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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2019

Winners of The Game Awards were announced this evening with Game of the Year going to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice also walked home with Best Action/Adventure game.

Disco Elysium also walked off with four awards.

Winners are listed in bold below.

The Game Awards 2019 Winners

Game of the Year

  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • The Outer Worlds

Best Action Game

  • Apex Legends
  • Astral Chain
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Devil May Cry 5
  • Gears 5
  • Metro Exodus

Best Action-Adventure Game

  • Borderlands 3
  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Resident Evil 2
  • The Legends of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Best Art Direction

  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Gris
  • Sayonara Wild Hearts
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

Best Audio Design

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Gears 5
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Best Community Support

  • Apex Legends
  • Destiny 2
  • Final Fantasy 14
  • Fortnite
  • Rainbow Six Siege

Best Family Game

  • Luigi’s Mansion 3
  • Ring Fit Adventure
  • Super Mario Maker 2
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • Yoshi’s Crafted World

Best Fighting Game

  • Dead or Alive 6
  • Jump Force
  • Mortal Kombat 11
  • Samurai Showdown
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Best Narrative

  • A Plague Tale: Innocence
  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Disco Elysium
  • The Outer Worlds

Best Game Direction

  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • The Outer Worlds

Best Score/Music

  • Cadence of Hyrule
  • Death Stranding
  • Devil May Cry 5
  • Kingdom Hearts 3
  • Sayonara Wild Hearts

Best Independent Game

  • Baba Is You
  • Disco Elysium
  • Katana ZERO
  • Outer Wilds
  • Untitled Goose Game

Best Ongoing Game

  • Apex Legends
  • Destiny 2
  • Final Fantasy 14
  • Fortnite
  • Rainbow Six Siege

Best Performance

  • Ashly Burch/The Outer Worlds
  • Courtney Hope/Control
  • Laura Bailey/Gears 5
  • Mads Mikkelsen/Death Stranding
  • Matthew Porretta/Control
  • Norman Reedus/Death Stranding

Best Mobile Game

  • Call of Duty: Mobile
  • GRINDSTONE
  • Sayonara Wild Hearts
  • Sky: Children of Light
  • What the Golf?

Best RPG Game

  • Disco Elysium
  • Final Fantasy 14
  • Kingdom Hearts 3
  • Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
  • The Outer Worlds

Best VR/AR Game

  • Asgard’s Wrath
  • Blood & Truth
  • Beat Saber
  • No Man’s Sky
  • Trover Saves the Universe

Best Strategy Game

  • Age of Wonders: Planetfall
  • Anno 1800
  • Fire Emblem: Three Houses
  • Total War: Three Kingdoms
  • Tropico 6
  • Wargroove

Best Sports/Racing Game

  • Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
  • DiRT Rally 2.0
  • eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020
  • F1 2019
  • FIFA 20

Best Multiplayer Game

  • Apex Legends</li>
  • Borderlands 3
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Tetris 99
  • The Division 2

Fresh Indie Game

  • ZA / UM – Disc Elysium
  • Nomada Studio – Gris
  • Deadtoast Entertainment – My Friend Pedro
  • Mobuis Digital – Outer Wilds
  • Nega Crit – Slay the Spire
  • House House – Untilted Goose Game

Games for Impact

  • Concrete Genie
  • Gris
  • Kind Words
  • Life is Strange 2
  • Sea of Solitude

Content Creator of the Year

  • Courage (Jack Dunlop)
  • Dr. Lupo (Benjamin Lupo)
  • Ewok (Soleil Wheeler)
  • Grefg (David Martinez)
  • Shroud (Michael Grzsiek)

eSports Coach

  • Eric “Adren” Hoag – Team Liquid – CS:GO
  • Bu-Ri “Cain” Jang – team Liquid – LoL
  • Fabien “Grabbz” Lohmann – G2 eSports – LoL
  • Kin “KKOMA” Jeong-Gyun – SK Telecom T1, LoL
  • Titouan “Sockshka” Merloz – OG – Dota 2
  • Danny “Zonic: Sorsensen – Astarlis – CS:GO

eSports Event

  • 2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals
  • EVO 2019
  • Fortnite World Cup
  • IEM Katowice 2019
  • League of Legends World Championship 2019
  • The International 2019

eSports Game of the Year

  • CS:GO
  • Dota 2
  • Fortnite
  • League of Legends
  • Overwatch

eSports Host

  • Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
  • Alex “Machine” Richardson
  • Paul “Redeye” Chaloner
  • Alex “Goldeboy” Medez
  • Duan “Candice” Yu-Shuang

eSports Player

  • Kyle “Bugha” Giersdork – Immortals  – Fortnite
  • Lees” Faker” Sang-Hyeok – SK Telecom  – LoL
  • Luka “Perkz” Perkovic  – G2 ESPORTS – LoL
  • Oleksandr “S1mple” Kostyliev  – Natus Vincere  – CSGO
  • Jay “Sinatraa” Won – San Fransico Shock – Overwatch

eSports Team

  • Astralis – CS:GO
  • G2 EsportS – LoL
  • OG – DOTA2
  • San Francisco Shock – Overwatch League
  • Team Liquid – CS:GO

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