Penghargaan akan sebuah karya di ranah video game memang menjadi penyemangat tersendiri bagi para developer untuk mencoba menghadirkan yang terbaik. Berbagai ajang penghargaan digelar setiap tahunnya dengan memunculkan judul-judul populer sebagai pemenang.

Di penghujung tahun 2014, gamer akan kembali disuguhnya sebuah ajang penghargaan lainnya yang bernama The Game Awards 2014. Sekilas mengenai The Game Awards, event ini rencananya digelar pada 5 Desember 2014 mendatang di Las Vegas, dan bisa disaksikan secara langsung secara streaming.

Penggagasnya adalah Geoff Keighley, host dari Spike VGX. Beberapa perusahaan besar seperti Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Ubisoft, EA, Warner Bros, Valve, Rockstar, dan Hideo Kojima telah sepakat untuk memberi dukungan terhadap The Game Awards.

Mendekati tanggal yang ditentukan, The Game Awards 2014 pun telah mengungkap game-game mana saja yang masuk dalam nominasi. Berikut adalah daftar lengkapnya:

Best Shooter

• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer/Activision
• Destiny – Bungie/Activision
• Far Cry 4 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
• Titanfall – Respawn/EA
• Wolfenstein: The New Order – MachineGames/Bethesda

Best Action/Adventure

• Alien: Isolation – Creative Assembly/Sega
• Assassin’s Creed Unity – Ubisoft
• Bayonetta 2 – Platinum Games/Nintendo
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros.
• Sunset Overdrive – Insomniac/Microsoft

Best Role Playing Game

• Bravely Default – Square Enix
• Dark Souls II – From Software/Bandai Namco
• Divinity: Original Sin – Larian Studios
• Dragon Age: Inquisition – Bioware/EA
• South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft

Best Fighting Game

• Killer Instinct: Season Two – Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft
• Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – Arc System Works/Atlus
• Super Smash Bros. 3DS – Nintendo
• Super Smash Bros. Wii U – Nintendo
• Ultimate Street Fighter IV – Capcom

Best Family Game

• Disney Infinity 2.0 – Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive Studios
• Fantasia: Music Evolved – Harmonix/Disney Interactive Studios
• Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
• Skylanders: Trap Team – Toys for Bob/Activision
• Tomodachi Life – Nintendo

Best Sports/Racing Game

• FIFA 15 – EA Canada/EA Sports
• Forza Horizon 2 – Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft
• Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
• NBA 2K15 – Visual Concepts/2K Sports
• Trials Fusion – RedLynx/Ubisoft

Best Online Experience

• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
• Dark Souls II – From Software/Bandai Namco
• Destiny – Bungie/Activision
• Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
• Titanfall – Respawn/EA

Best Mobile/Handheld

• Bravely Default – Square Enix
• Monument Valley – Ustwo
• Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
• Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – Nintendo
• Threes – Asher Vollmer, illustrator Greg Wohlwend, and composer Jimmy Hinson

Best Remaster

• Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar Games
• Halo: The Master Chief Collection – 343 Industries/Microsoft
• Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire – Game Freak/Nintendo
• The Last of Us – Naughty Dog/Sony
• Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix

Best Narrative

• South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
• The Walking Dead Season 2 – Telltale Games
• The Wolf Among Us – Telltale Games
• Valiant Hearts – Ubisoft
• Wolfenstein: The New Order – Machine Games/Bethesda

Best Score/Soundtrack

• Alien: Isolation – Joe Henson and Alexis Smith, The Creative Assembly/Sega
• Child of Light – Coeur de pirate, Ubisoft Montreal
• Destiny – Marty O’Donnell, Bungie/Activision
• Sunset Overdrive – Boris Salchow, Insomniac Games/Microsoft
• Transistor – Darren Korb, Supergiant Games

Best Independent Game

• Broken Age Part 1 – Double Fine
• Monument Valley – Ustwo
• Shovel Knight – Cellar Door
• Transistor – Supergiant Games
• The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – The Astronauts

Games for Change

• Mountain – David O’Reilly/Double Fine Presents
• Never Alone – Upper One Games
• The Last of Us: Left Behind – Naughty Dog/Sony
• This War of Mine – 11bit Studios
• Valiant Hearts: The Great War – Ubisoft

eSports Player of the Year

• Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson – League of Legends
• Xu “Fy” Linsen – Dota 2
• James “Firebat” Kostesich – Hearthstone
• Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund – Counter-Strike: GO
• Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag – Call of Duty

eSports Team of the Year

• Samsung White – League of Legends
• Evil Geniuses – Dota 2
• Edward Gaming – League of Legends
• Newbee – Dota 2
• Ninjas in Pajamas – Counter-Strike: GO

Trending Gamer

• Evan “Vanoss” Fong
• Jeff Gerstmann
• PewDiePie
• StampyLongHead
• TotalBiscuit

Best Fan Creation

• BEST Zelda Rap EVER!! By Egoraptor
• Luigi Death Stare by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr
• Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song) by Tobuscus
• Minecraft – TITAN City by Colonial Puppet
• Twitch Plays Pokemon by Anonymous

Developer of the Year

• Blizzard
• Monolith
• Nintendo
• Telltale Games
• Ubisoft Montreal

Best Performance

• Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf, The Wolf Among Us – Telltale Games
• Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
• Melissa Hutchison as Clementine, The Walking Dead: Season Two – Telltale Games
• Trey Parker as Various Voices, South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
• Troy Baker as Talion, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros.

Most Anticipated Game – (To be voted on by fans)

• Batman: Arkham Knight – Rocksteady/Warner Bros.
• Bloodborne – FROM Software/Sony
• Evolve – Turtle Rock/2K Games
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – CD Projekt
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog/Sony

Game of the Year

• Bayonetta 2 – Platinum Games/Nintendo
• Dark Souls 2 – FROM Software/Bandai Namco
• Dragon Age: Inquisition – BioWare/EA
• Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros.

Bagaimana dengan Anda sendiri? Dari begitu banyak list di atas, ada game yang paling Anda jagokan?