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[Closed] Contest: N4G Game of the Year Awards Nominations

Greetings fellow gamer and welcome to the first part in determining N4G's 2015 Game of the Year Awards. If you were here the last few years, you may be familiar with how this works and we hope you join us again. If not, it's rather simple.

THE PROCESS
For each of the below listed award categories, please list your 2015 nominations, making sure to note that most categories require that the game have been released first in 2015 and not in the previous year at any time. From those, we will tabulate the overall list of nominees that you will vote upon as a community (aka part two in determining N4G's 2015 Game of the Year awards).

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THE AWARD CATEGORIES:

1. Gaming News Story of the Year
Good or bad, it was memorable and we're likely still talking about it.

2. Best New Studio
First IP released in 2015, not before and not coming in 2016

3. Best New IP

4. Best New Video Game Character

5. Best Single Player Experience

6. Best Multiplayer Experience (Co-op counts!)

7. Best Story

8. Best Soundtrack

9. Best DLC (non-episodic content)

10. Best Handheld Console Game (3DS/PS Vita)

11. Best Mobile Game (phone/tablet)

12. Best Voice Acting (list Character and Voice Actor names)

13. Best Art Direction

14. Fail of the Year
The worst game. So terrible. Horrifying really. We shouldn't even talk about it.

15. Most Anticipated Game of 2016

16. Best Xbox One Game

17. Best PlayStation 4 Game

18. Best Wii U Game

19. Best PC Game

20. Indie Game of the Year!

21. Studio of the Year!

22. Game of the Year!

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THE BONUS
For participating in this process, we will randomly select 5 participants who will each win a $100 Amazon Gift Card.

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So, do you have what it takes to be lucky enough to be entered for a chance to win a $100 Amazon Gift Card and to help decide our nominations for N4G Game of the Year Awards? Do ya, punk?

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2. The closing date is 11:59 PM EST 7 February 2016.
3. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, N4G/HAVAmedia reserves the right to substitute the prizes for alternatives of equal or greater value.
4. Prizes are not transferable.
5. The winners of the competition will be notified by N4G ticket on or before February 10, 2016.
6. Failure to reply to ticket notification within seven (7) days results in forfeiture of prize.
7. All N4G TOU apply and may affect eligibility.
8. Lottery style winners are chosen at random from eligible entries. Spam or multiple accounts will result in disqualification.
9. All prizes are in USD, where prizes are awarded to winners outside the USD the exchange rate at time of prize issue will affect prize amount.

coolbeans3006d ago

"For each of the below listed award categories, please list your nomination for Game of the Year."

We can also do multiple nominations for each category too, right? There was just so much goodness from 2015! XD

Christopher3006d ago (Edited 3006d ago )

I'd ask that people keep it to as few as possible. In the end, we don't want 30 nominations per category because everyone listed so many.

Edit: Also updated that text a bit since it felt like I was asking people to only nominate the GotY category.

coolbeans3006d ago (Edited 3006d ago )

Right..."as few as possible." Got it.

*wink* *wink*

So I only have less than a week to assess other '15 games and provide a definitive nomination list? I won't let you down, Christopher! Not like the countless times my mom says I have! I'll show her! I'll prove her wrong this time!

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Too much?

XanderZane3002d ago (Edited 3002d ago )

1. Gaming News Story of the Year : Death of Satoru Iwata

2. Best New Studio : Moon Studio (Ori and the Blind Forest)

3. Best New IP : Ori and the Blind Forest

4. Best New Video Game Character : Max Caulfield (Life Is Strange)

5. Best Single Player Experience : The Witcher 3

6. Best Multiplayer Experience : Rocket League.

7. Best Story : The Witcher 3.

8. Best Soundtrack : Bloodborne.

9. Best DLC : Bloodborne: The Old Hunters.

10. Best Handheld Console Game : Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

11. Best Mobile Game : Fallout Shelter

12. Best Voice Acting : Mark Hamill (The Joker - Batman: Arkham Knight)

13. Best Art Direction : Ori and the Blind Forest.

14. Fail of the Year : The Order 1886.

15. Most Anticipated Game of 2016: Quantum Break

16. Best Xbox One Game : Rise of the Tomb Raider

17. Best PlayStation 4 Game : The Witcher 3.

18. Best Wii U Game : Super Mario Maker.

19. Best PC Game : The Witcher 3.

20. Indie Game of the Year: Rocket League.

21. Studio of the Year : CD Projekt Red Studio

22. Game of the Year : The Witcher 3

Back-to-Back3002d ago

1. Gaming News Story of the Year- Kojima and Konami deabcle

2. Best New Studio- nothing for me.

3. Best New IP-Bloodborne

4. Best New Video Game Character-Gerhman(Bloodborne)

5. Best Single Player Experience Bloodborne

6. Best Multiplayer Experience-Black OPS III

7. Best Story-Tales From The Borderlands

8. Best Soundtrack-Fallout 4

9. Best DLC-Bloodborne Old Hunters

11. Best Mobile Game- Fallout Shelter

12. Best Voice Acting- New Destiny Ghost

13. Best Art Direction-Fallout 4

14. Fail of the Year- THPS5

15. Most Anticipated Game of 2016- Uncharted 4

17. Best PlayStation 4 Game-Bloodborne

19. Best PC Game- Witcher 3

20. Indie Game of the Year- Rocket League

21. Studio of the Year!- FromSoftware

22. Game of the Year! Bloodborne

Concertoine3006d ago

1. Death of Satoru Iwata
2. Tobyfox
3. Splatoon
4. Inkling (Splatoon)
5. Fallout 4
6. Splatoon (last one, promise)
7. Undertale
8. Bloodborne
9. Splatoon (lied, sorry)
10. Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam
11. Fallout Shelter
12. Lee Baker (Plan Be, super obscure but a guy i know so im biased)
13. Bloodborne
14. Metal Gear Solid 5 (i know its not a BAD game but as a series fan i was devasted)
15. Quantum Break
16. Rare Replay
17. Bloodborne
18. Mario Maker
19. Undertale
20. Undertale
21. Kojima Productions!
22. Bloodborne for sheer hours

Christopher3006d ago (Edited 3006d ago )

Dirty. Filthy. Liar.

I can't even...

nitus103005d ago

As much as I like Bloodborne I do think "The Witcher 3" on the harder difficulties is one of the best RPG's I have played to date and I am saying this even though I have played Skyrim.

How about a compromise. TW3 for the best single player RPG across multiple platforms and Bloodborne as the best exclusive platform RPG.

breakpad3005d ago (Edited 3005d ago )

1 Hideo Kojima parting ways with Konami
2 genDesign
3 Bloodborne
4 Inklings
5 Bloodborne
6 Splatoon
7 Bloodborne
8 Bloodborne
9 Bloodborne
10 3DS (damn that MOn HUN)
11 FF VII-IOS
12 REvolver Ocelot MGS V (Troy Baker)
13 Splatoon
14 generally MGS V but more speciffically MGO 3, it was so much inferior that its predecessors)
15 Last Guardian
16 Fallout 4
17 Bloodborne
18 Splatoon
19 Dragons Dogma DA
20 Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
21 From Software
22 Bloodborne

DragonDDark3006d ago (Edited 3006d ago )

1. Gaming News Story of the Year : Kojima and Sony partnership.

2. Best New Studio : Tobyfox (Edited)

3. Best New IP : Bloodborne.

4. Best New Video Game Character : Mike from Until dawn. #2 being sam.

5. Best Single Player Experience : bloodborne. #2 is the witcher 3.

6. Best Multiplayer Experience : Rainbow Six Siege. #2 Rocket league.

7. Best Story : The Witcher 3.

8. Best Soundtrack : Bloodborne.

9. Best DLC : Bloodborne: The old hunters.

10. Best Handheld Console Game : Steins Gate (vita).

11. Best Mobile Game : The room 3.

12. Best Voice Acting : Galahad from the order 1886. #2 Sam from until dawn.

13. Best Art Direction : Ori and the blind forest.

14. Fail of the Year : Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5

15. Most Anticipated Game of 2016: Persona 5. #2 Uncharted 4. 

16. Best Xbox One Game : Halo 5.

17. Best PlayStation 4 Game : Bloodborne.

18. Best Wii U Game : Super Mario Maker.

19. Best PC Game : Pony Island.

20. Indie Game of the Year: Rocket League.

21. Studio of the Year : CD Project.

22. Game of the Year : Bloodborne. Runner-up being the witcher 3.

Kalebninja3006d ago (Edited 3006d ago )

1. Gaming News Story of the Year
Kojima being Barred from the Game Awards

2. Best New Studio
Absolutely no clue

3. Best New IP
Life is Strange

4. Best New Video Game Character
Chloe Pryce

5. Best Single Player Experience
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

6. Best Multiplayer Experience (Co-op counts!)
Rainbow Six Siege (changed)

7. Best Story
Life is Strange

8. Best Soundtrack
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

9. Best DLC (non-episodic content)
The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone

10. Best Handheld Console Game (3DS/PS Vita)
Majora's Mask 3D

11. Best Mobile Game (phone/tablet)
Lara Croft Go

12. Best Voice Acting (list Character and Voice Actor names)
Ashley Burch as Chloe Pryce

13. Best Art Direction
XenoBlade Chronicles X

14. Fail of the Year
Tony Hawk: Pro Skater 5

15. Most Anticipated Game of 2016
Final Fantasy XV

16. Best Xbox One Game
Rise of the Tomb Raider

17. Best PlayStation 4 Game
BloodBorne

18. Best Wii U Game
Mario Maker

19. Best PC Game
Assassins Creed Syndicate

20. Indie Game of the Year!
Her Story

21. Studio of the Year!
CDProjekt Red

22. Game of the Year!
The Witcher 3

Kalebninja3003d ago

2. Best New Studio
Moon Studios

decided

Germany73006d ago (Edited 3006d ago )

1. Death of Satoru Iwata

2. I really don't know, the only game that i've played from a brand new studio is Devil's Third, so i need to vote for Valhalla Game Studios. :3

3. Until Dawn

4. Gortys (Tales from the Borderlands)

5. Bloodborne

6. Splatoon

7. Tales from the Borderlands

8. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

9. The Old Hunters (Bloodborne)

10. Yo-Kai Watch

11. Fallout Shelter

12. Ashley Johnson as Gortys (Tales from the Borderlands)

13. Bloodborne

14. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5

15. The Last Guardian

16. Ori and the Blind Forest

17. Bloodborne

18. Super Mario Maker

19. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

20. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

21. From Software

22. BLOODBORNE

Germany73006d ago

Sorry guys, can i change my vote for "Best New Studio"?

Because Moon Studios (creators of Ori and the Blind Forest) it's a new studio too, so my vote goes for "Moon Studios".

Sorry and thanks.

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