The Game Awards 2018
Held in 2018 · 21 categories · everything in 2018
Game of the Year
- Winner God of War · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
- Nominee Assassin's Creed Odyssey · Ubisoft Quebec
- Nominee Celeste · Maddy Makes Games
- Nominee Monster Hunter: World · Capcom
- Nominee Red Dead Redemption 2 · Rockstar San Diego
- Nominee Spider-Man · Insomniac Games
Best Game Direction
- Winner God of War · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
- Nominee A Way Out
- Nominee A Way Out · Hazelight Studios
- Nominee Detroit: Become Human · Quantic Dream
- Nominee Red Dead Redemption 2 · Rockstar San Diego
- Nominee Spider-Man · Insomniac Games
Best Narrative
- Winner Red Dead Redemption 2 · Rockstar San Diego
- Nominee Detroit: Become Human · Quantic Dream
- Nominee God of War · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
- Nominee Life Is Strange 2 · Don’t Nod
- Nominee Spider-Man · Insomniac Games
Best Art Direction
- Winner Return of the Obra Dinn
- Nominee Assassin's Creed Odyssey · Ubisoft Quebec
- Nominee God of War · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
- Nominee Octopath Traveler · Acquire, Square Enix
- Nominee Red Dead Redemption 2 · Rockstar San Diego
Best Score and Music
- Winner Red Dead Redemption 2 · Rockstar San Diego
- Nominee Celeste · Maddy Makes Games
- Nominee God of War · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
- Nominee Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom · Level-5
- Nominee Octopath Traveler · Acquire, Square Enix
- Nominee Spider-Man · Insomniac Games
Best Audio Design
- Winner Red Dead Redemption 2 · Rockstar San Diego
- Nominee Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 · Beenox, Raven Software, Treyarch
- Nominee Forza Horizon 4 · Playground Games, Turn 10 Studios
- Nominee God of War · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
- Nominee Spider-Man · Insomniac Games
Best Performance
- Winner Roger Clark · Red Dead Redemption 2
- Nominee Melissanthi Mahut · Assassin's Creed Odyssey
- Nominee Bryan Dechart · Detroit: Become Human
- Nominee Christopher Judge · God of War
- Nominee Yuri Lowenthal · Spider-Man
Games for Impact
- Winner Celeste · Maddy Makes Games
- Nominee 11-11 Memories Retold · Aardman Animations, DigixArt
- Nominee Florence · Mountains
- Nominee Life Is Strange 2 · Don’t Nod
- Nominee The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
Best Independent Game
- Winner Celeste · Maddy Makes Games
- Nominee Dead Cells · Evil Empire, Motion Twin
- Nominee Into the Breach · Subset Games
- Nominee Return of the Obra Dinn
- Nominee The Messenger · Sabotage Studio
Best Debut Indie Game
- Winner The Messenger · Sabotage Studio
- Nominee Donut County
- Nominee Florence · Mountains
- Nominee Moss · Polyarc
- Nominee Yoku's Island Express · Villa Gorilla AB
Best Mobile Game
- Winner Florence · Mountains
- Nominee Donut County
- Nominee Fortnite · Epic Games
- Nominee PUBG Mobile · Lightspeed and Quantum Studios Group
- Nominee Reigns: Game of Thrones · Nerial
Best VR/AR Game
- Winner Astro Bot Rescue Mission · Team Asobi
- Nominee Beat Saber · Beat Games
- Nominee Firewall: Zero Hour
- Nominee Moss · Polyarc
- Nominee Tetris Effect
Best Action Game
- Winner Dead Cells · Evil Empire, Motion Twin
- Nominee Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 · Beenox, Raven Software, Treyarch
- Nominee Destiny 2: Forsaken · Bungie
- Nominee Far Cry 5 · Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Reflections, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto
- Nominee Mega Man 11 · Capcom
Best Action/Adventure Game
- Winner God of War · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
- Nominee Assassin's Creed Odyssey · Ubisoft Quebec
- Nominee Red Dead Redemption 2 · Rockstar San Diego
- Nominee Shadow of the Tomb Raider · Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, Nixxes Software
- Nominee Spider-Man · Insomniac Games
Best Role Playing Game
- Winner Monster Hunter: World · Capcom
- Nominee Dragon Quest XI · Square Enix
- Nominee Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom · Level-5
- Nominee Octopath Traveler · Acquire, Square Enix
- Nominee Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire · Obsidian Entertainment
Best Fighting Game
- Winner Dragon Ball FighterZ · Arc System Works
- Nominee BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle · Arc System Works
- Nominee Soulcalibur VI · Dimps
- Nominee Street Fighter V · Capcom, Dimps
- Nominee Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
Best Family Game
- Winner Overcooked 2
- Nominee Mario Tennis Aces · Camelot Software Planning
- Nominee Nintendo Labo
- Nominee Starlink: Battle for Atlas · Ubisoft Toronto
- Nominee Super Mario Party · Nintendo Cube
Best Sim/Strategy Game
- Winner Into the Breach · Subset Games
- Nominee BattleTech
- Nominee BattleTech · Harebrained Schemes
- Nominee Frostpunk · 11 Bit Studios
- Nominee The Banner Saga 3 · Stoic
- Nominee Valkyria Chronicles 4 · Sega
Best Sports/Racing Game
- Winner Forza Horizon 4 · Playground Games, Turn 10 Studios
- Nominee FIFA 19 · EA Romania, EA Vancouver
- Nominee Mario Tennis Aces · Camelot Software Planning
- Nominee NBA 2K19 · Visual Concepts
- Nominee Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 · Konami
Best Multiplayer Game
- Winner Fortnite · Epic Games
- Nominee Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 · Beenox, Raven Software, Treyarch
- Nominee Destiny 2: Forsaken · Bungie
- Nominee Monster Hunter: World · Capcom
- Nominee Sea of Thieves · Rare Ltd.
Best Ongoing Game
- Winner Fortnite · Epic Games
- Nominee Destiny 2: Forsaken · Bungie
- Nominee No Man's Sky · Hello Games
- Nominee Overwatch · Blizzard Entertainment
- Nominee Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege · Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto