The nominees are in for The Game Awards 2018.
"Following a great event in November of last year, DevGAMM Lisbon is coming back to the beautiful and sunny Cascais region to catch up with old friends, connect with game developers from around the world, hear from seasoned professionals, and have a great time all around." - DevGAMM.
The move away from written coverage of games is a problem for journalists and for the games industry.
What we need is a more honest games media. I'm sorry but if you're an outlet in bed with a publisher or getting goodies to attend preview/ review events then you can't be trusted to be objective. Very similar to the need for getting money out of politics.
Most game journalists are pariahs and low level marketing drones. They got too greedy and cannibalized their respect and trust. Something they learned not to do in their journalism schools. This is why we might as well watch gameplay critics on You Tube. Don't get me wrong, I love reading, but for every genuine article there is a thousand game journalist trying to gloss over monetization schemes so they can sell the game to gamers in order to get free games to do their jobs. It gets old. Even this piece doesn't address the problem.
We need better media in all aspects of society, period. Everything from the gaming press, to MSM is all fueled by clickbait headlines, half truths and buzzword topics that don't give much meat or meaning for the reader to benefit from.
"Nordic Game has revealed the winners of this year’s Nordic Game Awards, which took place on Thursday, May 23, during NG24 Spring and streamed live from Slagthuset in Malmö, Sweden." - Nordic Game.
OK how is destiny 2 nominated for best action game.....
no man sky got nominated for "best on going game" they had one dlc.....
I'd like to see God of War nab Game of the Year but it's going to go to Red Dead Redemption II...both of enjoyable and well made games but I had more issues with Red Dead then God of War and this is coming from someone who didn't know what to make of the direction in God of War before playing it.
Have to say there's a lot of eSports categories which could have been better non esport ones and I'm not sure what to make of the Favourite Moment of 2017 category...that year passed, move on.
Celeste or RDR2 will win, unless some "sponsorship" money has been given out.
God of War, Spider-Man, and Red Dead Redemption 2 for almost every award. Woo
Hope God of War wins most of these. It deserves to over RDR2.