The Game Awards are almost here, and you know what that means! Watching dozens of commercials and meandering interviews with developers until we get to the good stuff at the end: game reveals for the following year. There have been teases here and there, with Microsoft seemingly having something big to reveal at the show, and Persona 5: Strikers presumably would have been another announcement dropped during the ceremony, had it not leaked beforehand. We'll even get to see the former Nintendo of America President, as Reggie Fils-Aime will be one of the many presenters for The Game Awards.

But before the festivities kick off, why don't we play a guessing game? There are a whopping 30 categories full of nominees, ranging from best eSports host, to the glorious game of the year. We've narrowed down the topic list to 10 categories, as follows.

• Game of the Year (DOOM Eternal, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, Hades, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, The Last of Us Part II)
• Best Narrative (13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, Hades, The Last of Us Part II)
• Best Score and Music (DOOM Eternal, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Hades, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, The Last of Us Part II)
• Best Performance (Ashley Johnson/Ellie/TLOU2, Laura Bailey/Abby/TLOU2, Daisuke Tsuji/Jin Sakai/Ghost of Tsushima, Logan Cunningham/Hades, Nadi Jeter/Miles Morales)
• Best Indie (Carrion, Fall Guys, Hades, Spelunky 2, Spiritfarer)
• Best Role Playing (Final Fantasy VII Remake, Genshin Impact, Persona 5 Royale, Wasteland 3, Yakuza: Like a Dragon)
• Games for Impact (If Found, Kentucky Route Zero, Spiritfarer, Tell Me Why, Through the Darkest of Times)
• Best Action (DOOM Eternal, Hades, Half-Life Alyx, Nioh 2, Streets of Rage 4)
• Best Action/Adventure (Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, Ghost of Tsushima, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, The Last of Us Part II)
• Best Multiplayer (Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Among Us, Call of Duty: Warzone, Fall Guys, Valdrant)

You can see all of the nominees at the official Game Awards website. The goal of this contest is to see who can guess as many winners as possible, before the official results come in! The first commenter in the thread that manages the feat of perfectly guessing the ten winners in each category above (or if no one gets a clean sweep, the first to get as close as humanly possible) above will get a nice reward: 202 XP! Obviously, the contest will end once TGA kick off, on December 10th.

The Game Awards Nominees

 

[LightBeam]

I can't see TLOU2 win, it'll be either Hades or Ghost of Tsushima imo

 

[SuperDan]

You know what after playing the 1st 3 hours of Cyberpunk 2077 just now i think this might win GOTY ..its pretty amazing and looks very very Sharpe in 4k on my PC ...

 

[Alexander1970]

• Game of the Year Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Best Narrative Final Fantasy VII Remake
• Best Score and Music Final Fantasy VII Remake
• Best Performance No Idea...
  
• Best Indie Spelunky 2
• Best Role Playing Final Fantasy VII Remake
• Games for Impact No Idea..
  
• Best Action Half-Life Alyx
• Best Action/Adventure Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
• Best Multiplayer Animal Crossing: New Horizons

What´s with Cyberpunk 2077 ?

 

[ut2k4master]

What´s with Cyberpunk 2077 ?

came out too late, has a chance next year

 

[1B51004]

Remember no matter what games win any award, we should handle this like true gamers would.

'gg no re'

 

[Joe88]

I think if acnh was released as an actual complete game it would have a chance for goty, "free content updates" which were just holiday updates or old features from new leaf that should have been in the game to begin with.

 

[shaunj66]

I haven't played many of the nominated games but TLOU2 and Alyx were both my personal games of the year.

However, I'm not really interested in the awards,I'm just hoping for some new game announcements.

 

[1B51004]

My personal nomination for GOTY would be Netflix for the Wii. Hands down my favorite game.
In all seriousness, I heard Hades is really good. If it gets GOTY, it might be enough for me to buy it.

 

[banjo2]

Probably not

PAY UP BUDDY

 

[1B51004]

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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooo... wait a minute
when is the game awards again?

 

[newo]

choosing between animal crossing and TLOU2 is a lol. crazy year.

 

[Teletron1]

GOTY - Animal Crossing amazing how many copies sold

Best Narrative - The Last of Us 2
Best Score/Music Final Fantasy Remake
Best Performance - Ellie.
Best Indie - Hades
Best Action - Doom
Best Action/Adventure- Tsushima
Best RPG - Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Best Multiplayer- Call of Duty: Warzone

smash bro Crash

 

[Payne]

Late to this but whatever

GOTY: TLOU2
Narrative: TLOU2
Music: FFVII RE
Performance: Abby
Indie: Hades
RPG: P5R
Action: DOOM Eternal
Adventure: GOT
Multiplayer: Among Us

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

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God damn it

 

[MikaDubbz]

Probably not

https://gbatemp.net/threads/nintend...-character-at-the-game-awards-tonight.578675/

Heh

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You know what after playing the 1st 3 hours of Cyberpunk 2077 just now i think this might win GOTY ..its pretty amazing and looks very very Sharpe in 4k on my PC ...

Too late for that game to be considered this year. It's got a whole year before it can win any such awards now.

 

[SuperDan]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/nintend...-character-at-the-game-awards-tonight.578675/

Heh

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Too late for that game to be considered this year. It's got a whole year before it can win any such awards now.

AH fair enough .. still so far its looks awesome ..... i still think Ghost of T or The Last Of Us 2 .... its a shame Morroblivion aint up there some where tbut this years version was really nice .... i guess mod games don't count ...

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/nintend...-character-at-the-game-awards-tonight.578675/

Heh

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Too late for that game to be considered this year. It's got a whole year before it can win any such awards now.

I am never going to hear the end of this

 

[MikaDubbz]

I am never going to hear the end of this

Nah, I need someone like you around me all the time, telling me that every desire I have for things to happen are unlikely, so then the jinx god can swoop in and ensure my desires actually do happen because you said otherwise.

 

[Hells Malice]

• Game of the Year Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Best Narrative - Final Fantasy VII Remake
• Best Score and Music - Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• Best Performance - Nadi Jeter/Miles Morales)
• Best Indie - Hades
• Best Role Playing - Genshin Impact
• Games for Impact - Spiritfarer
• Best Action - DOOM Eternal
• Best Action/Adventure - The Last of Us Part II
• Best Multiplayer - Among Us

Guesses made purely based on hype, popularity and other bullshit that doesn't matter to anybody but does for award shows and getting views.
The GOTY nominees alone are mediocre. Only one or two deserve to even be listed.

 

[ChronoTrig]

I called it with Impact being Tell Me Why cause it's a pretty good story but it's also on spot with the whole transgender woke statement which you're either for it or if you're not for it then you're a terrible person (is how it's looked at).