The Game Awards: Here Are The Winners

The third annual Video Game Award Show, produced and hosted by Geoff Keighley, took place last night and was full of awesome announcements, trailers, and gameplay footage. Most importantly, the results for each coveted VGA categorize where announced, with the winners highlighted in bold below.

MOST ANTICIPATED GAME AWARD

Recognizing an upcoming game that has shown significant ambition and promise in moving the gaming medium forward.

• God of War (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Horizon: Zero Dawn(Guerrilla Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Mass Effect: Andromeda (Bioware/EA)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)

BEST FAN CREATION 

For fan-created content, such as MODs, fan films, and other player content.

• Brutal Doom
• Enderal: The Shards of Order

TRENDING GAMER AWARD

For a streamer/influencer/media member who has made an important impact on the industry in 2016.

• Angry Joe
• Boogie2988
• Danny O’Dwyer
• Jacksepticeye
• Lirik

BEST ESPORTS GAME AWARD

The eSports game that has demonstrated creative and technical excellence in 2016 with the best gameplay, community support and content updates.

• Counter – Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
• DOTA 2 (Valve)
• League of Legends (Riot)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Street Fighter V (Capcom)

BEST ESPORTS TEAM 

The eSports team organization judged to be the most outstanding for performance in 2016, irrespective of game.

• SK Telecom T1 – League of Legends
• Wings Gaming – DOTA 2
• SK Gaming
• Rox Tigers – League of Legends
• Cloud9

BEST ESPORTS PLAYER AWARD

The eSports player judged to be the most outstanding performer in 2016, irrespective of game.

• Faker (Lee Sang- hyeok) SK Telecom T1 – League of Legends
• Coldzera [Marcelo David] SK Gaming – Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Byun- Hyun Woo – Starcraft 2
• Infiltration (Lee Seon-woo) Team Razer – Street Fighter V
• Hungrybox – (Juan Debiedma) Team Liquid, Super Smash Bros.

BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME AWARD

For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences.

• Battlefield 1 (DICE/Electronic Arts)
• Gears of War 4 (The Coalition/Microsoft Studios)
• Overcooked (Ghost Town Games/Team 17)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
• Titanfall 2 (Respawn/Electronic Arts)

BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME AWARD

For traditional and non-traditional sports and racing games.

• Fifa 17 (A Canada/EA Sports)
• Forza Horizon 3 (Playground Games/Microsoft Studios)
• MLB the Show (SCE San Diego Studio/SIE)
• NBA 2k17 (Visual Concepts/2K Sports)
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 (PES Productions/Konami)

BEST STRATEGY GAME AWARD

Best game focused on real-time or turn-based strategy gameplay.

• Civilization VI (Firaxis Games/2K)
• Fire Emblem Fates ( Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
• The Banner Saga 2 (Stoic Studio/Versus Evil)
• Total War: Warhammer (Creative Assembly/Sega)
• Xcom 2 (Firaxis Games/2K)

BEST FAMILY GAME AWARD

Best game appropriate for family play, including toys-to-life, rhythm/music/dance, and other genres.

• Dragon Quest Builders (Square Enix)
• Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens (TT Fusion/WBIE)
• Pokemon Go (Niantic)
• Ratchet and Clank (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Skylanders: Imaginators (Toy for Bob/Activision)

BEST FIGHTING GAME AWARD

For a game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.

• Killer Instinct Season 3 (Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft Studios)
• King of Fighters XIV (SNK/Atlus USA)
• Pokken Tournament (Bandai Namco Studios/The Pokemon Co.)
• Street Fighter V (Capcom)

BEST ROLE PLAYING GAME AWARD

• Dark Souls 3 (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos Monteral/Square-Enix)
• The Witch 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine (CD Projekt RED)
• World of Warcraft: Legion (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Xenoblade Chronicle X (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME AWARD

The best action/adventure games, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.

• Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)
• Hitman (IO Interactive/Square-Enix)
• Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine)
• Ratchet & Clank (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)

BEST ACTION GAME AWARD

For the best games in the action genre focused on combat.

• Battlefield 1 (DICE/Electronic Arts)
• DOOM (id Software/Bethesda)
• Gears of War 4 (The Coalition/Microsoft Studios)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Titanfall 2 (Respawn/Electronic Arts)

BEST VR GAME

For the best game experience playable in virtual reality.

• Batman: Arkham VR (Rocksteady Studios/WBIE)
• Eve Valkyrie (CCP Games)
• Job Simulator (Owlchemy Labs)
• Rez Infinite (Enhance Games)
• Thumper (Drool)

BEST MOBILE/HANDHELD GAME AWARD

For the best game playable on portables devices, including mobile phones and dedicated gaming handhelds.

• Clash Royale (Supercell)
• Fire Emblem Fates (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
• Monster Hunter Generations (Capcom)
• Pokemon GO (Niantic)
• Severed (Drinkbox Studios)

BEST INDEPENDENT GAME AWARD

For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.

• Firewatch (Campo Santo)
• Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine)
• Inside (PlayDead)
• Stardew Valley(ConcernedApe/Chucklefish Games)
• The Witness (Thelka, Inc.)

GAMES FOR IMPACT AWARD

For a thought provoking game with a profound pro-social meaning or message.

• 1979 Revolution (iNK Stories)
• Block’Hood (Plethora Project/Devolver Digital)
• Orwell (Osmotic Studios/Surprise Attack)
• Sea Hero Quest (Glitchers)
• That Dragon, Cancer (Numinous Games)

BEST PERFORMANCE

Award to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture.

• Alex Hernandez as Lincon Clay – Mafia III (Hanger 13/2K)
• Cissy Jones as Delilah – Firewatch (Camp Santo)
• Emily Rose as Elena – Uncharted 4: Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive)
• Nolan North as Nathan Drake – Uncharted 4: Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive)
• Rich Sommer as Henry – Firewatch (Camp Santo)
• Troy Baker as Sam Drake – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive)

BEST MUSIC/SOUND DESIGN

For outstanding audio, inclusive of score, original song, licensed soundtrack and sound design.

• Battlefield 1 (DICE/Electronic Arts)
• DOOM (id Software/Bethesda)
• Inside (PlayDead)
• Rez Infinite (Enhance Games)
• Thumper (Drool)

BEST ART DIRECTION

For outstanding creative and technical achievement in artistic design and animation.

• Abzu (Giant Squid/505)
• Firewatch (Camp Santo)
• Inside (PlayDead)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)

BEST STUDIO/GAME DIRECTION

Recognizing a game studio for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.

•  Blizzard Entertainment (Overwatch)
• Battlefield 1 (DICE/Electronic Arts)
• id Software (DOOM)
• Naughty Dog (Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End)
• Respawn (Titanfall 2)

GAME OF THE YEAR

Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.

• DOOM (id Software/Bethesda)
• Inside (PlayDead)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Titanfall 2 (Respawn/ Electronic Arts)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog)

For more information on the Game Awards, including Death Stranding announcements by Kojima, new Mass Effect Andromeda gameplay footage, and much more sure to check out the site!