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Video Game Award Nominations 2014

Welcome to the annual Gamerheadquarters Video Game Awards where we kick it off tonight with our nominations for many categories in video games from the best titles of the year. First off I should mention we have a poll for fan favorite at the bottom of the page to vote on and that the full awards will go live on December 17, 2014 prizing the best this year of the eighth generations year one. Additionally we have some changes as Downloadable GOTY award will be switched over to digital titles and we have a couple of new categories. Two to highlight is the Indie Games award to recognise smaller gems and IOS game of the year for our new section we had added. Check out the nominations below and share around! Fan Favorite Vote Here

Game of the Year

Sunset Overdrive GOTY
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare GOTY
Walking Dead Season 2 GOTY
Watch Dogs GOTY


Indie Game of the Year



Lifeless Planet GOTY
This War of Mine GOTY
Jazzpunk GOTY
Broken Age GOTY
Dungeon of the Endless GOTY


Story of the Year



Walking Dead Season 2 GOTY
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare GOTY
Wolfenstein: The New Order GOTY
Watch Dogs GOTY
A Golden Wake GOTY
Alien Isolation GOTY


Shooter Game of the Year



Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare GOTY
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare GOTY
Titanfall GOTY
Wolfenstein: The New Order GOTY


Co-op Game of the Year



Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare GOTY
Destiny GOTY
Assassin's Creed Unity GOTY
FarCry 4 GOTY


Best Non Series Game of the Year



Titanfall GOTY
D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die GOTY
The Evil Within GOTY
Watch Dogs GOTY


Best in a Series Game of the Year



Wolfenstein: The New Order GOTY
Forza Horizon 2 GOTY
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor GOTY
inFamous: Second Son GOTY


Best Environments in a Game



ArcheAge GOTY
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor GOTY
Alien Isolation GOTY
Fantasia: Music Evolved GOTY
Assassin's Creed Unity GOTY


Sports Game of the Year



Fifa 15 GOTY
Madden NFL 15 GOTY
NBA 2K15 GOTY
Kinect Sports Rivals GOTY

Best New Character in a Game
-Aiden Pearce (Watch Dogs)
-Sebastian Castellanos (The Evil Within)
-Amanda Ripley (Alien Isolation)
-Arno Dorian (Assassin's Creed Unity)
-Johnathan Irons (Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare)
Favorite Return Character in a Game
-Clementine (The Walking Dead Season 2)
-Garrett (Thief)
-"B.J." Blazkowicz (Wolfenstien: The New Order)

Xbox One Exclusive Game of the Year


D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die GOTY
Forza Horizon 2 GOTY
Killer Instinct Season 2 GOTY
Sunset Overdrive GOTY


Digital Game of the Year



Super Time Force GOTY
Minecraft Next Gen GOTY
D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die GOTY
Valiant Hearts GOTY
Child of Light GOTY


Studio of the Year
-Harmonix
-Ubisoft Montreal
-PopCap Games
-Telltale Games
Achievement of the Year
-Mystery Achievement (Halo: MCC)
-Legionnaire of Doom (Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare)
-Ultra Mega Kill (Sunset Overdrive)
-Pull Harder! (Titanfall)
-Scumbag Steve (ReddX)

Remake of the Year

Tomb Raider: Definitive GOTY
Master Chief Collection GOTY
The Last of Us: Remastered GOTY
Metro Redux GOTY

DLC of the Year
-Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea Part 2
-Plants vs Zombies: GW "Legends of the Lawn"
-Watch Dogs: Bad Blood
-Battlefield 4: Dragon's Teeth
Mobile Game of the Year - Nominations by Ken Appleby with explanations
The first game that is up for nomination is Tengami. This game has been chosen for the following reasons, beautiful art and design, great game mechanics, and finally it is a change of pace from the regular shooters and action games. Upon going back and playing this I found that my second play through was just as good as my first one. The game is essentially a pop up book that you are playing through. Meaning the gamer has to pull on the various tabs within the book to manipulate the landscape to achieve the current objective.

The second game up for nomination this year is Wordbase. The reason this game has been nominated is because it has everything a word nerd online gamer could want. The games layout is easy to use and it looks good, this is one of the cases where simplicity is done correctly. Overall Wordbase is a great online game worthy of the nomination.

The third game up for nomination this year is Spider-Man unlimited. For all the super hero lovers and temple run fans this game takes all the good elements and creates one awesome game. This game adheres to the Spider-Man universe with its story as well as looking great. The games mechanics are sound and there are little problems. Combined with all the weekly events and challenges this game really is ultimate.

The fourth game up for nomination this year is Hard Time. Hard time has been nominated for its originality and fun gameplay. Though this game does not have the greatest graphics it makes up for all the crazy and whacky things that happen while you are playing throughout the game.

The fifth and final game up for nomination this year is Dragons Rise of Berk. This game has been selected because of how well it blends different genres. A gamer who is into city building games will find something they enjoy as well as a player who enjoys a decent story filled with various quests.


Fan Favorite Voting VOTE HERE

Nominations by: Jason Stettner and Ken Appleby
@Skycaptin5

Gamerheadquarters Reviewer Jason Stettner
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