Eine Jury hat aus über 100 Einreichungen in insgesamt 29 Kategorien die Nominierten für den kommenden gamescom Award festgelegt. Die Preisverleihung findet am Dienstag, 21. August, 12:00 Uhr, im Konrad-Adenauer-Saal der Messe Köln statt. Folgende Kategorien und Nominierte gibt es.

A. Category group: Genre

Best Action Game
- Marvel's Spider-Man (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Metro Exodus (Deep Silver)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (Activision Blizzard)

Best Add-on/DLC
- Destiny 2: Forsaken (Activision Blizzard)
- State of Decay 2 Daybreak (Microsoft)

Best Casual Game
- Life is Strange 2 (Square Enix)
- Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight (Koch Media)
- Team Sonic Racing (Koch Media)

Best Family Game
- LEGO DC Super-Villains (Warner Bros. Entertainment)
- Life is Strange 2 (Square Enix)
- Super Mario Party (Nintendo)

Best Puzzle/Skill Game
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Microsoft)
- Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight (Koch Media)

Best Racing Game
- F1 2018 (Koch Media/Codemasters)
- Forza Horizon 4 (Microsoft)
- Team Sonic Racing (Koch Media)

Best Role Playing Game
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft)
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)

Best Simulation Game
- Anno 1800 (Ubisoft)
- F1 2018 (Koch Media/Codemasters)
- Landwirtschaftssimulator 19 (astragon Entertainment)

Best Social/Online Game
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Activision Blizzard)
- Dying Light Bad Blood (Techland)
- Rend (Frostkeep Studios)

Best Sports Game
- F1 2018 (Koch Media/Codemasters)
- FIFA 19 (Electronic Arts)
- PES 2019 (Konami)

Best Strategy Game
- Anno 1800 (Ubisoft)
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Total War: Three Kingdoms (Koch Media)

B. Category group: Platform

Best Console Game Sony PlayStation 4
- Marvel's Spider-Man (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft)
- Project Mephisto (working title)

Best Console Game Microsoft Xbox One
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Microsoft)
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Square Enix)
- Forza Horizon 4 (Microsoft)

Best Console Game Nintendo Switch
- LEGO DC Super-Villains (Warner Bros. Entertainment)
- Starlink - Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo)

Best PC Game
- Anno 1800 (Ubisoft)
- Life is Strange 2 (Square Enix)
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Square Enix)

Best Mobile Game
- Hyperdrome (Travian Games)
- Shadowgun War Games (MADFINGER Games)

Quelle: gamescom