The underdog pick of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice took the top prize of Game of the Year during 2019's The Game Awards, leaving favorites in the dust. Disco Elysium takes home two awards; Death Stranding wins three.

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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Wins GOTY At The Game Awards

After plenty of speculation about who would win big at 2019’s The Game Awards, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice emerged as the Game of the Year (GOTY) winner. That turned out to be the surprise of the night, as Sekiro, an action-adventure game set in a samurai universe. From Software (the makers of the excellent Dark Souls and Bloodbourne games) is the developer, Activision is the publisher. It’s the second win of the night for Sekiro, which received nominations in multiple categories.

You can take a look at the acceptance speech below via Twitter:

https://twitter.com/thegameawards/status/1205347345547677697

You can check out the rest of the winners in every category below, alongside their nominees. The winners are highlighted in bold. But you probably didn’t need me to tell you that. Other notable wins include Super Smash Bros Ultimate for best fighting game, Devil May Cry V for best action game, and Control for best art direction.

Game of the Year

Control

Death Stranding

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Resident Evil 2

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – (winner)



The Outer Worlds

Best Community Support

Apex Legends

Destiny 2 – (winner)



Final Fantasy XIV

Fortnite

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Best Score/Music

Cadence of Hyrule

Death Stranding – (winner)



Devil May Cry 5

Kingdom Hearts III

Sayonara Wild Hearts

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) – (winner)



Best Esports Team

Astralis (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)

G2 Esports (League of Legends) – (winner)



OG (Dota 2)

San Francisco Shock (Overwatch League)

Team Liquid (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)

Best Esports Event

2019 League of Legends World Championship – (winner)



2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals

EVO 2019

Fortnite World Cup

IEM Katowice 2019

The International 2019

Best Esports Host

Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez

Alex “Machine” Richardson

Duan “Candice” Yu-Shuang

Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere – (winner)



Paul “Redeye” Chaloner

Best Fighting Game

Dead or Alive 6

Jump Force

Mortal Kombat 11

Samurai Shodown

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – (winner)



Best Narrative

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Control

Death Stranding

Disco Elysium – (winner)



The Outer Worlds

Best Role Playing Game

Disco Elysium – (winner)



Final Fantasy XIV

Kingdom Hearts III

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

The Outer Worlds

Best Esports Player

Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf (Immortals, Fortnite) – (winner)



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 Audio Design

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – (winner)



Control

Death Stranding

Gears 5

Resident Evil 2

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Best Strategy Game

Age of Wonders: Planetfall

Anno 1800

Fire Emblem: Three Houses – (winner)



Total War: Three Kingdoms

Tropico 6

Wargroove

Content Creator Of The Year

Jack “Courage” Dunlop

Benjamin “Dr. Lupo” Lupo

Soleil “Ewok” Wheeler

David “Grefg” Martínez

Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek – (winner)



Best Art Direction

Control – (winner)



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 – (winner)



Gears 5

Metro Exodus

Games For Impact

Concrete Genie

Gris – (winner)



Kind Words

Life Is Strange 2

Sea of Solitude

Best Family Game

Luigi’s Mansion 3 – (winner)



Ring Fit Adventure

Super Mario Maker 2

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Yoshi’s Crafted World

Best Sports/ Racing Game

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled – (winner)



Dirt Rally 2.0

eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020

F1 2019

FIFA 20

Best Mobile Game

Call of Duty: Mobile – (winner)



Grindstone

Sayonara Wild Hearts

Sky: Children of Light

What the Golf?

Best Multiplayer Game

Apex Legends – (winner)



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 – (winner)



Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Best Esports Game

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Dota 2

Fortnite

League of Legends – (winner)



Overwatch

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 – (winner)



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 – (winner)



No Man’s Sky

Trover Saves the Universe

Player’s Voice Award

Death Stranding

Fire Emblem: Three Houses – (winner)



Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Fresh Indie Game

Disco Elysium – (winner)



Gris

My Friend Pedro

Outer Wilds

Slay the Spire

Untitled Goose Game

Best Independent Game

Baba Is You

Disco Elysium – (winner)



Katana Zero

Outer Wilds

Untitled Goose Game

Best Game Direction

Control

Death Stranding – (winner)



Resident Evil 2

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Outer Wilds

Best Action/Adventure Game

Borderlands 3

Control

Death Stranding

Resident Evil 2

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – (winner)

