The Game Awards 2017: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds a sorpresa tra le nomination come gioco dell'anno

Con il 2017 che sta ormai volgendo al termine e la maggior parte dei giochi di peso già pubblicati arriva inevitabilmente il momento di guardarsi alle spalle e di celebrare un'annata videoludica davvero molto ricca.

Fine dell'anno è, tuttavia, anche sinonimo di premi e in questo caso dei The Game Awards 2017, l'evento annuale pronto a tornare nella serata del 7 dicembre. In attesa dell'evento vero e proprio possiamo dare un'occhiata a quelle che sono le varie nomination per le diverse categorie. Naturalmente ci sono inclusioni ed esclusioni che inevitabilmente faranno discutere.

Ecco qui di seguito tutte le categorie e le nomination riportate da GameSpot:

Game of the Year

• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Persona 5 (Atlus)
• PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp.)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Game Direction

• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games)
• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD)
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda)

Best Narrative

• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Tameem Antoniades, Elizabeth Ashman-Rowe / Ninja Theory)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (John Gonzalez / Ninja Theory)
• Nier: Automata (Yoko Taro, Hana Kikuchi, Yoshiho Akabane / Platinum Games)
• What Remains of Edith Finch (Ian Dallas / Giant Sparrow)
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Jen Matthies, Tommy Tordsson Bjork / MachineGames)

Best Art Direction

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Persona 5 (Atlus)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Score / Music

• Cuphead (Kristofer Maddigan)
• Destiny 2 (Mike Salvatori, Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson)
• NieR: Automata (Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi)
• Persona 5 (Shoji Meguro)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii, Koji Kondo)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata)

Best Audio Design

• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Performance

• Ashly Burch, Horizon: Zero Dawn (As Aloy)
• Brian Bloom, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (as BJ Blazkowicz)
• Claudia Black, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (as Chloe Frazer)
• Laura Bailey, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (as Nadine Ross)
• Melina Juergens, Hellblade (as Senua)

Games for Impact

• Bury Me, My Love (The Pixel Hunt / Figs / ARTE / Playdius)
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• Life is Strange: Before the Storm (Deck Nine / Square Enix)
• Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall)
• Please Knock on My Door (Levall Games AB)
• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Ongoing Game

• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
• Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar Games)
• Overwatch (Blizzard)
• PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG. Corp)
• Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
• Warframe (Digital Extremes)

Best Independent Game

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment)
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall)
• Pyre (Supergiant Games)
• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Mobile Game

• Fire Emblem Heroes (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)
• Hidden Folks (Adriaan de Jongh / Sylvain Tegroeg)
• Monument Valley 2 (ustwo games)
• Old Man's Journey (Broken Rules)
• Super Mario Run (Nintendo)

Best Handheld Game

• Ever Oasis (Grezzo / Nintendo)
• Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)
• Metroid: Samus Returns (MercurySteam / Nintendo)
• Monster Hunter Stories (Marvelous / Capcom / Nintendo)
• Poochy and Yoshi's Woolly World (Good-Feel / Nintendo)

Best VR/AR Game

• Farpoint (Impulse Gear / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Lone Echo (Ready at Dawn / Oculus Studios)
• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)
• Star Trek: Bridge Crew (Red Storm Entertainment / Ubisoft)
• Superhot VR (Superhot Team)

Best Action Game

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
• Nioh (Team Ninja / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Prey (Arkane Studios / Bethesda)
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Assassin's Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Role-Playing Game

• Divinity: Original Sin II (Larian Studios)
• Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix Business Division 2 / Square Enix)
• NieR: Automata (Platinum Games / Square Enix)
• Persona 5 (Atlus)
• South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Ubisoft San Francisco / Ubisoft)

Best Fighting Game

• Arms (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Injustice 2 (NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive Ent)
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (Capcom)
• Nidhogg 2 (Messhof Games)
• Tekken 7 (Bandai Namco Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)

Best Family Game

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris + Milan / Ubisoft)
• Sonic Mania (PagodaWest Games, Headcannon / Sega)
• Splatoon 2 (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)

Best Strategy Game

• Halo Wars 2 (Creative Assembly, 343 Industries / Microsoft Studios)
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris + Milan / Ubisoft)
• Total War: Warhammer II (Creative Assembly / Sega)
• Tooth and Tail (Pocketwatch Games)
• XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (Firaxis Games / 2K)

Best Sports/Racing Game

• FIFA 18 (EA Vancouver / EA)
• Forza Motorsport 7 (Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
• Gran Turismo Sport (Polyphony Digital / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• NBA 2K18 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (PES Productions / Konami)
• Project Cars 2 (Slightly Mad Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)

Best Multiplayer

• Call of Duty: WWII (Sledgehammer Games / Activision)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
• PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp.)
• Splatoon 2 (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Most Anticipated Game

• God of War (Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Monster Hunter World (Capcom)
• Red Dead Redemption II (Rockstar Games)
• The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Trending Gamer

• Andrea Rene (What's Good Games)
• Clint Lexa ("Halfcoordinated")
• Guy Beahm ("Dr. Disrespect")
• Mike Grzesiek ("Shroud")
• Steven Spohn (AbleGamers)

Best eSports Game

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
• Dota 2 (Valve)
• League of Legends (Riot)
• Overwatch (Blizzard)
• Rocket League (Psyonix)

Best eSports Player

• Lee Sang-hyeok "Faker" (SK Telecom 1, League of Legends)
• Marcelo "coldzera" David (SK Gaming, Counter-Strike: GO)
• Nikola 'NiKo' Kovac (FaZe Clan, Counter-Strike: GO)
• Je-hong "ryujehong" Ryu (Seoul Dynasty, Overwatch)
• Kuro "KuroK"" Salehi Takhasomi (Team Liquid, Dota 2)

Best eSports Team

• Cloud 9
• FaZe Clan
• Lunatic-Hai
• SK Telecom T1
• Team Liquid

Student Game Award

• Falling Sky (Jonathan Nielssen, Nikolay Savoy, Mohsen Shah / National Film & TV School)
• From Light (Alejandro Grossman, Steven Li, Sherveen Uduwana / USC)
• Hollowed (Erin Marek, Jerrick Flores, Charley Choucard / University of Central Florida)
• Impulsion (Hugo Verger, Remi Bertrand, Maxime Lupinski / IIM)
• Level Squared (Kip Brennan, Stephen Scoglio, Dane Perry Svendsen / Swinburne University)
• Meaning (Hariz Yet / DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore)

Best Debut Indie Game

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment)
• Golf Story (Sidebar Games)
• Hollow Knight (Team Cherry)
• Mr. Shifty (Team Shifty)
• Slime Rancher (Monomi Park)

Chinese Fan Game Award

• Honor of Kings (Timi Studio Group)
• ICEY(FantaBlade Network)
• Gumballs & Dungeons(QcPlay Limited)
• jx3 HD (Kingsoft Corporation)
• Monument Valley 2(ustwo games)

Cosa pensate di queste nomination? Ci sono scelte che vi fanno storcere il naso o assenze particolarmente gravi?