2018 is almost history, and that means it’s time to celebrate all of the extraordinary games that released throughout the year!

Once again, NerdBacon will be hosting our very own NerdBacon Game of the Year Awards Spectacular on January 4th, 2019.  Last year’s event was a thrilling ride filled with special musical guests and all the class of a Rodney Dangerfield movie, and this year’s event promises to be bigger, badder, and better than last year!

So mark your calendar’s for Friday January 4th, 2019 at 9pm EST / 7 Central and witness this sure to be monumental live event!

Here are the categories and the nominees. Good luck, and we will see all January 4th at the NerdBacon Game of the Year Awards Spectacular!

Best Fighting Game of the Year

Soul Caibur VI

Dragon Ball FighterZ

Super Smash Bros Ultimate

SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy

Fighting EX Layer

Best Character of the Year

Spider Man (Spider-man)

Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption 2)

Kratos (God of War)

Primrose (Octopath Traveler)

Kassandra (Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey)

The Forgotten – Games we were excited to play but dropped after release

Monster Hunter World

Dragon Ball FighterZ

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Artifact

StarLink: Battle for Atlas

Biggest Disappointment of the Year

Nintendo Online

Fallout 76

No PSX this Year

Mario Tennis Aces

Lack of Xbox One Exclusives

Most Clueless Corporate Decision Award

EA to Fans: “Don’t Buy Battlefield V”

Sony’s 20 minute break during their E3 2018 conference

Fallout 76 – All of it

Blizzard closes Blizzcon with Diablo Mobile announcement

Nintendo Online is nothing more than a callous online paywall

Gaming media blames fans for everything

The Fallout 76 Blunder of the Year Award

Canvas Bag Debacle

Releasing Customer Info snafu

No Refunds because it’s not on STEAM scandal

Day 1 Patch is larger than the actual game

They Released it

Best Soundtrack of the Year

Octopath Traveler

Spider-man

Red Dead Redemption 2

God of War

Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Griss

Best Art Design

God of War

Red Dead Redemption 2

Celeste

Octopath Traveler

Griss

Dead Cells

Dragon Ball FighterZ

Waifu of the Year

Bowsette (Our perverted dreams)

Skullomania (SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy)

Pyra (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)

Kassandra (Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey)

Robo Arm Chick (Battlefield V)

Ashe (Overwatch)

Husbando of the Year

Armor King (Tekken 7)

Statue Dicks (Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey)

Kratos (God of War)

Blanka-chan (Street Fighter V)

G (Street Fighter V)

BOB (Overwatch)

Fortnight Dance of the Year

Floss

Turk

Carlton

Tinman

Take the L

Orange Justice

Most Anticipated Game of 2019

Devil May Cry V

Mortal Kombat 11

Kingdom Hearts III

Ori and the Will of the Whisps

Bayonetta 3

ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove

Anthem

Crackdown 3

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Ghosts of Tsushima

The Forza Horizon 4 Award for Best Xbox One Game of the Year

Forza Horizon 4

Game of the Year – Nintendo Switch

Octopath Traveler

Mario Tennis Aces

Super Smash Bros Ultimate

Pokemon: Let’s Go Pikachu/Evee

Game of the Year – PS4

Spider-man

God of War

Dragon Quest XI

Yakuza 6

Tetris Effect

Game of the Year

Red Dead Redemption 2

God of War

Spider-man

Octopath Traveler

Forza Horizon 4

Super Smash Bros Ultimate

Dead Cells

Who do you think will be the big winner at the 2nd annual NerdBacon Game of the Year Awards Spectacular?

Tune in on Friday January 4th, 2019 at 9pm EST / 8 Central on the following stations:

Twitch.tv/NerdBacon

Youtube

SmashCast.tv/NerdBacon

Mixer.com/NerdBacon

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