The Game Awards 2019 was a lot of fun this year with some of the biggest names in the industry all giving respects to the hobby we love. The show was livestreamed across the world through YouTube and Twitch. New games were announced as well, coming from the likes of Magic: The Gathering, Humankind, Gears Tactics, and Ghost of Tsushima.
Here at Player.One we've covered some of the game like Dark Alliance and its crazy trailer, Gears Tactics, and the fun Maneater. Today we look at the awards themselves and see how each game fared.
For starters, Shekiro: Shadows Die Twice was named Game of the Year. While this is indeed a big win, Shekiro only managed to get two awards from five nominations. The most rewarded game of the night honor went to Disco Elysium, which was nominated in four categories and won all of them.
Here are the winners for each category:
- Game of The Year: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)
- Other Nominees:
- Control (Remedy/505 Games)
- Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
- Resident Evil 2 (Capcom/Capcom)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai-Namco/Sora/Nintendo)
- The Outer Worlds (Obsidian/Private Division)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Game Direction: Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
- Other Nominees:
- Control (Remedy/505 Games)
- Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna)
- Resident Evil 2 (Capcom/Capcom)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Narrative: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
- Other Nominees:
- A Plague Tale: Innocence (Asobo/Focus Home)
- Control (Remedy/505)
- Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
- The Outer Worlds (Obsidian/Private Division)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Art Direction: Control (Remedy/505)
- Other Nominees:
- Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
- Gris (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
- Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo/Annapurna)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Grezzo/Nintendo)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Score/Music: Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
- Other Nominees:
- Cadence of Hyrule (Brace Yourself Games/Nintendo)
- Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
- Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
- Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo/Annapurna)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Audio Design: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)
- Other Nominees:
- Control (Remedy/505)
- Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
- Gears 5 (The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios)
- Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Performance: Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff, Death Stranding
- Other Nominees:
- Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb, The Outer Worlds
- Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden, Control
- Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz, Gears 5
- Matthew Porretta as Dr. Casper Darling, Control
- Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges, Death Stranding
- Other Nominees:
- Games for Impact: Gris (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
- Other Nominees:
- Concrete Genie (Pixelopus/SIE)
- Kind Words (Popcannibal)
- Life is Strange 2 (Dontnod/Square Enix)
- Sea of Solitude (Jo-Mei Games/EA)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Ongoing Game: Fortnite (Epic Games)
- Other Nominees:
- Apex Legends (Respawn)
- Destiny 2 (Bungie)
- Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Independent Game: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
- Other Nominees:
- Baba Is You (Hempuli)
- Katana ZERO (Askiisoft/Devoler)
- Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna)
- Untitled Goose Game (House House/Panic)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Mobile Game: Call of Duty: Mobile (TiMi Studios/Activision)
- Other Nominees:
- Grindstone (Capybara Games)
- Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo/Annapurna)
- Sky: Children of Light (Thatgamecompany)
- What the Golf? (Tribland)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Community Support: Destiny 2 (Bungie)
- Other Nominees:
- Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
- Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
- Other Nominees:
- Best VR/AR Game: Beat Saber (Beat Games)
- Other Nominees:
- Asgard's Wrath (Sanzaru Games/Oculus Studios)
- Blood & Truth (SIE London Studio/SIE)
- No Man's Sky (Hello Games)
- Trover Saves the Universe (Squanch Games)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Action Game: Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom/Capcom)
- Other Nominees:
- Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
- Astral Chain (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)
- Gears 5 (The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios)
- Metro Exodus (4A Games/Deep Silver)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Action/Adventure Game: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (Software/Activision)
- Other Nominees:
- Borderlands 3 (Gearbox/2K)
- Control (Remedy/505 Games)
- Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
- Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Grezzo/Nintendo)
- Other Nominees:
- Best RPG: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
- Other Nominees:
- Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
- Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (Capcom)
- The Outer Worlds (Obsidian/Private Division)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Fighting Game: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco/Sora/Nintendo)
- Other Nominees:
- Dead or Alive 6 (Team Ninja/Koei Tecmo)
- Jump Force (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco)
- Mortal Kombat 11 (NetherRealm/WBIE)
- Samurai Showdown (SNK/Athlon)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Family Game: Luigi's Mansion 3 (Next Level Games/Nintendo)
- Other Nominees:
- Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco/Sora/Nintendo)
- Yoshi's Crafted World (Good-Feel/Nintendo)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Strategy Game: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems/Koei Tecmo/Nintendo)
- Other Nominees:
- Age of Wonders: Planetfall (Triumph Studios/Paradox)
- Anno 1800 (Blue Byte/Ubisoft)
- Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly/Sega)
- Tropico 6 (Limbic Entertainment/Kalypso Media)
- Wargroove (Chucklefish)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Sports/Racing Game: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Beenox/Activision)
- Other Nominees:
- DiRT Rally 2.0 (Codemasters)
- eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 (PES Productions/Konami)
- F1 2019 (Codemasters)
- FIFA 20 (EA Sports)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Multiplayer Game: Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
- Other Nominees:
- Borderlands 3 (Gearbox/2K)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)
- Tetris 99 (Arika/Nintendo)
- Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)
- Other Nominees:
- Fresh Indie Game: ZA/UM for Disco Elysium
- Other Nominees:
- DeadToast Entertainment for My Friend Pedro
- House House for Untitled Goose Game
- Mega Crit for Slay the Spire
- Mobius Digital for Outer Wilds
- Nomada Studio for Gris
- Other Nominees:
COMMUNITY AWARD
Content Creator of the Year: Shroud - Michael Grzesiek
Other Nominees:
- Courage - Jack Dunlop
- Dr. Lupo - Benjamin Lupo
- Ewok - Soleil Wheeler
- Grefg - David Martínez
ESPORTS AWARDS
- Best Esports Game: League of Legends (Riot Games)
- Other Nominees:
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
- DOTA2 (Valve)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- Overwatch (Blizzard)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Esports Player: Kyle ‘Bugha’ Giersdorf (Immortals, Fortnite)
- Other Nominees:
- Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok (SK Telecom, League of Legends)
- Luka ‘Perkz’ Perkovic (G2 Esports, League of Legends)
- Oleksandr ‘S1mple’ Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
- Jay ‘Sinatraa’ Won (SF Shock, Overwatch)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Esports Team: G2 Esports (LOL)
- Other Nominees:
- Astralis (CS:GO)
- OG (DOTA2)
- San Francisco Shock (OWL)
- Team Liquid (CS:GO)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Esports Event: 2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals
- Other Nominees:
- EVO 2019
- Fortnite World Cup
- IEM Katowice 2019
- League of Legends World Championship 2019
- The International 2019
- Other Nominees:
- Best Esports Coach: Danny ‘Zonic’ Sørensen (Astralis, CS:GO)
- Other Nominees:
- Eric ‘adreN’ Hoag (Team Liquid, CS:GO)
- Nu-ri ‘Cain’ Jang (Team Liquid, LOL)
- Fabian ‘GrabbZ’ Lohmann (G2 Esports, LOL)
- Kim ‘Kkoma’ Jeong-gyun (SK Telecom T1, LOL)
- Titouan ‘Sockshka’ Merloz (OG, DOTA2)
- Other Nominees:
- Best Esports Host: Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
- Other Nominees:
- Alex “Machine” Richardson
- Paul “Redeye” Chaloner
- Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
- Duan "Candice" Yu-Shuang
- Other Nominees:
