The Game Awards

[SuperAfroBoy]

Did anyone else watch this last night? It was pretty good, some real surprise winners for me. The Iwata tribute was really great, but I think my favourite moment was Geoff Keighley calling out Konami on their shitty treatment of Kojima.

If you didn't watch here are the nominees and winners (in bold):

Game of the Year

• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Bloodborne
• Fallout 4
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• Super Mario Maker

Developer of the Year

• Bethesda Game Studios (Fallout 4, Fallout Shelter)
• CD Projekt Red (The Witcher 3)
• From Software (Bloodborne)
• Kojima Productions (MGSV)
• Nintendo (various)

Best Independent Game

• Axiom Verge
• Her Story
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Rocket League
• Undertale

Best Mobile / Handheld Game

• Downwell
• Fallout Shelter
• Lara Craft Go
• Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate
• Pac-Man 256

Best Narrative

• Her Story
• Life is Strange
• Tales from the Borderlands
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Until Dawn

Best Score / Soundtrack

• Fallout 4
• Halo 5: Guardians
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Best Performance

• Ashly Burch as Chloe Price (Life is Strange)
• Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft (Rise of the Tomb Raider)
• Doug Cockle as Geralt (The Witcher 3)
• Mark Hamill as The Joker (Arkham Knight)
• Viva Seifert (Her Story)

Games for Change (ie: Games that were socially progressive, usually through representation)

• Cibele
• Her Story
• Life is Strange
• Sunset
• Undertale

Best Shooter

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
• Destiny: The Taken King
• Halo 5: Guardians
• Splatoon
• Star Wars Battlefront

Best Action / Adventure

• Assassin's Creed Syndicate
• Batman: Arkham Knight
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Rise of the Tomb Raider

Best Roleplaying Game

• Bloodborne
• Fallout 4
• Pillars of Eternity
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Undertale

Best Fighting Game

• Guilty Gear XRD -SIGN-
• Mortal Kombat X
• Rise of Incarnates
• Rising Thunder

Best Family Game

• Disney Infinity 3.0
• Lego Dimensions
• Skylanders: Superchargers
• Splatoon
• Super Mario Maker

Best Sports / Racing Game

• FIFA16
• Forza Motorsport 6
• NBA 2K16
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2016
• Rocket League

Best Multiplayer

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
• Destiny: The Taken King
• Halo 5: Guardians
• Rocket League
• Splatoon

Best Art Direction

• Batman: Arkham Knight
• Bloodborne
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

FAN'S CHOICE
eSports Game of the Year

• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
• Counter Strike: Global Offensive
• Dota 2
• Hearthstone
• League of Legends

Best Fan Creation

• GTA V - Targets
• Portal Stories: Mel
• Real GTA
• Twitch Plays Dark Souls

Trending Gamer

• Christopher "Montecristo" Mykles
• Greg Miller
• Markiplier
• Pewdiepie
• TotalBiscuit

eSports Team of the Year

• Evil Geniuses
• Fnatic
• Optic Gaming
• SK Telecom T1
• Team SoloMid

eSports Player of the Year

• Kenny "Kennys" Schrub
• Lee "Faker" Sang-Hyeok
• Olof "Olofmeister" Kajbjer
• Peter "PPD" Dager
• Syed Sumail "Suma1l" Hassan

Most Anticipated Game

• Horizon Zero Dawn
• No Man's Sky
• Quantum Break
• The Last Guardian
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

 

[Tarvis]

Aren't these usually on Saturdays? I had no clue it was last night. =(

I will leave this here though.

 

[Logan]

witcher 3 best game eva to me probably god bless

 

[Tarvis]

witcher 3 best game eva to me probably god bless

 

[Logan]

ok favorite game i reword it for ya