Most people attend The Game Awards for the new games and announcements. Despite the dozens of trailers at the event, the core concept is still to provide the gaming industry with an international stage to celebrate the truly outstanding games of the past year. There are even some surprises, and this year was no exception.
The Game Awards 2019 had 29 categories, ranging from the best Esport coach to the best indie game. Nominees for all awards will be selected by a jury of 80 media and influencers, including Polygon. After the selection of all nominees, the winners will be determined on the basis of 90 percent of the votes of the nominating jury and 10 percent of the votes of the fans.
By Software’s Sekiro: Shadows The Twice won the grand prize of the night for the entire game of the year and also won the best action / adventure game. The biggest winner of the evening was probably Disco Elysium, which won all four categories in which it was nominated, including Narrative, Role-Playing Game, Independent Game and Fresh Indie Game.
The full list of winners and nominees of this year’s Game Awards can be found below.
game of the year
Action game
Action / Adventure Game
art form
- control – Winners
- Death Stranding
- Gris
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Sayonara wild hearts
- Sekiro: Shadows die twice
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Audio Design
Community support
Content Creator of the Year
- Shroud – winner
- Grefg
- Ewok
- Dr. Lupo
- courage
Esports Coach
- Zonic winner
- Adren
- Cain
- Grabbz
- Kkoma
- Sockenschka
Esports event
- League of Legends World Cup 2019 – winner
- The International 2019
- IEM Katowice 2019
- Fortnite World Championship
- Evo 2019
- Grand Final of the Overwatch League 2019
Esports game of the year
Esports host
- Sjokz – winner
- machine
- Redeye
- golden boy
- Candice
Esports players
- Bugha – winner
- swindler
- Perkz
- S1mple
- Sinatraa
Esports Team
- G2 Esports – winner
- Astralis
- OG
- San Francisco shock
- Team Liquid
family game
fighting game
Fresh indie game
game direction
- Death Stranding – Winners
- control
- Resident Evil 2
- Sekiro: Shadows die twice
- Outer wilderness
Games for Impact
Independent game
Mobile game
Multiplayer game
story
- Disco Elysium – Winners
- control
- A plague story: innocence
- Death Stranding
- The outer worlds
Running game
- Fortnite – Winners
- Destiny 2
- Final Fantasy 14
- Apex Legends
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six victories
performance
- Mads Mikkelsen – winner
- Matthew Porretta
- Laura Bailey
- Courtney Hope
- Ashly Burch
- Norman Reedus
role playing game
Score and music
- Death Stranding – Winners
- Cadenza of Hyrule
- Devil May Cry 5
- Kingdom Hearts III
- Sayonara wild hearts
