Overwatch Takes Home GOTY At The Game Awards
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Overwatch won top honors at this year's The Game Awards.
This year's The Game Awards had some really cool stuff, like exclusive new gameplay footage [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/168958-The-Game-Awards-Live-Performance-Doom-Soundtrack-Video], but it is, of course, an awards show, and every awards show has a winner. This year, Blizzard Entertainment's Overwatch took top honors, beating out Doom, Inside, Titanfall 2, and Uncharted 4.
Here's the full list of winners:
Best Mobile and Handheld Game: Pokemon GO
Best Family Game: Pokemon GO
Games For Impact Award: That Dragon Cancer
Best Independent Game: Inside
Best Multiplayer Game: Overwatch
Best Esports Game: Overwatch
Best Action-Adventure Game: Dishonored 2
Best Action Game: Doom
Best VR Game: Rez Infinite
Best Fighting Game: Street Fighter V
Best RPG: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood & Wine
Best Strategy Game: Civilization VI
Best Sports/Racing Game: Forza Horizon 3
Best Game Direction: Overwatch
Best Art Direction: Inside
Best Narrative: Uncharted 4
Best Esports Team: Cloud9
Best Esports player: Marcelo "Coldzera" David (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Best Performance: Nolan North, Uncharted 4
Best Music/Sound Design: Doom
Trending Gamer: Boogie2988
Most Anticipated Game: The Legend Of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
"While we've been very happy with how the game has been received, we're also extremely proud that this game and the world that we're building has a message and it's a message about heroism. It's a message about diversity. It's a message about a bright and positive and hopeful future. And these are all things that we really believe everyone needs a little bit of right now," said Blizzard's Ray Gresko.
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Overwatch won top honors at this year's The Game Awards.
This year's The Game Awards had some really cool stuff, like exclusive new gameplay footage [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/168958-The-Game-Awards-Live-Performance-Doom-Soundtrack-Video], but it is, of course, an awards show, and every awards show has a winner. This year, Blizzard Entertainment's Overwatch took top honors, beating out Doom, Inside, Titanfall 2, and Uncharted 4.
Here's the full list of winners:
Best Mobile and Handheld Game: Pokemon GO
Best Family Game: Pokemon GO
Games For Impact Award: That Dragon Cancer
Best Independent Game: Inside
Best Multiplayer Game: Overwatch
Best Esports Game: Overwatch
Best Action-Adventure Game: Dishonored 2
Best Action Game: Doom
Best VR Game: Rez Infinite
Best Fighting Game: Street Fighter V
Best RPG: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood & Wine
Best Strategy Game: Civilization VI
Best Sports/Racing Game: Forza Horizon 3
Best Game Direction: Overwatch
Best Art Direction: Inside
Best Narrative: Uncharted 4
Best Esports Team: Cloud9
Best Esports player: Marcelo "Coldzera" David (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Best Performance: Nolan North, Uncharted 4
Best Music/Sound Design: Doom
Trending Gamer: Boogie2988
Most Anticipated Game: The Legend Of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
"While we've been very happy with how the game has been received, we're also extremely proud that this game and the world that we're building has a message and it's a message about heroism. It's a message about diversity. It's a message about a bright and positive and hopeful future. And these are all things that we really believe everyone needs a little bit of right now," said Blizzard's Ray Gresko.
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