God of War Is Game of the Year! See All the Game Awards 2018 Winners

By Otávio Augusto on Dec 7, 2018, updated Aug 23, 2026 at 2:50 PM —

The Game Awards is one of the most anticipated events dedicated to honoring games released over the course of the year. The 2018 edition took place on Thursday, December 6, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Here is the complete list of nominees and winners (with winners highlighted in bold):

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Game of the Year

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE) - WINNER
Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
Monster Hunter: World” (Capcom)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Best Game Direction

A Way Out (Hazelight Studios / EA)
Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE) - WINNER
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Best Action Game

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)
Dead Cells (Motion Twin) - WINNER
Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
Mega Man 11 (Capcom)

Best Action/Adventure Game

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE) - WINNER
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal / Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix)

Fortnite received two awards.

Best Ongoing Game

Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Overwatch (Blizzard)
Fortnite (Epic Games) - WINNER
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)

Best Narrative

Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) - WINNER
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)

Best Art Direction

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
Return of Obra Dinn (3909 LLC) - WINNER
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Best Audio Design

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch Studios / Activision)
Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) - WINNER
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)

Best Music/Score

Celeste (Lena Raine)
God of War (Bear McCreary)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (John Paesano)
Octopath Traveler (Yasunori Nishiki)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Woody Jackson) - WINNER

"Red Dead 2" won the most awards of the night.

Best Performance

Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War
Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Bryan Dechart as Connor in Detroit: Become Human
Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2 - WINNER
Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man

Games for Impact

11-11 Memories Retold (Digixart / Aardman Animations / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
Celeste (Matt Makes Games) - WINNER
Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories (White Owls / Arc System Works)

Best Debut Indie Game

Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
Moss (Polyarc Games)
The Messenger (Sabotage Studio) - WINNER
Yoku’s Island Express (Villa Gorilla)

Best Independent Game

Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
Celeste (Matt Makes Games) - WINNER
Into the Breach (Subset Games)
Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC)
The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)

Best Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Game

ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / SIE) - WINNER
Beat Saber (Beat Games)
Firewall Zero Hour (First Contact Entertainment / SIE)
Moss (Polyarc Games)
Tetris Effect (Resonair / Enhance, Inc)

Best Mobile Game

Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive) - WINNER
PUBG MOBILE (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games)
Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Developer Digital)

Best Fighting Game

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc System Works)
Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment) - WINNER
Soul Calibur VI (Bandai Namco Studios / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
Street Fighter V Arcade (Dimps / Capcom)

Best RPG

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix / Square Enix)
Monster Hunter: World (Capcom) - WINNER
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom” (Level 5 / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil)

Best Family Game

Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games / Team 17) - WINNER
Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
Super Mario Party (NDCube / Nintendo)

Best Sports/Racing Game

FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)
Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios) - WINNER
NBA 2K19 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (PES Productions / Konami)