All The Winners From The Game Awards 2019

I’ll be watching the Game Awards and blogging about all the winners (and losers) from tonight. Keep it locked here for all your Game Awards content!

You can find tonight’s Nominee’s right here.

Who’s your winner for Game Of The Year this year? Add your predictions in the comments below!

Best Action Game Winner: Dead Cells

• Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 – Treyarch / Activision
• Dead Cells – Motion Twin – WINNER!
• Destiny 2: Forsaken – Bungie / Activision
• Far Cry 5 – Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft
• Mega Man 11 – Capcom

Note: Fantastic to see Dead Cells win. It had such an amazing reception, found itself in the midst of controversy but the talent and quality was clearly noticed by the journalists who voted. You can check out our review for Dead Cells where our former editor, Joseph Yaden, said it had his vote for game of the year.

Best Role Playing Game Winner: Monster Hunter World

• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes Of The Elusive Age – Square Enix
• Monster Hunter World – Capcom – WINNER!
• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – Level 5 / Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Octopath Traveler – Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo
• Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil

Note: No offence to the other games featured, but this was Monster Hunter World’s award to lose. Great world that Monster Hunter team has built and it’s great to see a storied company like Capcom win an award like this. Huge apologies to our very own Emily who’s a huge Deadfire fan and huge congrats to Capcom with Monster Hunter World.

Best eSports Team Winner: Cloud9

• Astralis – CS:GO
• Cloud9 – LOL – WINNER!
• Fnatic – LOL
• London Spitfire – OWL
• OG – DOTA 2

Best eSports Game Winner: Overwatch

• CSGO
• DOTA2
• Fortnite – Epic Games
• League Of Legends
• Overwatch – Blizzard – WINNER!

Best eSports Event Winner: League Of Legends World Championship

• ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
• EVO 2018
• League Of Legends World Championship – WINNER!
• Overwatch League Grand Finals
• The International 2018

Best eSports Host Winner: Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere

• Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
• Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Anders Blume
• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere – WINNER!
• Paul “RedEye” Chaloner

Best eSports Coach Winner: Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu

• Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu – Cloud9 – WINNER!
• Cristian “ppasarel” Bănăseanu – OG
• Danny “zonic” Sørensen – Astralis
• Dylan Falco – Fnatic
• Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi – Team Vitality
• Janko “YNk” Paunovic – MiBR

Best eSports Winner: C9 Comeback Win In Triple OT vs FAZE

• C9 Comeback Win In Triple OT vs FAZE – ELEAGUE – WINNER!
• G2 Beating RNG – LOL Worlds
• KT vs IG Base Race – LOL Worlds
• OG’s Massive Upset of LGD – Dota 2 Finals
• SonicFox Side Switch Against Go1 in DBZ – EVO

Note: Fantastic! We just skipped through all the eSports stuff. I think I’d be a huge fan of eSports if there was some central league I could watch like the NHL or NFL. But alas, such an exciting gaming phenomenon isn’t as exciting as it should based purely on a lack of exposure. So, it’s great to see them get some exposure at the game awards but also great that we got through that pretty fast imo.

Best Student Game Winner: Combat 2018

• Combat 2018 – Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – Norway – WINNER!
• Dash Quasar – UC Santa Cruz
• JERA – Digipen Bilbao, Spain
• LIFF – ISART Digital, France
• RE: Charge – MIT

Best Narrative Winner: Red Dead Redemption 2

• Detroit: Become Human – Quantic Dream / SIE
• God Of War – Sony Santa Monica / SIE
• Life Is Strange 2: Episode 1 – Dotnod Entertainment / Square Enix
• Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac / SIE
• Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games – WINNER

Note: This was the first major category of the night. We see the two juggernauts, Red Dead Redemption 2 and God Of War duke it out while Spider-Man and Detroit are no slouches either. Red Dead Redemption 2 took this one home for the narrative, which has been an amazing ride so far. Looking forward to see all these games duke it out for the rest of the night.

Best Performance Winner: Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption II

• Bryan Dechart as Connor, Detroit: Become Human
• Christopher Judge as Kratos, God of War
• Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
• Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption II – WINNER!
• Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man

Note: The second big win for Red Dead Redemption 2. Roger Clark’s performance in this sequel is outstanding. He really brings the outlaw Arthur Morgan to life as a masculine anti-hero with a heart. Well deserved win although, any of the other games could have easily won as well. Lots of talent in this industry!

Best Score / Music Winner: Red Dead Redemption 2

• Celeste – Matt Makes Games
• God Of War – Sony Santa Monica / SIE
• Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac / SIE
• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – Level 5 / Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Octopath Traveler – Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo
• Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games – WINNER!

Note: As a musician, I’m always really curious and excited about this category. I had no favourites coming in because each game had it’s own unique sound. But considering how cinematic Red Dead Redemption 2 was, the soundtrack really did amplify and add to the entire experience like no other game. My actual vote was God Of War but

Best Audio Design Nominee’s

• Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 – Treyarch / Activision
• Forza Horizon 4 – Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios
• God Of War – Sony Santa Monica / SIE
• Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac / SIE
• Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games – WINNER!

Best Art Direction Winner: Return Of The Obra Dinn

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft
• God Of War – Sony Santa Monica / SIE
• Octopath Traveler – Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo
• Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games
• Return Of The Obra Dinn – 3909 LLC – WINNER!

Best Mobile Game Winner: Florence

• Donut County – Ben Esposito / Anapurna Interactive
• Florence – Mountains – WINNER!
• Fortnite – Epic Games
• PUBG Mobile – Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games
• Reigns: Game Of Thrones – Nerial / Developer Digital

Best VR / AR Game Nominee’s

• ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission – SIE Japan Studio / SIE – WINNER!
• Beat Saber – Beat Games
• Firewall Zero Hour – First Contact Entertainment / SIE
• Moss – Playarc Games
• Tetris Effect – Resonair / Enhance, Inc

Content Creator Of The Year Winner: Ninja

• Dr. Lupo
• Myth
• Ninja – WINNER!
• Pokimane
• Willyrex

Note: I don’t think there’s a gamer who’s skyrocketed to fame as fast as Ninja. The trajectory he’s been on has been fascinating. Well deserved win!

Best eSports Player Winner: Dominique “SonicFox” McLean

• Dominique “SonicFox” McLean – Echo Fox – WINNER!
• Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi
• Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao – Royal Never Give Up
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev – Natus Vincere
• Sung-hyeon “JJoNak” Bang – New York Excelsior

Best Debut Indy Game Winner: The Messenger

• Donut County – Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – Norway
• Florence – Mountains
• Moss – Polyarc Games
• The Messenger – Sabotage Studio – WINNER!
• Yoku’s Island Express – Villa Gorilla

Best Fighting Game Winner: Dragon Ball FighterZ

• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle – Arc System Works
• Dragon Ball FighterZ – Arc System Works / Bandai Namco Entertainment – WINNER!
• Soul Calibur VI – Bandai Namco Studio / Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Street Fighter V Arcade – Dimps / CAPCOM

Best Family Game Winner: Overcooked 2

• Mario Tennis Aces – Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo
• Nintendo Labo – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
• Overcooked 2 – Ghost Town Games / Team 17
• Starlink: Battle For Atlas – Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft
• Super Mario Party – NDCube / Nintendo

Best Strategy Game Winner: Into The Breach

• The Banner Saga 3 – Stoic Studio / Versus Evil
• Battletech – Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive
• Frostpunk – 11 Bit Studios
• Into The Breach – Subset Games – WINNER!
• Valkyria Chronicles 4 – Sega CS3 / Sega

Best Independent Game Winner: Celeste

• Celeste – Matt Makes Games – WINNER!
• Dead Cells – Motion Twin
• Into The Breach – Subset Games
• Return Of The Obra Dinn – 3909 LLC
• The Messenger – Sabotage Studio

Games For Impact Winner: Celeste

• 11-11 Memories Retold – Digixart / Aardman Animations / Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Celeste – Matt Makes Games – WINNER!
• Florence – Mountiains
• Life Is Strange 2: Episode 1 – Dotnod Entertainment / Square Enix
• The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories – White Owls / Arc System Works

Best Sports / Racing Game Winner: Forza Horizon 4

• FIFA 19 – EA Vancouver / EA Sports
• Forza Horizon 4 – Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios – WINNER!
• Mario Tennis Aces – Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo
• NBA 2K 19 – Visual Concepts / 2K Sports
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 – PES Productions / Konami

Best Game Direction Winner: God Of War

• A Way Out – Hazelight Studios / EA
• Detroit Become Human – Quantic Dream / SIE
• God Of War – Sony Santa Monica / SIE – WINNER!
• Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac / SIE
• Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games

Best Action / Adventure Game Winner: God Of War

• Assasin’s Creed Odyssey – Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft
• God Of War – Sony Santa Monica / SIE – WINNER!
• Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac / SIE
• Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games
• Shadow Of The Tomb Raider – Eidos Montreal / Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix

Note: Finally, God Of War swings back! This game was too good to leave home empty handed. Winning best direction and best action / adventure game was well deserved. God Of War also wins moment of the night when Christopher Judge asked Sunny Suljic to read the winner of the award they were presenting and he said  “Read It Boy”. Amazing.

Best Ongoing Game Winner: Fortnite

• Destiny 2: Forsaken – Bungie / Activision
• Fortnite – Epic Games – WINNER!
• No Man’s Sky – Hello Games
• Overwatch – Blizzard
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft

Best Multiplayer Game Winner: Fortnite

• Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 – Treyarch / Activision
• Destiny 2: Forsaken – Bungie / Activision
• Fortnite – Epic Games – WINNER!
• Monster Hunter: World – Capcom
• Sea Of Thieves – Rare / Microsoft Studios

Game Of The Year Winner: God Of War

• Assasin’s Creed Odyssey – Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft
• Celeste – Matt Makes Games
• God Of War – Sony Santa Monica / SIE – WINNER!
• Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac / SIE
• Monster Hunter: World – Capcom
• Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games

Note: Well after weeks of speculation, we finally have a definitive winner. God Of War wins Game Of The Year! They were duking it out with Red Dead Redemption all night but take the most prestigious award of the nite. The production, the talent, the reinvention of the series, all of it culminates a fantastic accomplishment and they really deserve the Game Of The Year award. Congratulations!