The 2020 Game Awards took place yesterday and one thing is for certain - it wasn’t just the winners that made waves. The entirely-online event was chock-full of trailers to tantalise viewers, new game announcements mingled with updates such as the big reveal of Master Chief joining the Fortnite roster and, of course, there was the appearance of the beloved Keanu Reeves. And other celebrity faces, I guess.
The awards themselves saw League of Legends, Among Us and Fall Guys clinch a few of the multiplayer-related awards whilst The Last of Us Part II dominated just about every other category.
Here’s the full run-down:
Game of the Year
The Last of Us Part II - Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo
Doom Eternal - id Software/Bethesda Softworks
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Square Enix
Ghost of Tsushima - Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Hades - Supergiant Games
Best Game Direction
The Last of Us Part II - Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Square Enix
Ghost of Tsushima - Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Hades - Supergiant Games
Half-Life: Alyx - Valve
Best Narrative
The Last of Us Part II - Neil Druckmann & Halley Gross
Ghost of Tsushima - Ian Ryan, Liz Albl, Patrick Downs & Jordan Lemos
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - George Kamitani
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Kazushige Nojima, Motomu Toriyama, Hiroaki Iwaki & Sachie Hirano
Hades - Greg Kasavin
Best Art Direction
Ghost of Tsushima - Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Square Enix
Hades - Supergiant Games
Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Moon Studios / Xbox Game Studios
The Last of Us Part II - Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best Score and Music
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu & Mitsuto Suzuki
Doom Eternal - Mick Gordon
Hades - Darren Korb
Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Gareth Coker
The Last of Us Part II - Gustavo Santaolalla and Mac Quayle
Best Audio Design
The Last of Us Part II - Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Half-Life: Alyx - Valve
Ghost of Tsushima - Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Resident Evil 3 - Capcom
Doom Eternal - id Software/Bethesda Softworks
Best Performance
Laura Bailey as Abby - The Last of Us Part II
Ashley Johnson as Ellie - The Last of Us Part II
Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai - Ghost of Tsushima
Logan Cunningham as Hades - Hades
Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales - Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Games for Impact
Tell Me Why - Dontnod Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios
If Found… - Dreamfeel / Annapurna Interactive
Kentucky Route Zero - Cardboard Computer / Annapurna Interactive
Spiritfarer - Thunder Lotus Games
Through the Darkest of Times - Paintbucket Games / Handy Games
Best Ongoing
No Man’s Sky - Hello Games
Apex Legends - Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts
Destiny 2 - Bungie
Call of Duty: Warzone - Infinity Ward/Raven Software / Activision
Fortnite - Epic Games
Best Indie
Hades - Supergiant Games
Carrion - Phobia Game Studio / Devolver Digital
Fall Guys - Mediatonic / Devolver Digital
Spelunky 2 - Mossmouth
Spiritfarer - Thunder Lotus Games
Best Mobile Game
Among Us - InnerSloth
Call of Duty: Mobile - TiMi Studios / Activision
Genshin Impact - miHoYo
Legends of Runeterra - Riot Games
Pokémon Café Mix - Genius Sonority / The Pokémon Company
Best Community Support
Fall Guys - Mediatonic / Devolver Digital
Apex Legends - Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts
Destiny 2 - Bungie
Fortnite - Epic Games
No Man’s Sky - Hello Games
Valorant - Riot Games
Best VR/AR
Half-Life: Alyx - Valve
Dreams - Media Molecule / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Iron Man VR - Camoflaj / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Star Wars Squadrons - Motive Studios / Electronic Arts
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Skydance Interactive
Innovation in Accessibility
The Last of Us Part II - Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft
Grounded - Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios
Hyperdot - Tribe Games / Glitch
Watch Dogs Legion - Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft
Best Action
Hades - Supergiant Games
Doom Eternal - id Software / Bethesda Softworks
Half-Life: Alyx - Valve
Nioh 2 - Team Ninja
Streets of Rage 4 - Dotemu
Best Action/Adventure
The Last of Us Part II - Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft
Ghost of Tsushima - Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Moon Studios / Xbox Game Studios
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts
Best Role Playing
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Square Enix
Genshin Impact - miHoYo
Persona 5 Royal - Atlus / Sega
Wasteland 3 - inXile Entertainment / Deep Silver
Yakuza: Like a Dragon - Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio / Sega
Best Fighting
Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate Edition - NetherRealm Studios/WB Games
Granblue Fantasy Versus - Arc System Works / Cygames / Xseed Games
Street Fighter V Champion Edition - Dimps / Capcom
One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows - Spike Chunsoft / Bandai Namco
Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] - French Bread / Arc System Works / Aksys
Best Family
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time - Toys for Bob / Activision
Fall Guys - Mediatonic / Devolver Digital
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit - Velan Studios / Nintendo
Minecraft Dungeons - Mojang Studios / Xbox Game Studios
Paper Mario: The Origami King - Intelligent Systems / Nintendo
Best Sim/Strategy
Microsoft Flight Simulator - Asobo Studio / Xbox Game Studios
Crusader Kings III - Paradox Interactive
Desperados III - Mimimi Games / THQ Nordic
Gears Tactics - Splash Damage / The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios
XCOM: Chimera Squad - Firaxis Games / 2K Games
Best Sports/Racing
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 - Vicarious Visions / Activision
Dirt 5 - Codemasters
F1 2020 - Codemasters
NBA 2K21 - Visual Concepts / 2K
Fifa 21 - EA Vancouver / EA Sports
Best Multiplayer
Among Us - InnerSloth
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo
Call of Duty: Warzone - Infinity Ward / Raven Software / Activision
Fall Guys - Mediatonic / Devolver Digital
Valorant - Riot Games
Best Debut Game
Phasmophobia - Kinetic Games
Carrion - Phobia Game Studio / Devolver Digital
Mortal Shell - Cold Symmetry / Playstack
Raji: An Ancient Epic - Nodding Heads Games / Super.com
Röki - Polygon Treehouse / United Label
Content Creator of the Year
Rachell "Valkyrae" Hofstetter
Alanah Pearce
Jay-Ann Lopez
Nick "NICKMERCS" Kolcheff
Timothy "TimTheTatman" Betar
Most Anticipated Game
Elden Ring – FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment
God of War sequel – SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Halo Infinite – 343 Industries / Xbox Game Studios
Horizon Forbidden West – Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Resident Evil Village – Capcom
Breath of the Wild sequel – Nintendo
Player’s Voice
Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Doom Eternal – id Software / Bethesda Softworks
Hades – Supergiant Games
Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best Esports Game
League of Legends – Riot Games
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Infinity Ward / Raven Software / Activision
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – Valve
Fortnite – Epic Games
Valorant – Riot Games
Best Esports Athlete
Heo "Showmaker" Su (Damwon Gaming, League of Legends)
Kim "Canyon" Geon-bu (Damwon Gaming, League of Legends)
Ian "Crimsix" Porter (Dallas Empire, Call of Duty League)
Anthony "Shotzzy" Cuevas-Castro (Dallas Empire, Call of Duty League)
Matthieu "ZywOo" Herbaut (Team Vitality, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Best Esports Team
G2 Esports (League of Legends)
Damwon Gaming (League of Legends)
Dallas Empire (Call of Duty League)
San Francisco Shock (Overwatch League)
Team Secret (Dota 2)
Best Esports Coach
Danny "zonic" Sorensen (Astralis, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Dae-hee "Crusty" Park (San Francisco Shock, Overwatch League)
Fabian "Grabbz" Lohmann (G2 Esports, League of Legends)
Lee "Zefa" Jae-min (T1, League of Legends)
Raymond "rambo" Lussier (Dallas Empire, Call of Duty)
Best Esports Event
2020 League of Legends World Championship (League of Legends)
BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Call of Duty League Championship 2020 (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare)
IEM Katowice 2020 (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
2020 Overwatch League Grand Finals (Overwatch)
Best Esports Host
Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere
Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez
Alex "Machine" Richardson
James "Dash" Patterson
Jorien "Sheever" van der Heijden
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees! If you didn’t manage to catch it, you can rewatch the whole ceremony over at the official 2020 Game Awards website.
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