The Game Awards 2014: Classy Edition?

by Brandon on

Remember when SpikeTV had their first Videogame Award Show? That was kind of exciting, right? Remember how about halfway through it you realized it was simply garbage, and continued to be year after year thanks to Spike and their perceived audience? Spike thought we were stupid, peppered the show with celebrities who usually had something to plug (and probably didn’t know why they were there), and used the worst videogame references as stabs at humor. The show morphed to the VGAs, and then finally VGX…I think the X was supposed to represent the neXt generation of gaming but instead stood for eXtra shitty.

Well, great news! After a decade-long run, Spike decided they couldn’t do any better than Joel McHale insulting the developers and audience, and dropped the show. This allowed Geoff Keighley to take the reigns and create what he and we thought the awards should be: a cross between E3 and The Oscars. Whether that will be accomplished or not remains to be seen, but tomorrow night at 6pm you can watch it live on Twitch, YouTube, and Zentrick (whatever the hell that is).

Here’s a good article about the whole ordeal, and you can view the nominations after the jump.

Game of the Year

Bayonetta 2

Dark Souls II

Dragon Age Inquisition

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

Shadow of Mordor

Developer of the Year

Blizzard Entertainment

Monolith Productions

Nintendo

Telltale Games

Ubisoft Montreal

Best Independent Game

Broken Age Act I

Monument Valley

Shovel Knight

Transistor

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Best Mobile/Handheld Game

Bravely Default

Hearthstone

Monument Valley

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Threes!

Best Narrative

South Park: The Stick of Truth

The Walking Dead: Season Two

The Wolf Among Us

Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Wolfenstein: The New Order

Best Score/Soundtrack

Alien: Isolation

Child of Light

Destiny

Sunset Overdrive

Transistor

Best Performance

Adam Harrington As Bigby Wolf, The Wolf Among Us

Kevin Spacey As Jonathan Irons, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Melissa Hutchison As Clementine, The Walking Dead: Season Two

Trey Parker As Various Voices, South Park: The Stick Of Truth

Troy Baker As Talion, Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor

Games for Change

Mountain

Never Alone

The Last Of Us: Left Behind

This War of Mine

Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Best Remaster

Grand Theft Auto V

Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

The Last Of Us Remastered

The Master Chief Collection

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

Best Shooter

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Destiny

Far Cry 4

Titanfall

Wolfenstein: The New Order

Best Action/Adventure

Alien: Isolation

Assassin’s Creed Unity

Bayonetta 2

Shadow of Mordor

Sunset Overdrive

Best Role Playing Game

Bravely Default

Dark Souls II

Divinity: Original Sin

Dragon Age: Inquisition

South Park: The Stick Of Truth

Best Fighting Game

Killer Instinct: Season Two

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Ultra Street Fighter IV

Best Family Game

Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes

Fantasia: Music Evolved

Mario Kart 8

Skylanders: Trap Team

Tomodachi Life

Best Sports/Racing Game

FIFA 15

Forza Horizon 2

Mario Kart 8

NBA 2K15

Trials Fusion

Best Online Experience

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Dark Souls II

Destiny

Hearthstone

Titanfall