When searching for games to add to your collection, it’s always good to check-in with the five major industry award shows. The following games received “Game of the Year” honors in 2019:

The Game Awards: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
GDC Awards: Untitled Goose Game
DICE Awards: Untitled Goose Game
SXSW Gaming Awards: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
BAFTA Games Awards: Outer Wilds

A complete list of all winners and nominees can be found below.

The Game Awards
The winners of The Game Awards are chosen by a blended vote between an international panel of journalists (90%) and public fan voting (10%) and awarded each December. (thegameawards.com)

Game of the Year

Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.

• Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Sora + Bandai Namco / Nintendo)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• WINNER: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)
• The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division)

Best Game Direction

Awarded to a game studio for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.

• Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
• WINNER: Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Narrative

For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.

• A Plague Tale: Innocence (Asobo / Focus Home Interactive)
• Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• WINNER: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division)

Best Art Direction

For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation.

• WINNER: Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Gris (Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo / Nintendo)

Best Score/Music

For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.

• Cadence of Hyrule (Brace Yourself Games / Nintendo)
• WINNER: Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
• Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Audio Design

Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design.

• WINNER: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Gears 5 (The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)

Best Performance

Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture.

• Ashly Burch, The Outer Worlds (As Parvati Holcomb)
• Courtney Hope, Control (As Jesse Faden)
• Laura Bailey, Gears 5 (As Kait Diaz)
• WINNER: Mads Mikkelsen, Death Stranding (As Cliff)
• Matthew Porretta, Control (As Dr. Casper Darling)
• Norman Reedus, Death Stranding (As Sam Porter Bridges)

Games for Impact

For a thought provoking game with a profound pro-social meaning or message.

• Concrete Genis (Pixelopus / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• WINNER: Gris (Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital)
• Kind Words (Popcannibal)
• Life Is Strange 2 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
• Sea of Solitude (Jo-Mei Games / Electronic Arts)

Best Ongoing Game

Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time.

• Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• WINNER: Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)

Best Mobile Game

For the best game playable on a dedicated mobile device.

• WINNER: Call of Duty Mobile (TIMI Studios / Activision)
• Grindstone (Capybara Games)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)
• Sky: Children of Light (ThatGameCompany)
• What The Golf? (Triband)

Best VR/AR Game

For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform.

• Asgard’s Wrath (Sanzaru Games / Oculus Studios)
• Blood & Truth (Sony London Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• WINNER: Beat Saber (Beat Games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
• Trover Saves the Universe (Squanch Games)

Best Action Game

For the best game in the action genre focused on combat.

• Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
• Astral Chain (Platinum Games / Nintendo)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• WINNER: Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
• Gears 5 (The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios)
• Metro Exodus (4A Games / Deep Silver)

Best Action/Adventure Game

For the best action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.

• Borderlands 3 (Gearbox Software / 2K Games)
• Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo / Nintendo)
• WINNER: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)

Best Role Playing Game

For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences.

• WINNER: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (Capcom)
• The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division)

Best Fighting Game

For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.

• Dead or Alive 6 (Team Ninja / Koei Tecmo)
• Jump Force (Spike Chunsoft / Bandai Namco)
• Mortal Kombat 11 (NetherRealm Entertainment / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
• Samurai Showdown (SNK / Athlon)
• WINNER: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Sora + Bandai Namco / Nintendo)

Best Family Game

For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform.

• WINNER: Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)
• Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Sora + Bandai Namco / Nintendo)
• Yoshi’s Crafted World (Good-Feel / Nintendo)

Best Strategy Game

Best game focused on real time or turn-based strategy gameplay, irrespective of platform.

• Age of Wonders: Planetfall (Triumph Studios / Paradox Interactive)
• Anno 1800 (Blue Byte Interactive / Ubisoft)
• WINNER: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems + Koei Tecmo / Nintendo)
• Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly / Sega)
• Wargroove (Chucklefish)

Best Sports/Racing Game

For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game.

• WINNER: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Beenox / Activision)
• Dirt Rally 2.0 (Codemasters / Deep Silver)
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 (PES Productions / Konami)
• F1 2019 (Codemasters / Deep Silver)
• FIFA 20 (EA Canada / EA Sports)

Best Multiplayer

For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre.

• WINNER: Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
• Borderlands 3 (Gearbox Software / 2K Games)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• Tetris 99 (Arika / Nintendo)
• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft)

Best Independent Game

For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.

• Baba Is You (Hempuli)
• WINNER: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Katana Zero (Askiisoft / Devolver Digital)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)
• Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)

Fresh Indie Game (Sponsored by Subway)

Recognizing a new independent studio that released its first game in 2019.

• WINNER: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Gris (Nomada Studio)
• My Friend Pedro (DeadToast Entertainemnt)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital)
• Slay the Spire (Mega Crit)
• Untitled Goose Game (House House)

Best Community Support

Recognizing a game for outstanding community support, transparency, and responsiveness.

• Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
• WINNER: Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)

Best Esports Game

For the game that has delivered the best overall esports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform.

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
• Dota 2 (Valve)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• WINNER: League of Legends (Riot Games)
• Overwatch (Blizzard)

Game Developers Choice Awards
The winners of the Game Developers Choice Awards (GDC Awards) are chosen by a panel of developers from North America and awarded each year during the Game Developers Conference. (gamechoiceawards.com)

Game of the Year

• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)
• WINNER: Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)

Honorable Mentions
Disco Elysium (ZA/UM), The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division), Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts), Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)

Best Mobile Game

• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)
• WINNER: What the Golf? (Triband Productions / The Label Limited)
• Grindstone (Capybara Games)
• Sky: Children of the Light (thatgamecompany)
• Call of Duty: Mobile (TiMi Studios / Activision)

Honorable Mentions
Mutazione (Die Gute Fabrik / Akupara Games), Assemble with Care (ustwo), Pilgrims (Amanita Design), Archero (Habby), Card of Darkness (Choice Provisions), Mini Motorways (Dinosaur Polo Club)

Best VR/AR Game

• WINNER: Vader Immortal (ILMxLAB / Disney)
• Blood & Truth (SCEE Studio London / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Asgard’s Wrath (Sanzaru Games / Oculus Studios)
• Boneworks (Stress Level Zero)
• Pistol Whip (Cloudhead Games)

Honorable Mentions
Trover Saves the Universe (Squanch Games), Falcon Age (Outerloop Games), Ghost Giant (Zoink), Vacation Simulator (Owlchemy Labs), Stormland (Insomniac Games / Oculus Studios)

Best Design

• WINNER: Baba Is You (Hempuli)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)
• Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)

Honorable Mentions
Disco Elysium (ZA/UM), Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games), Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts), The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division), Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts), Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)

Best Visual Art

• WINNER: Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)

Honorable Mentions
Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive), Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic), The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo / Nintendo), Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo), Void Bastards (Blue Manchu / Humble Bundle)

Best Narrative

• WINNER: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)

Honorable Mentions
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts), Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems, Koei Tecmo Games / Nintendo), A Plague Tale: Innocence (Asobo Studio / Focus Home Interactive), Heaven’s Vault (inkle), Mutazione (Die Gute Fabrik / Akupara Games), Telling Lies (Drowning a Mermaid Productions, Furious Bee / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Audio

• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)
• WINNER: Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)

Honorable Mentions
Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer (Brace Yourself Games / Nintendo), Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts), Disco Elysium (ZA/UM), Ape Out (Gabe Cuzzillo, Bennett Foddy, Matt Boch / Devolver Digital), Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Technology

• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• WINNER: Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
• Noita (Nolla Games)

Honorable Mentions
Gears 5 (The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios), Resident Evil 2 (Capcom), Manifold Garden (William Chyr Studios), Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision), The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division), Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts), Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Debut

• WINNER: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital)
• Manifold Garden (William Chyr Studios)
• Knights and Bikes (Foam Sword Games)
• Neo Cab (Chance Agency)

Innovation Award

• Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• WINNER: Baba Is You (Hempuli)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)

Honorable Mentions
Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games), Hypnospace Outlaw (Tendershoot, ThatWhichIs Media / No More Robots), Kind Words (Popcannibal), Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo), Wattam (Funomena / Annapurna Interactive)

Audience Award

• WINNER: Sky: Children of the Light (thatgamecompany)

DICE Awards
The winners of the DICE Awards are chosen by the members of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences and awarded each year during the DICE Summit. (interactive.org)

Game of the Year

• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)
• WINNER: Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)

Portable Game of the Year

• Call of Duty: Mobile (TiMi Studios / Activision)
• Grindstone (Capybara Games)
• WINNER: Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)
• Sky: Children of the Light (thatgamecompany)
• What the Golf? (Triband / The Label)

Online Game of the Year

• WINNER: Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• Destiny 2: Shadowkeep (Bungie)
• Tetris 99 (Arika / Nintendo)
• Wargroove (Chucklefish)

Action Game of the Year

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• WINNER: Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
• Gears 5 (The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)

Adventure Game of the Year

• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• WINNER: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo / Nintendo)

Family Game of the Year

• A Short Hike (Adam Robinson-Yu)
• Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix)
• Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo)
• WINNER: Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo)
• Yoshi’s Crafted World (Good-Feel / Nintendo)

Fighting Game of the Year

• Dead or Alive 6 (Team Ninja / Koei Tecmo Games)
• Jump Force (Spike Chunsoft / Bandai Namco Entertainment America)
• WINNER: Mortal Kombat 11 (NetherRealm Studios / WB Games)
• Samurai Shodown (SNK Corporation)

Racing Game of the Year

• Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Beenox / Activision)
• Dirt Rally 2.0 (Codemasters)
• F1 2019 (Codemasters)
• WINNER: Mario Kart Tour (Nintendo)
• Trials Rising (Ubisoft RedLynx + Ubisoft Kyiv / Ubisoft)

Role-Playing Game of the Year

• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers (Square Enix)
• Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
• Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield (Game Freak / Nintendo)
• WINNER: The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division)

Sports Game of the Year

• WINNER: FIFA 20 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)
• Madden NFL 20 (EA Tiburon / EA Sports)
• MLB The Show 19 (Sony San Diego / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• NBA 2K20 (Visual Concepts / 2K Games)
• NHL 20 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

• Anno 1800 (Ubisoft Mainz / Ubisoft)
• WINNER: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems + Koei Tecmo Games + Nintendo / Nintendo)
• Oxygen Not Included (Klei Entertainment)
• Slay the Spire (Mega Crit Games / Humble Bundle)
• Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly / Sega)

Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game

• A Short Hike (Adam Robinson-Yu)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)
• WINNER: Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)
• What the Golf? (Triband / The Label)

Outstanding Achievement in Character

• Jesse Faden – Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Cliff Unger – Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Sam Porter Bridges – Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Greez – Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
• WINNER: The Goose – Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

• WINNER: Baba Is You (Hempuli Oy)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)
• Slay the Spire (Mega Crit Games / Humble Bundle)

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

• A Short Hike (Adam Robinson-Yu)
• WINNER: Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)
• Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

• Arise: A Simple Story (Piccolo Studio / Techland Publishing)
• WINNER: Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Erica (Flavourworks / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Golem (Highwire Games)
• Mortal Kombat 11 (NetherRealm Studios / WB Games)

Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• WINNER: Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Mortal Kombat 11 (NetherRealm Studios / WB Games)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)

Outstanding Achievement in Story

• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• WINNER: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)
• Telling Lies (Sam Barlow / Annapurna Interactive)
• The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division)

Outstanding Technical Achievement

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• Concrete Genie (Pixelopus / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• WINNER: Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Metro Exodus (4A Games / Deep Silver)

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• Days Gone (Sony Bend / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
• WINNER: Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• Concrete Genie (Pixelopus / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• WINNER: Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

• Asgard’s Wrath (Sanzaru Games / Oculus VR)
• WINNER: Blood & Truth (Sony London / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Pistol Whip (Cloudhead Games)
• Stormland (Insomniac Games / Oculus VR)
• Westworld Awakening (Survios / HBO)

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

• Asgard’s Wrath (Sanzaru Games / Oculus VR)
• Blood & Truth (Sony London / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• WINNER: Pistol Whip (Cloudhead Games)
• The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets (Fast Travel Games)
• Trover Saves the Universe (Squanch Games)

SXSW Gaming Awards
The winners of the SXSW Gaming Awards are chosen by an advisory board of “industry experts” with input from a public vote. The SXSW Gaming Awards are awarded each year during the SXSW Interactive conference. (sxsw.com)

Video Game of the Year

Awarded to the game that exemplifies overall excellence and creates a distinct gaming experience across all platforms and genres.

• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• WINNER: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)

Mobile Game of the Year

Awarded to the game that exemplifies overall excellence and creates a unique gaming experience on any handheld device.

• Call of Duty: Mobile (TiMi Studios / Activision)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)
• WINNER: Sky: Children of the Light (thatgamecompany)
• Where Cards Fall (Snowman)
• Whispers of a Machine (Clifftop Games / Raw Fury)

XR Game of the Year

Awarded to the VR game that exemplifies overall excellence in gameplay and design across any VR platform.

• Blood & Truth (Sony London / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• WINNER: No Man’s Sky Beyond VR (Hello Games)
• Pistol Whip (Cloudhead Games)
• The Under Presents (Tender Claws)
• Tori (Bandai Namco Entertainment America)

Tabletop Game of the Year

Awarded to the game that exemplifies overall excellence and ingenuity of any tabletop game in any genre.

• WINNER: Paladins of the West Kingdom (Renegade Game Studios)
• Parks (Keymaster Games)
• Pax Pamir (Wehrlegig Games)
• Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon (Awaken Realms)
• Taverns of Tiefenthal (North Star Games)

Trending Game of the Year

Awarded to the game that consistently entertained and kept us watching on social platforms with its humor, stories, and more.

• Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
• Borderlands 3 (Gearbox Software / 2K Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• WINNER: Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield (Game Freak / Nintendo)
• Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo)

Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award

Awarded to the game that best challenges the “norm” of everyday gaming and offers a culturally innovative view of a game world, character, or gameplay.

• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• WINNER: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Knights and Bikes (Foam Sword / Double Fine Productions)
• Overland (Finji)
• Sea of Solitude (Jo-Mei Games / Electronic Arts)

Excellence in Narrative

Awarded to the game with the best storyline and dialogue.

• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• WINNER: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)
• A Plague Tale: Innocence (Asobo Studio / Focus Home Interactive)

Excellence in Design

Awarded to the game with the best overall design concept and best execution.

• Astral Chain (Platinum Games / Nintendo)
• WINNER: Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)

Excellence in Gameplay

Awarded to the game with the best gameplay mechanics.

• Astral Chain (Platinum Games / Nintendo)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• WINNER: Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)

Most Promising New Intellectual Property

Awarded to a new property that risked creating something fresh and that excelled within its genre or category for the year.

• Astral Chain (Platinum Games / Nintendo)
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (ArtPlay / 505 Games)
• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Katana Zero (Askiisoft / Devolver Digital)
• WINNER: The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division)

Excellence in Multiplayer

Awarded to the game with the best player-to-player interaction experience.

• Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• WINNER: Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers (Square Enix)
• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (Capcom)
• Mortal Kombat 11 (NetherRealm Studios / WB Games)

Excellence in Art

Awarded to the game with the most expressive and creative artistic style.

• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• WINNER: The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo / Nintendo)
• Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)

Excellence in Animation

Awarded to the game with the most outstanding animations.

• Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• WINNER: Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
• Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)
• Mortal Kombat 11 (NetherRealm Studios / WB Games)

Excellence in Visual Achievement

Awarded to the game with the most well-designed and stunning visuals.

• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division)
• WINNER: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)

Excellence in Technical Achievement

Awarded to the game that pushed the capabilities of technology and programming.

• Concrete Genie (Pixelopus / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• WINNER: Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)

Excellence in Musical Score

Awarded to the game that best exemplifies artistic excellence in musical score and how it progresses the narrative of the game.

• WINNER: Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)

Excellence in SFX

Awarded to the game with the most outstanding and impactful sound effects.

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)
• Mortal Kombat 11 (NetherRealm Studios / WB Games)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• WINNER: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)

British Academy Games Awards
The winners of the British Academy Games Awards (BAFTA Games Awards) are chosen by a jury of “industry experts” and awarded each year in the Spring. (bafta.org)

Best Game

• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)
• WINNER: Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)
• Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)

Best British Game

• Dirt Rally 2.0 (Codemasters)
• Heaven’s Vault (Inkle)
• Knights and Bikes (Foam Sword / Double Fine Presents)
• WINNER: Observation (No Code / Devolver Digital)
• Planet Zoo (Frontier Developments)
• Total War: Three Kingdoms (The Creative Assembly / Sega)

Best Mobile Game

• Assemble With Care (Ustwo)
• WINNER: Call of Duty: Mobile (TiMi Studios / Activision)
• Dead Man’s Phone (Electric Noir Studios)
• Pokemon Go (The Pokemon Company + Niantic / Nintendo)
• Tangle Tower (SFB Games)
• What the Golf? (Triband)

Original Property

• Baba Is You (Hempuli Oy)
• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• WINNER: Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)
• Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)

Debut Game

• Ape Out (Gabe Cuzzillo + Matt Boch + Bennett Foddy / Devolver Digital)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• WINNER: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Katana Zero (Askiisoft / Devolver Digital)
• Knights and Bikes (Foam Sword / Double Fine Presents)
• Manifold Garden (William Chyr Studio)

Performer in a Leading Role

• Laura Bailey, Gears 5 (As Kait Diaz)
• Courtney Hope, Control (As Jesse Faden)
• David Marshall-Green, Telling Lies (As David)
• WINNER: Gonzalo Martin, Life Is Strange 2 (As Sean Diaz)
• Barry Sloane, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (As Captain Price)
• Norman Reedus, Death Stranding (As Sam Porter Bridges)

Performer in a Supporting Role

• Jolene Andersen, Life Is Strange 2 (As Karen Reynolds)
• Troy Baker, Death Stranding (As Higgs)
• Sarah Bartholomew, Life Is Strange 2 (As Cassidy/Lucy Rose Jones)
• Ayisha Issa, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan (As Fliss)
• Lea Seydoux, Death Stranding (As Fragile)
• WINNER: Martti Suosalo, Control (As Ahti the Janitor)

Animation

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• WINNER: Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)

Artistic Achievement

• Concrete Genie (Pixelopus / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Knights and Bikes (Foam Sword / Double Fine Presents)
• WINNER: Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)

Audio Achievement

• WINNER: Ape Out (Gabe Cuzzillo + Matt Boch + Bennett Foddy / Devolver Digital)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
• Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)

Game Design

• Baba Is You (Hempuli Oy)
• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• WINNER: Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)
• Wattam (Funomena / Annapurna Interactive)

Technical Achievement

• A Plague Tale: Innocence (Asobo Studio / Focus Home Interactive)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• WINNER: Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Metro Exodus (4A Games / Deep Silver)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)

Narrative

• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• WINNER: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Life Is Strange 2 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)
• The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division)
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)

Multiplayer

• WINNER: Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
• Borderlands 3 (Gearbox Software / 2K Games)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)
• Tick Tock: A Tale For Two (Other Tales Interactive)
• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft)

Music

• Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• WINNER: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo / Nintendo)
• Wattam (Funomena / Annapurna Interactive)

Family

• Concrete Genie (Pixelopus / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Knights and Bikes (Foam Sword / Double Fine Presents)
• Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)
• WINNER: Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)
• Vacation Simulator (Owlchemy Labs)
• Wattam (Funomena / Annapurna Interactive)

Game Beyond Entertainment

• Civilization VI: Gathering Storm (Firaxis / 2K Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• WINNER: Kind Words: Lo Fi Chill Beats To Write To (Popcannibal)
• Life Is Strange 2 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
• Neo Cab (Chance Agency / Fellow Traveller Games)
• Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo)

Evolving Game

• Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• No Man’s Sky Beyond (Hello Games)
• WINNER: Path of Exile (Grinding Gear Games)