Nominees for the Emotional Games Awards 2018 announced

The second edition of the Emotional Games Awards will take place in Laval, France on Friday March 2. The Emotional Games awards reward video games which bring on the most emotions in the players and we had recently seen the panel of judges for Emotional Game Awards 2018.

Nominees for the Emotional Games Awards 2018 are:

Best Emotional Game Nominees 

• Abzû (Giant Squid-505 Games)
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory Ltd.)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla-Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Life is Strange: Before the Storm (Deck Nine Games-Square Enix)
• The First Tree (David Wehle)

Best Emotional Artistic Game Achievement Nominees 

• A.L.F.R.E.D (ISART Digital- Miyu Distribution - Sève Films)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla-Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Last Day of June (Ovosonico-505 Games)
• Old Man's Journey (Broken Rules)
• Robinson : the Journey (Crytek)

Best Emotional Game Design Nominees 

• Abzû (Giant Squid-505 Games)
• Cultist Simulator (Weather Factory)
• Dee Zaster on Monster Island (Glance Creative Ltd.-Prime Apps Ltd.)
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory Ltd.)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Pyre (Supergiant Games)

Best Emotional VR Game Nominees

• Lone Echo (Ready At Dawn)
• Robinson : the Journey (Crytek)
• Statik (Tarsier Studios)

Best Emotional Mobile & Handheld Nominees 

• Ana the Game (Almost Games Studio-Plug in digital)
• Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story (Accidental Queens - Playdius)
• Bury me, my love (The Pixel Hunt - Playdius)
• Is it Love? Mystery Spell - Peter (1492 Studio)
• Old Man's Journey (Broken Rules)
• Save me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-San! (Christophe Galati - Nicalis)

Best Emotional Music Nominees 

• Far from noise (George Batchelor)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Little Nightmares (Tarsier Studios-Namco Bandai Entertainement Europe)
• Perception (The Deep End Games)
• Spike: Under the Leaves (ISART Digital-Miyu Distribution - Sève Films)
• The first Tree (David Wehle)

Best Emotional Indie Game Nominees 

• Another Lost Phone : Laura's Story (Accidental Queens - Playdius)
• Along the edge (Nova-box)
• Far from noise (George Batchelor)
• Epistory - Typing Chronicles (Fishing Castus)
• _observer_ (Bloober team)
• Perception (The Deep Endgames)
• Past Cure (Phantom 8)

Audience Choice 

But that is not all. You can help make your favourite game get an award and recognition at the Emotional Game Award 2018 by voting online. All games nominated are eligible.

Online vote begins Friday, February 9 on the website http://www.emotionalgamesawards.com/