Hardcore Ninja Game Wins Game Of The Year At 2019 Game Awards, & More!

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, one of the toughest-yet-rewarding action titles of 2019, won Game of the Year at this year’s Game Awards produced and hosted by alleged Death Stranding supporter Geoff Keighley.

To which we say “good save”, but let’s not sour the moment.

Sekiro beat out not only Death Stranding, but also Resident Evil 2, Control, The Outer Worlds, and Super Smash Bros. Disco Elysium ends up leading the awards count race with four trophies, with Death Stranding following behind with three awards.

Here are the full list of winners during the show. Winners are in bold.

Game of the Year

• Control
• Death Stranding
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• Resident Evil 2
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• The Outer Worlds

Best Esports Coach

• Eric “adreN” Hoag (Team Liquid, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• Nu-ri “Cain” Jang (Team Liquid, League of Legends)
• Fabian “GrabbZ” Lohmann (G2 Esports, League of Legends)
• Kim “Kkoma” Jeong-gyun (SK Telecom T1, League of Legends)
• Titouan “Sockshka” Merloz (OG, Dota 2)
• Danny “Zonic” Sørensen (Astralis, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)

Best Esports Team

• Astralis (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• G2 Esports (League of Legends)
• OG (Dota 2)
• San Francisco Shock (Overwatch League)
• Team Liquid (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)

Best Esports Event

• 2019 League of Legends World Championship
• 2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals
• EVO 2019
• Fortnite World Cup
• IEM Katowice 2019
• The International 2019

Pity. I was hoping EVO would win.

Best Esports Host

• Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
• Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Duan “Candice” Yu-Shuang
• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
• Paul “Redeye” Chaloner

Best Esports Player

• Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf (Immortals, Fortnite)
• Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (SK Telecom T1, League of Legends)
• Luka “Perkz” Perkovic (G2 Esports, League of Legends)
• Oleksandr “S1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• Jay “Sinatraa” Won (San Francisco Shock, Overwatch League)

Best Esports Game

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Dota 2
• Fortnite
• League of Legends
• Overwatch

Best Community Support

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Content Creator of the Year

• Jack “Courage” Dunlop
• Benjamin “Dr. Lupo” Lupo
• Soleil “Ewok” Wheeler
• David “Grefg” Martínez
• Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek

Best Fighting Game

• Dead or Alive 6
• Jump Force
• Mortal Kombat 11
• Samurai Shodown
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Best Narrative

• A Plague Tale: Innocence
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Disco Elysium
• The Outer Worlds

Best Role-Playing Game

• Disco Elysium
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Kingdom Hearts III
• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
• The Outer Worlds

Best Score/Music

• Cadence of Hyrule
• Death Stranding
• Devil May Cry 5
• Kingdom Hearts III
• Sayonara Wild Hearts

I won’t argue with this one; Death Stranding had a nice meditative OST.

Best Audio Design

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Gears 5
• Resident Evil 2
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Best Art Direction

• Control
• Death Stranding
• Gris
• Sayonara Wild Hearts
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

Best Action Game

• Apex Legends
• Astral Chain
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Devil May Cry 5
• Gears 5
• Metro Exodus

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Borderlands 3
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Resident Evil 2
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Best Strategy Game

• Age of Wonders: Planetfall
• Anno 1800
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses
• Total War: Three Kingdoms
• Tropico 6
• Wargroove

Games For Impact

• Concrete Genie
• Gris
• Kind Words
• Life Is Strange 2
• Sea of Solitude

Best Family Game

• Luigi’s Mansion 3
• Ring Fit Adventure
• Super Mario Maker 2
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• Yoshi’s Crafted World

Best Sports/Racing Game

• Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
• Dirt Rally 2.0
• eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020
• F1 2019
• FIFA 20

Best Mobile Game

• Call of Duty: Mobile
• Grindstone
• Sayonara Wild Hearts
• Sky: Children of Light
• What the Golf?

Best Multiplayer Game

• Apex Legends
• Borderlands 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Tetris 99
• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2

Best Ongoing Game

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Best Performance

• Ashly 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 AR/VR Game

• Asgard’s Wrath
• Blood & Truth
• Beat Saber
• No Man’s Sky
• Trover Saves the Universe

Player’s Voice Award

• Death Stranding
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Fresh Indie Game

• Disco Elysium
• Gris
• My Friend Pedro
• Outer Wilds
• Slay the Spire
• Untitled Goose Game

Best Indie Game

• Baba Is You
• Disco Elysium
• Katana Zero
• Outer Wilds
• Untitled Goose Game

Best Game Direction

• Control
• Death Stranding
• Resident Evil 2
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Outer Wilds