Well, The Game Awards 2015 are done and dusted. Overall, the show was rather typical of what we've come to expect, with cringe-inducing moments and awkward skits peppering the event - but it wasn't all bad. A respectable tribute to Nintendo's Satoru Iwata, who passed away earlier this year, comes to mind, while some of Geoff's Keighley's infamous "world exclusives" were actually pretty neat.
Of course, the show is called The Game Awards for a reason - a reason which involves handing overly heavy trophies to game developers who have had too much to drink. As you've not doubt guessed after reading the headline of this article, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt walked away with the biggest prize of the night, scooping the Overall Game of the Year award after fighting off what was an incredibly strong list of competing nominees. Geralt's journey also won the award for Best Role-Playing Game, while the studio behind the release, CD Projekt Red, won Developer of the Year. Well deserved in all three cases, we reckon.
Elsewhere, Rocket League nabbed Best Independent Game and Best Sports Game, while Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain secured two gongs in Best Soundtrack and Best Action/Adventure Game. On top of that, No Man's Sky managed to get its hands on Most Anticipated Game, Mortal Kombat X took the title of Best Fighting Game, and Life Is Strange won the Games for Change award. Unfortunately for Sony and Bethesda, Bloodborne and Fallout 4 were nowhere to be seen in the list of winners.
So, what did you think of the show? Impressed? Disappointed? Do you agree with the winners? Feel free to have a good old rant in the comments section below.
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Fallout 4 hasn't pulled in the reviews I expected so I'm not surprised by it not taking many awards but Bloodborne? I thought for sure it'd win something.
Well deserved.
A true masterpiece , amazing completely amazing graphics , story that makes you feel ( I even got sad once yennifer & triss left ) lighting effects above and beyond others attempts. And I've yet to witness better .
Congratulations to all involved award fully deserved !!
Honestly I feel like this award show has been a joke ever since the original version on spike back in... 2009? 2010? But the witcher 3 was exceptional, and rocket league is actually really fun especially in couch coop.
Well done Witcher 3!!!
Witcher 3 deserved GoTY for their approach to DLC content alone.
The right winner was chosen!
So what's the reason The Witcher 3 isn't considered an indie game? CD Projekt Red seems like a pretty small company to me. And did a game made by Microsoft actually win the indie award?
The term indie really needs to go away.
I need to start it but cool.
Also nice to see Splatoon winning an award.
Heh, as I predicted, it was going to be between The Witcher 3 vs mario maker for GOTY. Congratulations Witcher 3. Oh and The awards show was a bit of a disappointment.
Great picks for winners, but im not sure what the Game for Change award is.
I truly doubt Mario Maker was ever a serious contendet for GOTY.
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