با نزدیک شدن به پایان سال میلادی، و فرو کش کردن سیل انتشار بازی‌ها کم کم باید آماده مراسم‌های مختلف برای معرفی بهترین بازی‌های سال شویم. مراسم The Game Awards که برای اولین بار برگزار می‌شود، یکی از این مراسم‌ها است. نامزدهای دریافت جایزه در بخش‌های مختلف این مراسم از این قراراند:
بهترین بازی تیراندازی سال
- 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
بهترین بازی اکشن/ادونچر
- 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
بهترین بازی نقش آفرینی
- 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
بهترین بازی فایتینگ
- 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
بهترین بازی خانوادگی
- 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
بهترین بازی ورزشی/ مسابقه ای
- 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
بهترین تجربه بازی آنلاین
- 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
بهترین بازی موبایل/ کنسول های دستی
- 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
بهترین ریمستر(بازسازی)
- 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
بهترین صداگذاری
- 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
بهترین موسیقی سال
در همین خصوص..
- Alien: Isolation – 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
بهترین بازی مستقل سال
- Broken Age Part 1 – Double Fine
- Monument Valley – Ustwo
- Shovel Knight – Cellar Door
- Transistor – Supergiant Games
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – The Astronauts
بهترین صرفه اقتصادی
- 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
بهترین گیمر سال
- 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
بهترین تیم گیمر
- Samsung White – League of Legends
- Evil Geniuses – Dota 2
- Edward Gaming – League of Legends
- Newbee – Dota 2
- Ninjas in Pajamas – Counter-Strike: GO
محبوب ترین گیمر
- Evan “Vanoss” Fong
- Jeff Gerstmann
- PewDiePie
- StampyLongHead
- TotalBiscuit
بهترین اثر ساخته شده توسط علاقه مندان
- 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
بهترین استودیوی سال
- Blizzard
- Monolith
- Nintendo
- Telltale Games
- Ubisoft Montreal
بهترین ایفای نقش صوتی
- 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.
مورد انتظار ترین بازی سال
- 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
بازی سال
- 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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