The Game Awards: And the winner is...

[tweet]https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1196843276172554240?s=19[/tweet]

Very good list!

Between Control, Resi 2 and Sekiro for me.

I'd probably plump for Resi.


I don't know how Twitter tags work on here.

Just take out the end bit that says ?s=19

twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1196843276172554240

Death Stranding got nominated?!

Not played any of them

And the winner of [Insert any/every Games Award award here] is...Death Stranding!

Only played 2 of 'em.

That's a real gooseberry fool list.

The rest of The Death Stranding awards -

Best Game Direction
- Control (Remedy/505 Games)
- Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
- Resident Evil 2 (Capcom/Capcom)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)
- Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna)

Best Narrative
- A Plague Tale: Innocence(Asobo/Focus Home)
- Control (Remedy/505)
- Death Stranding(Kojima Productions/SIE)
- Disco Elysium(ZA/UM)
- The Outer Worlds(Obsidian/Private Division)

Best Art Direction
- Control (Remedy/505)
- 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)

Best Score/Music
- Cadence of Hyrule (Brace Yourself Games/Nintendo)
- Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
- Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
- Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
- Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo/Annapurna)

Best Audio Design
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)
- 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)

Best Performance
- Ashley Burch as Parvati Holcomb, The Outer Worlds
- Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden, Control
- Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz, Gears 5
- Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff, Death Stranding
- Matthew Porretta as Dr. Casper Darling, Control
- Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges, Death Stranding

Best Action Game
- Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
- Astral Chain (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)
- Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom/Capcom)
- Gears 5 (The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios)
- Metro Exodus (4A Games/Deep Silver)

Best Action/Adventure Game
- 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)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)

Best RPG
- Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
- Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
- Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (Capcom)
- The Outer Worlds (Obsidian/Private Division)

Best Fighting Game
- Dead or Alive 6 (Team Ninja/Koei Tecmo)
- Jump Force (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco)
- Mortal Kombat 11(NetherRealm/WBIE)
- Samurai Showdown (SNK/Athlon)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco/Sora/Nintendo)

Best Family Game
- Luigi's Mansion 3 (Next Level Games/Nintendo)
- 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)

Best Strategy Game
- Age of Wonders: Planetfall (Triumph Studios/Paradox)
- Anno 1800 (Blue Byte/Ubisoft)
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems/Koei Tecmo/Nintendo)
- Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly/Sega)
- Tropico 6(Limbic Entertainment/Kalypso Media)
- Wargroove (Chucklefish)

Best Sports/Racing Game
- Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Beenox/Activision)
- DiRT Rally 2.0 (Codemasters)
- eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 (PES Productions/Konami)
- F1 2019 (Codemasters)
- FIFA 20 (EA Sports)

Best Multiplayer Game
- Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
- 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)

Fresh Indie Game Studio
- ZA/UM for Disco Elysium
- Nomada Studio for Gris
- DeadToast Entertainment for My Friend Pedro
- Mobius Digital for Outer Wilds
- Mega Crit for Slay the Spire
- House House for Untitled Goose Game

Games for Impact
- Concrete Genie (Pixelopus/SIE)
- Gris (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
- Kind Words (Popcannibal)
- Life is Strange 2 (Dontnod/Square Enix)
- Sea of Solitude (Jo-Mei Games/EA)

Best Ongoing Game
- Apex Legends (Respawn)
- Destiny 2 (Bungie)
- Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Best Independent Game
- Baba Is You (Hempuli)
- Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
- Katana ZERO (Askiisoft/Devoler)
- Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna)
- Untitled Goose Game (House House/Panic)

Best Mobile Game
- Call of Duty: Mobile (TiMi Studios/Activision)
- GRINDSTONE (Capybara Games)
- Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo/Annapurna)
- Sky: Children of Light (Thatgamecompany)
- What the Golf? (Tribland)

Best Community Support
- Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
- Destiny 2 (Bungie)
- Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Best VR/AR Game
- Asgard's Wrath (Sanzaru Games/Oculus Studios)
- Blood & Truth (SIE London Studio/SIE)
- Beat Saber (Beat Games)
- No Man's Sky (Hello Games)
- Trover Saves the Universe (Squanch Games)

Honestly not playeduch of that.

Best Independent Game
- Baba Is You (Hempuli)
- Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
- Katana ZERO (Askiisoft/Devoler)
- Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna)
- Untitled Goose Game (House House/Panic)

Crap, this hard, loved Baba, Goose and currently loving Katana!

Absolute bollocks. As usual.

EDIT: If you need any proof that this thing is a useless strawberry floating PR event

twitter.com/garywhitta/status/1196858305433391105

They organised it so badly that there's a dead zone, which one of the biggest games of the year has fallen into.

Jenuall wrote:That's a real gooseberry fool list.

Oh look it's Jenual

Captain Kinopio wrote:

Jenuall wrote:That's a real gooseberry fool list.

Oh look it's Jenual

He's really not wrong though.

Tafdolphin wrote:

Captain Kinopio wrote:

Jenuall wrote:That's a real gooseberry fool list.

Oh look it's Jenual

He's really not wrong though.

In your face Kinopio!

Tafdolphin wrote:Absolute bollocks. As usual.

EDIT: If you need any proof that this thing is a useless strawberry floating PR event

twitter.com/garywhitta/status/1196858305433391105

They organised it so badly that there's a dead zone, which one of the biggest games of the year has fallen into.

There is no dead zone. From the website:

Games eligible for The Game Awards this year must be available for public consumption on or before November 15, 2019. Titles that are released after this date will be eligible for The Game Awards ceremony in 2020. (Similarly, games that were released in December 2018 are eligible for this year’s awards).

So Fallen Order was eligible, just ignored.

Tomous wrote:

Tafdolphin wrote:Absolute bollocks. As usual.

EDIT: If you need any proof that this thing is a useless strawberry floating PR event

twitter.com/garywhitta/status/1196858305433391105

They organised it so badly that there's a dead zone, which one of the biggest games of the year has fallen into.

There is no dead zone. From the website:

Games eligible for The Game Awards this year must be available for public consumption on or before November 15, 2019. Titles that are released after this date will be eligible for The Game Awards ceremony in 2020. (Similarly, games that were released in December 2018 are eligible for this year’s awards).

So Fallen Order was eligible, just ignored.

Well if the eligibility is start of December until middle of November then there's a dead zone at the end of November each year?

Jenuall wrote:

Tomous wrote:

Tafdolphin wrote:Absolute bollocks. As usual.

EDIT: If you need any proof that this thing is a useless strawberry floating PR event

twitter.com/garywhitta/status/1196858305433391105

They organised it so badly that there's a dead zone, which one of the biggest games of the year has fallen into.

There is no dead zone. From the website:

Games eligible for The Game Awards this year must be available for public consumption on or before November 15, 2019. Titles that are released after this date will be eligible for The Game Awards ceremony in 2020. (Similarly, games that were released in December 2018 are eligible for this year’s awards).

So Fallen Order was eligible, just ignored.

Well if the eligibility is start of December until middle of November then there's a dead zone at the end of November each year?

I think you misread the quote-it says titles after November 15th 2019 are eligible for the The Game Awards 2020.

I’m more surprised that Control is nominated.

At best I thought it was a 7/10 game.

Tomous wrote:

Tafdolphin wrote:Absolute bollocks. As usual.

EDIT: If you need any proof that this thing is a useless strawberry floating PR event

twitter.com/garywhitta/status/1196858305433391105

They organised it so badly that there's a dead zone, which one of the biggest games of the year has fallen into.

There is no dead zone. From the website:

Games eligible for The Game Awards this year must be available for public consumption on or before November 15, 2019. Titles that are released after this date will be eligible for The Game Awards ceremony in 2020. (Similarly, games that were released in December 2018 are eligible for this year’s awards).

So Fallen Order was eligible, just ignored.

One of the highest received games of the year was just ignored?

Tomous wrote:

Jenuall wrote:

Tomous wrote:

Tafdolphin wrote:Absolute bollocks. As usual.

EDIT: If you need any proof that this thing is a useless strawberry floating PR event

twitter.com/garywhitta/status/1196858305433391105

They organised it so badly that there's a dead zone, which one of the biggest games of the year has fallen into.

There is no dead zone. From the website:

Games eligible for The Game Awards this year must be available for public consumption on or before November 15, 2019. Titles that are released after this date will be eligible for The Game Awards ceremony in 2020. (Similarly, games that were released in December 2018 are eligible for this year’s awards).

So Fallen Order was eligible, just ignored.

Well if the eligibility is start of December until middle of November then there's a dead zone at the end of November each year?

I think you misread the quote-it says titles after November 15th 2019 are eligible for the The Game Awards 2020.

But why the arbitrary date of November 15 and why is last year's cut off just a vague "December". Just seems a bit loose and random, why not have the same dates each year?