Pokémon & Death Stranding Win Big At Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2019

Earlier today, the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2019 took place earlier today.

Game Freak’s Pokémon Sword & Shield won both Game Of The Year and Best RPG. However, the biggest winner of the night was arguably Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding, who managed to grab the most awards.

These include Best Graphics, Best Action-Adventure Game, Best Rookie Game and Best Character for protagonist Sam Porter Bridges (as well as Most Valuable Creator too if you count Hideo Kojima’s award).

The awards (which celebrated the best games of 2019) was revealed in a live stream last night due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of award winners accepted their rewards through pre-recorded videos or via live stream.

Check out the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2019 winners and nominees of each category below:

Game of the Year – Pokémon Sword & Shield

• 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Atlus)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
• Pokémon Sword & Shield (Game Freak/Pokemon Company)

MVC ~Most Valuable Creator~ – Hideo Kojima

• George Kamitani (Vanillaware)
• Hideo Kojima (Kojima Productions)
• Hidetaka Miyazaki (FromSoftware)

Best Scenario – 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

• 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Atlus)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)

Best Graphics – Death Stranding

• 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Atlus)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (Capcom)

Best Music – Persona 5 Royal

• Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Persona 5 Royal (Atlus)

Best Character – Sam Porter Bridges

• Clifford Unger (Death Stranding)
• Sam Porter Bridges (Death Stranding)
• Reisalin Stout (Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout)

Best Online Game – Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

• Apex Legends (Electronic Arts)
• Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers (Square Enix)
• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (Capcom)

Best Action Game – Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware)
• Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (Capcom)

Best Shooter – Apex Legends

• Apex Legends (Electronic Arts)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Sony Interactive Entertainment/Activision)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)

Best Action-Adventure Game – Death Stranding

• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Nintendo)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)

Best Adventure Game – 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

• AI: The Somnium Files (Spike Chunsoft)
• 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Atlus)
• Tokyo Chronos (MyDearest)

Best RPG (Including strategy RPG) – Pokemon Sword & Shield

• Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
• Persona 5 Royal (Atlus)
• Pokemon Sword & Shield (Game Freak/Pokemon Company)

Best Indie Game – Gnosia

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkzytYeQsZE&w=560&h=315]

• Untitled Goose Game (House House/Panic)
• Gnosia (Petit Depotto/Mebius)
• Baba Is You (Hempuli)

Best Rookie Game – Death Stranding

• Astral Chain (PlatinumGames/Nintendo)
• 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Atlus)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Esports Game – Fortnite

• Street Fighter V (Capcom)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft)

Best Game Streamer – Unko-chan

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnCBDgz14CA&w=560&h=315]

• OtojaOtsuichi
• Junichi Kato (Unko-chan)
• Moko

You can watch the entire an hour-plus presentation on YouTube below.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqpMOVVYevg&w=560&h=315]

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