The Game Awards 2019 Predictions

[CordeliaParticipant Joined: Jul 15th, 2018 Topics: 19 Posts: 728 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: Parasite
Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe - The Lighthouse
Best Animated Feature: Weathering With You, Promare
Best International Film: Parasite

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[John BerchmansParticipant Joined: Jan 22nd, 2018 Topics: 2 Posts: 1225 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
Best Director: Bong-Joon Ho,
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix
Best Actress: Scarlett Johansson
Supporting Actor: Al Pacino
Supporting Actress: Laura Dern
Adapted Screenplay: Jojo Rabbit
Original Screenplay: Parasite

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[John BerchmansParticipant Joined: Jan 22nd, 2018 Topics: 2 Posts: 1225 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
Best Director: Bong-Joon Ho,
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix
Best Actress: Scarlett Johansson
Supporting Actor: Al Pacino
Supporting Actress: Laura Dern
Adapted Screenplay: Jojo Rabbit
Original Screenplay: Parasite

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[John BerchmansParticipant Joined: Jan 22nd, 2018 Topics: 2 Posts: 1225 View Predictions]

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Well that was one of the most random series of awards I’ve ever seen. There was no rhyme or reason to anything that was given tonight. The GOTY only won 1 other award, Death Stranding won Game Direction but not GOTY, Fresh Indie Game is an award that exists for no real reason at all and it was presented over Best Indie Game, Apex wins Best Multiplayer but not ongoing, Ultimate is nominated for GOTY but doesn’t win Family game, fan favorite Resi 2 is shut out entirely, and the most wins went to a game that wasn’t even nominated for GOTY and that literally no one had ever heard of or cared about. It was like they threw a bunch of darts at a dartboard to see who won. I feel sorry for anyone who tried to predict this.

The non-awards stuff was cool though. Lots of game announcements, including a huge one with the new Xbox reveal (though I have no idea what Microsoft is doing with that thing). That’s a big deal to have a console reveal in your show. Lots of new IP’s as well, even if the fantasy themes did get a little samey. Great music and cameos as well. The orchestra continue to be the unsung heroes of this show, and Vin Diesel + Michelle Rodriguez really caught me off guard. No Smash DLC announcement was a bummer, but maybe we all gave our hopes up too much for that. Overall I’m glad that they leaned less into the baffling awards side of things and more into the announcements and theatrics. Game Awards knows what we like more, and they seem to be shifting their focus appropriately.

For Your Consideration

Best Picture: Parasite
Best Director: Bong-Joon Ho,
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix
Best Actress: Scarlett Johansson
Supporting Actor: Al Pacino
Supporting Actress: Laura Dern
Adapted Screenplay: Jojo Rabbit
Original Screenplay: Parasite

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[RichardAnistonParticipant Joined: May 23rd, 2013 Topics: 51 Posts: 1165 View Predictions]

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Wow. Didn’t expect Sekiro to win. I thought the difficulty would have turned many of the voters off. But glad it won. One of my favorite games of the year.

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