The 2018 Game Award nominations were announced today.

With 8 nominations each including Game of the Year, Red Dead Redemption II and God of War appear to be the games to beat, with Marvel's Spider-Man not far behind with 7 nominations.

Up against the big studio forerunners is Celeste by Matt Makes Games, the creators behind TowerFall. The indie games developer brought in 4 nominations including Game of the Year, Best Score/Music, Games for Impact, and Best Independent Game.

You can cast your vote on the Game Awards website, Discord, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Twitter DM, and Facebook messenger. Winners will be announced live on December 6th, 2018!

GAME OF THE YEAR: Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft) Celeste (Matt Makes Games) God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE) Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE) Monster Hunter: World (Capcom) Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) BEST ONGOING GAME Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision) Fortnite (Epic Games) No Man's Sky (Hello Games) Overwatch (Blizzard) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft) BEST GAME DIRECTION A Way Out (Hazelight Studios / EA) Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE) God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE) Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE) Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) BEST NARRATIVE 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) Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) BEST ART DIRECTION 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) Return of Obra Din (3909 LLC) BEST SCORE/MUSIC Celeste (Lena Raine) God of War (Bear McCreary) Marvel's Spider-Man (John Paesano) Ni No Kuni II (Joe Hisaishi) Octopath Traveler (Yasunori Nishiki) Red Dead Redemption 2 (Woody Jackson) BEST AUDIO DESIGN 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) Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) BEST PERFORMANCE Bryan Dechart as Connor, Detroit: Become Human Christopher Judge as Kratos, God of War Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra, Assassin's Creed Odyssey Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2 Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel's Spider-Man GAMES FOR IMPACT 11-11 Memories Retold (Digixart / Aardman Animations / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment) 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) BEST INDEPENDENT GAME Celeste (Matt Makes Games) Dead Cells (Motion Twin) Into the Breach (Subset Games) Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC) The Messenger (Sabotage Studio) BEST MOBILE Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive) Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive) Fortnite (Epic Games) PUBG MOBILE (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games) Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Developer Digital) BEST VR/AR Game 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) BEST ACTION GAME Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision) Dead Cells (Motion Twin) Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision) Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft) Mega Man 11 (Capcom) BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft) 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) BEST ROLE PLAYING GAME Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix / Square Enix) Monster Hunter: World (Capcom) Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Level 5 / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment) Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo) Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil) BEST FIGHTING BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc System Works) Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment) Soul Calibur VI (Bandai Namco Studios / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment) Street Fighter V Arcade (Dimps / Capcom) BEST FAMILY GAME Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo) Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo) Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games / Team 17) Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft) Super Mario Party (NDCube / Nintendo) BEST STRATEGY GAME BATTLETECH (Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive Frostpunk (11 bit studios) Into the Breach (Subset Games) The Banner Saga 3 (Stoic Studio / Versus Evil) Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Sega CS3 / Sega) BEST SPORTS/RACING FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports) 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) BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision) Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision) Fortnite (Epic Games) Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)