Arguably the closest thing the video game industry has to the Oscars or the Emmys is The Game Awards. Each year, a group of industry insiders and journalists come together to vote on which games should win in a variety of categories. The winners are announced in December at The Game Awards, which has been hosted by video game journalist Geoff Keighley since its inception in 2014.
This year, six games are competing to be crowned Game of the Year, with Control, Death Stranding, Resident Evil 2, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and The Outer Worlds all up for the big prize. It’s hard to say which game will walk away with the distinction of being named Game of the Year, but it should be noted that Death Stranding is nominated for the most awards.
For those who don’t have time to watch The Game Awards 2019 live, here are all the Game Awards 2019 nominees and which game won in each category.
GAME OF THE YEAR
Control
Death Stranding
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - WINNER
The Outer Worlds
BEST GAME DIRECTION
Death Stranding - WINNER
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Outer Wilds
BEST NARRATIVE
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Disco Elysium - WINNER
BEST ART DIRECTION
Control - WINNER
Gris
Sayonara Wild Hearts
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
BEST SCORE/MUSIC
Cadence of Hyrule
Devil May Cry 5
Kingdom Hearts 3
BEST AUDIO DESIGN
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - WINNER
Gears 5
BEST PERFORMANCE
Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb, The Outer Worlds
Courtney Hopeas 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
GAMES FOR IMPACT
Concrete Genie
Gris - WINNER
Kind Words
Life is Strange 2
Sea of Solitude
BEST ONGOING GAME
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite - WINNER
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
BEST INDEPENDENT GAME
Baba Is You
Katana ZERO
Untitled Goose Game
BEST MOBILE GAME
Call of Duty: Mobile - WINNER
GRINDSTONE
Sky: Children of the Light
What the Golf?
BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Destiny 2 - WINNER
Fortnite
BEST VR/AR GAME
Asgard’s Wrath
Beat Saber - WINNER
Blood & Truth
No Man’s Sky
Trover Saves the Universe
BEST ACTION GAME
Astral Chain
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Devil May Cry 5 - WINNER
Metro Exodus
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
Borderlands 3
BEST RPG
Final Fantasy 14
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
BEST FIGHTING GAME
Dead or Alive 6
Jump Force
Mortal Kombat 11
Samurai Showdown
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - WINNER
BEST FAMILY GAME
Luigi’s Mansion 3 - WINNER
Ring Fit Adventure
Super Mario Maker 2
Yoshi’s Crafted World
BEST STRATEGY GAME
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Anno 1800
Fire Emblem: Three Houses - WINNER
Total War: Three Kingdoms
Tropico 6
Wargroove
BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled - WINNER
DiRT Rally 2.0
eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020
F1 2019
FIFA 20
BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME
Apex Legends - WINNER
Tetris 99
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
FRESH INDIE GAME PRESENTED BY SUBWAY
ZA/UM for Disco Elysium - WINNER
Nomada Studiof or Gris
DeadToast Entertainment for My Friend Pedro
Mobius Digital for Outer Wilds
Mega Crit for Slay the Spire
House House for Untitled Goose Game
CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR
Courage - Jack Dunlop
Dr. Lupo- Benjamin Lupo
Ewok- Soleil Wheeler
Grefg- David Martínez
Shroud- Michael Grzesiek - WINNER
ESPORTS AWARDS
BEST ESPORTS GAME
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
DOTA2
League of Legends - WINNER
Overwatch
BEST ESPORTS PLAYER
Kyle ‘Bugha’ Giersdorf (Immortals, Fortnite) - WINNER
Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok (SK Telecom, League of Legends)
Luka ‘Perkz’ Perkovic (G2 Esports, League of Legends)
Oleksandr ‘S1mple’ Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, CSGO)
Jay ‘Sinatraa’ Won (SF Shock, Overwatch)
BEST ESPORTS TEAM
Astralis (CS:GO)
G2 Esports (LOL) - WINNER
OG (DOTA2)
San Francisco Shock (OWL)
Team Liquid (CS:GO)
BEST ESPORTS EVENT
2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals
EVO 2019
Fortnite World Cup
IEM Katowice 2019
League of Legends World Championship 2019 - WINNER
The International 2019
BEST ESPORTS COACH
Eric ‘adreN’ Hoag (Team Liquid, CS:GO)
Nu-ri ‘Cain’ Jang (Team Liquid, LOL)
Fabian ‘GrabbZ’ Lohmann (G2 Esports, LOL)
Kim ‘Kkoma’ Jeong-gyun (SK Telecom T1, LOL)
Titouan ‘Sockshka’ Merloz (OG, DOTA2)
Danny ‘Zonic’ Sørensen (Astralis, CSGO) - WINNER
BEST ESPORTS HOST
Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere - WINNER
Alex “Machine” Richardson
Paul “Redeye” Chaloner
Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
Duan “Candice” Yu-Shuang
Many gamers will be tuning in to The Game Awards 2019 to see which game won the coveted Game of the Year, but others will be tuning in for the world premieres. The Game Awards has gained a reputation for being an event where major new game announcements take place, with this year’s event promising at least 10 world premiere reveals for gamers to look forward to.
Between the world premieres and the awards being given out, video game enthusiasts have many reasons to tune in to The Game Awards every year. This year’s event has the potential to be the biggest Game Awards yet, and it will be exciting to see how it all goes down.
