Gamers' Choice Awards


The Gamers' Choice Awards was an award show that honored the video game industry in 2018. It was held on December 3, 2018 and broadcast on December 9, 2018 on CBS. It was the first televised gaming and esports awards show.

Event

The idea for the show came from Michael Burg who was the Executive Producer for the Teen Choice Awards. Victor Borachuk along with his company JupiterReturn, left the project prior to the show's airing.
The awards were based on fan voting and online public voting was held beginning November 17, 2018 to decide the winners. Two previews shows were held on November 17 and November 18, 2018 and aired on CBS. The initial shows were nomination shows prior to the main show on December 9.
The award show was held on December 3, 2018 at The Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, California. KISS performed followed by a tribute to Stan Lee. The competition featured 150 nominees in 22 categories.
The show premiered on CBS on December 9, 2018, following an NFL game. Winners included Ninja who was awarded Fan Favorite Esports Player of the Year, Fan Favorite Gamer Moment, and the 2018 Super Nova Honor. Other winners included TimTheTatman and Pokimane who were named Streamers of the Year. Fortnite led the award shows with five fan favorite awards. Additional winners included Terry Crews for Fan Favorite Celebrity Gamer and Snoop Dogg for Fan Favorite Music Artist Gamer.

Winners and nominees

Video games

Titles in bold won in their respective category.

  • Fortnite — Epic Games
  • * God of War — SIE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • * Spider-Man — Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • * Overwatch — Blizzard Entertainment
  • * Dragon Ball FighterZ — Arc System Works/Bandai Namco Entertainment/NIS America
  • * Celeste — Matt Makes Games
  • * League of Legends — Riot Games
  • * ' — Treyarch/Activision
  • * Assassin's Creed Odyssey — Ubisoft
  • * ' — Capcom
  • The Last of Us Part II — Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • * Kingdom Hearts III — Square Enix
  • * The Elder Scrolls VI — Bethesda Softworks
  • * Death Stranding — Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • * Cyberpunk 2077 — CD Projekt Red/CD Projekt
  • * ' — FromSoftware/Activision
  • * Rage 2 — Avalanche Studios/Bethesda Softworks
  • * Days Gone — SIE Bend Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • * Anthem — Bioware/Electronic Arts
  • * Tom Clancy's The Division 2 — Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft
  • Spider-Man — Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • * God of War — SIE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • * Assassin's Creed Odyssey — Ubisoft
  • * Shadow of the Tomb Raider — Eidos Montréal/Square Enix
  • * Far Cry 5 — Ubisoft
  • Spider-Man — Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • * Celeste — Matt Makes Games
  • * God of War — SIE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • * Assassin's Creed Odyssey — Ubisoft
  • * ' — Quantic Dream/Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Fortnite — Epic Games
  • * ' — Treyarch/Activision
  • * ' — Capcom
  • * ' — Bungie/Activision
  • * ' — Blizzard Entertainment
  • * Overwatch — Blizzard Entertainment
  • * A Way Out — Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
  • * PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds — PUBG Corporation
  • — Treyarch/Activision
  • * Overwatch — Blizzard Entertainment
  • * ' — Bungie/Activision
  • * Quake Champions — id Software/Bethesda Softworks
  • * Far Cry 5 — Ubisoft
  • * Warframe — Digital Extremes
  • * Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege — Ubisoft
  • Pokémon Go — The Pokémon Company/Niantic
  • * PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Mobile — PUBG Corporation/Tencent Games
  • * Arena of Valor — Timi Studio Group/Tencent Games
  • * Florence — Mountains/Annapurna Interactive
  • Rocket League — Psyonix
  • * FIFA 19 — EA Sports
  • * NBA 2K19 — Visual Concepts/2K Sports
  • * Forza Horizon 4 — Playground Games/Microsoft Studios
  • * NHL 19 — EA Sports
  • * WWE 2K19 — Yuke's/Visual Concepts/2K Sports
  • * Madden NFL 19 — EA Sports
  • Super Mario Party — NDcube/Nintendo
  • * Mario Tennis Aces — Camelot Software Planning/Nintendo
  • * Overcooked 2 — Ghost Town Games/Team17
  • * ' — Ubisoft
  • * Scribblenauts Showdown — Shiver Entertainment/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • * Lego The Incredibles — TT Fusion/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • * Just Dance 2018 — Ubisoft
  • Fortnite — Epic Games
  • * Dota 2 — Valve
  • * League of Legends — Riot Games
  • * Overwatch — Blizzard Entertainment
  • * ' — Hidden Path Entertainment/Valve
  • * Dragon Ball FighterZ — Arc System Works/Bandai Namco Entertainment/NIS America
  • * Super Smash Bros. Melee — HAL Laboratory/Nintendo
  • * Rocket League — Psyonix
  • * PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds — PUBG Corporation
  • Fortnite — Epic Games
  • * PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds — PUBG Corporation
  • * ' — Treyarch/Activision
  • * Realm Royale — Hi-Rez Studios
  • * Ring of Elysium — Tencent Games/Garena
  • * Darwin Project — Scavengers Studio
  • * H1Z1 — Daybreak Game Company
  • Dragon Ball FighterZ — Arc System Works/Bandai Namco Entertainment/NIS America
  • * ' — Capcom/Dimps
  • * Soulcalibur VI — Bandai Namco Entertainment
  • * Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection — Digital Eclipse/Capcom
  • * ' — Arc System Works
  • — Capcom
  • * Path of Exile — Grinding Gear Games
  • * Dragon Quest XI — Square Enix
  • * ' — Level-5 /Bandai Namco Entertainment
  • * ' — Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver
  • * Octopath Traveler — Square Enix/Acquire/Nintendo
  • * Diablo III — Blizzard Entertainment
  • * ' — Obsidian Entertainment/Versus Evil
  • — Blizzard Entertainment
  • * The Elder Scrolls Online — ZeniMax Online Studios/Bethesda Softworks
  • * MapleStory 2 — NSquare/Nexon
  • * Lineage 2 Revolution — Netmarble Games
  • * Black Desert Online — Pearl Abyss/Kakao Games
  • * Eve Online — CCP Games
  • * Final Fantasy XIV — Square Enix
  • Beat Saber — Beat Games
  • * Moss — Polyarc
  • * Pixel Ripped 1989 — Arvore Immersive Games
  • * Brass Tactics — Hidden Path Entertainment
  • * Sprint Vector — Survios
  • * ' — Survios
  • — BioWare/LucasArts
  • * Half-Life — Valve
  • * Banjo Kazooie — Rare
  • * Earthbound — HAL Laboratory
  • * Chrono Trigger — Square
  • * Jet Set Radio — Sega
  • Subnautica — Unknown Worlds Entertainment
  • * Celeste — Matt Makes Games
  • * Dead Cells — Motion Twin
  • * Into the Breach — Subset Games
  • * Iconoclasts — Konjak/Bitfrost Entertainment
  • * Donut County — Ben Esposito/Annapurna Interactive
  • * Moonlight — MonkeyMaw
  • Red Dead Redemption 2 — Rockstar Games
  • * Fallout 76 — Bethesda Softworks
  • * Battlefield V — EA DICE/Electronic Arts
  • * Warframe: Fortuna — Digital Extremes
  • Peter Parker/Spider-Man — Spider-Man
  • * Kratos — God of War
  • * Lara Croft — Shadow of the Tomb Raider
  • * Leo Caruso — A Way Out
  • * Connor — '
  • * Alexios and Kassandra — Assassin's Creed Odyssey
  • Christopher Judge as Kratos — God of War
  • * Bryan Dechart as Connor — '
  • * Jesse Williams as Markus — '
  • * Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker/Spider-Man — Spider-Man
  • * Jeremy Davies as Baldur — God of War
  • * Greg Bryk as Joseph Seed — Far Cry 5
  • * Michael Antonakos as Alexios — Assassin's Creed Odyssey
  • Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft — Shadow of the Tomb Raider
  • * Valorie Curry as Kara — '
  • * Danielle Bisutti as Freya — God of War
  • * Laura Bailey as Mary Jane Watson — Spider-Man
  • * Tara Platt as Yuri Watanabe — Spider-Man
  • * Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra — Assassin's Creed Odyssey
  • Super Mario Bros. — Nintendo
  • * Pong — Atari, Inc.
  • * Space Invaders — Taito/Midway Games
  • * The Legend of Zelda — Nintendo
  • * Tetris — Alexey Pajitnov
  • Mario — Mario
  • * Link — The Legend of Zelda
  • * Donkey Kong — Donkey Kong
  • * Pac-Man — Pac-Man
  • * Bomberman — Bomberman
  • * Bonk — Bonk's Adventure
  • * Mega Man — Mega Man
  • * Sonic the Hedgehog — Sonic the Hedgehog
  • * Samus Aran — Metroid
  • Ninja plays with Drake
  • * The_Happy_Hob completes Dark Souls, Dark Souls II, and Dark Souls III without sustaining damage
  • * Red Dead Redemption 2 has the biggest opening weekend of any entertainment property
  • * Dr DisRespect hits a $100 headshot
  • * tyler1 returns to League of Legends
  • * Joseph Saelee becomes champion of the 2018 Classic Tetris World Championship
  • * Soviet Womble attempts a tactic strategy

    • Esports and celebrities

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