The annual The Game Awards gets better and better each year, with developer-focused awards, world premiere trailers for huge games, and live music performances. The Game Awards 2019 aired December 12, 2019, featuring game luminaries like Hideo Kojima and Reggie Fils-Aime, trailers for Bravely Default 2, The Wolf Among Us 2, and Godfall, and a first look at the Xbox Series X console coming Holiday 2020.
The world premiere trailers are the real excitement during The Game Awards, but first the actual awards, as determined by gaming industry developers and publishers. We’ve listed the biggest categories below. See here for the full list of nominees and awards.
Game of the Year
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – WINNER
Control
Death Stranding
Resident Evil 2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
The Outer Worlds
Action Game
Devil May Cry 5 – WINNER
Apex Legends
Astral Chain
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Gears 5
Metro: Exodus
Action/Adventure Game
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – WINNER
Borderlands 3
Control
Death Stranding
Resident Evil 2
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Art Direction
Control – WINNER
Death Stranding
Gris
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Audio Design
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – WINNER
Control
Death Stranding
Gears 5
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Community Support
Destiny 2 – WINNER
Apex Legends
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
ESports Game of the Year
League of Legends – WINNER
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
DOTA2
Fortnite
Overwatch
Family Game
Luigi’s Mansion 3 – WINNER
Ring Fit Adventure
Super Mario Maker 2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Yoshi’s Crafted World
Fighting Game
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – WINNER
Dead or Alive 6
Jump Force
Mortal Kombat 11
Samurai Shodown
Fresh Indie Game
ZA/UM (Disco Elysium)- WINNER
Nomada Studio (Gris)
Deadtoast Entertainment (My Friend Pedro)
Mobius Digital (Outer Wilds)
Mega Crit (Slay the Spire)
House House (Untitled Goose Game)
Game Direction
Death Stranding – WINNER
Control
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Outer Wilds
Games for Impact
Gris – WINNER
Concrete Genie
Kind Words
Life is Strange 2
Sea of Solitude
Independent Game
Disco Elysium – WINNER
Baba is You
Katana Zero
Outer Wilds
Untitled Goose Game
Mobile Game
Call of Duty: Mobile – WINNER
Grindstone
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sky: Children of the Light
What the Golf?
Multiplayer Game
Apex Legends – WINNER
Borderlands 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Tetris 99
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
Narrative
Disco Elysium – WINNER
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Control
Death Stranding
The Outer Worlds
Ongoing Game
Fortnite – WINNER
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Role-Playing Game
Disco Elysium – WINNER
Final Fantasy XIV
Kingdom Hearts 3
Monster Hunter: World Iceborne
The Outer Worlds
Strategy Game
Fire Emblem: Three Houses – WINNER
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Anno 1800
Total War: Three Kingdoms
Tropico 6
Wargroove
A number of first-time reveals and trailers premiered during The Game Awards 2019. We’ve organized the biggest news below.
Xbox Series X + Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
Microsoft officially unveiled the name and appearance of their next-gen console, the Xbox Series X. We also got a glimpse of in-game footage of a newly announced sequel running on the new console with Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2.
Godfall
Destiny with swords! Gearbox is publishing this new fantasy co-op looter-shooter from Counterplay Games. It’s coming to PlayStation 5 (!) and the Epic Games Store on PC in Holiday 2020.
Bravely Default 2
The next game in the Bravely Default JRPG series was announced during the show. The series first came to the US in 2014 on Nintendo 3DS, followed by a direct sequel in 2016. It’s coming to Switch in 2020.
Dark Alliance
Dark Alliance is a co-op Action-RPG, and spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance, featuring the characters from the Forgotten Realms novels in the Dungeons & Dragons universe.
Magic: Legends
Magic: Legends is an MMORPG set within the world of Magic: The Gathering, and developed by Cryptic Studios, makers of the Neverwinter MMORPG. Beta testing is set to begin in 2020.
The Wolf Among Us 2
Telltale infamously shut down last year, but it’s since been semi-resurrected under new management. The newly announced sequel brings back the directors, writer, and voice actors from the original series, based on the Fables comic books.
Fast & Furious Crossroads
Fast and Furious stars Michelle Rodriguez and Vin Diesel took to the stage to announce an official video game entry in the long-running action series. The racing-action game will feature Dom, Letty, and Tyrese Gibson’s Roman in an all-new story. It’s releasing in May 2020 (PS4, PC, XBO) alongside the next installment of the Fast and Furious film franchise.
Weird West
From the creators of Dishonored and Prey come an ambitious indie RPG and immersive sim set in the Old West, with a bunch of supernatural shenanigans.
