Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Death Stranding, RE2 Remake, And More Nominated For The Game Awards

December is just around the corner, and with it, The Game Awards 2019, which will once again be hosted by Geoff Keighley. Today, they announced the nominees that are up for voting by the audience, and it includes games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Death Stranding, Astral Chain, and more.

Here’s the full list below. Voting is now open at the official website.

Game of the Year

• Control (Remedy/505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco/Nintendo/Sora)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)
• The Outer Worlds (Obsidian/Private Division)

Best Art Direction:

• Control (Remedy/505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
• Gris (Nomada Studio/Devolver Digital)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo/Annapurna)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Nintendo)

Best Fighting Game:

• Dead or Alive 6 (Team Ninja/Koei Tecmo)
• Jump Force (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco)
• Mortal Kombat 11 (Netherrealm/WBIE
• Samurai Shodown (SNK/Athlon)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco/Nintendo/Sora)

Best Action Game:

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
• Astral Chain (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)
• Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
• Gears 5 (The Coalition/Xbox Game 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)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)

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 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/Nintendo/Sora)
• Yoshi’s Crafted World (Good Feel/Nintendo)

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 Sports/Racing Game:

• Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Beenox/Activision)
• DiRT Rally 2.0 (Codemasters)
• eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 (PES Productions/Konami)
• F1 2019 (Codemasters)
• FIFA 2020 (EA Sports)

Best VR/AR Game:

• Asgard’s Wrath (Sanzaru Games/Oculus Studios)
• Blood & Truth (SIE London Studios/SIE)
• Beat Saber (Beat Games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
• Trover Saves the Universe (Squanch Games)

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’s The Division 2 (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)

Best eSports Game:

• CS:GO (Valve)
• DOTA2 (Valve)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• League of Legends (Riot Games)
• Overwatch (Blizzard)

Fresh Indie Developer:

• ZA/UM for Disco Elysium
• Nomada Studio for Gris
• DeadToast for My Friend Pedro
• Mobius Digital for Outer Wilds
• Mega Crit for Slay the Spire
• House House for Untitled Goose Game

Best Game Direction:

• Control (Remedy/505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna)

Best Mobile Game:

• 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 Narrative:

• A Plague Tale: Innocence (Asobo/Focus Home)
• Control (Remedy/505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• The Outer Worlds (Obsidian/Private Division)

Best Games for Impact:

• Concrete Genie (Pixelopus/SIE)
• Gris (Nomada Studio/Devolver Digital)
• Kind Words (Popcannibal)
• Life is Strange 2 (Dontnod/Square Enix)
• Sea of Solitude (Jo-Mei Games/EA)

Best Indie Game:

• Baba Is You (Hempuli)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Katana Zero (Ascii Soft/Devolver Digital)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna)
• Untitled Goose Game (House House/Panic)

Best Ongoing Game:

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Best Community Support:

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Best Score/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 Audio Design:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)
• Control (Remedy/505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
• Gears 5 (The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)

Best Performance:

• Ashly Burch in Outer Worlds
• Courtney Hope in Control
• Laura Bailey in Gears 5
• Mads Mikkelsen in Death Stranding
• Matthew Porretta in Control
• Norman Reedus in Death Stranding

The Game Awards 2019 will be held December 12, 2019 at 5:30pm PT/8:30pm ET. They will run for two hours.