The Game Awards digelar pertama kali pada 2014 yang lalu dengan menghadirkan berbagai kategori, dan pada 2015 ini The Game Awards akan digelar kembali pada 3 Desember di Los Angeles, California.

Nominasi untuk The Game Awards 2015 dipilih oleh juri dari 32 media internasional, dengan persyaratan game harus dirilis secara komersial Selasa, 24 November untuk mendapatkan penghargaan. Lalu untuk kategori eSports, dipilih oleh panel penasehat yang terdiri dari organisasi dan situs-situs eSports.

Pada tahun sebelumnya, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Destiny, Mario Kart 8, Valiant Hearts: The Great War menguasai The Game Awards 2014 dengan masing-masing membawa pulang dua penghargaan.

Dan pada tahun ini, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt menguasai dengan enam nominasi di berbagai kategori yaitu di Game of the Year, Best RPG, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score or Soundtrack dan Best Performance.

Daftar Lengkap Nominasi The Game Awards 2015

Game of the Year

• Bloodborne
• Fallout 4
• Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
• Super Mario Maker
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Developer of the Year

• Bethesda Game Studios
• CD Projekt Red
• From Software
• Kojima Productions
• Nintendo

Best Shooter

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

Best Action-Adventure Game

• Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
• Batman: Arkham Knight
• Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Rise of the Tomb Raider

Best RPG

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

Best Fighting Game

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

Best Sports/Racing Game

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

Best Multiplayer

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

Best Indie Game

• Axiom Verge (Tom Happ)
• Her Story (Sam Barlow)
• Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios/Microsoft Studios)
• Rocket League (Psyonix)
• Undertale (tobyfox)

Best Family Game

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

Best Mobile or Handheld Game

• Downwell (Moppin/Devolver Digital)
• Fallout Shelter (Bethesda)
• Lara Croft Go (Square Enix)
• Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom)
• Pac-Man 256 (Hipster Whale/Bandai Namco)

Best Narrative

• Her Story
• Life is Strange
• Tales From the Borderlands
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Until Dawn

Best Art Direction

• Batman: Arkham Knight
• Bloodborne
• Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Best Score or Soundtrack

• Fallout 4 (Inon Zur)
• Halo 5: Guardians (Kazuma Jinnouchi)
• Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (Justin Burnett, Ludvig Forssell, Daniel James)
• Ori and the Blind Forest (Gareth Coker)
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Marcin Przybylowicz, Mikolai Stroinski)

Best Performance

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

Games for Change

• Cibele (Nina Freeman)
• Her Story (Sam Barlow)
• Life is Strange (Dontnod Entertainment)
• Sunset (Tale of Tales)
• Undertale (tobyfox)

Fan Choices

Most Anticipated Game

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

Best Fan Creation

• GTA 5 – Targets (Hoodoo Operator)
• Real GTA (Corridor Digital)
• Portal Stories: Mel (Prism Studios)
• Super Mario Maker e-Reader Levels (Baddboy78/theycallmeshaky)
• Twitch Plays Dark Souls (Twitch Community)

Trending Gamer

• Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles
• Greg Miller
• Markiplier
• PewDiePie
• Total Biscuit

eSports Categories

Game of the Year

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

Player of the Year

• Peter “ppd” Dager (Dota 2 – Evil Geniuses)
• Syed Sumail “Suma1L” Hassan (Dota 2 – Evil Geniuses)
• Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer (CS:GO – Fnatic)
• Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (League of Legends – SK Telecom T1)
• Kenny “KennyS” Schrub (CS:GO – Team EnVyUs)

Team of the Year

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

The Game Awards 2015 akan ditayangkan secara live di Twitch, Youtube dan Niconico.

Sumber: thegameawards.com