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Post by KostaAndreadis @ 06:07pm 13/12/19 | 1 Comments
The fifth annual The Game Awards wrapped up a short while ago, and among the sea of announcements and big reveals (ala Xbox Series X) - there were also a number of awards, err, awarded. Hit the jump for the full list which includes Game of the Year and other categories.

The Game Awards winners are detailed below, with the big winner of the night being Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice taking the Game of the Year nod, and Disco Elysium winning four awards - namely for role-playing, narrative, and indie title, beating a lot of AAA heavy hitters in the process.

Category winners are in bold.

GAME OF THE YEAR

Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / SIE)
Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Sora / Bandai Namco / Nintendo)
The Outer Worlds (Obsidian / Private Division)

ACTION GAME

Apex Legends (Respawn / EA)
Astral Chain (Platinum Games / Nintendo)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
Gears 5 (The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios)
Metro Exodus (4A Games / Deep Silver)

ACTION / ADVENTURE GAME

Borderlands 3 (Gearbox / 2K)
Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / SIE)
Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo / Nintendo)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)

ART DIRECTION

Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / SIE)
GRIS (Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital)
Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo / Nintendo)

AUDIO DESIGN

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / SIE)
Gears 5 (The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios)
Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)

FAMILY GAME

Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)
Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Sora / Bandai Namco / Nintendo)
Yoshi’s Crafted World (Good-Feel / Nintendo)

FIGHTING GAME

Dead or Alive 6 (Team Ninja / Koei Tecmo)
Jump Force (Spike Chunsoft / Bandai Namco)
Mortal Kombat 11 (Netherrealm / WBIE)
Samurai Shodown (SNK / Athlon)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Sora / Bandai Namco / Nintendo)

FRESH INDIE GAME

Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
Gris (Nomada Studio)
My Friend Pedro (Deadtoast Entertainment)
Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital)
Slay the Spire (Mega Crit)
Untitled Goose Game (House House)

GAME DIRECTION

Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / SIE)
Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)
Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna)

GAMES FOR IMPACT

Concrete Genie (Pixelopus / SIE)
GRIS (Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital)
Kind Words (Popcannibal)
Life is Strange 2 (Dontnod / Square Enix)
Sea of Solitude (Jo-Mei Games / EA)

INDEPENDENT GAME

Baba is You (Hempuli)
Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
Katana Zero (Askiisoft / Devolver Digital)
Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna)
Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)

MOBILE GAME

Call of Duty: Mobile (Timi Studios / Activision)
Grindstone (Capybara Games)
Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna)
Sky: Children of the Light (ThatGameCompany)
What the Golf? (Triband)

MULTIPLAYER GAME

Apex Legends (Respawn / EA)
Borderlands 3 (Gearbox / 2K)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/ Activision)
Tetris 99 (Arika / Nintendo)
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft)

NARRATIVE

A Plague Tale: Innocence (Asobo / Focus Home)
Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / SIE)
Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
The Outer Worlds (Obsidian / Private Division)

ONGOING GAME

Apex Legends (Respawn / EA)
Destiny 2 (Bungie)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)

PERFORMANCE

Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb (The Outer Worlds)
Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden (Control)
Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz (Gears 5)
Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff (Death Stranding)
Matthew Porretta as Dr. Casper Darling (Control)
Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges (Death Stranding)

ROLE-PLAYING GAME

Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (Capcom)
The Outer Worlds (Obsidian / Private Division)

SCORE & MUSIC

Cadence of Hyrule (Brace Yourself Games / Nintendo)
Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / SIE)
Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna)

SPORTS/RACING GAME

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Beenox / Activision)
Dirt Rally 2.0 (Codemasters / Deep Silver)
eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 (PES Productions / Konami)
F1 2019 (Codemasters / Deep Silver)
FIFA 20 (EA Sports)

STRATEGY GAME

Age of Wonders: Planetfall (Triumph Studios / Paradox)
ANNO 1800 (Blue Byte / Ubisoft)
Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems / Koei Tecmo / Nintendo)
Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly / SEGA)
Tropico 6 (Limbic Entertainment / Kalypso Media)
Wargroove (Chucklefish)

VR/AR GAME

Asgard’s Wrath (Sanzaru Games / Oculus Studios)
Blood & Truth (SIE London Studio / SIE)
Beat Saber (Beat Games)
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Trover Saves the Universe (Squanch Games)

Esports and community categories are as follows.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Apex Legends (Respawn / EA)
Destiny 2 (Bungie)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR

Courage (Jack Dunlop)
Dr. Lupo (Benjamin Lupo)
Ewok (Soleil Wheeler)
Grefg (David Martínez)
Shroud (Michael Grzesiek)

ESPORTS COACH

Eric ‘Adren’ Hoag (Team Liquid, CS:GO)
Nu-ri “Cain” Jang (Team Liquid, LOL)
Fabian ‘Grabbz’ Lohmann (G2 Esports, LOL)
Kim ‘Kkoma’ Jeong-Gyun (SK Telecom T1, LOL)
Titouan ‘Sockshka’ Merloz (OG, DOTA2
Danny ‘Zonic’ Sorensen (Astralis, CS:GO)

ESPORTS EVENT

2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals
Evo 2019
Fortnite World Cup
IEM Katowice 2019
League of Legends World Championship 2019
The International 2019

ESPORTS GAME OF THE YEAR

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
DOTA2 (Valve)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
League of Legends (Riot Games)
Overwatch (Blizzard)

ESPORTS HOST

Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
Alex “Machine” Richardson
Paul “Redeye” Chaloner
Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
Duan “Candice” Yu-Shuang

ESPORTS PLAYER

Kyle ‘Bugha’ Giersdorf (Sentinels, Fortnite)
Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-Hyeok (SK Telecon, League of Legends)
Luka ‘Perkz’ Perkovic (G2 Esports, League of Legends)
Oleksandr ‘S1mple’ Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
Jay ‘Sinatraa’ Won (SF Shock, Overwatch)

ESPORTS TEAM

Astralis (CS:GO)
G2 Esports (LOL)
OG (DOTA2)
San Francisco Shock (OWL)
Team Liquid (CS: GO)

A solid year for gaming, with congratulations both to the winners and all those who were nominated.



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Latest Comments
Arpey
Posted 07:06pm 13/12/19
I'm very happily surprised to see Disco Elysium picking up wins in multiple categories. I'm also (a bit unhappily) surprised to see Sekiro get the overall GOTY. I feel like Control was a better overall game but that might simply be personal taste talking.
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