Greetings fellow gamer and welcome to the first part in determining N4G's 2015 Game of the Year Awards. If you were here the last few years, you may be familiar with how this works and we hope you join us again. If not, it's rather simple.
THE PROCESS
For each of the below listed award categories, please list your 2015 nominations, making sure to note that most categories require that the game have been released first in 2015 and not in the previous year at any time. From those, we will tabulate the overall list of nominees that you will vote upon as a community (aka part two in determining N4G's 2015 Game of the Year awards).
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THE AWARD CATEGORIES:
1. Gaming News Story of the Year
Good or bad, it was memorable and we're likely still talking about it.
2. Best New Studio
First IP released in 2015, not before and not coming in 2016
3. Best New IP
4. Best New Video Game Character
5. Best Single Player Experience
6. Best Multiplayer Experience (Co-op counts!)
7. Best Story
8. Best Soundtrack
9. Best DLC (non-episodic content)
10. Best Handheld Console Game (3DS/PS Vita)
11. Best Mobile Game (phone/tablet)
12. Best Voice Acting (list Character and Voice Actor names)
13. Best Art Direction
14. Fail of the Year
The worst game. So terrible. Horrifying really. We shouldn't even talk about it.
15. Most Anticipated Game of 2016
16. Best Xbox One Game
17. Best PlayStation 4 Game
18. Best Wii U Game
19. Best PC Game
20. Indie Game of the Year!
21. Studio of the Year!
22. Game of the Year!
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THE BONUS
For participating in this process, we will randomly select 5 participants who will each win a $100 Amazon Gift Card.
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So, do you have what it takes to be lucky enough to be entered for a chance to win a $100 Amazon Gift Card and to help decide our nominations for N4G Game of the Year Awards? Do ya, punk?
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Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
"For each of the below listed award categories, please list your nomination for Game of the Year."
We can also do multiple nominations for each category too, right? There was just so much goodness from 2015! XD
1. Death of Satoru Iwata
2. Tobyfox
3. Splatoon
4. Inkling (Splatoon)
5. Fallout 4
6. Splatoon (last one, promise)
7. Undertale
8. Bloodborne
9. Splatoon (lied, sorry)
10. Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam
11. Fallout Shelter
12. Lee Baker (Plan Be, super obscure but a guy i know so im biased)
13. Bloodborne
14. Metal Gear Solid 5 (i know its not a BAD game but as a series fan i was devasted)
15. Quantum Break
16. Rare Replay
17. Bloodborne
18. Mario Maker
19. Undertale
20. Undertale
21. Kojima Productions!
22. Bloodborne for sheer hours
1. Gaming News Story of the Year : Kojima and Sony partnership.
2. Best New Studio : Tobyfox (Edited)
3. Best New IP : Bloodborne.
4. Best New Video Game Character : Mike from Until dawn. #2 being sam.
5. Best Single Player Experience : bloodborne. #2 is the witcher 3.
6. Best Multiplayer Experience : Rainbow Six Siege. #2 Rocket league.
7. Best Story : The Witcher 3.
8. Best Soundtrack : Bloodborne.
9. Best DLC : Bloodborne: The old hunters.
10. Best Handheld Console Game : Steins Gate (vita).
11. Best Mobile Game : The room 3.
12. Best Voice Acting : Galahad from the order 1886. #2 Sam from until dawn.
13. Best Art Direction : Ori and the blind forest.
14. Fail of the Year : Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5
15. Most Anticipated Game of 2016: Persona 5. #2 Uncharted 4.
16. Best Xbox One Game : Halo 5.
17. Best PlayStation 4 Game : Bloodborne.
18. Best Wii U Game : Super Mario Maker.
19. Best PC Game : Pony Island.
20. Indie Game of the Year: Rocket League.
21. Studio of the Year : CD Project.
22. Game of the Year : Bloodborne. Runner-up being the witcher 3.
1. Gaming News Story of the Year
Kojima being Barred from the Game Awards
2. Best New Studio
Absolutely no clue
3. Best New IP
Life is Strange
4. Best New Video Game Character
Chloe Pryce
5. Best Single Player Experience
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
6. Best Multiplayer Experience (Co-op counts!)
Rainbow Six Siege (changed)
7. Best Story
Life is Strange
8. Best Soundtrack
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
9. Best DLC (non-episodic content)
The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone
10. Best Handheld Console Game (3DS/PS Vita)
Majora's Mask 3D
11. Best Mobile Game (phone/tablet)
Lara Croft Go
12. Best Voice Acting (list Character and Voice Actor names)
Ashley Burch as Chloe Pryce
13. Best Art Direction
XenoBlade Chronicles X
14. Fail of the Year
Tony Hawk: Pro Skater 5
15. Most Anticipated Game of 2016
Final Fantasy XV
16. Best Xbox One Game
Rise of the Tomb Raider
17. Best PlayStation 4 Game
BloodBorne
18. Best Wii U Game
Mario Maker
19. Best PC Game
Assassins Creed Syndicate
20. Indie Game of the Year!
Her Story
21. Studio of the Year!
CDProjekt Red
22. Game of the Year!
The Witcher 3
1. Death of Satoru Iwata
2. I really don't know, the only game that i've played from a brand new studio is Devil's Third, so i need to vote for Valhalla Game Studios. :3
3. Until Dawn
4. Gortys (Tales from the Borderlands)
5. Bloodborne
6. Splatoon
7. Tales from the Borderlands
8. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
9. The Old Hunters (Bloodborne)
10. Yo-Kai Watch
11. Fallout Shelter
12. Ashley Johnson as Gortys (Tales from the Borderlands)
13. Bloodborne
14. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5
15. The Last Guardian
16. Ori and the Blind Forest
17. Bloodborne
18. Super Mario Maker
19. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
20. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
21. From Software
22. BLOODBORNE