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The Witcher 3 Dominates The Game Awards 2015 Nominations List

There are dozens of titles from 16 different categories competing for the prestigious annual game award.

Formulated as the successor to the Video Game Awards by Spike TV and produced by the host Geoff Keighley, The Game Awards is an award ceremony for special game titles in the span of a year. Unlike before, events are broadcast exclusively via the internet, and we can enjoy them without paying via video streaming platform.

After making its debut in 2014, The Game Awards 2015 is ready to take place again. In addition to the selection of the best games, there will be screenings premiere trailer as well as musical performances from well-known musicians. And last week, the organizing team announced the list of nominees game compiled by judges from 32 international media. List divided into two parts, namely Jury Voted and Fan's Choice.

For Fan's Choice, there are not as many voting options as the Golden Joystick Awards, but at least you are welcome to vote. The nominations are as follows:

esports Player of the Year

  • Kenny "KennyS" Schrub
  • Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok
  • Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer
  • Peter "ppd" Dager
  • Syed Sumail "Suma1L" Hassan

Best Fan Creations

  • GTA V - Targets (Hoodoo Operators)
  • Real GTA (Digital Corridor)
  • Portal Stories: Mel (Prism Studios)
  • Super Mario Maker e-Reader Levels (Baddboy78 / theycallmeshaky)
  • Twitch Plays Dark Souls (Twitch Community)

Trending Gamer

  • Total Biscuit
  • Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles
  • Greg Miller
  • Markiplar
  • PewDiePie

esports Team of the Year

  • Evil Geniuses
  • Fnatic
  • Optical Gaming
  • SK Telecom T1
  • Team SoloMid

esports Game of the Year

  • Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  • Dota 2
  • Hearthstone
  • League of Legends

Most Anticipated Game

  • Horizon Zero Dawn
  • No Man's Sky
  • Quantum Break
  • The Last Guardian
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Then for Jury Voted, members of the press have collected dozens of games in 16 different categories. Based on this information, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt seems to dominate with a total of seven nominations, including the game for the most prestigious title Game of the Year. Please see the full list below:

Best Independent Game

  • Axiom Verge
  • Her story
  • Ori and the Blind Forest
  • Rocket League
  • Undertale

Best Mobile/Handheld Games

  • Downwell
  • Fallout Shelter
  • Lara Croft GO
  • Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate
  • Pac-Man 256

Best Family Game

  • Disney Infinity 3.0
  • Lego Dimensions
  • Skylanders: SuperChargers
  • Splatoon
  • Super Mario Maker

Best Sports / Racing Game

  • FIFA 16 coins
  • Forza Motorsport 6
  • NBA 2K16
  • Pro Evolution Soccer 2016
  • Rocket League

Best Fighting Game

  • Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-
  • Mortal Kombat X
  • Rise of Incarnates
  • Rising Thunder

Best Multiplayer

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
  • Destiny: The Taken King
  • Halo 5: Guardians
  • Rocket League
  • Splatoon

Best role playing game

  • Bloodborne
  • Fallout 4
  • Pillars of Eternity
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
  • Undertale

Best Action / Adventure Game

  • Assassin's Creed Syndicate
  • Batman: Arkham Knight
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
  • Ori and the Blind Forest
  • Rise of the Tomb Raider

Best Shooters

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
  • Destiny: The Taken King
  • Halo 5: Guardians
  • Splatoon
  • Star Wars Battlefront

Games for Change Awards

  • Cybele (Nina Freeman)
  • Her Story (Sam Barlow)
  • Life Is Strange (DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix)
  • Sunset (Tale of Tales)
  • Undertale

Best Performance

  • Ashly Burch - Chloe Price (Life is Strange)
  • Camilla Luddington - Lara Croft (Rise of the Tomb Raider)
  • Doug Cockle - Geralt (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)
  • Mark Hamill - The Joker (Batman: Arkham Knight)
  • Viva Seifert (Her Story)

Best Score/Soundtrack

  • Fallout 4
  • Halo 5: Guardians
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
  • Ori and the Blind Forest
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Best Art Direction

  • Batman: Arkham Knight
  • Bloodborne
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
  • Ori and the Blind Forest
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Best Narrative

  • Her story
  • Life Is Strange
  • Tales From The Borderlands
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
  • Until Dawn

Developer of the Year

  • Bethesda Game Studios
  • CD Project Red
  • FromSoftware
  • Kojima Productions
  • Nintendo

Game of the Year

  • Bloodborne
  • Fallout 4
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
  • Super Mario Maker
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Voting for Fan's Choice you can do it directly on the site TheGameAwards.com. Events scheduled to be held at the Microsoft Theater Los Angeles on December 3 at 18 p.m. PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) or Friday December 4, 2015 at 9:00 am WIB. The Game Awards 2015 is available from Go90, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, Wii U, Steam, Twitch, YouTube, IGN, Polygon, Gamespot, Kotaku, Niconico, and MLG.

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