The Game Awards 2016 Recap

Near the start of the show, in an effort to right the wrongs of Konami banning his appearance at last year’s show, Hideo Kojima took the stage to receive the Industry Icon Award. This award was given for Kojima’s near legendary storytelling, development, and directorial chops on display in the games that he created and for his innovations within the industry. Despite PT and Silent Hills’ cancellation, Kojima inspired an entire new sub-genre of horror games that are played entirely and almost exclusively in first-person.

As revealed during the show, and on The Game Awards’ official site, the winners were as follows:

• Game of the Year: Overwatch (Blizzard)

• Best Game Direction: Blizzard (for Overwatch)

• Best Narrative: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/SIE)

• Best Art Direction: Inside (Playdead)

• Best Music/Sound Design: Doom (id Software/Bethesda)

• Best Performance: Nolan North as Nathan Drake, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

• Games for Impact: That Dragon, Cancer (Numinous Games)

• Best Independent Game: Inside (Playdead)

• Best Mobile/Handheld Game: Pokemon Go (Niantic)

• Best VR Game: Rez Infinite (Enhance Games)

• Best Action Game: Doom (id Software/Bethesda)

• Best Action/Adventure Game: Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)

• Best RPG: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Blood and Wine (CD Projekt RED)

• Best Fighting Game: Street Fighter V (Capcom)

• Best Strategy Game: Civilization VI (Firaxis Games/2K)

• Best Family Game: Pokemon Go (Niantic)

• Best Sports/Racing Game: Forza Horizon 3 (Playground Games/Microsoft Studios)

• Best Multiplayer Game: Overwatch (Blizzard)

• Most Anticipated Game: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)

• Best eSports Game: Overwatch (Blizzard)

• Best eSports Team: Cloud9

• Best eSports Player: Marcelo “coldzera” David

• Trending Gamer: Boogie2988

To view this year’s The Game Awards in its entirety please see the video embedded above. What did you think of The Game Awards 2016? Let us know in the comments.

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