The second ever Game Awards took place last night in Los Angeles and saw The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt take home the coveted Game of the Year prize, battling off stiff competition.
A number of different categories were awarded, recognising some of 2015’s best games. The show, hosted by its creator, Geoff Keighley, awarded the winners with a trophy (pictured above) designed by WETA, the props and effects studio that worked on The Lord of the Rings.
Here is a breakdown of the categories, their winners and nominees:
Game of the Year
– The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (WINNER)
– Bloodborne
– Fallout 4
– Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
– Super Mario Maker
Developer of the Year
– CD Projekt Red (WINNER)
– From Software
– Kojima Productions
– Nintendo
– Bethesda Game Studios
Best Art Direction
– Ori and the Blind Forest (WINNER)
– Bloodborne
– Batman: Arkham Knight
– Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
– The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Best Score/Soundtrack
– Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (WINNER)
– Fallout 4
– Halo 5: Guardians
– Ori and the Blind Forest
– The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Best Independent Game
– Rocket League (WINNER)
– Axiom Verge
– Her Story
– Ori and the Blind Forest
– Undertale
Best Mobile/Handheld Game
– Lara Croft Go (WINNER)
– Downwell
– Fallout Shelter
– Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
– Pac-Man 256
Best Narrative
– Her Story (WINNER)
– Life Is Strange
– Tales from the Borderlands
– The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
– Until Dawn
Best Performance
– Viva Seifert (Her Story) (WINNER)
– 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: Wild Hunt)
– Mark Hamill as The Joker (Batman: Arkham Knight)
Games for Change Award
– Life Is Strange (WINNER)
– Her Story
– Cibele
– Sunset
– Undertale
Best Shooter
– Splatoon (WINNER)
– Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
– Destiny: The Taken King
– Halo 5: Guardians
– Star Wars: Battlefront
Best Action/Adventure Game
– Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (WINNER)
– Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate
– Batman: Arkham Knight
– Ori and the Blind Forest
– Rise of the Tomb Raider
Best Role-Playing Game
– The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (WINNER)
– Bloodborne
– Fallout 4
– Pillars of Eternity
– Undertale
Best Fighting Game
– Mortal Kombat X (WINNER)
– Guilty Gear Xrd
– Rise of Incarnates
– Rising Thunder
Best Family Game
– Super Mario Maker (WINNER)
– Disney Infinity 3.0
– LEGO Dimensions
– Skylanders: Superchargers
– Splatoon
Best Sports/Racing Game
– Rocket League (WINNER)
– FIFA 16
– Forza Motorsport 6
– NBA 2K16
– Pro Evolution Soccer 2016
Best Multiplayer
– Splatoon (WINNER)
– Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
– Destiny: The Taken King
– Halo 5: Guardians
– Rocket League
eSports Player of the Year
– Kenny “KennyS” Schrub (WINNER)
– Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok
– Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer
– Peter “ppd” Dager
– Syed Sumail “Suma1L” Hassan
eSports Team of the Year
– Optic Gaming (WINNER)
– Evil Geniuses
– Fnatic
– SK Telecom T1
– Team SoloMid
eSports Game of the Year
– Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (WINNER)
– Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
– Dota 2
– Hearthstone
– League of Legends
Trending Gamer
– Greg Miller (WINNER)
– TotalBiscuit
– Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles
– Markiplier
– PewDiePie
Best Fan Creation
– Portal Stories: Mel (Prism Studios) (WINNER)
– GTA V – Targets (Hoodoo Operator)
– Real GTA (Corridor Digital)
– Super Mario Maker e-Reader Levels (Baddboy78/theycallmeshaky)
– Twitch Plays Dark Souls (Twitch Community)
Most Anticipated Game
– No Man’s Sky (WINNER)
– Horizon: Zero Dawn
– Quantum Break
– The Last Guardian
– Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
And those are the results! What do you think of the winners and the nominees? Let us know in the comments.
