The Game Awards is one of the biggest events of the year. Every year we have high expectations for the winners in the various categories and new, never-before-seen game announcements. This year’s show was no different!
Each year, The Game Awards are hosted by well-known industry icon Geoff Keighley. Other notable names in attendance this year are Hideo Kojima, Guillermo del Toro, Norman Reedus, Carol Shaw, Reggie Fils-Aime just to name a few.
[Each category contains all nominees, the winners are displayed in bold text.]
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Andrea Rene (What’s Good Games)
Clint Lexa (“Halfcoordinated”)
Guy Beahm (“Dr. Disrespect”)
Mike Grzesiek (“Shroud”)
Steven Spohn (AbleGamers)
Best Score/Music
Cuphead
Destiny 2
NieR: Automata
Persona 5
Super Mario Odyssey
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Narrative
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Horizon Zero Dawn
Nier: Automata
What remains of Edith Finch
Wolfenstein II: The New Clossus
Best Action Game
Cuphead
Destiny 2
Nioh
Prey
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Best Art Direction
Cuphead
Destiny 2
Horizon Zero Dawn
Persona 5
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Role Playing Game – Persona 5
Best Strategy Game – Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
Most Anticipated Game – The Last of us Part 2
Best Family Game – Super Mario Odyssey
Best Esports Team – Cloud 9
Best Debut Indie Game
Cuphead
Golf Story
Hollow Knight
Mr. Shifty
Slime Rancher
Best Ongoing Game
Destiny 2
Grand Theft Auto Online
Overwatch
Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds
Rainbow Six: Siege
Warframe
Best Esports Player
Lee Sang-hyeok “Faker”
Marcelo “coldzera” David
Nikola ‘NiKo’ Kovac
Je-hong “ryujehong” Ryu
Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi
Best Student Game
Hollowed
Meaning
Level Squared
From Light
Falling Sky
Impulsion
Games for Impact
Bury Me My Love
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Night in the Woods
Please Knock On My Door
What Remains of Edith Finch
Best Performance
Ashly Burch, Horizon: Zero Dawn (As Aloy)
Brian Bloom Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (as BJ Blazkowicz)
Claudia Black, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (as Chloe Frazer)
Laura Bailey, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (as Nadine Ross)
Melina Juergens, Hellblade (as Senua)
Best Game Direction
Horizon Zero Dawn
Resident Evil 7
Super Mario Odyssey
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Game of the Year
Persona 5
Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds
Super Mario Odyssey
Horizon Zero Dawn
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild