The Game Awards are upon us yet again. On December 12, 2019, Geoff Keighley and company plan to inundate us with a night of awards for the best games of 2019, as well as a slew of fresh video game reveals. While the reveals are still up in the air, The Game Awards nominees have been revealed. Fans can make their voices heard and lock in their votes for their favorite nominees, the winners of which will be announced at the big event on December 12, 2019. Need to know how to vote? We’ve got you covered. Here’s how to get your ballot in, along with a list of all of the nominees revealed in each category.
How to vote for The Game Awards 2019 nominees
In order to vote for any of your favorite nominees in any Game Awards category, you will need to be able to sign in on The Game Awards website. You can do this by clicking on the Sign In button in the top-right corner of the hub or by clicking the bars beneath any of your desired nominees.
With a simple sign in, you can get on your way to voting in every Game Awards 2019 you want.
From there, you will need to sign in either through your Twitter or Facebook account to be able to access the voting system. After you are signed in, you can return to any of the nominees in order to cast your votes across all categories. Simply click the Vote Now bar underneath any nominees in order to cast your vote. One-click and you’re done. It would appear that you only get one vote per category per social media log-in. However, you can also vote via your Google account by simply heading to the Google form, clicking on the category you want and filling in the game you like.
The Game Awards 2019 nominees
The following are the categories for each award at The Game Awards alongside the nominees that are listed. Each category and nominee is listed in alphabetical order (Minus Game of the Year at the top).
Game of the Year
Control
Death Stranding
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
The Outer Worlds
Action Game
Apex Legends
Astral Chain
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Devil May Cry 5
Gears 5
Metro Exodus
Action/Adventure Game
Borderlands 3
Control
Death Stranding
Resident Evil 2
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Art Direction
Control
Death Stranding
Gris
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Audio Design
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Control
Death Stranding
Gears 5
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Community Support
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Content Creator of the Year
Jack “CouRage” Dunlop
Benjamin “Dr. Lupo” Lupo
Soleil “EwOk” Wheeler
David “Grefg” Martinez
Michael “shroud” Grzesziek
Esports Coach
Eric "adreN" Hoag (Team Liquid - CS:GO)
Jang "Cain" Nu-ri (Team Liquid - LoL)
Fabian "GrabbZ" Lohmann (G2 Esports - LoL)
Kim "kkOma" Jeong-gyun (SK Telecom T1 - LoL)
Titouan "Sockshka" Merloz (OG - DOTA 2)
Danny “Zonic” Sorensen (Astralis - CS:GO)
Esports Event
2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals
Evo 2019
Fortnite World Cup
IEM Katowice 2019
League of Legends Worlds Championship 2019
DOTA 2: The International 2019
Esports Game of the Year
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
DOTA 2
Fortnite
League of Legends
Overwatch
Esports Host
Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
Alex “Machine” Richardson
Paul "Redeye" Chaloner
Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez
Duan "Candice" Yu-Shuang
Esports Player
Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf (Sentinels - Fortnite)
Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (SK Telecom T1 - LoL)
Luka "Perkz" Perković (G2 Esports - LoL)
Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev (Natus Vincere - CSGO)
Jay "sinatraa" Won (San Francisco Shock - Overwatch)
Esports Team
Astralis - CS:GO
G2 Esports - LoL
OG - DOTA 2
San Francisco Shock - Overwatch League
Team Liquid - CS:GO
Family Game
Luigi’s Mansion 3
Ring Fit Adventure
Super Mario Maker 2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Yoshi’s Crafted World
Fighting Game
Dead or Alive 6
Jump Force
Mortal Kombat 11
Samurai Shodown
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Fresh Indie Game Studio
Za / Um (Disco Elysium)
Nomada Studio (Gris)
Deadtoast Entertainment (My Friend Pedro)
Mobius Digital (Outer Wilds)
Mega Crit (Slay the Spire)
House House (Untitled Goose Game)
Game Direction
Control
Death Stranding
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Outer Wilds
Games for Impact
Concrete Genie
Gris
Kind Words
Life is Strange 2
Sea of Solitude
Independent Game
Baba Is You
Disco Elysium
Katana Zero
Outer Wilds
Untitled Goose Game
Mobile Game
Call of Duty: Mobile
Grindstone
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sky: Children of Light
What the Golf?
Multiplayer Game
Apex Legends
Borderland 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Tetris 99
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
Narrative
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Control
Death Stranding
Disco Elysium
The Outer Worlds
Ongoing Game
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
Performance
Ashly Burch (Parvati Holcomb - The Outer Worlds)
Courtney Hope (Jesse Faden - Control)
Laura Bailey (Kait Diaz - Gears 5)
Mads Mikkelsen (Cliff - Death Stranding)
Matthew Porretta (Dr. Casper Darling - Control)
Norman Reedus (Sam Porter Bridges - Death Stranding)
Role-Playing Game
Disco Elysium
Final Fantasy XIV
Kingdom Hearts 3
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
The Outer Worlds
Score & Music
Cadence of Hyrule
Death Stranding
Devil May Cry 5
Kingdom Hearts 3
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sports/Racing Game
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
Dirt Rally 2.0
eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020
F1 2019
FIFA 20
Strategy Game
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Anno: 1800
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Total War: Three Kingdoms
Tropico 6
Wargroove
VR/AR Game
Asgard’s Wrath
Blood & Truth
Beat Saber
No Man’s Sky
Trover Saves the Universe
The Game Awards 2019 is coming on December 12, so be sure to get your votes in before then. You can also check out the winners from the 2018 Game Awards.