Nominees announced for Gamescom Awards 2017

The nominees are in for this year’s Gamescom Awards. In terms of Nintendo games, Super Mario Odyssey and Mario + Rabbids are nominated in several categories. Metroid: Samus Returns is also given a nod as well.

We’ve posted the Nintendo-related nominees below. Winners will be announced this Thursday. 

Best Console Game Nintendo Switch

• FIFA 18, Electronic Arts
• Mario & Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Ubisoft
• Super Mario Odyssey, Nintendo

Best Mobile Game

• Danger Mouse: The Danger Games, 9th Impact
• Metroid: Samus Returns, Nintendo

Best Action Game

• Call of Duty: WWII, Activision Blizzard
• Destiny 2, Activision Blizzard
• Mittelerde: Schatten des Krieges, Warner Bros.
• Star Wars Battlefront 2, Electronic Arts
• Super Mario Odyssey, Nintendo

Best Family Game

• Anki Overdrive: Fast & Furious Edition, Anki
• LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2, Warner Bros.
• Life is Strange: Before the Storm, Square Enix
• Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, Bandai Namco
• Super Mario Odyssey, Nintendo

Best Strategy Game

• Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, Microsoft
• Ancestors, 1C Publishing
• Mario & Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Ubisoft
• Total War: Warhammer II, Koch Media
• Tropico 6, Kalypso Media

Best Casual Game

• Hidden Agenda, Sony
• Mario & Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Ubisoft
• Super Lucky’s Tale, Microsoft 

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