Forget the VGAs and last year's VGX. The Game Awards is a new event to honor the year's best games and developers. Today, producer Geoff Keighley announced the nominees for the inaugural year.

Today in an informal Twitch announcement, Keighley shared the nomination process involving 28 publications (of which Game Informer is one) from the United States, Canada, Japan, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and more. This year's event, which is not affiliated with the programming of past years produced by Viacom, includes a number of new categories. Here are the nominees:

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 - Christian Henson, 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 - (To be voted on by fans)

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 - (To be voted on by fans)

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 - (To be voted on by fans)

Evan “Vanoss” Fong

Jeff Gerstmann

PewDiePie

StampyLongHead

TotalBiscuit

Best Fan Creation - (To be voted on by fans)

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.

The Video Game Awards will be held on December 5 at 6 p.m. Pacific / 9 p.m. Eastern. You can read more details about viewing or attending here.