The yearly games awards show The Golden Joystick Awards is just around the corner. Held on November 17, in London's Bloomsbury Big Top, it celebrates the best games from the past year in an array of categories, voted for by the public. That means you can have your say on what games should win from the nominations, and in return, you'll get a free ebook. Here's the nominations.

Best Storytelling

Horizon: Zero Dawn

NieR: Automata

Night in the Woods

Persona 5

Prey

Pyre

Tacoma

Torment: Tides of Numenera

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

What Remains of Edith Finch

Best Visual Design

Cuphead

Dishonored 2

Final Fantasy XV

GNOG

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Little Nightmares

Monument Valley 2

Night in the Woods

Persona 5

Pyre

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Best Audio

Destiny 2

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Little Nightmares

Persona 5

Project Cars 2

Pyre

RiME

Sniper Elite 4

Tacoma

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Best Gaming Performance

Ashly Burch (Aloy, Horizon: Zero Dawn)

Brain Bloom (B. J. Blazkowicz, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus)

Claudia Black (Chloe Frazer, Uncharted)

Fryda Wolff (Ryder, Mass Effect Andromeda)

Jack Brand (Jack Baker, Resident Evil 7)

Kylie Brown (Rachel Amber, Life is Strange: Before the Storm)

Melina Juergens (Senua, Hellblade: Senua's Sarifice)

Nathan Fillion (Cayde-6, Destiny 2)

Best Indie Game

Dream Daddy

Everything

Friday the 13: The Game

Night in the Woods

Pyre

Slime Rancher

Stories Untold

Tacoma

Thimbleweed Park

What Remains of Edith Finch

Best Multiplayer Game

Absolver

Battlefield 1

Destiny 2

FIFA 18

Friday the 13th: The Game

Injustice 2

LawBreakers

Nidhogg 2

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

Pro Evolution Soccer 2018

Splatoon 2

Studio of the Year

Arkane Studios

Boss Key Productions

Creative Assembly

Guerrilla Games

Machine Games

NetherRealm

Ninja Theory

Nintendo EPD

PUBG Corporation

Platinum

Rebellion

Best VR Game

Dead Effect 2 VR

Farpoint

GNOG

Resident Evil 7

Rez Infinite

Robo Recall

Superhot VR

Star Trek: Bridge Crew

Statik

Thumper

Wilson's Heart

eSports Play of the Year

Agilities' five-man Dragonblade at Overwatch Contenders

Autimatic and Skadoodle win 2 vs. 4 with pistols

PraY's Ashe skillshot at Worlds 2016

Team Liquid win the first ever 3-0 grand final victory at The International

Tokido's incredible parry at Evo 2017

eSports Team of the Year

Astralis

Lunatic-Hai

Optic Gaming

SK Telecom T1

Team EnVyUS

Team liquid

Team SoloMid

eSports Game of the Year

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Dota 2

FIFA 17

League of Legends

Overwatch

Rainbow Six: Siege

Rocket League

Smite

StarCraft II

Best Streamer/Broadcaster

Hannah Rutherford

Jacksepticeye

Jupiter Hadley

Markiplier

Maximilian Dood

Polygon

Waypoint

What's Good Games

Handheld/Mobile Game of the year

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Ever Oasis

Fire Emblem Heroes

Framed 2

Hidden Folks

Milkmaid of the Milky Way

Monument Valley 2

Old Man's Journey

Pokémon Sun and Moon

Super Mario Run

Nintendo Game of the Year

ARMS

Bulb Boy

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Metroid: Samus Returns

Pokémon Sun and Moon

Snipperclips

Splatoon 2

Super Mario Odyssey

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

PlayStation Game of the Year

Everybody's Gold

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Nex Machina

NieR: Automata

Nioh

Persona 5

Statik

The Last Guardian

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Yakuza 0

Xbox Game of the Year

Cuphead

Dead Rising 4

Forza Motorsport 7

Gears of War 4

Gigantic

Halo Wars 2

Pit People

Slime Rancher

Tacoma

PC Game of the Year

Dream Daddy

Endless Space 2

OneShot

Planet Coaster

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

Stories Untold

Total War: Warhammer II

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III

West of Loathing

Breakthrough Award

Ashly Burch

Brendan Green

Cavalier Game Studios

Game Grumps

Giant Sparrow

Infinite Fall

Melina Jeurgens

Nick Popovich

Nina Freeman

SMAC Games

Most Wanted Game

Beyond Good and Evil 2

Call of Duty: WWII

Death Stranding

Far Cry 5

God of War

Metro Exodus

Metroid Prime 4

Ooblets

Red Dead Redemption 2

Sea of Thieves

Spider-Man

Star Wars Battlefront II

The Last of Us Part II

Still Playing

Diablo III

EVE Online

FIFA 17

Final Fantasy XIV

Hearthstone

Minecraft

Overwatch

Pokémon Go

Pro Evolution Soccer 2017

Rocket League

The Elder Scrolls Online

World of Tanks

Ultimate Game of the Year

Assassin's Creed Origins

Destiny 2

Dishonored 2

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Monument Valley 2

Persona 5

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

Resident Evil 7

Super Mario Odyssey

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

For voting, you'll get to choose between getting Edge Magazine's 'The 100 Greatest Videogames', 'The PlayStation Book, 2nd Edition', PC Gamer's 'The Best PC Games Ever', 'Nintendo Switch', 'The Ultimate Guide to Minecraft vol. 20', or 'The Retro Gamer Book of Arcade Classics, 2nd Edition' for free as an ebook, with an email confirming that afterwards.