The Game Awards is one of the biggest events of the year. Every year we have high expectations for the winners in the various categories and new, never-before-seen game announcements. This year’s show was no different!

Each year, The Game Awards are hosted by well-known industry icon Geoff Keighley. Other notable names in attendance this year are Hideo Kojima, Guillermo del Toro, Norman Reedus, Carol Shaw, Reggie Fils-Aime just to name a few.

[Each category contains all nominees, the winners are displayed in bold text.]

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Andrea Rene (What’s Good Games)

Clint Lexa (“Halfcoordinated”)

Guy Beahm (“Dr. Disrespect”)

Mike Grzesiek (“Shroud”)

Steven Spohn (AbleGamers)

Best Score/Music

Cuphead

Destiny 2

NieR: Automata

Persona 5

Super Mario Odyssey

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Best Narrative

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

Horizon Zero Dawn

Nier: Automata

What remains of Edith Finch

Wolfenstein II: The New Clossus

Best Action Game

Cuphead

Destiny 2

Nioh

Prey

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Best Art Direction

Cuphead

Destiny 2

Horizon Zero Dawn

Persona 5

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Best Role Playing Game – Persona 5

Best Strategy Game – Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

Most Anticipated Game – The Last of us Part 2

Best Family Game – Super Mario Odyssey

Best Esports Team – Cloud 9

Best Debut Indie Game

Cuphead

Golf Story

Hollow Knight

Mr. Shifty

Slime Rancher

Best Ongoing Game

Destiny 2

Grand Theft Auto Online

Overwatch

Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds

Rainbow Six: Siege

Warframe

Best Esports Player

Lee Sang-hyeok “Faker”

Marcelo “coldzera” David

Nikola ‘NiKo’ Kovac

Je-hong “ryujehong” Ryu

Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi

Best Student Game

Hollowed

Meaning

Level Squared

From Light

Falling Sky

Impulsion

Games for Impact

Bury Me My Love

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Night in the Woods

Please Knock On My Door

What Remains of Edith Finch

Best Performance

Ashly Burch, Horizon: Zero Dawn (As Aloy)

Brian Bloom Wolfenstein II: 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)

Best Game Direction

Horizon Zero Dawn

Resident Evil 7

Super Mario Odyssey

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Game of the Year

Persona 5

Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds

Super Mario Odyssey

Horizon Zero Dawn

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild