/// November 14, 2017 | EPISODE 201
Below are the news stories that may not have made the headlines today but are worth reading!
Gamers never die…..
Just like the Games of Our Lives…
/// GAMES FEATURED
►Far Cry 5
►Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia
►Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
►LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2
/// Xbox One X Launch Sales in the UK Accounted for 66% of Total Xbox One Sales !
MCVUK is now reporting that the Xbox One X accounted for 66 percent of the total Xbox One consoles sold during the week. That would put Xbox One S sales at 40,000 units and 120,000 units combined.
The Xbox One X was the 10th best console launch in the UK of all time, while the PlayStation 4 Pro ranks at 20th. The Xbox One saw its fourth biggest week to date.Top of Page
/// Far Cry 5 ~ Recreating Montana!
/// Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia Announced, Coming to Steam in 2018!
SECOND HALF
/// Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Teases ‘The Secret of Necrozma’!
/// LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 Launch Trailer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtxoWs06YKU
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/// The Game Awards 2017 Nominees Announced!
Game of the Year:
- Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Persona 5 (Atlus)
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp.)
- Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Best Game Direction:
- 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 II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda)
Best Narrative:
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
- Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- NieR: Automata (Platinum Games / Square Enix)
- What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda)
Best Art Direction:
- Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
- Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
- Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Persona 5 (Atlus)
Best Score / Music:
- Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
- Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- NieR: Automata (Platinum Games / Square Enix)
- Persona 5 (Atlus)
- Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Best Audio 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 II: 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
Games for Impact Award:
- 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 (Infinite Fall)
- Please Knock on my Door (Levall Games)
- 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 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 (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 (Studio MDHR)
- Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activison)
- Nioh (Team Ninja / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Prey (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
- Wolfenstein II: 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 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 / Ubisot)
Best Fighting Game:
- ARMS (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Injustice 2 (NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
- 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 EPD / Nintendo)
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris + Milan / Ubisoft)
- Sonic Mania (PagodaWest Games + Headcannon / Sega)
- Splatoon 2 (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / 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 Games)
Best Sports / Racing Game:
- Gran Turismo Sport (Polyphony Digital / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- FIFA 18 (EA Vancouver / EA)
- Forza Motorsport 7 (Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
- NBA 2K18 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (PES Productions / Konami)
- Project Cars 2 (Slightly Mad Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Best Multiplayer Game:
- Call of Duty: WWII (Sledgehammer Games / Activision)
- Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp.)
- Splatoon 2 (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Most Anticipated Game:
- God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
- Red Dead Redemption II (Rockstar Games)
- Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Independent Game:
- Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
- 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 Student Game:
- Falling Sky (Jonathan Nielssen, Nikolay Savov, Mohsen Shah; National Film and Television School)
- From Light (Alejandro Grossman, Steven Li, Sherveen Uduwana; University of Southern California)
- Hollowed (Erin Marek, Jerrick Flores, Charley Choucard; University of Central Florida – Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy)
- Impulsuon (Hugo Verger, Rémi Bertrand, Maxime Lupinski; IIM – Institut de l’Internet et du Multimédia)
- Level Squared (Kip Brennan, Stephen Scoglio, Dane Perry Svendsen; Swinburne University of Technology)
- Meaning (Hariz Yet; DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore)
Trending Gamer:
- Andrea Rene (What’s Good Games)
- Clint Lexa (“Halfcoordinated”)
- Guy Beahm (Dr. Disrespect)
- Mike Grzesiek (Shroud)
- Steve Spohn (AbleGamers)
Best eSports Game:
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
- Dota 2 (Valve)
- League of Legends (Riot)
- Overwatch (Blizzard)
- Rocket League (Psyonix)
Best eSpots Player:
- Je-hong “ryujehong” Ryu (Seoul Dynasty, Overwatch)
- 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:
- Cloud 9
- FaZE Clan
- Lunatic-Hai
- SK Telecom 1
- Team Liquid
Best Debut Indie Game:
- Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
- Golf Story (Sidebar Games)
- Hollow Knight (Team Cherry)
- Mr. Shifty (Team Shifty)
- Slime Rancher (Monomi Park)
Best Chinese Game:
- Gumballs (QcPlay Limited)
- Icey (FantaBlade Network)
- Jx3 HD (Kingsoft Corporation)
- King of Glory (Timi Studio Group)
- Monument Valley 2 (Ustwo)
The Game Awards 2017 will broadcast live on December 7 at 6pm PT / 9pm ET on YouTube, Twitch, PlayStation Network, Steam, Xbox Live, Twitter, and more.
