The Game Awards has a heck of a job this year to select the very best of the best. Here’s a look at the categories and nominees this year, which include a few surprises.

Red Dead Redemption 2 has been a massive critical success, and it's becoming an even bigger sales one for Rockstar already after less than two weeks on store shelves.

If you’re playing through Red Dead Redemption 2 and you’re finding your camp a little bit lonely it’s likely that you’ve been hit by a bug. Soon after release, players noticed that some companions were missing from their makeshift home; notably Sadie, Jack, John, and Abigail.

From Rhodes to Valentine, Red Dead Redemption 2 is one heck of a gorgeous game. There’s rugged terrain to gallop over, foggy swamps to wade through and eerie forests to explore no matter where you are in the game. There’s also a slice of Mexico if you’re feeling brave enough.

The beta for Red Dead Online kicks off later this month, but Rockstar has kept quiet as to what players can expect within that mode. New leaks and data-mining (For the love of Clint Eastwood Rockstar, please don’t sue us) paints a picture of an online mode that’s not too dissimilar to GTA Online’s primary focus of owning fast cars and property.

Leaks rarely lead to major court cases. Blacklisting is usually the worst thing that can happen to a website as it finds itself shut out by a publisher, but the idea of being slapped with a hefty bill? Unheard of, until yesterday when website Trusted Reviews and their parent company TI Media forked out £1 million to charity after they published confidential information regarding Red Dead Redemption 2 back in February from a leaked internal document from Rockstar Games.

What kind of a game is Red Dead Redemption 2? On the surface, it looks like your typical sandbox, albeit with some rootin’ tootin’ gun-slinging action thrown into the mix. Which it is! It’s also a horror game of sorts, if you’re prepared to dig deep enough. Rockstar loves them a mystery, and much like the first Red Dead Redemption game released in 2010, there’s plenty of it in the sequel.

As technically polished as Red Dead Redemption 2 is thanks to its overworked staff, that doesn’t mean that the game doesn’t have any bugs inside of it. Ambitious as can be, thousands upon thousands of cogs in the game can operate perfectly in one instance and spectacularly cock up in an unintended manner the second you take your eyes off the screen. Here’s one example, as recent reports across social media have revealed a section near Rhodes where horses just catch aflame for no reason whatsoever.