I vincitori dei Gaming Awards del SXSW sono stati annunciati e Uncharted 4: Fine di un Ladro si porta a casa il premio più prestigioso, ovvero quello di Gioco dell’Anno.
Oltre a Uncharted 4: Fine di un Ladro sono stati nominati per il gioco dell’anno anche Dishonored 2, Doom, Overwatch e Titanfall 2.
Ben 23 le categorie per l’annuale premiazione, tra cui Gioco Mobile dell’Anno (vinto da Pokémon GO).
Grande successo anche per Overwatch.
Il titolo Blizzard ha vinto: il Gioco eSports dell’anno, premio all’eccellenza in multiplayer e l’award destinato alla tendenza dell’anno.
Il “Fan of the Year” è stato dato al Brutal Doom 64 mod.
Ecco tutti i premi:
Video Game of the Year
- Dishonored 2 – Bethesda Softworks / Arkane Studios
- Doom – Bethesda Softworks / id Software
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
- Titanfall 2 – Electronic Arts / Respawn Entertainment
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog
Mobile Game of the Year
- Clash Royale – Supercell
- Pokemon Go – Niantic
- Pokemon Sun and Moon – The Pokémon Company / Game Freak
- Reigns – Devolver Digital / Nerial
- Severed – DrinkBox Studios
Tabletop Game of the Year
- Arkham Horror: The Card Game – Fantasy Flight Games
- Captain Sonar – Asmodee North America
- Inis – Asmodee North America
- Mechs vs Minions – Riot Games
- The Others – CMON Inc.
Esports Game of the Year
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – Activision / Infinity Ward
- Gears of War 4 – Microsoft Studios / The Coalition
- Killer Instinct: Season 3 – Microsoft Studios / Iron Galaxy Studios
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
- Street Fighter V – Capcom
Trending Game of the Year
- Dead by Daylight – Starbreeze Studios / Behaviour Digital Inc.
- Job Simulator – Owlchemy Labs
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
- Superhot – Superhot Team
- Who’s Your Daddy – Evil Tortilla Games
Fan Creation of the Year
- Brutal Doom 64 – Sergeant_Mark_IV
- Enderal – The Shards of Order – SureAI Team
- Fallout 1.5: Resurrection – Resurrection Team
- Fallout: Revelation – MechanicalCakeTV
- Jack – A Stanley Parable Short Film – Vesio Productions
Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation
- 1979 Revolution: Black Friday – INK Stories
- Fragments of Him – Sassybot
- Orwell – Surprise Attack / Osmotic Studios
- Quadrilateral Cowboy – Blendo Games
- That Dragon, Cancer – Numinous Games
Excellence in Narrative
- Firewatch – Panic Inc. / Campo Santo
- The Last Guardian – Sony Interactive Entertainment / SIE Japan Studio
- Oxenfree – Night School Studio
- That Dragon, Cancer – Numinous Games
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog
Excellence in Design
- Dishonored 2 – Bethesda Softworks / Arkane Studios
- Inside – Playdead
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog
- The Witness – Thekla, Inc.
Excellence in Gameplay
- Dark Souls III – BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment / FromSoftware, Inc.
- Dishonored 2 – Bethesda Softworks / Arkane Studios
- Doom – Bethesda Softworks / id Software
- Firewatch – Panic Inc. / Campo Santo
- I Expect You To Die – Schell Games
Most Fulfilling Community-Funded Game
- Darkest Dungeon – Red Hook Studios
- Hyper Light Drifter – Heart Machine
- Starbound – Chucklefish Games
- Superhot – Superhot Team
- That Dragon, Cancer – Numinous Games
Most Promising New Intellectual Property
- Firewatch – Panic Inc. / Campo Santo
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
- Stardew Valley – Chucklefish Games / ConcernedApe
- Superhot – Superhot Team
- Tom Clancy’s The Division – Ubisoft / Ubisoft Massive
Most Memorable Character
- Firewatch – Henry & Delilah
- The Last Guardian – Trico
- Overwatch – Tracer
- Titanfall 2 – BT-7274
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Nathan Drake
Excellence in Multiplayer
- Battlefield 1 – Electronic Arts / EA DICE
- Gears of War 4 – Microsoft Studios / The Coalition
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
- SpeedRunners – tinyBuild / DoubleDutch Games
- Titanfall 2 – Electronic Arts / Respawn Entertainment
Excellence in Convergence
- Batman: Arkham VR – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Rocksteady Studios
- Batman: The Telltale Series – Telltale Games
- FIFA 17 – EA Sports / EA Canada
- NBA 2K17 – 2K Sports / Visual Concepts
- Total War: Warhammer – SEGA / Creative Assembly
Excellence in Art
- Abzu – 505 Games / Giant Squid
- Firewatch – Panic Inc. / Campo Santo
- Inside – Playdead
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
- The Witness – Thekla, Inc.
Excellence in Animation
- Doom – Bethesda Softworks / id Software
- Inside – Playdead
- The Last Guardian – Sony Interactive Entertainment / SIE Japan Studio
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog
Excellence in Visual Achievement
- Battlefield 1 – Electronic Arts / EA DICE
- Doom – Bethesda Softworks / id Software
- Final Fantasy XV – Square Enix
- Titanfall 2 – Electronic Arts / Respawn Entertainment
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog
Excellence in Technical Achievement
- Battlefield 1 – Electronic Arts / EA DICE
- No Man’s Sky – Sony Interactive Entertainment / Hello Games
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
- Pokémon GO – Niantic
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog
Excellence in Musical Score
- Doom – Bethesda Softworks / id Software
- Final Fantasy XV – Square Enix
- Hyper Light Drifter – Heart Machine
- The Last Guardian – Sony Interactive Entertainment / SIE Japan Studio
- Thumper – Drool
Excellence in SFX
- Battlefield 1 – Electronic Arts / EA DICE
- Dishonored 2 – Bethesda Softworks / Arkane Studios
- Inside – Playdead
- Titanfall 2 – Electronic Arts / Respawn Entertainment
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog
