After opening up the polls on December 18, nearly 600,000 votes were cast in the user-chosen PlayStation Blog 2015 Game of the Year Awards, making it the biggest GOTY event in their history.
You can see the long list of nominees over here, with all the winners and runner-ups below:
PlayStation 4 Game of the Year
- Winner – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Runners-Up – Bloodborne, Fallout, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
PlayStation 3 Game of the Year
- Winner – Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Runners-Up – Yakuza 5, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, Tales From the Borderlands
PlayStation Vita Game of the Year
- Winner – Resident Evil Revelations 2
- Runners-Up – Shovel Knight, Persona 4: Dancing All Night, Super Meat Boy
Best Story
- Winner – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Runners-Up – Life Is Strange, Until Dawn, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Best Soundtrack
- Winner – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Runners-Up – Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Bloodborne, Life Is Strange
Best Digital Game
- Winner – Rocket League
- Runners-Up – Life Is Strange, Yakuza 5, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Best Multiplayer
- Winner – Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
- Runners-Up – Rocket League, Star Wars Battlefront, Destiny: The Taken King
Most Anticipated 2016
- Winner – Dark Souls 3
- Runners-Up – Horizon Zero Dawn, No Man’s Sky, The Division
Best Free PlayStation Plus Game
- Winner – Rocket League
- Runners-Up – inFamous First Light, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, The Walking Dead Season Two
Best Expansion
- Winner – The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone
- Runners-Up – Bloodborne: The Old Hunters, GTA Online: Heists, Destiny: The Taken King
Studio of the Year
- Winner – CD Projekt Red
- Runners-Up – Bethesda Game Studios, From Software, Kojima Productions
For comparison, the 2014 winners are over here and include Destiny on top for PS4, Dark Souls 2 winning on PS3, and Child of Light taking home PS Vita honors.
Do you agree with all the choices?
[Source: PS Blog]
GotY 2015 (PSLS Awards)
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Game of the Year 2015
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is a game that takes on an open world setting, fills it with plenty to accomplish, and provides damn good gameplay to make sure every moment spent in its wild paradise is enjoyed.
Kojima Productions took the Metal Gear franchise to a new level with The Phantom Pain, exceeding sky-high expectations and delivering an almost perfect experience which both hardcore MGS fans could enjoy, without alienating first-timers. - Mack Ashworth
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has something for everyone. Whether you're new to the series or even RPGs in general, you should be able to pick up Geralt's latest adventure and go. The various difficulty levels welcome every type of player, and the beautiful in-game world with its equally beautiful story beg to be explored. - Zarmena Khan
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Bloodborne
If you think Sony's 2014 first-party offering was lackluster and didn't provide enough "oomph" compared to other platforms, then you most likely haven't played Bloodborne. Granted, it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea due to its gameplay, ridiculous learning curve and difficulty. However, if you can look past all of that, and try a "Souls" game, then you'll see From Software at its best, and giving us a game for the ages.
It's a masterclass of action-RPG goodness that every PlayStation 4 owner should at least try (well, at least until you beat a boss before you give up and say it's not for you). I wouldn't have guessed this was my type of game, but after beating the Cleric Beast, I was hooked!
Just be prepared to die over and over, and have a stress ball nearby or something for those "tense" and annoying moments. - Alex Co
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And the winner is...
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Winner - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Where other contenders falter, The Witcher 3 excels. With its lush world, intriguing story, and enjoyable gameplay among other aspects, The Witcher 3 checks all the boxes for a GOTY winner. CD Projekt RED has set a benchmark for excellent storytelling, and while the game does have its issues, the overall package makes it an adventure that every gamer needs to try out at least once. - Zarmena Khan
