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The Game Awards kick off at 9PM ET (6PM PT) and we're hosting the entire show live on Twitch, complete with ridiculous commentary from your trusted Playdate team, Timothy Seppala, Sean Buckley and myself, Jessica Conditt. This is The Game Awards' second year running and it's poised to be a big, fancy affair filled with new trailers, game announcements, famous guests (including Kiefer Sutherland and Shaq) and musical interludes. And, of course, awards.

There are 22 categories, but titles up for "Game of the Year" are Bloodborne, Fallout 4, Metal Gear Solid V, Super Mario Maker and The Witcher 3. Watch along with us in this post, on Twitch.tv/Joystiq or on the Engadget Gaming homepage.

The Nominees:

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

• From Software

• 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

• 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)