The nominees for the Gamescom Awards have been revealed and the winners will be announced on August 21st, the first day of the show. Many of the usual suspects are up for a gong but in the PlayStation 4 category one of the nominees is ‘Project Mephisto (working title)’.
The awards will be decided by a panel of journalists and (sigh) YouTubers so they will have had to get their hands on Project Mephisto before they awards are announced so the game will have to be revealed by then. I would wager the game is from one of Sony’s Xdev development teams and probably one based in Europe, but we know what many of them are working on already. Perhaps it could be something from Supermassive?
Could the name be a clue? Mephisto or Mephistopheles is one of the chief demons of German literary tradition according to Wikipedia. The only thing that springs to mind is that Hades was the big bad in Horizon Zero Dawn, maybe its HZD2?
Here’s the full list of nominees.
Best Action Game
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Metro Exodus (Deep Silver)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (Activision Blizzard)
Best Add-on/DLC
Destiny 2: Forsaken (Activision Blizzard)
State of Decay 2 Daybreak (Microsoft)
Best Casual Game
Life is Strange 2 (Square Enix)
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight (Koch Media)
Team Sonic Racing (Koch Media)
Best Family Game
Lego DC Super-Villains (Warner Bros. Entertainment)
Life is Strange 2 (Square Enix)
Super Mario Party (Nintendo)
Best Puzzle/Skill Game
Astro Bot Rescue Mission (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Microsoft)
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight (Koch Media)
Best Racing Game
F1 2018 (Koch Media/Codemasters)
Forza Horizon 4 (Microsoft)
Team Sonic Racing (Koch Media)
Best Role Playing Game
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft)
Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Kingdom Hearts 3 (Square Enix)
Best Simulation Game
Anno 1800 (Ubisoft)
F1 2018 (Koch Media/Codemasters)
Farming Simulator 19 (astragon Entertainment)
Best Social/Online Game
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Activision Blizzard)
Dying Light Bad Blood (Techland)
Rend (Frostkeep Studios)
Best Sports Game
F1 2018 (Koch Media/Codemasters)
FIFA 19 (Electronic Arts)
PES 2019 (Konami)
Best Strategy Game
Anno 1800 (Ubisoft)
Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Total War: Three Kingdoms (Koch Media)
Best Console Game Sony PlayStation 4
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft)
Project Mephisto (working title)
Best Console Game Microsoft Xbox One
Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Microsoft)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Square Enix)
Forza Horizon 4 (Microsoft)
Best Console Game Nintendo Switch
Lego DC Super-Villains (Warner Bros. Entertainment)
Starlink — Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo)
Best PC Game
Anno 1800 (Ubisoft)
Life is Strange 2 (Square Enix)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Square Enix)
Best Mobile Game
Hyperdrome (Travian Games)
Shadowgun War Games (Madfinger Games)
Source: CNET
camdaz
I thought the awards were for released games but looking at the nominations Project Mephisto isn’t the only game that hasn’t been released yet.
Tuffcub
The games have to be at the show rather than on the shelves.
camdaz
That makes sense, cheers.
gernboes
Mephistopheles is indeed a demon in german literature, but Hades is based in greek mythology, so i dont really see a connection there!
Tuffcub
Both bad demony devil things. Also: Clutching at straws
Orgrimarcus
This isn’t necessarily guaranteed to be a Sony game, or even a Playstation exclusive. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is in the same category and it’s definitely neither of those things.
I think something Diablo related is possible, Mephisto being one of the three big bads of Diablo II, could also be something completely different.