Sono stati annunciati i giochi che concorreranno per i Game Awards 2014. L’evento si terrà a Las Vegas nell’AXIS Theater sito in Planet Hollywood , il 5 dicembre 2014. Le premiazioni saranno trasmette in diretta tramite PSN, Xbox Live, Wii U, Steam, Twitch, YouTube, Kotaku, IGN, GameSpot, Kotaku, Niconico e MLG. La maggior parte dei vincitori saranno scelti da una giuria composta da 28 persone appartenenti al mondo videoludico, mentre cinque categorie saranno premiate dai fan.
Ecco l’elenco delle categorie e dei giochi candidati alla vittoria finale:
Game of the Year
Bayonetta 2
Dark Souls II
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Hearthstone
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Developer of the Year
Blizzard
Monolith Productions
Nintendo
Telltale Games
Ubisoft Montreal
Best Independent Game
Broken Age: Act 1
Monument Valley
Shovel Knight
Transistor
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Best Mobile/Handheld Game
Bravely Default
Hearthstone
Monument Valley
Super Smash Bros. 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