The Game Awards 2014

The Game Awards 2014
Date	December 5, 2014 (2014-12-05)
Venue	The AXIS, Las Vegas, Nevada
Country	United States
Hosted by	Geoff Keighley
Highlights
Most awards	Destiny Dragon Age: Inquisition Mario Kart 8 Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Most nominations	Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Dark Souls II Destiny Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor South Park: The Stick of Truth
Game of the Year	Dragon Age: Inquisition
Developer of the Year	Nintendo
Most Anticipated Game	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Trending Gamer	TotalBiscuit
Industry Icon Award	Ken and Roberta Williams (Sierra Entertainment)

The Game Awards 2014 is an award ceremony, which honored the best video game achievements of 2014 and took place at the The AXIS in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 5, 2014. The show is produced and hosted by Geoff Keighley.

Premieres

This year's ceremony featured 12 world premieres,^[1] including Nintendo's Super Mario Maker, Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Kojima Productions's Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Visceral Games's Battlefield Hardline, FromSoftware's Bloodborne, Supermassive Games's Until Dawn, Ready at Dawn's The Order: 1886, Crystal Dynamics's Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, CD Projekt RED's The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt; The Odd Gentlemen's King's Quest, Three One Zero's Adrift and Natsume's Godzilla. There were other premieres that were in the ceremony including Facepunch Studios's Before, Stoic's The Banner Saga 2, Fullbright's Tacoma, Robotoki's Human Element and Hello Games's No Man's Sky.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for The Game Awards 2014 were announced on November 20, 2014. Candidate games must have a release date of November 25, 2014 or earlier in order to be eligible.^[2]

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on December 5, 2014.^[2]

Winners are shown first in bold.^[3]

Jury-voted awards

Game of the Year	Developer of the Year
Dragon Age: Inquisition – developed by BioWare Bayonetta 2 – developed by Platinum Games Dark Souls II – developed by FromSoftware Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – developed by Blizzard Entertainment Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – developed by Monolith Productions	Nintendo Blizzard Entertainment Monolith Productions Telltale Games Ubisoft Montreal
Best Independent Game	Best Mobile/Handheld Game
Shovel Knight – developed by Yacht Club Games Broken Age Act I – developed by Double Fine Productions Monument Valley – developed by Ustwo Transistor – developed by Supergiant Games The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – developed by The Astronauts	Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – developed by Blizzard Entertainment Bravely Default – developed by Silicon Studio and Square Enix Monument Valley – developed by Ustwo Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS – developed by Sora Ltd and Bandai Namco Games Threes – developed by Sirvo
Best Narrative	Best Score/Soundtrack
Valiant Hearts: The Great War – written by Matt & Ed South Park: The Stick of Truth – written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone The Walking Dead: Season Two – written by Nick Breckon and Andrew Grant The Wolf Among Us – written by Pierre Shorette Wolfenstein: The New Order – written by Jerk Gustafsson, Tom Keegan and Jens Matthies	Destiny – composed by Michael Salvatori, C. Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell and Paul McCartney Alien: Isolation – composed by Byron Bullock, Sam Cooper, Jeff van Dyck, Christian Henson, Joe Henson, Haydn Payne and Alexis Smith Child of Light – composed by Béatrice Martin Sunset Overdrive – composed by Boris Salchow Transistor – composed by Darren Korb
Best Performance	Games for Change
Trey Parker as Various Voices – in South Park: The Stick of Truth Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf – in The Wolf Among Us Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons – in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Melissa Hutchison as Clementine – in The Walking Dead: Season Two Troy Baker as Talion – in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor	Valiant Hearts: The Great War – developed by Ubisoft Montpellier Mountain – developed by David OReilly Never Alone – developed by Upper One Games and E-Line Media The Last of Us: Left Behind – developed by Naughty Dog This War of Mine – developed by 11 bit studios
Best Shooter	Best Action/Adventure
Far Cry 4 – developed by Ubisoft Montreal Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – developed by Sledgehammer Games Destiny – developed by Bungie Titanfall – developed by Respawn Entertainment Wolfenstein: The New Order – developed by MachineGames	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – developed by Monolith Productions Assassin's Creed Unity – developed by Ubisoft Montreal Alien: Isolation – developed by The Creative Assembly Bayonetta 2 – developed by Platinum Games Sunset Overdrive – developed by Insomniac Games
Best Role Playing Game	Best Fighting Game
Dragon Age: Inquisition – developed by BioWare Bravely Default – developed by Silicon Studio and Square Enix Dark Souls II – developed by FromSoftware Divinity: Original Sin – developed by Larian Studios South Park: The Stick of Truth – developed by Obsidian Entertainment and South Park Digital Studios	Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – developed by Sora Ltd. and Bandai Namco Games Killer Instinct: Season Two – developed by Double Helix Games, Iron Galaxy Studios, Rare Ltd. and Microsoft Studios Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – developed by Arc System Works Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS – developed by Sora Ltd. and Bandai Namco Games Ultra Street Fighter IV – developed by Capcom
Best Family Game	Best Sports/Racing Game
Mario Kart 8 – developed by Nintendo EAD Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes – developed by Avalanche Software Fantasia: Music Evolved – developed by Harmonix Skylanders: Trap Team – developed by Toys for Bob and Beenox Tomodachi Life – developed by Nintendo SPD	Mario Kart 8 – developed by Nintendo EAD FIFA 15 – developed by EA Canada Forza Horizon 2 – developed by Playground Games, Sumo Digital and Turn 10 Studios NBA 2K15 – developed by Visual Concepts Trials Fusion – developed by RedLynx, Ubisoft Shanghai and Ubisoft Ukraine
Best Online Experience	Best Remaster
Destiny – developed by Bungie Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – developed by Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios and Raven Software Dark Souls II – developed by FromSoftware Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – developed by Blizzard Entertainment Titanfall – developed by Respawn Entertainment	Grand Theft Auto V – originally developed / redeveloped by Rockstar North Halo: The Master Chief Collection – originally developed by Bungie and 343 Industries; redeveloped by 343 Industries Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire – originally developed / redeveloped by Game Freak The Last of Us Remastered – originally developed / redeveloped by Naughty Dog Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition – originally developed by Crystal Dynamics; redeveloped by Nixxes Software and United Front Games

Fan voted awards

Most Anticipated Game	ESports Player of the Year
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – in development by CD Projekt RED Batman: Arkham Knight – in development by Rocksteady Studios Uncharted 4: A Thief's End – in development by Naughty Dog Evolve – in development by Turtle Rock Studios Bloodborne – in development by FromSoftware	Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson James “Firebat” Kostesich Xu “Fy” Linsen
ESports Team of the Year	Trending Gamer
Ninjas in Pyjamas Evil Geniuses Samsung White Newbee Edward Gaming	TotalBiscuit Evan "Vanoss" Fong Jeff Gerstmann PewDiePie StampyLongHead
Best Fan Creation
Twitch Plays Pokémon – by Anonymous Luigi Death Stare – by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr "It's Dangerous to Go Alone" – by Starbomb Minecraft - Titan City – by Colonial Puppet "Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song)" – by Tobuscus

Honorary awards

Industry Icon Award
Ken and Roberta Williams (Sierra Entertainment)

Games with multiple nominations and awards

Games that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Game
3	Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
	Dark Souls II
	Destiny
	Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
	South Park: Stick of Truth
2	Alien Isolation
	Bayonetta 2
	Bravely Default
	Dragon Age: Inquisition
	Mario Kart 8
	Monument Valley
	Sunset Overdrive
	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
	Titanfall
	Valiant Hearts: The Great War
	Transistor
	The Walking Dead: Season 2
	The Wolf Among Us
	Wolfenstein: The New Order

Games that received multiple awards
Awards	Game
2	Destiny
	Dragon Age: Inquisition
	Mario Kart 8
	Valiant Hearts: The Great War

References

↑ Hillier, Brenna (December 1, 2014). "There will be 12 world premieres at The Game Awards 2014". VG247. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
1 2 Sarkar, Samit (November 21, 2014). "Here are the nominees for The Game Awards 2014". Polygon. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
↑ Sarkar, Samit (December 5, 2014). "Here are the winners of The Game Awards 2014". Polygon. Retrieved December 5, 2014.

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