The 2015 Video Game Awards, the annual event that celebrates games by honoring developers and creators. This year is a little different as we have many heavy hitters that launched as opposed to previous years where winners were predictable. Here’s your list of nominees and winners! (Winners will be in bold)
GAME OF THE YEAR
Bloodborne (From Software/Sony Computer Entertainment)
Fallout 4 (Bethesda)
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions)
Super Mario Maker (Nintendo)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt Red/ Warner Bros Interactive)
DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR
Bethesda Game Studios (Fallout/Elder Scrolls)
CD Projekt Red (Witcher series)
From Software (Bloodborne/Dark Souls)
Kojima Productions (Metal Gear series)
Nintendo (Mario, Zelda, Donky Kong… Basically the majority of our childhood)
BEST INDEPENDENT GAME
Axiom Verge
Her Story
Ori and the Blind Forest
Rocket League
Undertale
BEST MOBILE/HANDHELD GAME
Downwell (Devolver Digital)
Fallout Shelter (Bethesda)
Lara Croft GO (Square Enix)
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom)
Pac-Man 256 (Hipster Whale)
BEST NARRATIVE
Her Story
Life is Strange
Tales From the Borderlands
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Until Dawn
BEST ART DIRECTION
Batman: Arkham Knight (Rocksteady)
Bloodborne (From Software)
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions)
Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt RED)
BEST SCORE/SOUNDTRACK
Fallout 4
Halo 5: Guardians
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Ludvig Forssell, Justin Burnett, Daniel James/Kojima Productions)
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 (Square Enix)
Sunset (Tale of Tales)
Undertale (tobyfox)
BEST SHOOTER
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Treyarch/Activision)
Destiny: The Taken King (Bungie/Activision)
Halo 5: Guardians (343 Industries)
Splatoon (Nintendo)
Star Wars Battlefront (DICE/EA)
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE
Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate (Ubisoft)
Batman: Arkham Knight (Rocksteady)
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions)
Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios)
Rise of the Tomb Raider (Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix)
BEST ROLE-PLAYING GAME
Bloodborne (From Software)
Fallout 4 (Bethesda)
Pillars of Eternity (Obsidian Entertainment)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt RED)
BEST FIGHTING GAME
Guilty Gear Xrd –Sign- (Arc System Works)
Mortal Kombat X (NetherRealm Studios)
Rise of the Incarnates (Bandai Namco)
Rising Thunder (Radiant Entertainment)
BEST FAMILY GAME
Disney Infinity 3.0 (Avalanche Software/ Disney)
Lego Dimensions (TT Games)
Skylanders SuperChargers (Vicarious Visions/Beenox/Activision)
Splatoon (Nintendo)
Super Mario Maker (Nintendo)
BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME
FIFA 16 (EA)
Forza Motorsport 6 (Turn 10 Studios/ Microsoft)
NBA 2K16 (2K Sports)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 (Konami)
Rocket League (Psyonix)
BEST MULTIPLAYER
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Treyarch/Activision)
Destiny: The Taken King (Bungie/Activision)
Halo 5: Guardians (343 Industries)
Rocket League (Psyonix)
Splatoon (Nintendo)
MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerilla Games)
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Quantum Break (Remedy Entertainment)
The Last Guardian (GenDesign/Sony)
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/Sony)
