2017 has been a pretty amazing year for gaming. With many popular IPs making a comeback, and even some new and unique ones showing up, it was only natural that they all be recognized appropriately, and The VGame Awards did a solid job of that. A lot of awards were handed out tonight, so we’re going to go through and highlight all of the winners (Game of the Year winner is at the bottom of the list).

[Winners in bold]

Best Narrative

• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Ninja Theory)
• Nier: Automata (Platinum Games)
• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow)
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames)

Best Action Game

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
• Nioh (Team Ninja / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Prey (Arkane Studios / Bethesda)
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda)

Best Score / Music

• Cuphead (Kristofer Maddigan)
• Destiny 2 (Mike Salvatori, Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson)
• NieR: Automata (Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi)
• Persona 5 (Shoji Meguro)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii, Koji Kondo)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata)

Best Art Direction

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Persona 5 (Atlus)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Role-Playing Game

• Divinity: Original Sin II (Larian Studios)
• Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix Business Division 2 / Square Enix)
• NieR: Automata (Platinum Games / Square Enix)
• Persona 5 (Atlus)
• South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Ubisoft San Francisco / Ubisoft)

Best Family Game

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris + Milan / Ubisoft)
• Sonic Mania (PagodaWest Games, Headcannon / Sega)
• Splatoon 2 (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)

Most Anticipated Game

• God of War (Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Monster Hunter World (Capcom)
• Red Dead Redemption II (Rockstar Games)
• The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Debut Indie Game

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment)
• Golf Story (Sidebar Games)
• Hollow Knight (Team Cherry)
• Mr. Shifty (Team Shifty)
• Slime Rancher (Monomi Park)

Best Sports/Racing Game

• FIFA 18 (EA Vancouver / EA)
• Forza Motorsport 7 (Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
• Gran Turismo Sport (Polyphony Digital / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• NBA 2K18 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (PES Productions / Konami)
• Project Cars 2 (Slightly Mad Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)

Best Ongoing Game

• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
• Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar Games)
• Overwatch (Blizzard)
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG. Corp)
• Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
• Warframe (Digital Extremes)

I mean, who wasn’t expecting that?

Best Game Direction

• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games)
• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD)
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda)

Best Audio Design

• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Strategy Game

• Halo Wars 2 (Creative Assembly, 343 Industries / Microsoft Studios)
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris + Milan / Ubisoft)
• Total War: Warhammer II (Creative Assembly / Sega)
• Tooth and Tail (Pocketwatch Games)
• XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (Firaxis Games / 2K)

Best Multiplayer (???)

• Call of Duty: WWII (Sledgehammer Games / Activision)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp.)
• Splatoon 2 (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Performance

• Ashly Burch, Horizon: Zero Dawn (As Aloy)
• Brian Bloom, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (as BJ Blazkowicz)
• Claudia Black, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (as Chloe Frazer)
• Laura Bailey, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (as Nadine Ross)
• Melina Juergens, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (as Senua)

Games for Impact

• Bury Me, My Love (The Pixel Hunt / Figs / ARTE / Playdius)
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• Life is Strange: Before the Storm (Deck Nine / Square Enix)
• Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall)
• Please Knock on My Door (Levall Games AB)
• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Independent Game

• Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment)
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall)
• Pyre (Supergiant Games)
• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Assassin’s Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Fighting Game

• Arms (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Injustice 2 (NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive Ent)
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (Capcom)
• Nidhogg 2 (Messhof Games)
• Tekken 7 (Bandai Namco Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)

Best Handheld Game

• Ever Oasis (Grezzo / Nintendo)
• Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)
• Metroid: Samus Returns (MercurySteam / Nintendo)
• Monster Hunter Stories (Marvelous / Capcom / Nintendo)
• Poochy and Yoshi’s Woolly World (Good-Feel / Nintendo)

Game of the Year

• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Persona 5 (Atlus)
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp.)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

And that’s all the winners! Did your favorite games get snubbed? Did every game deserve it’s award? Let us know in the comment section below!

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