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The Game Awards 2016: winners announced

Besides the huge amount of trailer published during the event, The Game Awards 2016 videogame titles were announced winners of the different categories. To grab the most coveted prize of "game of the year" was the FPS Blizzard Entertainment Overwatch .

Absolutely worth mentioning the title of id Software/Bethesda DOOM that takes home the award for "best original score". Naughty Dog doesn't stay too high and dry with its interesting Uncharted 4: A Thief's End who won the award for best narration.

So here's the complete list, showing both the games nominated the winners, in bold.


Game of the year

  • Doom (id Software/Bethesda)
  • Inside (Playdead)
  • Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
  • Titanfall 2 (Respawn/Electronic Arts)
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Developer of the year

  • Blizzard ( Overwatch )
  • SAYS ( Battlefield 1 )
  • ID Software ( Doom )
  • Naughty Dog ( Uncharted 4: A Thief's End )
  • Respawn ( Titanfall 2 )

Best Narrative

  • Firewatch (Campo Santo)
  • Inside (Playdead)
  • Mafia III (Hangar 13/2 k Games)
  • Oxenfree (Night School Study)
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Art Direction

  • Abzu (Giant Squid/505 Games)
  • Firewatch (Campo Santo)
  • Inside (Playdead)
  • Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)

Best Soundtrack

  • Battlefield 1 (DICE/Electronic Arts)
  • Doom (id Software/Bethesda)
  • Inside (Playdead)
  • Infinite Rez (Enhance Games)
  • Thumper (Drool)

Best Performance

  • Alex Hernandez as Lincoln Clay (for Mafia III )
  • CISSY Jones as Delilah (for Firewatch )
  • Emily Rose as Elena (for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End )
  • Nolan North as Nathan Drake (for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End )
  • Rich Summer as Henry (for Fire Watch )
  • Tory Baker as Sam Drake (for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End )

Best Independent Game

  • Firewatch (Campo Santo)
  • Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine)
  • Inside (Playdead)
  • Stardew Valley (ConcernedApe/Chucklefish Games)
  • The Witness (Thekla)

Best Mobile Game/Portable

  • Clash Royale (Supercell)
  • Fire Emblem Fates (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
  • Monster Hunter Generations (Capcom)
  • Pokemon Go (Niantic)
  • Severed (Drinkbox Studios)

Best game for PS VR

  • Batman: Arkham VR (Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive)
  • EVE: Valkyrie (CCP Games)
  • Job Simulator (Owlchemy Labs)
  • Infinite Rez (Enhance Games)
  • Thumper (Drool)

Best Action Game

  • Battlefield 1 (DICE/Electronic Arts)
  • Doom (id Software/Bethesda)
  • Gears of War 4 (The Coalition/Microsoft)
  • Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
  • Titanfall 2 (Respawn/Electronic Arts)

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)
  • Hitman (IO Interactive/Square Enix)
  • Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine)
  • Ratchet & Clank (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best RPG

  • Dark Souls III (From Software/Bandai Namco Entertainment)
  • Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix)
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt-Blood and Wine (CD Projekt RED)
  • World of Warcraft: Legion (Blizzard Entertainment)
  • Xenoblade Chronicles X (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)

Best Brawler/Fighting

  • Killer Instinct Season 3 (Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft Studios)
  • The King of Fighters XIV (SNK/Atlus USA)
  • Pokken Tournament (Bandai Namco Studios/The Pokemon Company)
  • Street Fighter V (Capcom)

Best family game

  • Dragon Quest Builders (Square Enix)
  • LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (TT Fusion/Warner Brows. Interactive Entertainment)
  • Pokemon Go (Niantic)
  • Ratchet & Clank (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Bowling: Imaginators (Toy for Bob/Activision)

Best strategy game

  • Civilization I (Firaxis Games/2 k Games)
  • Fire Emblem Fates (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
  • The Banner Saga 2 (Stoic Study/Versus Evil)
  • Total War: Warhammer (The Creative Assembly/Sega)
  • XCOM 2 (Firaxis Games/2 k Games)

Best Sports/Racing

  • FIFA 17 (EA Canada/EA Sports)
  • Forza Horizon 3 (Playground Games/Microsoft Studios)
  • MLB The Show 2016 (SIE San Diego Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • NBA 2K17 (Visual Concepts/2 k Sports)
  • Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 (PES Productions/Konami)

Best Multiplayer

  • Battlefield 1 (DICE/Electronic Arts)
  • Gears of War 4 (The Coalition/Microsoft Studios)
  • Overcooked Chiken (Ghost Town Games/Team17 Software)
  • Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
  • Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
  • Titanfall 2 (Respawn/Electronic Arts)

Voted on by Fans

ESports player of the year

  • Faker – [Lee Sang-Hyeok] SK Telecom T1, League of Legends
  • Coldzera – [Marcelo David] SK Gaming, Counter-strike: Global Offensive
  • Byun-Hyun Woo – Starcraft 2
  • Infiltrator – [Lee Seeon-woo] Team Razer, Street Fighter V
  • Hungrybox – [Juan Debiedma] Team Liquid, Super Smash Bros.

ESports team of the year

  • SK Telecom T1 – Game: League of Legends
  • Wings Gaming – Game: DOTA 2
  • Sk Gaming
  • ROX Tigers – Game: Leauge of Legends
  • Cloud 9

ESports game of the year

  • Counter-strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
  • DOTA 2 (Valve)
  • League of Legends (Riot)
  • Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
  • Street Fighter V (Capcom)

The most watched player

  • AngryJoeShow
  • Boogie2988
  • Danny O'dwyer
  • JackSpeticeye
  • Lirik

Best Fan Creation

  • Brutal Doom 64
  • Endereal: The Shards of Order

Most anticipated game

  • God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Mass Effect: Andromeda (BioWare/Electronic Arts)
  • Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)