What drugs are they on/
How can Blizzard and Ubisoft be on Best Developer of the year? both released games with issues, glitches, and bugs…Not sure why Monolith is on there? What did they release this year? Nintendo or Telletale should win that one.
Blizzard didn’t release anything bad this year… Diablo 3 ran well on PS4
I have the Destiny bundle and lost my shit when it was nominated for “best online” game. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a decent game to say the least and a blast to play especially with friends, but it gets shallow and repetitive the more you play it. Its redundancy leaves a bad aftertaste, and on top of that the problems with thousands of users trying to actually play the game (hence the Noah’s arc of error codes) and connect makes it laughable to even be nominated. Solid 7/10 in my book.
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420BlazeIt Game Of The Year. (Kappa)
^(is an actual game.)
What?
Does anyone else find it ironic that there is a category for Best Remake? That tells me that even the gaming industry knows how rehash-y they are. Anyways, why isn’t Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on there? We know that Ghosts was a rehash based on the cutscene straight ripped from an earlier game.
Call of Duty Advanced Warfare is on the list…
Best Online Experience:
> Destiny
> (I hate em all)
Best Family Game:
> Mario Kart 8
Best Sports/Racing Game:
> Forza Horizon 2
Best Role-Playing Game:
> Divinity: Original Sin
Best Fighting Game:
> Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Best Action/Adventure:
> Bayonetta 2
Best Shooter:
> Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
> (I know everyone hates cod, but the shooting is good)
Best Remaster:
> Pokémon: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
> or
> Halo: The Master Chief Collection
> (these are the only listed games with worthwile updates)
Games For Change
> …don’t know…
Best Performance
> …Don’t know…
Best Score/Soundtrack:
> Transistor
Best Narrative:
> South Park: The Stick of Truth
Developer of the Year:
> Nintendo
Best Mobile/Handheld Game:
> Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
Best Independent Game:
> Shovel Knight
Game of the Year:
> Bayonetta 2
My picks, come at me.
Nice balance compared to last year’s Video Game Awards. “It’s not VGA! It’s The Game Awards!” lol GA=VGA! One less initial for the abbreviation doesn’t mean a damn thing!
Best Online Experience:
>Titanfall
Best Family Game:
> Mario Kart 8
Best Sports/Racing Game:
>Mario Kart 8
Best Role-Playing Game:
>Bravely Default
Best Fighting Game:
> Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Best Action/Adventure:
> Bayonetta 2
Best Shooter:
>Titanfall
Best Remaster:
> Pokémon: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
Games For Change
>Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Best Performance
> Kevin Spacey
Best Score/Soundtrack:
> Child of Light
Best Narrative:
> Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Developer of the Year:
> Nintendo
Best Mobile/Handheld Game:
> Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
Best Independent Game:
> Shovel Knight
Game of the Year:
> Bayonetta 2
Sadly, I don’t see Bravely Default winning. There were too many people bitching about the second half of the game that were ignoring the huge orgy of side story missions.
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