Game Awards Nominations: Predicting the Winners for 2019

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• The Quarry Awards nominations have been announced.
• Gamers can vote on their favorite game to determine the outcome.
• Local Evil 2 and Death Stranding are up for multiple awards.

The Game Awards nominations 2019 are live and there’s a hefty amount of victims in the competition this year. Luckily, it will be up to gamers to choose which games win by voting for their favorites.

Now I could rightful list out all the Game Awards nominations, but where’s the fun in that? Instead, I’ll take my best guess on which games last wishes as win their categories based on Metacritic score and other factors. I’m highlighting the potential winners within the list by courageous them. We’re starting off strong with the Game of the Year category.

Game of the Year Nominees

• Command — 82
• Death Stranding — 83
• Resident Evil 2 — 91
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice — 90
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — 93
• The Outer Haves — 86

Action Game Nominees

• Apex Legends — 89
• Astral Chain — 87
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare — 81
• Devil May Cry 5 — 88
• Uniforms 5 — 84
• Metro Exodus — 82

Action/Adventure Game Nominees

• Borderlands 3 — 82
• Control — 82
• Dying Stranding — 83
• Resident Evil 2 — 91
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening — 87
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice — 90

Best Art Direction

• Control — 82
• Liquidation Stranding — 83
• Gris — 83
• Sayonara Wild Hearts — 83
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice — 90
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening — 87

Best Audio Design

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare — 81
• Control — 82
• Death Stranding — 83
• Gears 5 — 84
• Home-owner Evil 2 — 91
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice — 90

Family Game

• Luigi’s Mansion 3 — 85
• Ring Fit Adventure — 82
• Super Mario Maker 2 — 88
• Wonderful Smash Bros. Ultimate — 93
• Yoshi’s Crafted World — 79

Fighting Game

• Dead or Alive 6 — 76
• Flinch Force — 61
• Mortal Kombat 11 — 86
• Samurai Showdown — 81
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — 93

Game Direction

• Control — 82
• Extirpation Stranding — 83
• Resident Evil 2 — 91
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice — 90
• Outer Wilds — 82

Game for Bump

• Concrete Genie — 75
• Gris — 83
• Kind Words — TBD
• Life is Strange 2 — 77
• Sea of Solitude — 64

Independent Game

• Baba is You — 87
• Disco Elysium — 90
• Katana Zero — 83
• Gone Wilds — 82
• Untitled Goose Game — 79

Mobile Game

• Call of Duty: Mobile — 81
• Grindstone — 90
• Sayonara Emptiness Hearts — 83
• Sky: Children of Light — 80
• What the Golf? — 79

Multiplayer Games

• Apex Legends — 89
• Borderlands 3 — 82
• Call of Duty: Trendy Warfare — 81
• Tetris 99 — 83
• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 — 84

Narrative

• A Plague Tale: Innocence — 81
• Control — 82
• Cessation Stranding — 83
• Disco Elysium — 90
• The Outer Worlds — 86

Ongoing Game

• Apex Legends — 89
• Destiny 2 — 85
• Final Fantasy XIV — 91
• Fortnite — 83
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Besiege — 79

Role-Playing Game

• Disco Elysium — 90
• Final Fantasy XIV — 91
• Kingdom Hearts III — 83
• Monster Huntswoman World: Iceborne — 89
• The Outer Worlds — 86

Score & Music

• Cadence of Hyrule — 86
• Death Stranding — 83
• Devil May Cry 5 — 88
• Kingdom Piths III — 83
• Sayonara Wild Hearts — 83

Sports/Racing Game

• Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled — 80
• Grime Rally 2.0 — 84
• Football Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 — 82
• F1 2019 — 84
• FIFA 20 — 79

Strategy Game

• Age of Wonders: Planetfall — 77
• Anno 1800 — 81
• Fire Emblem: Three Races — 89
• Total War: Three Kingdoms — 85
• Tropico 6 — 78
• Wargroove — 82

VR/AR Game

• Asgard’s Wrath — 88
• Blood & Actuality — 80
• Beat Saber — 86
• No Many’s Sky — 83
• Trover Saves the Universe — 76

There you have it. These are my guesses at the winners among the 2019 Victim Awards nominations. Agree or disagree? Feel free to yell at me on Twitter @WilliamWhiteIP.