The Game Awards, formerly known as the Spike Video Game Awards, is an important award in the gaming industry initiated by well-known journalist, writer and host Geoff Keighley. On the evening of December 4, an award ceremony was held in Los Angeles and the list of winners was officially announced.
The winner list is as follows:
Game of the Year
Winning:
"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunting" (CD Projekt Red / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
Finning in:
FromSoftware / Sony Computer EntertainmentBethesda Game Studios / Bethesda SoftworksKojima Productions / KonamiNintendo
Development Team of the Year
Won the Award:
CD Projekt RED
Finning in:
Bethesfa Game StuidosFromSoftware Island Production Nintendo
Best Indie Game
Winning Award:
Rocket League (Psyonix)
Finning in:
Axiom Verge (Tom Happ) Her Story (Sam Barlow) Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios) Undertale (tobyfox)
Best Mobile Game
Winning Awards:
"Lara Croft Go" (Square Enix Montreal / Square Enix)
Finning in:
Downwell (Moppin / Devolver Digital)Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks (Capcom)Hipster Whale / Bandai Namco Entertainment
Best Narrative
Winning:
"Her Story" (Sam Barlow)
Finning in:
DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix, TellTale Games, CD Projekt Red / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, Supermassive Games / Sony Computer Entertainment
Best Soundtrack/Soundtrack
Won the Award:
Kojima Productions / Konami
Finning in:
Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks "343 Industries / Microsoft Studios" Moon Studios / Microsoft Studios "CD Projekt Red / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment"
Best Performance
Winning:
Viva Seifert "Her Story"
Finning in:
Ashly Burch plays Chloe Price, "The Wonderful Life", Camilla-Luddington plays Lola Coffer, Doug Cockle plays Geralt, "The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunter", Mark-Hamill plays the Joker "Batman: The Knight of Akahan"
The most impressive game
Winning award:
"DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix"
Finning in:
Cibele (Star Maid Games), Her Story (Sam Barlow), Sunset (Tale of Tales) Undertale (tobyfox)
Best Action / Adventure
Winning:
Kojima Productions / Konami
Finning in:
"Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft" Rocksteady Studios / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment" Moon Studios / Microsoft Studios" Crystal Dynamics / Microsoft Studios"
Best RPG
Winning:
"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunting" (CD Projekt Red / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
Finning in:
FromSoftware / Sony Computer Entertainment Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks Obsidian Entertainment / Paradox Interactive) "Undertale" (tobyfox)
Best Multiplayer Game
Winning:
Splatoon (Nintendo)
Finning in:
Treyarch / Activision Bungie / Activision Last Battle 5: The Guardian (343 Industries / Microsoft Studios) Rocket League (Psyonix)
Best Art Director
Winning:
Moon Studios / Microsoft Studios
Finning in:
"Rocksteady Studios / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment" FromSoftware / Sony Computer Entertainment Kojima Productions / Konami" CD Projekt Red / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment"
Best Esports Game of the Year
Winning:
"CS:GO" (Valve)
Finning in:
Sledgehammer Games / Activision DOTA 2 (Valve) Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Riot Games)
Trendy Players
Winning Award:
Greg Miller
Finning in:
Christopher "MonteCristo" MyklesMarkiplierPewDiePieTotalBiscuit
E-sports team of the year
Winning awards:
OpTic Gaming
Finning in:
Evil GeniusesFnaticSK Telecom T1Team SoloMid
Esportsman of the Year
Winning:
Kenny “kennyS” Schrub (Counter-Strike Global Offensive / Team EnVyUs)
Finning in:
Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (League of Legends / SK Telecom T1)Olof “Olofmeister” Kajbjer (Counter-Strike Global Offensive / Fnatic)Peter “PPD” Dager (Dota 2 / Evil Geniuses)Syed Sumail “Suma1L” Hassan (Dota 2 / Evil Geniuses)
Most looking forward to the game
Winning award:
"No Man's Sky" (Hello Games)
Finning in:
Guerrilla Games / Sony Computer Entertainment (Guerrilla Games / Sony Computer Entertainment (Remedy Entertainment / Microsoft Studios) TRICO (GenDesign / Sony Computer Entertainment) Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment (Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment)
Not announced at the award ceremonySome of the awards
Best Family Game:
Mario Maker
Best Sports Racing Games:
Rocket League Psyonix
Best Fighting Game:
Mortal Kombat X (Mortal Kombat X)"
Best Fan Work:
The Portal Fan Work: Portal stories: Mel (Prism Studios)
