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Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011

quote:

Best Shooter

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Sledgehammer/Activision
Destiny - Bungie/Activision
Far Cry 4 - Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
Titanfall - Respawn/EA
Wolfenstein: The New Order - MachineGames/Bethesda
Best Action/Adventure

Alien: Isolation - Creative Assembly/Sega
Assassin’s Creed Unity - Ubisoft
Bayonetta 2 - Platinum Games/Nintendo
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Monolith/Warner Bros.
Sunset Overdrive - Insomniac/Microsoft

Best Role Playing Game

Bravely Default - Square Enix
Dark Souls II - From Software/Bandai Namco
Divinity: Original Sin - Larian Studios
Dragon Age: Inquisition - Bioware/EA
South Park: The Stick of Truth - Obsidian/Ubisoft

Best Fighting Game

Killer Instinct: Season Two - Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax - Arc System Works/Atlus
Super Smash Bros. 3DS - Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Wii U - Nintendo
Ultimate Street Fighter IV - Capcom

Best Family Game

Disney Infinity 2.0 - Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive Studios
Fantasia: Music Evolved - Harmonix/Disney Interactive Studios
Mario Kart 8 - Nintendo
Skylanders: Trap Team - Toys for Bob/Activision
Tomodachi Life - Nintendo

Best Sports/Racing Game

FIFA 15 - EA Canada/EA Sports
Forza Horizon 2 - Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft
Mario Kart 8 - Nintendo
NBA 2K15 - Visual Concepts/2K Sports
Trials Fusion - RedLynx/Ubisoft

Best Online Experience

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Sledgehammer Games/Activision
Dark Souls II - From Software/Bandai Namco
Destiny - Bungie/Activision
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blizzard
Titanfall - Respawn/EA

Best Mobile/Handheld

Bravely Default - Square Enix
Monument Valley - Ustwo
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blizzard
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS - Nintendo
Threes - Asher Vollmer, illustrator Greg Wohlwend, and composer Jimmy Hinson

Best Remaster

Grand Theft Auto V - Rockstar Games
Halo: The Master Chief Collection - 343 Industries/Microsoft
Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire - Game Freak/Nintendo
The Last of Us - Naughty Dog/Sony
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix

Best Narrative

South Park: The Stick of Truth - Obsidian/Ubisoft
The Walking Dead Season 2 - Telltale Games
The Wolf Among Us - Telltale Games
Valiant Hearts - Ubisoft
Wolfenstein: The New Order - Machine Games/Bethesda

Best Score/Soundtrack

Alien: Isolation - Christian Henson, Joe Henson, and Alexis Smith, The Creative Assembly/Sega
Child of Light - Coeur de pirate, Ubisoft Montreal
Destiny - Marty O’Donnell, Bungie/Activision
Sunset Overdrive - Boris Salchow, Insomniac Games/Microsoft
Transistor - Darren Korb, Supergiant Games

Best Independent Game

Broken Age Part 1 - Double Fine
Monument Valley - Ustwo
Shovel Knight - Cellar Door
Transistor - Supergiant Games
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - The Astronauts

Games for Change

Mountain - David O'Reilly/Double Fine Presents
Never Alone - Upper One Games
The Last of Us: Left Behind - Naughty Dog/Sony
This War of Mine - 11bit Studios
Valiant Hearts: The Great War - Ubisoft

eSports Player of the Year - (To be voted on by fans)

Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson - League of Legends
Xu “Fy” Linsen - Dota 2
James “Firebat” Kostesich - Hearthstone
Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund - Counter-Strike: GO
Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag - Call of Duty

eSports Team of the Year - (To be voted on by fans)

Samsung White - League of Legends
Evil Geniuses - Dota 2
Edward Gaming - League of Legends
Newbee - Dota 2
Ninjas in Pajamas - Counter-Strike: GO
Trending Gamer - (To be voted on by fans)

Evan “Vanoss” Fong
Jeff Gerstmann
PewDiePie
StampyLongHead
TotalBiscuit

Best Fan Creation - (To be voted on by fans)

BEST Zelda Rap EVER!! By Egoraptor
Luigi Death Stare by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr
Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song) by Tobuscus
Minecraft – TITAN City by Colonial Puppet
Twitch Plays Pokemon by Anonymous

Developer of the Year

Blizzard
Monolith
Nintendo
Telltale Games
Ubisoft Montreal

Best Performance

Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf, The Wolf Among Us - Telltale Games
Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Sledgehammer Games/Activision
Melissa Hutchison as Clementine, The Walking Dead: Season Two - Telltale Games
Trey Parker as Various Voices, South Park: The Stick of Truth - Obsidian/Ubisoft
Troy Baker as Talion, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Monolith/Warner Bros.

Most Anticipated Game - (To be voted on by fans)

Batman: Arkham Knight - Rocksteady/Warner Bros.
Bloodborne - FROM Software/Sony
Evolve - Turtle Rock/2K Games
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End - Naughty Dog/Sony

Game of the Year

Bayonetta 2 - Platinum Games/Nintendo
Dark Souls 2 - FROM Software/Bandai Namco
Dragon Age: Inquisition - BioWare/EA
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blizzard
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Monolith/Warner Bros.

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Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
jeff gerstmann vs pewdiepie

Swelter Discharge
Mar 21, 2013

ok

Awesome!
Oct 17, 2008

Ready for adventure!


i agree with some of these and not with others

Looper
Mar 1, 2012
hey OP you misspelled thread in the thread title, might wanna ask a mod to fix that up for ya

MarioTeachesWiping
Nov 1, 2006

by XyloJW
best everything: far cry 4

Dexters Secret
Jun 19, 2014

how the gently caress was assassin's creed unity even nominated

Lumpy the Cook
Feb 4, 2011

Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!
Far cry 4 is more of an adventure than a shooter, IMO.

mabels big day
Feb 25, 2012


Best Shooter

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Sledgehammer/Activision
Destiny - Bungie/Activision
Far Cry 4 - Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
Titanfall - Respawn/EA
Wolfenstein: The New Order - MachineGames/Bethesda

I'll abstain from this one- i have not played any of these.

Best Action/Adventure

Alien: Isolation - Creative Assembly/Sega
Assassin’s Creed Unity - Ubisoft
Bayonetta 2 - Platinum Games/Nintendo
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Monolith/Warner Bros.
Sunset Overdrive - Insomniac/Microsoft

I have not played any of these yet, but I will vote for Bayonetta 2.

Best Role Playing Game

Bravely Default - Square Enix
Dark Souls II - From Software/Bandai Namco
Divinity: Original Sin - Larian Studios
Dragon Age: Inquisition - Bioware/EA
South Park: The Stick of Truth - Obsidian/Ubisoft

Have not played any of these, other than a little of Divinity, but I will vote for South Park.

Best Fighting Game

Killer Instinct: Season Two - Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax - Arc System Works/Atlus
Super Smash Bros. 3DS - Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Wii U - Nintendo
Ultimate Street Fighter IV - Capcom

I vote for Super Smash Bros. Wii U.

Best Family Game

Disney Infinity 2.0 - Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive Studios
Fantasia: Music Evolved - Harmonix/Disney Interactive Studios
Mario Kart 8 - Nintendo
Skylanders: Trap Team - Toys for Bob/Activision
Tomodachi Life - Nintendo

I vote Mario KArt 8.

Best Sports/Racing Game

FIFA 15 - EA Canada/EA Sports
Forza Horizon 2 - Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft
Mario Kart 8 - Nintendo
NBA 2K15 - Visual Concepts/2K Sports
Trials Fusion - RedLynx/Ubisoft

I vote Mario KArt 8.

Best Online Experience

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Sledgehammer Games/Activision
Dark Souls II - From Software/Bandai Namco
Destiny - Bungie/Activision
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blizzard
Titanfall - Respawn/EA

I will abstain.

Best Mobile/Handheld

Bravely Default - Square Enix
Monument Valley - Ustwo
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blizzard
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS - Nintendo
Threes - Asher Vollmer, illustrator Greg Wohlwend, and composer Jimmy Hinson

Super Smash Bros for 3DS

Best Remaster

Grand Theft Auto V - Rockstar Games
Halo: The Master Chief Collection - 343 Industries/Microsoft
Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire - Game Freak/Nintendo
The Last of Us - Naughty Dog/Sony
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix

I vote Pokemon ORAS.

Best Narrative

South Park: The Stick of Truth - Obsidian/Ubisoft
The Walking Dead Season 2 - Telltale Games
The Wolf Among Us - Telltale Games
Valiant Hearts - Ubisoft
Wolfenstein: The New Order - Machine Games/Bethesda

South Park: The Stick of Truth

Best Score/Soundtrack

Alien: Isolation - Christian Henson, Joe Henson, and Alexis Smith, The Creative Assembly/Sega
Child of Light - Coeur de pirate, Ubisoft Montreal
Destiny - Marty O’Donnell, Bungie/Activision
Sunset Overdrive - Boris Salchow, Insomniac Games/Microsoft
Transistor - Darren Korb, Supergiant Games

Mario Kart 8.

Best Independent Game

Broken Age Part 1 - Double Fine
Monument Valley - Ustwo
Shovel Knight - Cellar Door
Transistor - Supergiant Games
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - The Astronauts

Shovel Knight, 1000 times over.

Games for Change

Mountain - David O'Reilly/Double Fine Presents
Never Alone - Upper One Games
The Last of Us: Left Behind - Naughty Dog/Sony
This War of Mine - 11bit Studios
Valiant Hearts: The Great War - Ubisoft

pass

eSports Player of the Year - (To be voted on by fans)

Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson - League of Legends
Xu “Fy” Linsen - Dota 2
James “Firebat” Kostesich - Hearthstone
Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund - Counter-Strike: GO
Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag - Call of Duty

Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund, for playing the most tolerable game on that list.

eSports Team of the Year - (To be voted on by fans)

Samsung White - League of Legends
Evil Geniuses - Dota 2
Edward Gaming - League of Legends
Newbee - Dota 2
Ninjas in Pajamas - Counter-Strike: GO

Ninjas in Pajamas, same reason as above.

Trending Gamer - (To be voted on by fans)

Evan “Vanoss” Fong
Jeff Gerstmann
PewDiePie
StampyLongHead
TotalBiscuit

Pewds

Best Fan Creation - (To be voted on by fans)

BEST Zelda Rap EVER!! By Egoraptor
Luigi Death Stare by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr
Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song) by Tobuscus
Minecraft – TITAN City by Colonial Puppet
Twitch Plays Pokemon by Anonymous

Twitch Plays Pokemon, for sure.

Developer of the Year

Blizzard
Monolith
Nintendo
Telltale Games
Ubisoft Montreal

Nintendo.

Best Performance

Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf, The Wolf Among Us - Telltale Games
Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Sledgehammer Games/Activision
Melissa Hutchison as Clementine, The Walking Dead: Season Two - Telltale Games
Trey Parker as Various Voices, South Park: The Stick of Truth - Obsidian/Ubisoft
Troy Baker as Talion, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Monolith/Warner Bros.

Let's go with Melissa Hutchison for trying her best in that really bad game.

Most Anticipated Game - (To be voted on by fans)

Batman: Arkham Knight - Rocksteady/Warner Bros.
Bloodborne - FROM Software/Sony
Evolve - Turtle Rock/2K Games
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End - Naughty Dog/Sony

Batman I guess.

Game of the Year

Bayonetta 2 - Platinum Games/Nintendo
Dark Souls 2 - FROM Software/Bandai Namco
Dragon Age: Inquisition - BioWare/EA
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blizzard
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Monolith/Warner Bros.

Mario Kart 8

Shifty gimbal
Dec 28, 2008

Hey you... I got something to tell ya
Biscuit Hider
Where is Fatal1ty in the eSports player roster, only he on that list doesn't eat like a noob

Dexters Secret
Jun 19, 2014


mabels big day for the biggest human being award

Famous TV Dad
Nov 1, 2011

I hope pewdiepie wins.

Shifty gimbal
Dec 28, 2008

Hey you... I got something to tell ya
Biscuit Hider
Also tending gamer should have Dan Ryckert

mabels big day
Feb 25, 2012

zen death robot posted:

Mabel's Big Day you can't vote for games you admittedly haven't played, that's not cool and just kinda fanboy bullshit. Also if it's nominated, deal with it.

Well, someone's gotta vote.

Abysswalker
Apr 25, 2013

Dexters Secret posted:

mabels big day for the biggest human being award

that's you. you already won the award, for biggest human being.

Dexters Secret
Jun 19, 2014

Sito posted:

that's you. you already won the award, for biggest human being.

then its my right to give now isnt it

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

why is smash in fighting game twice

Knuc U Kinte
Aug 17, 2004

I can't wait to see what games win each category as nominated by a crack team of hook nosed usurers.

CharlestonJew
Jul 7, 2011

Illegal Hen
why aren't smug or infiltration in the running for the best esports players

Mercury Crusader
Apr 20, 2005

You know they say that all demons are created equal, but you look at me and you look at Pyro Jack and you can see that statement is not true, hee-ho!
I vote for Dewitos.

net cafe scandal
Mar 18, 2011

My vote is for Trials Fusion. See you all again next year.

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

Knuc U Kinte posted:

I can't wait to see what games win each category as nominated by a crack team of hook nosed usurers.

CousinKevin
Oct 16, 2012

Ever since they worked on that project together, her life turned around and became more exciting.
gaming in general is the "best experience" though!

Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011

Knuc U Kinte posted:

I can't wait to see what games win each category as nominated by a crack team of hook nosed usurers.

papa dorito

Lumpy the Cook
Feb 4, 2011

Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!
shooter: Titanfall. Advanced Warfare and Far Cry 4 are both better, but I still have a soft spot for Titanfall and since no one else will pick it, I will.

action/adventure: first off, lol at Unity being included. Shadow of Mordor.

Rpg: South Park was good,

Fighting: Smash Bros 3DS

Family: Mario Kart 8

Racing: Mario Kart 8

Online experience: lol? Call of Duty

Mobile: Smash Bros 3DS

Remaster: :/ this is a category now... W/e. Halo since GTAV isn't out until 2015 I thouhht

Narrative: South Park

Score: Alien

Indie: Shovel Knight

Games for change: What does this one even mean.

Esports: I don't know.

Gamer: The Pewds.

Fan art: Luigi

Developer: Nintendo

Performance: Kevin Spacey

Anticipated: Batman

Goty: Shadow of Mordor!!!!

AtlasToked
Sep 14, 2014

Mercury Crusader posted:

I vote for Dewitos.

ur in my world now
Jun 5, 2006

Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was


Smellrose

quote:

Best Online Experience

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Sledgehammer Games/Activision
Dark Souls II - From Software/Bandai Namco
Destiny - Bungie/Activision
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blizzard
Titanfall - Respawn/EA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhckuhUxcgA

Average Bear
Apr 4, 2010

Knuc U Kinte posted:

I can't wait to see what games win each category as nominated by a crack team of hook nosed usurers.

Sir John Feelgood
Nov 18, 2009

Knuc U Kinte posted:

I can't wait to see what games win each category as nominated by a crack team of hook nosed usurers.

AHungryRobot
Oct 12, 2012
i don't know if alien isolation really belongs in the action-adventure category.

Mach2
Feb 28, 2014
Bayonetta 2 vs. Shadow of Mordor is a tough one, and somehow I know they're gonna pick Dark Souls or Dragon Age despite the former being weak and the latter not even having a chance of being as good.

Knuc U Kinte
Aug 17, 2004

Mach2 posted:

Bayonetta 2 vs. Shadow of Mordor is a tough one, and somehow I know they're gonna pick Dark Souls or Dragon Age despite the former being weak and the latter not even having a chance of being as good.

Dragon age Inq shits all over Dark Souls in every respect.

Aston
Nov 19, 2007

Okay
Okay
Okay
Okay
Okay

mabels big day posted:


Twitch Plays Pokemon, for sure.

Captain Baal
Oct 23, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
All of KI season 2 isn't even out yet.

Who made this list?

Captain Baal
Oct 23, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
plutonis don't give me a heart attack like this

Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011

zen death robot posted:

I'm assuming Plutonis pulled it out of his rear end until proven otherwise

suck my cock

Captain Baal
Oct 23, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
lol

Dexters Secret
Jun 19, 2014

why didn't you include the best fan creation category?

Best Fan Creation:

BEST Zelda Rap EVER!! By Egoraptor
Luigi Death Stare by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr
Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song) by Tobuscus
Minecraft -- TITAN City by Colonial Puppet
Twitch Plays Pokemon by Anonymous


the death stare is the best btw

Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011

zen death robot posted:

Although I kinda expected BYOB reggae or goatse

if anything the truth is crueler

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psyman
Nov 1, 2008
hey this is starting in 4 hours!

http://thegameawards.com/watch-live/

looking forward to seeing how many layers Dewritos Pope will be wearing

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