Here’s all of the announced winners from each of The Game Awards 2016’s categories. The year’s most outstanding video games all fought to capture top honors, especially the most prestigious honor of all – Game of the Year. If you want to check out each category’s nominees, head right to this link. We’ll make sure to list every award winner as soon as they’re announced, so stay tuned.
GAME OF THE YEAR
– Overwatch (Blizzard)
BEST GAME DIRECTION
– Blizzard (for Overwatch)
BEST NARRATIVE
– Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/SIE)
BEST ART DIRECTION
– Inside (Playdead)
BEST MUSIC/SOUND DESIGN
– DOOM (id/Bethesda)
BEST PERFORMANCE
– Nolan North as Nathan Drake, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
GAMES FOR IMPACT
– That Dragon, Cancer (Numinous Games)
BEST INDEPENDENT GAME
– Inside (Playdead)
BEST MOBILE/HANDHELD
– Pokemon Go (Niantic)
BEST VR GAME
– Rez Infinite (Enhance Games)
BEST ACTION GAME
– DOOM (id Software/Bethesda Softworks)
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
– Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)
BEST RPG
– The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine (CD Projekt RED)
BEST FIGHTING GAME
– Street Fighter V (Capcom)
BEST STRATEGY GAME
– Civilization VI (Firaxis Games/2K)
BEST FAMILY GAME
– Pokemon Go (Niantic)
BEST SPORTS/RACING
– Forza Horizon 3 (Playground Games/Microsoft Studios)
BEST MULTIPLAYER
– Overwatch (Blizzard)
MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
– The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
TRENDING GAMER, PRESENTED BY INTEL
– Boogie2988
BEST FAN CREATION
– No winner announced…
BEST ESPORTS PLAYER, PRESENTED BY OMEN BY HP
– Coldzera – Marcelo David (SK Gaming, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
BEST ESPORTS TEAM
– Cloud 9
BEST ESPORTS GAME
– Overwatch (Blizzard)
Industry Icon
– Hideo Kojima
Fans’ Choice – Favorite Game (China)
– League of Legends (Riot)
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