7th Annual Canadian Video Game Awards Announce Finalists

The 2016 finalists for the Canadian Video Game Awards were announced today in twenty categories. The winners will be revealed at the annual event to be held on November 15th at the Palais des Congres in downtown Montreal.

Over 55 nominations for games released in 2016 were received from all parts of Canada, with ­­45 games represented in the list of finalists. All awards are for work developed in Canada between November 1st, 2015 and November 13th, 2016. A body of industry experts from across the country will vote on the winners in each category. Members of the general public can get involved by casting their vote for the Fans’ Choice Awards at www.cvawards.ca. Voting will close November 2nd.

Game of the Year (10 finalists)

• Dead by Daylight (Behaviour Digital)
• Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
• Eagle Flight (Ubisoft Montreal)
• Far Cry: Primal (Ubisoft Montreal)
• NHL 17 (EA Canada)
• Severed (Drinkbox Studios)
• Stories: The Path of Destinies (Spearhead Games)
• The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal)