The awards season for video games is upon us, and now it's our turn to let you know what we think about 2018 in gaming. Much has been said and will continue to be said on what are some of the best years in gaming history, and there's no doubt that 2018 will be thrown into that discussion. Maybe it doesn't have quite enough behind it to compete with the likes of 1998 or 2007, but 2018 is a very solid year nonetheless.
Of course, we want to know what you think were some of the best games of 2018 too. At this link you can participate in choosing who will receive the Readers' Choice Award for every category below. Voting will remain open until the January 4th at 11:59 eastern. ***Voting is now over, thanks to the over 300 of you that participated!*** Once the results are in, we will start announcing the winners the week of the 7th.
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Nominees were submitted by and the voted on by staff to settle on what you see below.
Best Multiplayer (For exceptional multiplayer gameplay and design)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Our Review)
- Dragon Ball FighterZ (Our Review)
- Monster Hunter: World (Our Review)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Our Review)
- Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Best Writing (For outstanding storytelling, worldbuilding, and character creation)
- God of War (Our Review)
- Marvel's Spider-Man (Our Review)
- Octopath Traveler (Our Review)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Our Review)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Our Review)
Best Soundtrack (For outstanding overall score)
- God of War (Our Review)
- Octopath Traveler (Our Review)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Our Review)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Our Review)
- Tetris Effect (Our Review)
Best Visuals (For outstanding, cohesive aesthetic)
- God of War (Our Review)
- GRIS (Our Review)
- Octopath Traveler (Our Review)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Our Review)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Our Review)
Best Expansion/DLC (The best piece of additional content to an existing game)
- Destiny 2: Forsaken (Our Review)
- Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition
- Hollow Knight: Godmaster
- No Man's Sky NEXT
- Prey - Mooncrash
Best Evolving Game (For outstanding continued development on an existing game)
- Fortnite
- Hollow Knight
- Monster Hunter: World (Our Review)
- No Man's Sky
- Overwatch
Indie Game of the Year (For outstanding creative and technical design from outside a large studio)
- The Banner Saga 3 (Our Review)
- Celeste
- Dead Cells (Our Review)
- Frostpunk (Our Review)
- Into the Breach
- Lamplight City (Our Review)
- The Messenger (Our Review)
- Moonlighter (Our Review)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Our Review)
- Yoku's Island Express (Our Review)
Board Game of the Year (For outstanding tabletop game design)
- Blades in the Dark (Our Review)
- Dark Souls: The Card Game (Our Review)
- KeyForge (Our Preview)
- My Little Scythe (Our Review)
- Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team (Our Preview)
Game of the Year (The best game of the year, whose sum of its parts is greater than any other)
- Dead Cells (Our Review)
- Forza Horizon 4 (Our Review)
- God of War (Our Review)
- Marvel's Spider-Man (Our Review)
- Monster Hunter: World (Our Review)
- Octopath Traveler (Our Review)
- Phantom Doctrine (Our Review)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Our Review)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Our Review)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Our Review)
What do you think of the above nominees? Any we left out? Any that maybe shouldn’t be there? Let us know in the comments below!
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Editor in Chief at TechRaptor. Has long believed Dynasty Warriors 4 to be the pinnacle of gaming.