https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/09/...-preparing-for-gamings-biggest-gala/view-all/
Reveals:
- "[Kojima] is always there in some form."
- They have new games, but they won't be talking about them for the most part (especially the big surprises) before the show
- "Another thing you’ll see this year — yes, we have new game announcements, but we also have a lot of ongoing games. People keep playing games as services, and they’ll have updates around new content and features that may get revealed at the show. Maybe it’s not a new game announcement, but it’s something that will matter to a massive player base around the world. That’s new and evolving. Last year, with PUBG, we announced Miramar, their second map. We revealed that at the show. That was a big moment. I think you’ll see more of that kind of thing with a lot of different games this year."
- "Most of the major publishers will be sharing news on what they’re doing in the future."
- Geoff would like the show to debut more core oriented mobile games overtime, but is less enthused about showing off VR or AR games due to the limited target audience as of today [Edit: Since people seem confused, this isn't a statement about awards.]
- It's their biggest line-up ever as mentioned in the other thread
- Last year's show was seen by 18 million viewers
- This year's show will cost millions of dollars to produce
- Geoff plans the show for about 6 months, and spends his other 6 months (sans vacation) on E3
- Geoff has a core team of 5 people who work on the show, but the final production staff gets into the hundreds
- The cutoff date for games is mid-November or so, so Smash won't be eligible
- Battlefield will be eligible due to its early access thing
- Games from previous years can actually be nominated for Game of the Year, so for example, Fortnite could be nominated this year despite coming out this year
- Geoff is very curious to see how the awards evolve as a larger and larger percentage of games become ongoing games that are just updated over time
- Geoff notes it has been harder for multiplayer games to traditionally win the big awards, though though Overwatch might have signaled some change on that front
- Trending Gamer has been split into "Content Creator" (YouTube/Twitch/etc) and "Global Gaming Citizen" which is more about community figures and evangelizers.
- Geoff is not trying to be the Oscars or take down the Oscars or anything like that.
- Geoff likes the Games For Impact category as it highlights content a lot of people haven't heard about before and then found interesting when they looked it up.
[h=2]GAME OF THE YEAR[/h]
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
- Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
- Winner: God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
- Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
[h=2]BEST ONGOING GAME[/h]
- Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
- Winner: Fortnite (Epic Games)
- No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
- Overwatch (Blizzard)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
[h=2]BEST GAME DIRECTION[/h]
- A Way Out (Hazelight Studios / EA)
- Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)
- Winner: God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
[h=2]BEST NARRATIVE[/h]
- Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)
- God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
- Winner: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
[h=2]BEST ART DIRECTION[/h]
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
- God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
- Winner: Return of Obra Din (3909 LLC)
[h=2]BEST SCORE/MUSIC[/h]
- Celeste (Lena Raine)
- God of War (Bear McCreary)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (John Paesano)
- Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom (Joe Hisaishi)
- Octopath Traveler (Yasunori Nishiki)
- Winner: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Woody Jackson)
[h=2]BEST AUDIO DESIGN[/h]
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch Studios / Activision)
- Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
- God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
- Winner: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
[h=2]BEST PERFORMANCE[/h]
- Bryan Dechart as Connor, Detroit: Become Human
- Christopher Judge as Kratos, God of War
- Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- Winner: Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2
- Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man
[h=2]GAMES FOR IMPACT[/h]
- 11-11 Memories Retold (Digixart / Aardman Animations / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Winner: Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
- Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
- Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
- The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories (White Owls / Arc System Works)
[h=2]BEST INDEPENDENT GAME[/h]
- Winner: Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
- Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
- Into the Breach (Subset Games)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC)
- The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)
[h=2]BEST MOBILE[/h]
- Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
- Winner: Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- PUBG Mobile (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games)
- Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Developer Digital)
[h=2]BEST VR/AR GAME[/h]
- Winner: Astro Bot Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / SIE)
- Beat Saber (Beat Games)
- Firewall Zero Hour (First Contact Entertainment / SIE)
- Moss (Polyarc Games)
- Tetris Effect (Resonair / Enhance, Inc)
[h=2]BEST ACTION GAME[/h]
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)
- Winner: Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
- Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
- Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
- Mega Man 11 (Capcom)
[h=2]BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME[/h]
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
- Winner: God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal / Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix)
[h=2]BEST ROLE-PLAYING GAME[/h]
- Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix / Square Enix)
- Winner: Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
- Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom (Level 5 / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
- Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil)
[h=2]BEST FIGHTING[/h]
- BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc System Works)
- Winner: Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Soulcalibur 6 (Bandai Namco Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Street Fighter 5 Arcade (Dimps / Capcom)
[h=2]BEST FAMILY GAME[/h]
- Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
- Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Winner: Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games / Team 17)
- Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
- Super Mario Party (NDCube / Nintendo)
[h=2]BEST STRATEGY GAME[/h]
- Battletech (Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive)
- Frostpunk (11 bit studios)
- Winner: Into the Breach (Subset Games)
- The Banner Saga 3 (Stoic Studio / Versus Evil)
- Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Sega CS3 / Sega)
[h=2]BEST SPORTS/RACING[/h]
- FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)
- Winner: Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
- Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
- NBA 2K19 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (PES Productions / Konami)
[h=2]BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME[/h]
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)
- Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
- Winner: Fortnite (Epic Games)
- Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
- Sea of Thieves (Rare / Microsoft Studios)
[h=2]BEST STUDENT GAME[/h]
- Winner: Combat 2018 (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – Norway)
- Dash Quasar (UC Santa Cruz)
- JERA (Digipen Bilbao, Spain)
- LIFF (ISTART Digital – France)
- RE: Charge (MIT)
[h=2]BEST DEBUT INDIE GAME[/h]
- Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
- Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
- Moss (Polyarc Games)
- Winner: The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)
- Yoku’s Island Express (Villa Gorilla)
[h=2]BEST ESPORTS GAME[/h]
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Dota 2
- Fortnite
- League of Legends
- Winner: Overwatch
[h=2]BEST ESPORTS PLAYER[/h]
- Winner: Dominique “SonicFox” McLean (Echo Fox)
- Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi
- Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao (Royal Never Give Up)
- Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere)
- Sung-hyeon “JJoNak” Bang (New York Excelsior)
[h=2]BEST ESPORTS TEAM[/h]
- Astralis (CSGO)
- Winner: Cloud9 (LOL)
- Fnatic (LOL)
- London Spitfire (Overwatch)
- OG (Dota 2)
[h=2]BEST ESPORTS COACH[/h]
- Winner: Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu (Cloud9)
- Cristian “ppasarel” Bănăseanu (OG)
- Danny “zonic” Sørensen (Astralis)
- Dylan Falco (Fnatic)
- Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi (Team Vitality)
- Janko “YNk” Paunovic (MiBR)
[h=2]BEST ESPORTS EVENT[/h]
- ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
- Evo 2018
- Winner: League of Legends World Championship
- Overwatch League Grand Finals
- The International 2018
[h=2]BEST ESPORTS HOST[/h]
- Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
- Alex “Machine” Richardson
- Anders Blume
- Winner: Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
- Paul “RedEye” Chaloner
[h=2]BEST ESPORTS MOMENT[/h]
- Winner: C9 Comeback Win In Triple OT vs FAZE (ELEAGUE)
- KT vs IG Base Race (LOL Worlds)
- G2 Beating RNG (LOL Worlds)
- OG’s Massive Upset of LGD (DOTA 2 Finals)
- SonicFox Side Switch Against Go1 in DBZ (EVO)
[h=2]CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR[/h]
- Dr. Lupo
- Myth
- Winner: Ninja
- Pokimane
- Willyrex
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