The Game Awards Honor ‘Apex Legends’, ‘Fortnite’ And ‘Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice’
Click here to read the full article.
It was all fun and games tonight at the Game Awards 2019, the Oscars of the online and console world. Hosted by former G4tv stalwart Geoff Keighley, the awards celebrate the best of the year in video gaming and offered some sneak peaks at the projects that will stimulate gamers in 2020.
The complete winners list, with the category winners in bold:
More from Deadline
'Fortnite' Returns From Blackout With 'Chapter 2' Trailer As Gamers Exhale
'Fortnite' Becomes A Black Hole As Season 10 Ends, Whipping Fans Into Frenzy
The Game Awards winners
Category winners are in bold. The Esports categories are toward the bottom.
Game of the Year
Control
Death Stranding
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
The Outer Worlds
Best Community Support
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Best Score/Music
Cadence of Hyrule
Death Stranding
Devil May Cry 5
Kingdom Hearts III
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Best Narrative
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Control
Death Stranding
Disco Elysium
The Outer Worlds
Best Fighting Game
Dead or Alive 6 — Team Ninja/Koei Tecmo
Jump Force — Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco
Mortal Kombat 11 — NetherRealm/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Samurai Shodown — SNK Corporation/Athlon Games
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — Bandai Namco/Sora Ltd./Nintendo
Best Audio Design
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Control
Death Stranding
Gears 5
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Best Strategy Game
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Anno 1800
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Total War: Three Kingdoms
Tropico 6
Wargroove
Content Creator of the Year
Jack “Courage” Dunlop
Benjamin “Dr. Lupo” Lupo
Soleil “Ewok” Wheeler
David “Grefg” Martínez
Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek
Best Art Direction
Control
Death Stranding
Gris
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Best Action Game
Apex Legends — Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
Astral Chain — Platinum Games/Nintendo
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare — Infinity Ward/Activision
Devil May Cry 5 — Capcom
Gears 5 — The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios
Metro Exodus — 4A Games/Deep Silver
Games for Impact
Concrete Genie — Pixelopus/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Gris — Nomada Studio/Devolver Digital
Kind Words — Popcannibal
Life Is Strange 2 — Dontnod/Square Enix
Sea of Solitude — Jo-Mei Games/Electronic Arts
Best Family Game
Luigi’s Mansion 3
Ring Fit Adventure
Super Mario Maker 2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Yoshi’s Crafted World
Best Sports/Racing Game
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled — Beenox/Activision
Dirt Rally 2.0 — Codemasters
eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 — PES Productions/Konami
F1 2019 — Codemasters
FIFA 20 — EA Sports
Best Mobile Game
Call of Duty: Mobile — TiMi Studios/Activision
Grindstone — Capybara Games
Sayonara Wild Hearts — Simogo/Annapurna Interactive
Sky: Children of Light — Thatgamecompany
What the Golf? — Tribland
Best Multiplayer Game
Apex Legends — Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
Borderlands 3 — Gearbox/2K Games
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare — Infinity Ward/Activision
Tetris 99 — Arika/Nintendo
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 — Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft
Best Ongoing Game
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Best VR/AR Game
Asgard’s Wrath — Sanzaru Games/Oculus Studios
Blood & Truth — SIE London Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Beat Saber — Beat Games
No Man’s Sky — Hello Games
Trover Saves the Universe — Squanch Games
Best Performance
Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb — The Outer Worlds
Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden — Control
Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz — Gears 5
Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff — Death Stranding
Matthew Porretta as Dr. Casper Darling — Control
Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges — Death Stranding
Player’s Voice
Death Stranding
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Fresh Indie Game
ZA/UM for Disco Elysium
Nomada Studio for Gris
DeadToast Entertainment for My Friend Pedro
Mobius Digital for Outer Wilds
MegaCrit for Slay the Spire
House House for Untitled Goose Game
Best Role Playing Game
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 Independent Game
Baba Is You — Hempuli
Disco Elysium — ZA/UM
Katana Zero — Askiisoft/Devolver Digital
Outer Wilds — Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
Untitled Goose Game — House House/Panic
Best Game Direction
Control
Death Stranding
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Outer Wilds
Best Action/Adventure Game
Borderlands 3 — Gearbox/2K Games
Control — Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
Death Stranding — Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Resident Evil 2 — Capcom
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening — Grezzo/Nintendo
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice — FromSoftware/Activision
Esports Awards
Best Esports Game
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Dota 2
Fortnite
League of Legends
Overwatch
Best Esports Coach
Eric “adreN” Hoag (Team Liquid, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Nu-ri “Cain” Jang (Team Liquid, League of Legends)
Fabian “GrabbZ” Lohmann (G2 Esports, League of Legends)
Kim “Kkoma” Jeong-gyun (SK Telecom T1, League of Legends)
Titouan “Sockshka” Merloz (OG, Dota 2)
Danny “Zonic” Sørensen (Astralis, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Best Esports Event
2019 League of Legends World Championship
2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals
EVO 2019
Fortnite World Cup
IEM Katowice 2019
The International 2019
Best Esports Host
Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
Alex “Machine” Richardson
Duan “Candice” Yu-Shuang
Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
Paul “Redeye” Chaloner
Best Esports Team
Astralis (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
G2 Esports (League of Legends)
OG (Dota 2)
San Francisco Shock (Overwatch League)
Team Liquid (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Best Esports Player
Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf
Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok
Luka “Perkz” Perkovic
Oleksandr “S1mple” Kostyliev
Jay “Sinatraa” Won
Best of Deadline
Stan Lee's Legacy: Ranking The Hollywood Heroes Co-Created By The Marvel Comics Icon
Disney-Fox Deal: How It Ranks Among Biggest All-Time Media Mergers
Sign up for Deadline's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.