Gamers' Choice Awards
The 2018 Gamers' Choice Awards, the first video game awards show to be shown on a broadcast network, has just wrapped on CBS.
The show aired at 5 p.m. ET (2 p. If you have any thoughts about where and how to use my blog, you can speak to us at our site. m. PT), my blog and ran for about an hour. Unlike The Game Awards, which streamed online on Thursday, the CBS awards show appears to be based mainly on fan voting. The show does not appear to be streaming online immediately after its initial broadcast, but we'll update this post should that change.
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Categories and a sampling of the nominees are below, and winners are in bold. For categories where we don't have the nominees, we are listing the winners at the end. Several winner announcements came on the awards show's Twitter account.
Fan Favorite Male Gamer/Streamer
Shroud
Dr. Disrespect
Tyler1
Winner: TimTheTatman
Summit1g
Dr. Lupo
Tfue
Lirik
Fan Favorite Female Gamer/ Streamer
Winner: Imane "Pokimane" Anys
Rumay "Hafu" Wang (itsHafu)
Kristen "KittyPlays" Michaela
AnneMunition
Kat "Mystik" Gunn
Kim "Geguri" Se-Yeon
Amira "Xmiramira"
Julia "Juliano" Kiran
Zainab "zAAz" Turkie
Fan Favorite Game
Winner: Fortnite
God of War
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Celeste
League of Legends
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Monster Hunter: World
Fan Favorite Esports Game
League of Legends
Dota 2
Overwatch
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Rocket League
Winner: Fortnite
Most Anticipated Game
Winner: The Last of Us 2
Kingdom Hearts 3
The Elder Scrolls 6
Death Stranding
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Rage 2
Days Gone
Anthem
Fan Favorite Esports Team
Cloud9
Team Liquid
Team Solo Mid
100 Thieves
Winner: FaZe Clan
G2
Fnatic
Gaming Moment of the Year
Winner: Ninja Plays with Drake
The_Happy_Hob beats the Dark Souls Trilogy without taking a single hit
Red Dead Redemption 2 has the biggest opening weekend of any entertainment property ($725 million)
Dr. DisRespect hits a $100 headshot
Tyler1 returns to League of Legends
Joseph Saelee becomes Tetris World Champion
Soviet Womble attempts a tactical strategy
Fan Favorite Retro Character
Winner: Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
Link (The Legend of Zelda)
Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
Pacman (Pacman)
Bomberman (Bomberman)
Bonk (Bonk's Adventure)
Mega Man (Mega Man)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Samus Aran (Metroid)
Favorite Celebrity Gamer (Musician)
Marshmello
Post Malone
Winner: Snoop Dogg
Drake
Lupe Fiasco
Justin Bieber
Favorite Celebrity Gamer (Athlete)
Austin Creed (AKA Xavier Woods)
Gordon Hayward
Kenny Omega
Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson
Ronda Rousey
Jeremy Lin
Neymar Jr.
Winner: JuJu Smith-Schuster
David Price
Favorite Celebrity Gamer (Actor)
Vin Diesel
Mila Kunis
Winner: Terry Crews
Olivia Munn
Zac Efron
Henry Cavill
Fan Favorite Esports Moment
Winner: Cloud 9's League of Legends Worlds Run
OG wins The International 8
Mew2King wins Smash Summit 6
Cloud 9 wins Boston Major
NRG's 0 second goal in Grand Finals of RLCS
Evil Geniuses wins Call of Duty: World League Grand Finals
Most Desired Franchise Resurrection
Half-life
F-Zero
Banjo-Kazooie
Earthbound
Chrono Trigger
Winner: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Jet Set Radio
Fan Favorite Video Game Character
Kratos (God of War)
Connor (Detroit: Become Human)
Winner: Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel's Spider-Man)
Lara Croft (Shadow of the Tomb Raider)
Leo Caruso (A Way Out)
Alexios and Kassandra (Assassin's Creed: Odyssey)
Fan Favorite Mobile Game
PUBG Mobile
Winner: Pokemon Go
Florence
Arena of Valor
Alto's Odyssey
Vandals
Fan Favorite Multiplayer Game
Winner: Fortnite
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Overwatch
A Way Out
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds
Destiny 2: Forsaken
Monster Hunter: World
Fan Favorite Esport Event of the Year
League of Legends Worlds
Dota 2 The International
Overwatch League Grand Finals
Evolution 2018
ELEAGUE Boston Major
Winner: Call of Duty: World League Grand Finals
Fan Favorite Collegiate Esport Team
Belleview University
University of Utah
Maryville University
University of Washington
Winner: Ohio State
UC Irvine
Robert Morris University
UC Berkeley
Additional categories and winners are below. More can be found on the Gamers' Choice Awards Twitter account.
Fan Favorite Male Voice Actor winner: Christopher Judge as Kratos from God of War
Fan Favorite Esports Host winner: Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez
Fan Favorite Sports Game winner: Rocket League
Fan Favorite Gamer (Athlete) winner: Juju Smite-Schuster
Fan Favorite Esports Player (Super Smash Bros Melee) winner: Mang0
Fan Favorite VR game winner: Beat Saber
Fan Favorite Esports Player (Overwatch): Profit
Fan Favorite Esports Player (League of Legends): Faker
Fan Favorite Esports Player (Dota 2): Miracle
Fan Favorite Esports Player (PUBG): FuzzFace
Fan Favorite Esports Player (Rocket League): Squishy
Fan Favorite Supernova award: Ninja
Fan Favorite Esports Player (CS: Go): s1mple
Fan Favorite Esports Player (Fortnite): Ninja
Fan Favorite Esports Player (Dragon Ball FighterZ): SonicFox
Fan Favorite Esports Caster Duo: Monte and Doa
Fan Favorite Esports League Format: Fortnite Skirmishes
Fan Favorite Esports Caster: CouRage
Fan Favorite Gaming Event/Convention: TwitchCon
Fan Favorite Gaming Device: PC
Fan Favorite Indie Game: Subnautica
Fan Favorite Role Playing Game: Monster Hunter World
Fan Favorite Single Player Gaming Experience: Marvel's Spider-Man
Fan Favorite Shooter Game: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Fan Favorite Action Game: Marvel's Spider-Man
Fan Favorite Battle Royale Game: Fortnite
Fan Favorite MMORPG: WoW: my blog Battle for Azeroth
Fan Favorite Family-Friendly Multiplayer Game: Super Mario Party
Fan Favorite Fighting Game: Dragon Ball FighterZ
Fan Favorite Retro Game: Super Mario Bros.
Fan Favorite Fall Release: Red Dead Redemption 2
Fan Favorite Streaming Service: Twitch
Fan Favorite Female Voice Actor: Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft in Shadow of the Tomb Raider