
The 2017 Game Awards took place earlier today and here’s the full list of winners including the biggest winner of the night, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild that took home not just one, but three major titles including the coveted Game of the Year. No small feat considering they fended off brilliant titles such as Horizon Zero Dawn and Super Mario Odyssey to win. Winners are in bold, with asterisk to denote our personal pick for each category:
GAME OF THE YEAR
- Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Persona 5Â (Atlus)
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp.)
- Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo) *
BEST GAME DIRECTION
- Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games)
- Resident Evil 7: biohazard (Capcom)
- Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD) *
- Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda)
BEST NARRATIVE
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Tameem Antoniades, Elizabeth Ashman-Rowe / Ninja Theory)
- Horizon Zero Dawn (John Gonzalez / Ninja Theory) *
- Nier: Automata (Yoko Taro, Hana Kikuchi, Yoshiho Akabane / Platinum Games)
- What Remains of Edith Finch (Ian Dallas / Giant Sparrow)
- Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (Jen Matthies, Tommy Tordsson Bjork / MachineGames)
BEST ART DIRECTION
- Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment)
- Destiny 2Â (Bungie / Activision)
- Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Persona 5Â (Atlus)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo) *
BEST SCORE / MUSIC
- Cuphead (Kristofer Maddigan)
- Destiny 2Â (Mike Salvatori, Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson)
- Nier: Automata (Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi)
- Persona 5Â (Shoji Meguro)
- Super Mario Odyssey (Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii, Koji Kondo)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata) *
BEST AUDIO DESIGN
- Destiny 2Â (Bungie)Â *
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
- Resident Evil 7: biohazard (Capcom)
- Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
BEST PERFORMANCE
- Ashly Burch, Horizon: Zero Dawn (As Aloy) *
- Brian Bloom, Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (as BJ Blazkowicz)
- Claudia Black, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (as Chloe Frazer)
- Laura Bailey, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (as Nadine Ross)
- Melina Juergens, Hellblade (as Senua)
GAMES FOR IMPACT
- Bury Me, My Love (The Pixel Hunt / Figs / ARTE / Playdius)
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory) *
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm (Deck Nine / Square Enix)
- Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall)
- Please Knock on My Door (Levall Games AB)
- What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)
BEST ONGOING GAME
- Destiny 2Â (Bungie / Activision)
- Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar Games)
- Overwatch (Blizzard) *
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG. Corp)
- Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
- Warframe (Digital Extremes)
BEST INDEPENDENT GAME
- Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment) *
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
- Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall)
- Pyre (Supergiant Games)
- What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)
BEST MOBILE GAME
- Fire Emblem Heroes (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)
- Hidden Folks (Adriaan de Jongh / Sylvain Tegroeg)
- Monument Valley 2Â (ustwo games)
- Old Man’s Journey (Broken Rules)
- Super Mario Run (Nintendo) *
BEST HANDHELD GAME
- Ever Oasis (Grezzo / Nintendo)
- Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo) *
- Metroid: Samus Returns (MercurySteam / Nintendo)
- Monster Hunter Stories (Marvelous / Capcom / Nintendo)
- Poochy and Yoshi’s Woolly World (Good-Feel / Nintendo)
BEST VR/AR GAME
- Farpoint (Impulse Gear / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Lone Echo (Ready at Dawn / Oculus Studios)
- Resident Evil 7: biohazard (Capcom)
- Star Trek: Bridge Crew (Red Storm Entertainment / Ubisoft)
- Superhot VRÂ (SUPERHOT Team)Â *
BEST ACTION GAME
- Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment)
- Destiny 2Â (Bungie / Activision)
- Nioh (Team Ninja / Sony Interactive Entertainment) *
- Prey (Arkane Studios / Bethesda)
- Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda)
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
- Assassin’s Creed Origins (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
- Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo) *
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
BEST ROLE-PLAYING GAME
- Divinity: Original Sin IIÂ (Larian Studios)
- Final Fantasy 15Â (Square Enix Business Division 2 / Square Enix)
- Nier: Automata (Platinum Games / Square Enix)
- Persona 5Â (Atlus)Â *
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Ubisoft San Francisco / Ubisoft)
BEST FIGHTING GAME
- Arms (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Injustice 2Â (NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive Ent)Â *
- Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (Capcom)
- Nidhogg 2Â (Messhof Games)
- Tekken 7Â (Bandai Namco Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
BEST FAMILY GAME
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo) *
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris + Milan / Ubisoft)
- Sonic Mania (PagodaWest Games, Headcannon / Sega)
- Splatoon 2Â (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
BEST STRATEGY GAME
- Halo Wars 2Â (Creative Assembly, 343 Industries / Microsoft Studios)
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris + Milan / Ubisoft)
- Total War: Warhammer 2Â (Creative Assembly / Sega)
- Tooth and Tail (Pocketwatch Games)
- XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (Firaxis Games / 2K) *
BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME
- FIFA 18Â (EA Vancouver / EA)
- Forza Motorsport 7Â (Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
- Gran Turismo Sport (Polyphony Digital / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- NBA 2K18Â (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2018Â (PES Productions / Konami)Â *
- Project Cars 2Â (Slightly Mad Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
- God of War (Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment) *
- Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
- Red Dead Redemption 2Â (Rockstar Games)
- The Last of Us Part 2Â (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
BEST ESPORTS GAME
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
- Dota 2Â (Valve)
- League of Legends (Riot)
- Overwatch (Blizzard) *
- Rocket League (Psyonix)
BEST ESPORTS PLAYER PRESENTED BY OMEN BY HP
- Lee Sang-hyeok “Faker†(SK Telecom 1, League of Legends)
- Marcelo “coldzera†David (SK Gaming, Counter-Strike: GO)
- Nikola ‘NiKo’ Kovac (FaZe Clan, Counter-Strike: GO)
- Je-hong “ryujehong†Ryu (Seoul Dynasty, Overwatch) *
- Kuro “KuroKy†Salehi Takhasomi (Team Liquid, Dota 2)
BEST ESPORTS TEAM
- Cloud 9
- FaZe Clan
- Lunatic-Hai *
- SK Telecom T1
- Team Liquid
BEST DEBUT INDIE GAME PRESENTED BY SCHICK HYDRO
- Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment) *
- Golf Story (Sidebar Games)
- Hollow Knight (Team Cherry)
- Mr. Shifty (Team Shifty)
- Slime Rancher (Monomi Park)
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