These are the two games that will win the best game award in 2019?

The Game Awards is an annual event organized by Geoff Keighley. This year, 107 games are named in the program’s categories, led by Death Stranding with eight nominationsfollowed by Control with seven nominations.

Nominations were selected by a jury of 80 influential organizations and media. After the nomination period, the winning game is chosen through fan votes. (Keighley will most likely vote for Death Stranding, he is a good friend of Hideo Kojima and also had a cameo role in this game)
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Some other notable names this year include Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, with five nominations, Resident Evil 2 and The Outer Worlds, with four nominations. Control and Death Stranding both own 2 nominations in the “Game with Best Voice Actor” category, (2 remaining places in the category belong to Gears 5 and The Outer Worlds).

The Game Awards website says that the Fresh by Subway category is reserved for indie studios that have just released their first game in 2019, but Outer Wilds studio Mobius 38 has released two previous games, Beacon 38. and Terra Chrome, while developer Untitled Goose Game released Push Me Pull You in 2016. DeadToast Entertainment has also released a variety of games: mostly webgames, notably My Friend Pedro.
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Here is the list of nominees for this year’s award categories:

Game of the Year:​

• Control (Remedy/505 Games)​

• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)​

• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai-Namco/Sora/Nintendo)​

• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom/Capcom)​

• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)​

• The Outer Worlds (Obsidian/Private Division)​

Best Directing Game:

• Control (Remedy/505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom/Capcom)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna)

The game with the best storyline:

• A Plague Tale: Innocence (Asobo/Focus Home)
• Control (Remedy/505)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• The Outer Worlds (Obsidian/Private Division)

The game has the best graphic direction:

• Control (Remedy/505)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
• Gris (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo/Annapurna)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo/Nintendo)

The game with the best music score:

• Cadence of Hyrule (Brace Yourself Games/Nintendo)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
• Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
• Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo/Annapurna)

The game with the best sound:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)
• Control (Remedy/505)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
• Gears 5 (The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)

Game with the best voice actor:

• Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb, The Outer Worlds
• Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden, Control
• Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz, Gears 5
• Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff, Death Stranding
• Matthew Porretta as Dr. Casper Darling, Control
• Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges, Death Stranding

Impact game:

• Concrete Genie (Pixelopus/SIE)
• Gris (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
• Kind Words (Popcannibal)
• Life is Strange 2 (Dontnod/Square Enix)
• Sea of ​​Solitude (Jo-Mei Games/EA)

Best developing games::

• Apex Legends (Respawn)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Best indie game::

• Baba Is You (Hempuli)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Katana ZERO (Askiisoft/Devoler)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna)
• Untitled Goose Game (House House/Panic)

Best mobile games:

• Call of Duty: Mobile (TiMi Studios/Activision)
• GRINDSTONE (Capybara Games)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo/Annapurna)
• Sky: Children of Light (Thatgamecompany)
• What the Golf? (Tribland)

The game has the best community of players:

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Best virtual/augmented reality game:

• Asgard’s Wrath (Sanzaru Games/Oculus Studios)
• Blood & Truth (SIE London Studio/SIE)
• Beat Saber (Beat Games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
• Trover Saves the Universe (Squanch Games)

Best action game:

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
• Astral Chain (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)
• Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom/Capcom)
• Gears 5 (The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios)
• Metro Exodus (4A Games/Deep Silver)

Best action/adventure game:

• Borderlands 3 (Gearbox/2K)
• Control (Remedy/505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo/Nintendo)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)

Best Role Playing Game:

• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (Capcom)
• The Outer Worlds (Obsidian/Private Division)

Best fighting game:

• Dead or Alive 6 (Team Ninja/Koei ​​Tecmo)
• Jump Force (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco)
• Mortal Kombat 11 (NetherRealm/WBIE)
• Samurai Showdown (SNK/Athlon)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco/Sora/Nintendo)

Best family games:

• Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games/Nintendo)
• Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco/Sora/Nintendo)
• Yoshi’s Crafted World (Good-Feel/Nintendo)

Best strategy game:

• Age of Wonders: Planetfall (Triumph Studios/Paradox)
• Anno 1800 (Blue Byte/Ubisoft)
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems/Koei ​​Tecmo/Nintendo)
• Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly/Sega)
• Tropico 6 (Limbic Entertainment/Kalypso Media)
• Wargroove (Chucklefish)

Best Sports/Racing Game:

• Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Beenox/Activision)
• DiRT Rally 2.0 (Codemasters)
• eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 (PES Productions/Konami)
• F1 2019 (Codemasters)
• FIFA 20 (EA Sports)

Best multiplayer games:

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
• Borderlands 3 (Gearbox/2K)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)
• Tetris 99 (Arika/Nintendo)
• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)

Best new indie game release:

• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Gris (Nomada Studio)
• My Friend Pedro (DeadToast Entertainment)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital)
• Slay the Spire (Mega Crit)
• Untitled Goose Game (House House)

Author content of the year:

• Courage – Jack Dunlop
• Dr. Lupo – Benjamin Lupo
• Ewok – Soleil Wheeler
• Grefg – David Martinez
• Shroud – Michael Grzesiek

Best Esports Games:

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
• DOTA2 (Valve)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• League of Legends (Riot Games)
• Overwatch (Blizzard)

Best Esports Player:

• Kyle ‘Bugha’ Giersdorf (Immortals, Fortnite)
• Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok (SK Telecom, League of Legends)
• Luka ‘Perkz’ Perkovic (G2 Esports, League of Legends)
• Oleksandr ‘S1mple’ Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, CSGO)
• Jay ‘Sinatraa’ Won (SF Shock, Overwatch)

Best Esports Team:​

• Astralis (CS:GO)
• G2 Esports (LOL)
• OG (DOTA2)
• San Francisco Shock (OWL)
• Team Liquid (CS:GO)

Biggest Esports Event:

• 2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals
• EVO 2019
• Fortnite World Cup
• IEM Katowice 2019
• League of Legends World Championship 2019
• The International 2019

Best Esports Coach:

• Eric ‘adreN’ Hoag (Team Liquid, CS:GO)
• Nu-ri ‘Cain’ Jang (Team Liquid, LOL)
• Fabian ‘GrabbZ’ Lohmann (G2 Esports, LOL)
• Kim ‘Kkoma’ Jeong-gyun (SK Telecom T1, LOL)
• Titouan ‘Sockshka’ Merloz (OG, DOTA2)
• Danny ‘Zonic’ Sørensen (Astralis, CSGO)

Best Esports Host:

• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
• Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Paul “Redeye” Chaloner
• Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
• Duan “Candice” Yu-Shuang

The Game Awards ceremony will take place on December 12, at 5:30 p.m. PT/ 8:30 p.m. ET (10:30 p.m. KST, December 12) and will be streamed live on Twitch, YouTube, Mixer, Facebook and some other media. Readers can participate in voting for The Game Awards 2019 here.