The Game Awards 2018 Nominations

Geoff Keighley has announced the nominations for the fifth annual Game Awards, celebrating the very best in video games across all platforms throughout the year. Do note that the cutoff for this year's nominations was late October/early November, so many games from later in the fall unfortunately could not make the cut.

Most significantly for the purposes of this site are the nominees for Best Performance - which, just as it says on the tin, commemorates the best acting performances throughout this year's games.

Best Performance

• Bryan Dechart as Connor (Detroit: Become Human)


• Christopher Judge as Kratos (God of War)


• Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra (Assassin's Creed Odyssey)


• Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption II)


• Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker (Spider-Man)

Here is a sample of some of the other categories:

Game of the Year

• Assassin's Creed Odyssey


• Celeste


• God of War


• Monster Hunter World


• Red Dead Redemption II


• Spider-Man

Best Game Direction

• A Way Out


• Detroit: Become Human


• God of War


• Red Dead Redemption II


• Spider-Man

Best Narrative

• Detroit: Become Human


• God of War


• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1


• Red Dead Redemption II


• Spider-Man

Best Art Direction

• Assassin's Creed Odyssey


• God of War


• Octopath Traveler


• Red Dead Redemption II


• Return of the Obra Dinn

Best Score/Music

• Celeste


• God of War


• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom


• Octopath Traveler


• Red Dead Redemption II


• Spider-Man

Games for Impact

• 11-11: Memories Retold


• Celeste


• Florence


• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1


• The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories

Best Independent Game

• Celeste


• Dead Cells


• Into the Breach


• The Messenger


• Return of the Obra Dinn

Best Mobile Game

• Donut County


• Florence


• Fortnite


• PUBG Mobile


• Reigns: Game of Thrones

Best VR/AR Game

• Astro Bot: Rescue Mission


• Beat Saber


• Firewall Zero Hour


• Moss


• The Tetris Effect

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey


• God of War


• Marvel’s Spider-Man


• Red Dead Redemption 2


• Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Best Role Playing Game

• Dragon Quest XI


• Monster Hunter: World


• Ni no Kuni II


• Octopath Traveler


• Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Best Fighting Game

• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle


• Dragon Ball FighterZ


• Soulcalibur VI


• Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

Best Family Game

• Mario Tennis Aces


• Nintendo Labo


• Overcooked 2


• Starlink: Battle for Atlas


• Super Mario Party

The Game Awards 2018 will be held on December 6.