The Game Awards 2016 nominees announced

The list of nominees for The Game Awards 2016 have been announced.

Here is the full list:

Jury Selected

Game of the Year

• Doom (id Software / Bethesda)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Titanfall 2 (Respawn / Electronic Arts)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Studio / Game Direction

• Blizzard (for Overwatch)
• DICE (for Battlefield 1)
• id Software (for Doom)
• Naughty Dog (for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End)
• Respawn (for Titanfall 2)

Best Narrative

• Firewatch (Campo Santo)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Mafia III (Hangar 13 / 2K Games)
• Oxenfree (Night School Studio)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Art Direction

• Abzu (Giant Squid / 505 Games)
• Firewatch (Campo Santo)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)

Best Music / Sound Design

• Battlefield 1 (DICE / Electronic Arts)
• Doom (id Software / Bethesda)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Rez Infinite (Enhance Games)
• Thumper (Drool)

Best Performance

• Alex Hernandez as Lincoln Clay (for Mafia III)
• Cissy Jones as Delilah (for Firewatch)
• Emily Rose as Elena (for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End)
• Nolan North as Nathan Drake (for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End)
• Rich Summer as Henry (for Fire Watch)
• Tory Baker as Sam Drake (for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End)

Games for Impact Award

• 1979 Revolution (iNK Stories)
• Block’Hood (Plethora Project / Devolver Digital)
• Orwell (Osmotic Studios / Surprise Attack)
• Sea Hero Quest (Glitchers)
• That Dragon, Cancer (Numinous Games)

Best Independent Game

• Firewatch (Campo Santo)
• Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Stardew Valley (ConcernedApe / Chucklefish Games)
• The Witness (Thekla)

Best Mobile / Handheld

• Clash Royale (Supercell)
• Fire Emblem Fates (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)
• Monster Hunter Generations (Capcom)
• Pokemon Go (Niantic)
• Severed (Drinkbox Studios)

Best VR Game

• Batman: Arkham VR (Rocksteady Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive)
• EVE: Valkyrie (CCP Games)
• Job Simulator (Owlchemy Labs)
• Rez Infinite (Enhance Games)
• Thumper (Drool)

Best Action Game

• Battlefield 1 (DICE / Electronic Arts)
• Doom (id Software / Bethesda)
• Gears of War 4 (The Coalition / Microsoft)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Titanfall 2 (Respawn / Electronic Arts)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
• HITMAN (IO Interactive / Square Enix)
• Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine)
• Ratchet & Clank (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best RPG

• Dark Souls III (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos Montreal / Square Enix)
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine (CD Projekt RED)
• World of Warcraft: Legion (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Xenoblade Chronicles X (Monolith Soft / Nintendo)

Best Fighting Game

• Killer Instinct Season 3 (Iron Galaxy Studios / Microsoft Studios)
• The King of Fighters XIV (SNK / Atlus USA)
• Pokken Tournament (Bandai Namco Studios / The Pokemon Company)
• Street Fighter V (Capcom)

Best Family Game

• Dragon Quest Builders (Square Enix)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (TT Fusion / Warner Brows. Interactive Entertainment)
• Pokemon Go (Niantic)
• Ratchet & Clank (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Skylanders: Imaginators (Toy for Bob / Activision)

Best Strategy Game

• Civilization VI (Firaxis Games / 2K Games)
• Fire Emblem Fates (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)
• The Banner Saga 2 (Stoic Studio / Versus Evil)
• Total War: Warhammer (The Creative Assembly / Sega)
• XCOM 2 (Firaxis Games / 2K Games)

Best Sports / Racing Game

• FIFA 17 (EA Canada / EA Sports)
• Forza Horizon 3 (Playground Games / Microsoft Studios)
• MLB The Show 2016 (SIE San Diego Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• NBA 2K17 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 (PES Productions / Konami)

Best Multiplayer Game

• Battlefield 1 (DICE / Electronic Arts)
• Gears of War 4 (The Coalition / Microsoft Studios)
• Overcooked (Ghost Town Games / Team17 Software)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
• Titanfall 2 (Respawn / Electronic Arts)

Fans’ Choice

Best eSports Player

• Faker – [Lee Sang-Hyeok] SK Telecom T1, League of Legends
• Coldzera – [Marcelo David] SK Gaming, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Byun-Hyun Woo – Starcraft 2
• Infiltrator – [Lee Seeon-woo] Team Razer, Street Fighter V
• Hungrybox – [Juan Debiedma] Team Liquid, Super Smash Bros.

Best eSports Team

• SK Telecom T1 – Game: League of Legends
• Wings Gaming – Game: DOTA 2
• SK Gaming
• ROX Tigers – Game: Leauge of Legends
• Cloud 9

Best eSports Game

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
• DOTA 2 (Valve)
• League of Legends (Riot)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Street Fighter V (Capcom)

Trending Gamer

• AngryJoeShow
• Boogie2988
• Danny O’Dwyer
• JackSpeticeye
• Lirik

Best Fan Creation

• Project A2MR
• Pokemon Uranium
• Brutal Doom 64
• Endereal: The Shards of Order

Most Anticipated Game

• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Mass Effect: Andromeda (BioWare / Electronic Arts)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)

The Game Awards 2016 will be broadcasted live on December 1 at 6:00 p.m. PT / 9:00 p.m. ET via YouTube, Twitch, PlayStation Network, Steam, Xbox Live, Twitter, and other services.