The Game Awards 2019 Predictions

[CordeliaParticipant Joined: Jul 15th, 2018 Topics: 16 Posts: 644 View Predictions]

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Going to bold my predictions and italicise my personal choices

Tyler The Awesome Guy wrote:

NOMINATIONS

Game of the Year
Control
Death Stranding
The Outer Worlds
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (late release 2019 eligibility)

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
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Art Direction
Control
Death Stranding
Gris
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Audio Design
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Control
Death Stranding
Gears 5
Resident Evil 2

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
Soleil “Ewok” Wheeler
David “Grefg” Martinez
Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek

Esports Coach
Eric “Adren” Hoag
Nu-Ri “Cain” Jang
Fabian “Grabbz” Lohmann
Kim “Kkoma” Jeong-Gyun
Titouan “Sockshka” Merloz
Danny “Zonic” Sorensen

Esports Event
2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals
Evo 2019
Fortnite World Cup
Iem Katowice 2019
The International 2019
League of Legends World Championship 2019

Esports Game of the Year
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Dota2
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 “Bucha” Giersdorf
Lee “Faker” Sang-Hyeok
Luka “Perkz” Perkovic
Olekandr “S1mple” Kostyliev
Jay “Sinatraa” Won
(would it have killed them to put a FGC player in?)

Esports Team
Astralis
G2 Esports
OG
San Francisco Shock
Team Liquid

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 Showdown
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Fresh Indie Game
Za/Um for Disco Elysium
Nomada Studio for Gris
Deadtoast Entertainment for My Friend Pedro
Mobius Digital for Outer Wilds
Mega Crit for Slay the Spire
House House for Untitled Goose Game

Game Direction
Control
Death Stranding
Outer Wilds
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Games for Change
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
Borderlands 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Tetris 99
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2

Narrative
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Control
Death Stranding (It’s not as well-written as Disco Elysium, but damn it I love this humanity-affirming horror post-apocalypse premise)
Disco Elysium
The Outer Worlds

Ongoing Game
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Performance
Laura Bailey – Gears 5
Ashly Burch – The Outer Worlds
Courtney Hope – Control
Mads Mikkelsen – Death Stranding
Matthew Porretta – Control
Norman Reedus – Death Stranding

(Lea Seydoux, Troy Baker, and Lindsay Wagner also deliver really fun performances in Death Stranding. I think Norman Reedus is the best performance though, as a deeply traumatised and alienated take on the video game protagonist archetype)

Role-Playing Game
Disco Elysium
Final Fantasy XIV
Kingdom Hearts III
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
The Outer Worlds

Score & Music
Cadence of Hyrule
Death Stranding
Devil May Cry 5
Kingdom Hearts III
Sayonara Wild Hearts

Sports/Racing Game
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
DiRT Rally 2.0
F1 2019
FIFA 20
Pro Evolution Soccer 2020

Strategy Game
Ace 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

For Your Consideration:

Best Picture: Weathering With You, Parasite, The Lighthouse
Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe - The Lighthouse
Best Animated Feature: Weathering With You, Promare
Best International Film: Weathering With You, Parasite

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[John BerchmansParticipant Joined: Jan 22nd, 2018 Topics: 2 Posts: 782 View Predictions]

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No one responded to my Luigi’s Mansion 3 post. Oh well.

I’m guessing that we’ll get 2 Nintendo nominees this year for GOTY, since they pretty much carried 2019 on their shoulders with their late-year lineup. My predictions are Super Smash Bros Ultimate, which is still super relevant thanks to DLC and will probably get another character reveal at the ceremony, and Super Mario Maker 2, since the first Mario Maker was nominated and there’s been a Mario nominee every 2 years since 2013.

For Your Consideration:

Best Picture: Parasite, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Ford v Ferrari
Best Director: Bong-Joon Ho, Taika Waititi, Todd Phillips
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert Pattinson, Roman Griffin Davis, Christian Bale
Best Actress: Lupita Nyong'o
Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe, Song Kang-Ho, Sam Rockwell, Al Pacino
Best Supporting Actress: Thomasin McKensie, Cho Yeo-Jeong
Best Adapted Screenplay: Jojo Rabbit, Joker
Best Original Screenplay: Parasite, Ford v Ferrari

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[John BerchmansParticipant Joined: Jan 22nd, 2018 Topics: 2 Posts: 782 View Predictions]

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<p style=”text-align: left;”>That awkward moment when you realize the nominees were announced already and you didn’t know. But seriously, no Mario Maker 2 for GOTY? I’m pretty shocked tbh. At least Smash Ultimate made it in.</p>
Tbh this year’s lineup of games was so underwhelming that I’m not really rooting for any of these games except for Smash Ultimate and Kingdom Hearts 3 for score/RPG.

For Your Consideration:

Best Picture: Parasite, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Ford v Ferrari
Best Director: Bong-Joon Ho, Taika Waititi, Todd Phillips
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert Pattinson, Roman Griffin Davis, Christian Bale
Best Actress: Lupita Nyong'o
Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe, Song Kang-Ho, Sam Rockwell, Al Pacino
Best Supporting Actress: Thomasin McKensie, Cho Yeo-Jeong
Best Adapted Screenplay: Jojo Rabbit, Joker
Best Original Screenplay: Parasite, Ford v Ferrari

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