The Game Awards 2014 este un nou concept de show anual dedicat jocurilor video, pus la punct de cunoscutul jurnalist Geoff Keighley. Pe lângă decernarea premiilor care dau şi numele noului eveniment, The Game Awards va include apariţii şi discursuri din partea producătorilor de jocuri, a vedetelor din eSports şi a creatorilor de conţinut online, concerte live cu muzicieni faimoşi şi, bineînţeles, anunţuri de jocuri noi în premieră mondială.

Mai jos găsiţi toate nominalizarile propuse de un juriu format din jurnalişti din toată lumea, de la publicaţii precum Game Informer, GameTrailers, Meristation, Polygon, Corriere Della Sera, Jeux-Video, Kotaku sau Famitsu. Reprezentanţii acestor publicaţii vor alege şi marii câştigători, existând însă şi categorii în care publicul va determina învingătorii (cum ar fi Most Anticipated Game).

The Game Awards 2014 este produs cu suport din partea unora dintre cele mai importante figuri ale industriei jocurilor video: Reggie Fils-Aime (preşedinte şi COO al Nintendo of America), Yves Guillemot (cofondator şi CEO al Ubisoft), Hideo Kojima (Executive Contents Director la Kojima Productions), Shawn Layden (CEO al Sony Computer Entertainment America), Peter Moore (COO al Electronic Arts), studioul Rockstar Games, Phil Spencer (conducătorul diviziei Xbox a celor de la Microsoft), Martin Tremblay (preşedinte al Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) şi Valve.

Show-ul The Game Awards 2014 va avea loc pe 5 decembrie 2014, în Las Vegas si va putea fi urmarit in direct prin live stream prin intermediul unor servicii precum YouTube, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live sau Twitch, scrie Go4it.

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

• 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

• 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

• Evan “Vanoss” Fong
• Jeff Gerstmann
• PewDiePie
• StampyLongHead
• TotalBiscuit

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

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

• 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.