With The Game Awards 2015 currently going on right now, we’ll be updating you through the night with all the award winners.
Check out the full list of nominees below, with winners bolded as they are announced:
Jury Voted
Game of the Year
Bloodborne
Fallout 4
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Super Mario Maker
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Developer of the Year
Bethesda Game Studios
CD Projekt Red
From Software
Kojima Productions
Nintendo
Best Independent Game
Axiom Verge
Her Story
Ori and the Blind Forest
Rocket League
Undertale
Best Mobile/Handheld Game
Downwell
Fallout Shelter
Lara Croft GO
Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate
Pac-Man 256
Best Narrative
Her Story
Life Is Strange
Tales From The Borderlands
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Until Dawn
Best Score/Soundtrack
Fallout 4
Halo 5: Guardians
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Ori and the Blind Forest
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Best Performance
Ashly Burch as Chloe Price (Life Is Strange)
Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft (Rise of the Tomb Raider)
Doug Cockle as Geralt (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)
Mark Hamill as The Joker (Batman: Arkham Knight)
Viva Seifert (Her Story)
Games for Change
Cibele (Nina Freeman)
Her Story (Sam Barlow)
Life Is Strange (Dontnod/quare Enix)
Sunset (Tale of Tales)
Undertale (tobyfox)
Best Shooter
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
Destiny: The Taken King
Halo 5: Guardians
Splatoon
Star Wars Battlefront
Best Action/Adventure
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Batman: Arkham Knight
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Ori and the Blind Forest
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Best Role Playing Game
Bloodborne
Fallout 4
Pillars of Eternity
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Undertale
Best Fighting Game
Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN
Mortal Kombat X
Rise of Incarnates
Rising Thunder
Best Family Game
Disney Infinity 3.0
LEGO Dimensions
Skylanders: SuperChargers
Splatoon
Super Mario Maker
Best Sports/Racing Game
FIFA 16
Forza Motorsport 6
NBA 2K16
Pro Evolution Soccer 2016
Rocket League
Best Multiplayer
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
Destiny: The Taken King
Halo 5: Guardians
Rocket League
Splatoon
Best Art Direction
Batman: Arkham Knight
Bloodborne
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Ori and the Blind Forest
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Fan’s Choice
Most Anticipated Game
Horizon Zero Dawn
No Man’s Sky
Quantum Break
The Last Guardian
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
eSports Game of the Year
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
DOTA 2
Hearthstone
League of Legends
eSports Team of the Year
Evil Geniuses
Fnatic
Optic Gaming
SK Telecom T1
Team Solomid
eSports Player of the Year
Kenny “KennyS” Schrub
Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok
Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer
Peter “ppd” Dager
Syed Sumail “Suma1L” Hassan
Best Fan Creation
Grand Theft Auto V – Targets
Portal Stories – Mel
Real GTA
Twitch Plays Dark Souls
Trending Gamer
Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles
Greg Miller
Markiplier
PewDiePie
TotalBiscuit
As a reminder, games must have been commercially released by November 24 to be eligible for nomination, so all the December releases are ineligible.
Do you think The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will take home the most awards?
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Alex Co
@excaliburps
For The Game Awards, I'd say The Witcher 3 has a big chance of nabbing the super coveted Game of the Year honors, but only because Bloodborne is exclusive to PS4.
Based on the staff responses, you definitely can expect both games to contend for Game of the Year honors here at PlayStation LifeStyle. We have one heck of a plan for all the "Best of" awards that you'll soon see come to fruition in the coming days and weeks.
Stephen Bitto
@MrXDurden
Despite my own Game of the Year not making the cut for The Game Awards, I can still discern a deserving winner from the list. The nominee I would choose, again from the very Until Dawn -less list, would be Bloodborne . The world built by From Software was fantastically realized and the gameplay, while challenging, was improved so that a newcomer like myself was able to enjoy it. The feat of making a Souls -type game approachable to the masses should not be understated.
Zarmena Khan
@Zarmena
The Witcher 3 ...easily. It was the first game that I played since buying a PS4 that truly made me feel like I was playing a current-gen game. Beautiful in every way, full of life, outstanding story and script, amazing replay value. Everything else pales in comparison. The Witcher 3 has something for everyone - from casual players to seasoned players. I can't say the same for Bloodborne and MGS V , I'm afraid.
Chandler Wood
@FinchStrife
The Witcher 3 is the clear winner in my eyes. This was a game that truly and fully embraced it's home on this generation of consoles and did very little wrong. The minor things that annoyed me when I reviewed it were even fixed later on via updates, and it featured one of the best DLC/expansions in recent memory (with one more still to come), so I can't rightly see any game that deserves the honor of being 2015's game of the year more than The Witcher 3 .
It was a year full of good games though, and out own coming end of the year awards will break them down even further, so stay tuned to see what else we thought was great, even if they can't topple The Witcher 3 's throne.
Heath Hindman
@TheHeathHindman
My favorite games this year are Dragon Quest Heroes and Fallout 4 , and it's dang hard to pick which I like more. My gut goes with Fallout 4 , but I wonder if that's because it's fresher in my mind (DQH was several months ago for me) and/or because I already know there's an improved DQH sequel on the way in 2016 that will make the first one something I never go back to. Tough call.
The Game Awards? It's more marketing, that's all. I don't really care about it; it's seriously just a collection of a bunch of other people's opinions. Meh.
Mack Ashworth
@GamingWithMack
From The Game Award's list of Game of the Year nominees, I'd have to go with The Witcher 3 . Pre-release, the game created a buzz in all the right ways. At launch, gamers were treated to an incredible world, which promised hundreds of hours of fantastic gameplay. Post-release, The Witcher 3 received support from a dedicated developer, in the from of free DLC and patches, as well as worthwhile paid-for expansions. The Witcher 3 should take the crown at this year's TGAs.
As for PlayStation LifeStyle's GoTY... Stay tuned!
Cameron Teague
@Cameron_PSLS
I have nothing really to say about the Game Awards themselves.. as for GOTY, I pick Dragon Quest Heroes .
Michael Briers
@briersytweets
I find myself torn between The Phantom Pain and Bloodborne . On the one hand there's the rich majesty of Yharnam, with its spine-chilling atmosphere and origami-like environments. Tiptoeing down the cobbled streets, waiting with bated breath in fear of an enemy leaping out, is a feeling that had me hooked from day one, and From's world absolutely sings on PS4.
Despite all that, I have to vote The Phantom Pain . It's everything I wanted from a Metal Gear title, and you really get the feeling that this is Hideo Kojima as he intends it, without the technical limitations of hardware dampening his vision. Wonderful design from top to bottom, really, and that the entire thing runs at a crisp 60fps is a testimony to the Fox engine. It is, without question, a game I'll always cherish.
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