Witcher 3 Leads Game of the Year Nominees for 2015 Game Awards

The nominees for the 2015 Game Awards have been announced, with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt leading the way with seven total nominations, including a nod for overall Game of the Year. Others nominated for the top award include Fallout 4, Bloodborne, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and Super Mario Maker.

The Witcher 3 also earned nominations for Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score/Soundtrack, Best Performance, and Best Role-Playing Game. The game's developer, CD Projekt Red, was nominated for Developer of the Year. Scroll down to see all of the categories and nominees for the 2015 Game Awards.

Produced by games media veteran Geoff Keighley, in partnership with a variety of game publishers and sponsored in part by Verizon, the 2015 Game Awards air on Thursday, December 3, starting at 6 PM PDT.

These nominees were chosen by a jury of 32 international media members, including a represnetative from GameSpot. To be considered, games needed to have been commercially released by November 24. Check out all of the nominees below, as compiled by Entertainment Weekly.

We'll have a full rundown of winners on December 3.

Game of the Year

• Bloodborne
• Fallout 4
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• Super Mario Maker
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Developer of the Year

• Bethesda Game Studios
• CD Projekt Red
• FromSoftware
• Kojima Productions
• Nintendo

Best Independent Game

• Axiom Verge
• Her Story
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Rocket League
• Undertale

Best Mobile/Handheld Game

• Downwell
• Fallout Shelter
• Lara Croft GO
• Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate
• Pac-Man 256

Best Narrative

• Her Story
• Life Is Strange
• Tales From The Borderlands
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Until Dawn

Best Art Direction

• Batman: Arkham Knight
• Bloodborne
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Best Score/Soundtrack

• Fallout 4
• Halo 5: Guardians
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Best Performance

• Ashly Burch as Chloe Price (Life is Strange)
• Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft (Rise of the Tomb Raider)
• Doug Cockle as Geralt (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)
• Mark Hamill as The Joker (Batman: Arkham Knight)
• Viva Seifert (Her Story)

Games for Change Award

• Cibele (Nina Freeman)
• Her Story (Sam Barlow)
• Life Is Strange (DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix)
• Sunset (Tale of Tales)
• Undertale (tobyfox)

Best Shooter

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
• Destiny: The Taken King
• Halo 5: Guardians
• Splatoon
• Star Wars Battlefront

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Assassin's Creed Syndicate
• Batman: Arkham Knight
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Rise of the Tomb Raider

Best Role Playing Game

• Bloodborne
• Fallout 4
• Pillars of Eternity
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Undertale

Best Fighting Game

• Guilty Gear Xrd –SIGN–
• Mortal Kombat X
• Rise of Incarnates
• Rising Thunder

Best Family Game

• Disney Infinity 3.0
• Lego Dimensions
• Skylanders: SuperChargers
• Splatoon
• Super Mario Maker

Best Sports/Racing Game

• FIFA 16
• Forza Motorsport 6
• NBA 2K16
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2016
• Rocket League

Best Multiplayer

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
• Destiny: The Taken King
• Halo 5: Guardians
• Rocket League
• Splatoon

Most Anticipated Game

• Horizon Zero Dawn
• No Man’s Sky
• Quantum Break
• The Last Guardian
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

esports Player of the Year

• Kenny "KennyS" Schrub
• Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok
• Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer
• Peter "ppd" Dager
• Syed Sumail "Suma1L" Hassan

esports Team of the Year

• Evil Geniuses
• Fnatic
• Optic Gaming
• SK Telecom T1
• Team SoloMid

esports Game of the Year

• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Dota 2
• Hearthstone
• League of Legends

Trending Gamer

• Total Biscuit
• Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles
• Greg Miller
• Markiplier
• PewDiePie

Best Fan Creation

• GTA V – Targets (Hoodoo Operator)
• Real GTA (Corridor Digital)
• Portal Stories: Mel (Prism Studios)
• Super Mario Maker e-Reader Levels (Baddboy78 / theycallmeshaky)
• Twitch Plays Dark Souls (Twitch Community)