Video Game Award Nominations 2017

Welcome to the annual Gamerheadquarters Video Game Awards where we kick things off with our nominations. These include multiple categories in gaming featuring the best titles of the year. Firstly, I should mention that we have a Fan Favorite Award that can be voted on from the link below or just continue down to view the nominations. We've slightly altered the categories for the awards feeling this best represents gaming in 2017. This includes adding virtual reality as a new category and the return of the Nintendo exclusive. The final awards area of the site will go live on December 17, 2017 featuring the winners for this year along with a fancy set of awards. Check out the nominations below and be sure to share around!

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Game of the Year
-Horizon Zero Dawn, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Nier: Automata, Assassin’s Creed: Origins, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Middle-Earth: Shadow of War

Indie Game of the Year
-Slime Rancher, SteamWorld Dig 2, She Remembered Caterpillars, Thimbleweed Park

Story of the Year
-Horizon Zero Dawn, Life is Strange: Before the Storm, Nier Automata, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Shooter Game of the Year
-Call of Duty: WWII, Star Wars Battlefront II, Sniper Elite 4, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Lawbreakers

Co-op Game of the Year
-Destiny 2, Cuphead, The Escapists 2, Ark: Survival Evolved

Best Non Series Game of the Year
-Horizon Zero Dawn, Cuphead, Ark: Survival Evolved, For Honor, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

Best in a Series Game of the Year
-Call of Duty: WWII, Assassin’s Creed: Origins, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Star Wars Battlefront II

Best Environments in a Game
-Horizon Zero Dawn, Star Wars Battlefront II, Destiny 2, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Assassin’s Creed: Origins, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Best New Character in a Game
-Aloy (Horizon Zero Dawn)
-Iden Versio (Star Wars Battlefront II)
-Bayek (Assassin’s Creed: Origins)
-William Pierson (Call of Duty: WWII)
-Senua (Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice)

Favorite Returning Character in a Game
-Chloe Price (Life is Strange: Before the Storm)
-Talion (Middle-Earth: Shadow of War)
-Link (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
-Sebastian Castellanos (The Evil Within 2)
-William J. Blazkowicz (Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus)
-Chloe Frazer (Uncharted: The Lost Legacy)

Xbox Exclusive of the Year
-Forza Motorsport 7, Cuphead, Halo Wars 2

Playstation Exclusive of the Year
-Horizon Zero Dawn, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Nier: Automata, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Tales of Berseria, Persona 5

Nintendo Exclusive of the Year
-The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

PC Exclusive of the Year
-West of Loathing, Battlerite, She Remembered Caterpillars, Total War: Warhammer II

VR Game of the Year
-The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR, Dino Frontier, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Archangel

Digital Game of the Year
-Slime Rancher, SteamWorld Dig 2, Cuphead, Tooth and Tail, Thimbleweed Park, The Sexy Brutale, Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Remake of the Year
-Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition, Voodoo Vince Remastered, Yakuza Kiwami

DLC of the Year
-Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds, Forza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels, Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare

Mobile Game of the Year
-Monument Valley 2, Crusaders of Light, Flipping Legend, Hexmon War

Early Access Game of the Year
-Conan Exiles, Playunknown’s Battlegrounds, Fortnite, Astroneer, Quake Champions

Fan Favorite Voting VOTE HERE

Other things to note: Early Access titles cannot be awarded multiple years and remasters cannot qualify for any other categories aside from the remake one. Games must have released or finished within the year to be included, this is mostly for episodic titles as they can only qualify in the year they conclude. Exclusives are now somewhat different due to a changing market, we now consider console titles exclusive if they're only available on one platform with it being fine if they're on PC. We feel these nominations cover a variety of titles and display the best of the year, hoped you might have even come across a gem you missed in the year.