The nominations for this year’s ‘gamescom award 2010’ have been announced, an awards ceremony that aims to recognise the greatest hardware and software innovations in videogames represented at gamescom.
The awards comprise categories such as ‘Best of gamescom,’ ‘Console’ and ‘PC Game,’ as Gran Turismo 5, Portal 2, Crysis 2, Civilization 5 and Star Wars: The Old Republic lead the nominations with two nods each.
The winners in each category will be announced on Friday, August 20th, from 10:30 on the stage of Hall 8.
Here is the list of nominees for the gamescom award 2010:
Category “Best of gamescom”:
- Gran Turismo 5 (Sony)
- Portal 2 (Valve)
- Crysis 2 (Crytek)
- Star Wars The Old Republic (LucasArts)
- Civilization 5 (2K)
Category “Hardware Accessories”:
- Kinect (Microsoft)
- PlayStation Move (Sony)
- Cyborg R.A.T. 7 (Mad Catz)
- Instruments: Rock Band 3 (MTV)
Category “Console”:
- MAFIA II (2K)
- Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (Ubisoft Montr.)
- Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda)
- FIFA 11 (EA)
- Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo)
- Gran Turismo 5 (Sony)
Kategorie “Mobile”:
- Die Sims 3 (EA)
- God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Sony)
- Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (Nintendo)
- Super Scribblenauts (Warner Bros.)
Kategorie “Online”:
- Guild Wars 2 (Ncsoft West)
- Poisonville (Bigpoint)
- Black Prophecy (gamigo AG)
- Star Wars The Old Republic (LucasArts)
- World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Blizzard Entertainment)
Kategorie “PC Game”:
- Civilization 5 (2K)
- Portal 2 (Valve)
- Crysis 2 (Crytek)
Hopefully El33tonline will be able to catch the award ceremony… oh dear, the schedule says no. Well, we’ll definitely be able to make up for missing the awards show with the amount of other cool stuff we’re going to see during gamescom!
Be sure to keep your peepers tuned to El33tonline.com next week to rummage through our coverage of the event!
Tags: civilization5, crysis2, gamescom, gamescom2010, granturismo5, portal2
