The 2019 Game Awards concluded with some of the best surprises, snubs, and honoring the finest developers and performers in the world of gaming. While the show, hosted by Geoff Keighley, celebrated the games of the year, we also got to see some amazing announcements for the year 2020.
During the game awards, Death Stranding remained the highlight and cynosure, with Chvrches opening the ceremony singing the “Death Stranding”. Her Cliff Unger-inspired look was enough to send everyone to the clouds. Unfortunately, it lost the Game of the Year trophy, it surely made its mark in other categories. Besides, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Devil May Cry 5, and CS: GO remained other aspects of the night’s excitement.
While Sekiro couldn’t grab much this year, but the Game of the Year trophy was enough to compensate the losses in other categories. For Fortnite, it would’ve been a bad night, if not for the Best Ongoing game category which it won. Speaking of Fortnite, the new Fortnite World Cup Winner, Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf grabbed Best eSports Player trophy, whereas League of Legends grabbed the Best eSports Game prize. Other game winners were Devil May Cry 5 for Best Action Game, Luigi’s Mansion for Best Family Game, and Fire Emblem: Three Houses for Best Strategy Game.
So, without a wait, let’s see who won what! Here’s a list of all the winners of 2019 Game Awards.
List of Winners and Nominees at Game Awards 2019
GAME AWARDS
Game of the Year
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Resident Evil 2
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- The Outer Worlds
Best Community Sport
- Destiny 2
- Apex Legend
- Final Fantasy XI
- Fortnite
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Best Score/Music
- Death Stranding
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Control
- Resident Evil 2
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- The Outer Worlds
Best Narrative
Image Source: PC World
- Disco Elysium
- A Plague Tale: Innocence
- Control
- Death Stranding
- The Outer Worlds
Best Fighting Game
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — Bandai Namco/Sora Ltd./Nintendo
- Dead or Alive 6 — Team Ninja/Koei Tecmo
- Jump Force — Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco
- Mortal Kombat 11 — NetherRealm/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Samurai Shodown — SNK Corporation/Athlon Games
Best Audio Design
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Gears 5
- Resident Evil 2
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Best Strategy Game
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Age of Wonders: Planetfall
- Anno 1800
- Total War: Three Kingdoms
- Tropico 6
- Wargroove
Content Creator of the Year
- Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek
- Jack “Courage” Dunlop
- Benjamin “Dr. Lupo” Lupo
- Soleil “Ewok” Wheeler
- David “Grefg” Martínez
Best Art Direction
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Gris
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Best Action Game
- Devil May Cry 5 — Capcom
- Apex Legends — Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
- Astral Chain — Platinum Games/Nintendo
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare — Infinity Ward/Activision
- Gears 5 — The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios
- Metro Exodus — 4A Games/Deep Silver
Games for Impact
- Gris — Nomada Studio/Devolver Digital
- Concrete Genie — Pixelopus/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Kind Words — Popcannibal
- Life Is Strange 2 — Dontnod/Square Enix
- Sea of Solitude — Jo-Mei Games/Electronic Arts
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 — Beenox/Activision
- Dirt Rally 2.0 — Codemasters
- eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 — PES Productions/Konami
- F1 2019 — Codemasters
- FIFA 20 — EA Sports
Best Mobile Game
- Call of Duty: Mobile — TiMi Studios/Activision
- Grindstone — Capybara Games
- Sayonara Wild Hearts — Simogo/Annapurna Interactive
- Sky: Children of Light — Thatgamecompany
- What the Golf? — Tribland
Best Multiplayer Game
- Apex Legends — Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
- Borderlands 3 — Gearbox/2K Games
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare — Infinity Ward/Activision
- Tetris 99 — Arika/Nintendo
- Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 — Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft
Best Ongoing Game
- Fortnite
- Apex Legends
- Destiny 2
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Best VR/AR Game
- Beat Saber — Beat Games
- Asgard’s Wrath — Sanzaru Games/Oculus Studios
- Blood & Truth — SIE London Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- No Man’s Sky — Hello Games
- Trover Saves the Universe — Squanch Games
Best Performance
- Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff — Death Stranding
- Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb — The Outer Worlds
- Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden — Control
- Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz — Gears 5
- Matthew Porretta as Dr. Casper Darling — Control
- Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges — Death Stranding
Player’s Voice
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Death Stranding
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Fresh Indie Game
- ZA/UM for Disco Elysium
- Nomada Studio for Gris
- DeadToast Entertainment for My Friend Pedro
- Mobius Digital for Outer Wilds
- MegaCrit for Slay the Spire
- House House for Untitled Goose Game
Best Role-Playing Game
Disco Elysium — ZA/UM
- Final Fantasy XIV — Square Enix
- Kingdom Hearts III — Square Enix
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne — Capcom
- The Outer Worlds — Obsidian Entertainment/Private Division
Best Game Direction
- Death Stranding
- Control
- Resident Evil 2
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Outer Wilds
Best Action/Adventure Game
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice — FromSoftware/Activision
- Borderlands 3 — Gearbox/2K Games
- Control — Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
- Death Stranding — Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Resident Evil 2 — Capcom
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening — Grezzo/Nintendo
Best Independent Game
- Disco Elysium — ZA/UM
- Baba Is You — Hempuli
- Katana Zero — Askiisoft/Devolver Digital
- Outer Wilds — Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
- Untitled Goose Game — House House/Panic
eSports AWARDS
Best eSports Game
- League of Legends
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Dota 2
- Fortnite
- Overwatch
Best eSports Coach
- Danny “Zonic” Sørensen (Astralis, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
- 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)
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
Best eSports Host
- Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
- Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
- Alex “Machine” Richardson
- Duan “Candice” Yu-Shuang
- Paul “Redeye” Chaloner
Best eSports Team
- G2 eSports (League of Legends)
- Astralis (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
- OG (Dota 2)
- San Francisco Shock (Overwatch League)
- Team Liquid (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Best eSports Player
Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf
- Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok
- Luka “Perkz” Perkovic
- Oleksandr “S1mple” Kostyliev
- Jay “Sinatraa” Won
Major Announcements from Game Awards 2019
1. The New Xbox
Xbox Game Studios unveiled the much-awaited Project Scarlett, officially called Xbox Series X. The studios also unveiled a new wireless controller. Phil Spencer took the stage with details of designs but remained silent over the performance specifications.
2. Cyberpunk 2077 Music Artists
Many big names contributing to Cyberpunk 2077’s soundtrack and music were confirmed, including Run The Jewels, Rat Boy, and Nina Kraviz. The game was earlier promoted this year heavily in media due to the surprise announcement of actor Keanu Reeves being a part of it.
3. Fast & Furious: Crossroads
Actors Michelle Rodriguez and Vin Diesel announced Fast N Furious game with a trailer launch. Though it didn’t seem like a great deal as the films have stretched too long to enjoy an associated game with it.
4. Hellblade 2
The Xbox console took Hellblade 2 as the preferred game for the demonstration which is set to debut next year. Running on the Xbox Series X engine, the game looked completely packed with elements of thrill, violence, and adventure.
5. Prologue
A new game from the team behind Player Unknown’s led by Brendan Greene. Though the teaser didn’t reveal anything significant, it is definitely first-person, and it looks amazing. There are high expectations from Greene’s team this time.
So, here are major announcements and all winners from this year’s Game Awards. Yes, there were a few snubs, and I personally felt bad for Death Stranding for losing out in so many categories. Nevertheless, the eve brought exciting new announcements, and 2020 is surely going to be one hell of a gaming adventure.
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