Neben allerhand Premieren bei den The Game Awards in der vergangenen Nacht wurden natürlich auch wieder die Awards selbst vergeben.
Die großen Abräumer in diesem Jahr sind Dragon Age: Inquisition, das zum Spiel des Jahres gewählt wurde, sowie Bungie´s Destiny, das gleich mehrfach abgeräumt hat. Wie so oft spiegeln die Auszeichnungen aber wohl auch in diesem Jahr nicht seine persönlichen Favoriten wieder:
Best Shooter
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer/Activision
- Destiny – Bungie/Activision
- Far Cry 4 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
- Titanfall – Respawn/EA
- Wolfenstein: The New Order – MachineGames/Bethesda
Best Action/Adventure
- Alien: Isolation – Creative Assembly/Sega
- Assassin’s Creed Unity – Ubisoft
- Bayonetta 2 – Platinum Games/Nintendo
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros.
- Sunset Overdrive – Insomniac/Microsoft
Best Role Playing Game
- Bravely Default – Square Enix
- Dark Souls II – From Software/Bandai Namco
- Divinity: Original Sin – Larian Studios
- Dragon Age: Inquisition – Bioware/EA
- South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
Best Fighting Game
- Killer Instinct: Season Two – Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – Arc System Works/Atlus
- Super Smash Bros. 3DS – Nintendo
- Super Smash Bros. Wii U – Nintendo
- Ultimate Street Fighter IV – Capcom
Best Family Game
- Disney Infinity 2.0 – Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive Studios
- Fantasia: Music Evolved – Harmonix/Disney Interactive Studios
- Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
- Skylanders: Trap Team – Toys for Bob/Activision
- Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
Best Sports/Racing Game
- FIFA 15 – EA Canada/EA Sports
- Forza Horizon 2 – Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft
- Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
- NBA 2K15 – Visual Concepts/2K Sports
- Trials Fusion – RedLynx/Ubisoft
Best Online Experience
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
- Dark Souls II – From Software/Bandai Namco
- Destiny – Bungie/Activision
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
- Titanfall – Respawn/EA
Best Mobile/Handheld
- Bravely Default – Square Enix
- Monument Valley – Ustwo
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
- Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – Nintendo
- Threes – Asher Vollmer, illustrator Greg Wohlwend, and composer Jimmy Hinson
Best Remaster
- Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar Games
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection – 343 Industries/Microsoft
- Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire – Game Freak/Nintendo
- The Last of Us – Naughty Dog/Sony
- Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix
Best Narrative
- South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
- The Walking Dead Season 2 – Telltale Games
- The Wolf Among Us – Telltale Games
- Valiant Hearts – Ubisoft
- Wolfenstein: The New Order – Machine Games/Bethesda
Best Score/Soundtrack
- Alien: Isolation – Christian Henson, Joe Henson and Alexis Smith, The Creative Assembly/Sega
- Child of Light – Coeur de pirate, Ubisoft Montreal
- Destiny – Marty O’Donnell, Bungie/Activision
- Sunset Overdrive – Boris Salchow, Insomniac Games/Microsoft
- Transistor – Darren Korb, Supergiant Games
Best Independent Game
- Broken Age Part 1 – Double Fine
- Monument Valley – Ustwo
- Shovel Knight – Cellar Door
- Transistor – Supergiant Games
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – The Astronauts
Games for Change
- Mountain – David O’Reilly/Double Fine Presents
- Never Alone – Upper One Games
- The Last of Us: Left Behind – Naughty Dog/Sony
- This War of Mine – 11bit Studios
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War – Ubisoft
eSports Player of the Year
- Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson – League of Legends
- Xu “Fy” Linsen – Dota 2
- James “Firebat” Kostesich – Hearthstone
- Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund – Counter-Strike: GO
- Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag – Call of Duty
eSports Team of the Year
- Samsung White – League of Legends
- Evil Geniuses – Dota 2
- Edward Gaming – League of Legends
- Newbee – Dota 2
- Ninjas in Pajamas – Counter-Strike: GO
Trending Gamer
- Evan “Vanoss” Fong
- Jeff Gerstmann
- PewDiePie
- StampyLongHead
- TotalBiscuit
Best Fan Creation
- BEST Zelda Rap EVER!! By Egoraptor
- Luigi Death Stare by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr
- Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song) by Tobuscus
- Minecraft – TITAN City by Colonial Puppet
- Twitch Plays Pokemon by Anonymous
Developer of the Year
- Blizzard
- Monolith
- Nintendo
- Telltale Games
- Ubisoft Montreal
Best Performance
- Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf, The Wolf Among Us – Telltale Games
- Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
- Melissa Hutchison as Clementine, The Walking Dead: Season Two – Telltale Games
- Trey Parker as Various Voices, South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
- Troy Baker as Talion, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros.
Most Anticipated Game – (To be voted on by fans)
- Batman: Arkham Knight – Rocksteady/Warner Bros.
- Bloodborne – FROM Software/Sony
- Evolve – Turtle Rock/2K Games
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – CD Projekt
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog/Sony
Game of the Year
- Bayonetta 2 – Platinum Games/Nintendo
- Dark Souls 2 – FROM Software/Bandai Namco
- Dragon Age: Inquisition – BioWare/EA
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros.
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