The Game Awards 2015: The Witcher 3 leads with six nominations including Game of the Year

Nominees for The Game Awards 2015 have been announced.

Fallout 4 is up for three awards including Game of the Year, and Bethesda is also up for Developer of the Year.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is also nominated for Game of the Year along with five other awards. CD Projekt RED is also up for Developer of the Year.

Other multiple nominees include: Bloodborne, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, Super Mario Maker, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Batman: Arkham Knight, Ori and the Blind Forest, Her Story, Life is Strange, Halo 5 and others. Some of these nominations include Best Performance.

Below is the full list of nominees.

Game of the Year

• Bloodborne
• Fallout 4
• Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
• Super Mario Maker
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Developer of the Year

• Bethesda Game Studios
• CD Projekt Red
• From Software
• Kojima Productions
• Nintendo

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 5: The Phantom Pain
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Rise of the Tomb Raider

Best RPG

• 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 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

Best Indie Game

• Axiom Verge (Tom Happ)
• Her Story (Sam Barlow)
• Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios/Microsoft Studios)
• Rocket League (Psyonix)
• Undertale (tobyfox)

Best Family Game

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

Best Mobile or Handheld Game

• Downwell (Moppin/Devolver Digital)
• Fallout Shelter (Bethesda)
• Lara Croft Go (Square Enix)
• Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom)
• Pac-Man 256 (Hipster Whale/Bandai Namco)

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 5: The Phantom Pain
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Best Score or Soundtrack

• Fallout 4 (Inon Zur)
• Halo 5: Guardians (Kazuma Jinnouchi)
• Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (Justin Burnett, Ludvig Forssell, Daniel James)
• Ori and the Blind Forest (Gareth Coker)
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Marcin Przybylowicz, Mikolai Stroinski)

Best Performance

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

Games for Change

• Cibele (Nina Freeman)
• Her Story (Sam Barlow)
• Life is Strange (Dontnod Entertainment)
• Sunset (Tale of Tales)
• Undertale (tobyfox)

Fan Choices

Most Anticipated Game

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

Best Fan Creation

• GTA 5 - 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)

Trending Gamer

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

eSports Categories

Game of the Year

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

Player of the Year

• Peter "ppd" Dager (Dota 2 - Evil Geniuses)
• Syed Sumail "Suma1L" Hassan (Dota 2 - Evil Geniuses)
• Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer (CS:GO - Fnatic)
• Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (League of Legends - SK Telecom T1)
• Kenny "KennyS" Schrub (CS:GO - Team EnVyUs)

Team of the Year

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

According to the official website, the nominees are selected by 32 international media, and in some cases, jury members are provided advanced review code of upcoming games "in order to meet the Game Awards 2015 judging deadlines."

All of the game nominated below have to have been released commercially by Tuesday, November 24 to be eligible for awards.

eSports nominees were voted on by an advisory panel consisting of eSports media and or eSports site professionals.

The Game Awards 2015 takes place the evening of December 3, kicking off at 9pm ET/ 6pm PT. The livestream can be watched via Twitch, YouTube, Steam, Xbox Live, and PSN.