PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, an expected entry, nominated for GOTY
The Game Awards is a gala of video games held for the first time on December 5, 2014 and is the sequel to the extinct Spike VGA / VGX, which from 2003 to 2013 awarded the prizes through Spike TV. Same dog with clear collar. These awards count with the support of major industrial companies such as Activision, Electronic Arts, Kojima Productions, Konami, Xbox, Nintendo, Rockstar, Sony Computer Entertainment, Valve Corporation, Ubisoft or Warner Brothers because of their great importance and recognition. prices.
For the gala in 2017, which will be celebrated December 7, we already have all the nominees and as a real step in this whole round of awards I just want to show the list and comment on what Chang Han Kim CEO of PUBG Corp and creative director Brendan Greene have to say about their candidacy for the best game. year.
Game of the year
Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Person 5 (Atlus)
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp.)
Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
See the rest of the categories
Best address
Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)
Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda)
Best story
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Kidney: Slot Machine (Platinum Games / Square Enix)
What’s left of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda)
Best art direction
Cuphead (MDHR Studio)
Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Person 5 (Atlus)
Best soundtrack
Cuphead (MDHR Studio)
Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Kidney: Slot Machine (Platinum Games / Square Enix)
Person 5 (Atlus)
Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Best sound design
Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)
Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Best performance
Ashly Burch as Aloy in Horizon: Zero Dawn
Brian Bloom as BJ Blazkowicz in Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus
Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Laura Bailey as Nadine Ross in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Melina Juergens as Senua in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Prize game for effect
Bury Me, My Love (The Pixel Hunt / Figs, ARTE)
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
Life is Strange: Before the Storm (Deck Nine / Square Enix)
Night in the woods (endless autumn)
Please Bank on my Door (Levall Games)
What’s left of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)
Best continuous play of all time
Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
GTA Online (Rockstar Games)
Overwatch (Blizzard)
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp.)
Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
Warframe (Digital Extremes)
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 portable games
Ever Oasis (Grezzo / Nintendo)
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)
Metroid: Samus returns (MercurySteam / Nintendo)
Monster Hunter Stories (Capcom / Nintendo)
Poochy and Yoshi’s Woolly World (Good-Feel / Nintendo)
Best VR game
Farpoint (Impulse Gear / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Lone Echo / Echo Arena (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 (MDHR Studio)
Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activison)
Nioh (Team Ninja / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Prey (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda Softworks)
Best action / adventure game
Assassin’s Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best RPG
Divinity: Original Sin 2 (Larian Studios)
Final Fantasy 15 (Square Enix Business Division 2 / Square Enix)
Kidney: Slot Machine (Platinum Games / Square Enix)
Person 5 (Atlus)
South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Ubisoft San Francisco / Ubisot)
Best wrestling game
ARMS (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Injustice 2 (NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Kuro «KuroKy» Salehi Takhasomi (Team Liquid, Dota 2)
Lee sang-hyeok «Faker» (SK Telecom 1, League of Legends)
Marcelo ‘coldzera’ David (SK Gaming, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Nikola ‘NiKo’ Kovac (FaZE Clan, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Best eSports team
Sky 9
FaZE clan
Lunatic-Hai
SK Telecom 1
Team Liquid
Best indie debut
Cuphead (MDHR Studio)
Golf History (Sidebar Games)
Hollow Knight (Team Cherry)
Sir. Shifty (Team Shifty)
Slime Rancher (Monomi Park)
Best Chinese games
Gumballs (QcPlay Limited)
Icey (FantaBlade Network)
Jx3 HD (Kingsoft Corporation)
King of Glory (Timi Studio Group)
Monument Valley 2 (Ustwo)
As you could see, PlayerUnknown’s is Battlegrounds is one of the nominees for the most important award. Not surprisingly, its own creative director Brendan Greene a few weeks ago doubted that PUBG would be able to participate in this type of awards on IGN. “Personally, I do not want to win this year’s game prize”responded to the interview where they were asked about the possibility of watching a game in Early Access as GOTY.
“Although I would love to win by the team, I think this year there are many better games»Jury of one The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild y Horizon: Zero Dawn como“Masterpieces of Design and Narrative”. Greene admits the award would be an award for PUBG Corp, but goes back to repeating that “I do not know if we deserve it.”
Chang Han Kim, CEO of PUBG Corp, commented “Not interested” Knowing whether they deserve it or not will just offer the best experience to their players. with these statements, it is not surprising that geniuses from these Game Awards add one categorized for next year as the best expected entry of the year.