The GRcade Game of the Year Awards 2018: The results are in, see p4!

Best visuals: Dragon Quest XI
Best audio: Tetris Effect
Best multiplayer: Diablo 3 (Switch)
Most anticipated game: Diablo 4
GRcade Game of the Year 2018: Diablo 3 (Switch)

Floex wrote:Going to fill the rest in later.

Last chance for everyone to get their votes in before tomorrow’s deadline.

Thanks to everyone who’s voted so far.

I've had another think about my choices but I remain happy with them! At one point I wondered if Astro Bot would edge into the GOTY slot but the memorable story and characters of Night in the Woods made me stand firm with my selection.

Best visuals: Red Dead Redemption II
Best audio: n/a
Best multiplayer: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Most anticipated game: The Last of Us: Part II
GRcade Game of the Year 2018: God of War

Best visuals: Red Dead Redemption 2
Best audio: Octopath Traveler
Best multiplayer: Monster Hunter World
Most anticipated game: Kingdom Hearts 3
GRcade Game of the Year 2018: Red Dead Redemption 2

Special mentions to Spiderman and God of War which easily could have been my GOTY and also a nod to Astro Bot Robot Rescue

Best visuals: Red Dead Redemption 2

Best audio: Red Dead Redemption 2

Best multiplayer: n/a

Most anticipated game: Metroid Prime 4

GRcade Game of the Year 2018: Spiderman

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Best visuals: Monster Boy
Best audio: Celeste
Best multiplayer: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Most anticipated game: Resident Evil 2
GRcade Game of the Year 2018: Monster Boy

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Best Visuals: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Best Audio: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Best Multiplayer: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Most Anticipated Game: Animal Crossing

GRcade Game of the Year 2018: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Made a tweek to my choice for best multiplayer game.

Thanks for the reminder SC!

Turns out Spider-Man clinches my GOTY :msgreen:

Oh crumbs...

Best visuals: Destiny 2 Forsaken
Best audio: Tetris Effect
Best multiplayer: Destiny 2 Forsaken
Most anticipated game: Cyberpunk
GRcade Game of the Year 2018: Into the Breach

Thanks to everyone who voted – we had a far larger number of voters this year than we have for the past two which is great.

I'm just calculating all the categories, and then I'll do a new thread featuring all the results as usual.

I'm excited for Celeste's well-deserved victory :toot:

I'm ready for disappointment

Can’t expect everyone to have our good taste OR.

Balls, I forgot to vote on this. :cry:

Oh well, looking forward to the results! :toot:

Breaking news: I will be joining the Grcade Twitchcast tonight at 9.30pm to exclusively reveal the results of the 2018 GRcade Game of the Year Awards, where we'll discuss the winners (and losers). Black tie optional.

There'll be a full results thread tomorrow if you can't make it

Hey everyone, don't forget that Celer is going to announce the Game of the Year results live on the GRcadeuk Twitchcast!

Tune in at 9:30 on Twitch

If you missed last night's Twitchcast (or fell asleep while hosting it... :slol:

), here are the results in the 2018 GRcade Game of the Year Awards :toot:

The first category is for

Best visuals

21 games were nomintaed, and the winner with 27% of the vote is

Red Dead Redemption 2
Rockstar North, Rockstar Games
PS4, Xbox One

Runner up: Spider-man (Insomniac Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment) – 15%

Tied third: Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games, Microsoft Game Studios) / God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio, Sony INteractive Entertainment) – 10%

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Our second award is for

Best audio

A much closer category this time with 18 noinations, and the winner with 19% of the vote was

Red Dead Redemption 2
Rockstar North, Rockstar Games
PS4, Xbox One

Runner-up: Tetris Effect (Monstars Inc. / Resonair, Enhance, Inc.) – 17%

Third: Pokemon: Let's Go! Pikachu/Eevee (Game Freak, Nintendo) – 15%

Previous winners

The GRcade Game of the Year Awards 2018: The results are in, see p4!

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