The Game Awards 2018 Full List of Winners Detailed

GAME OF THE YEAR

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
• Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
• Winner: God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
• Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

BEST ONGOING GAME

• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
• Winner: Fortnite (Epic Games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
• Overwatch (Blizzard)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)

BEST GAME DIRECTION

• A Way Out (Hazelight Studios / EA)
• Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)
• Winner: God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

BEST NARRATIVE

• Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE)
• God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
• Winner: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
• God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
• Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• Winner: Return of Obra Din (3909 LLC)

BEST SCORE/MUSIC

• Celeste (Lena Raine)
• God of War (Bear McCreary)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (John Paesano)
• Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom (Joe Hisaishi)
• Octopath Traveler (Yasunori Nishiki)
• Winner: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Woody Jackson)

BEST AUDIO DESIGN

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch Studios / Activision)
• Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
• God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
• Winner: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

BEST PERFORMANCE

• Bryan Dechart as Connor, Detroit: Become Human
• Christopher Judge as Kratos, God of War
• Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
• Winner: Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2
• Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man

GAMES FOR IMPACT

• 11-11 Memories Retold (Digixart / Aardman Animations / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Winner: Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
• Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
• The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories (White Owls / Arc System Works)

BEST INDEPENDENT GAME

• Winner: Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
• Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
• Into the Breach (Subset Games)
• Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC)
• The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)

BEST MOBILE

• Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
• Winner: Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• PUBG Mobile (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games)
• Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Developer Digital)

BEST VR/AR GAME

• Winner: Astro Bot Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / SIE)
• Beat Saber (Beat Games)
• Firewall Zero Hour (First Contact Entertainment / SIE)
• Moss (Polyarc Games)
• Tetris Effect (Resonair / Enhance, Inc)

BEST ACTION GAME

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)
• Winner: Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
• Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
• Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
• Mega Man 11 (Capcom)

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
• Winner: God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal / Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix)

BEST ROLE-PLAYING GAME

• Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix / Square Enix)
• Winner: Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
• Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom (Level 5 / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
• Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil)

BEST FIGHTING

• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc System Works)
• Winner: Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Soulcalibur 6 (Bandai Namco Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Street Fighter 5 Arcade (Dimps / Capcom)

BEST FAMILY GAME

• Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
• Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Winner: Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games / Team 17)
• Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
• Super Mario Party (NDCube / Nintendo)

BEST STRATEGY GAME

• Battletech (Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive)
• Frostpunk (11 bit studios)
• Winner: Into the Breach (Subset Games)
• The Banner Saga 3 (Stoic Studio / Versus Evil)
• Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Sega CS3 / Sega)

BEST SPORTS/RACING

• FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)
• Winner: Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
• Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
• NBA 2K19 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (PES Productions / Konami)

BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision)
• Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
• Winner: Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
• Sea of Thieves (Rare / Microsoft Studios)

BEST STUDENT GAME

• Winner: Combat 2018 (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – Norway)
• Dash Quasar (UC Santa Cruz)
• JERA (Digipen Bilbao, Spain)
• LIFF (ISTART Digital – France)
• RE: Charge (MIT)

BEST DEBUT INDIE GAME

• Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
• Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
• Moss (Polyarc Games)
• Winner: The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)
• Yoku’s Island Express (Villa Gorilla)

BEST ESPORTS GAME

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Dota 2
• Fortnite
• League of Legends
• Winner: Overwatch

BEST ESPORTS PLAYER

• Winner: Dominique “SonicFox” McLean (Echo Fox)
• Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi
• Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao (Royal Never Give Up)
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere)
• Sung-hyeon “JJoNak” Bang (New York Excelsior)

BEST ESPORTS TEAM

• Astralis (CSGO)
• Winner: Cloud9 (LOL)
• Fnatic (LOL)
• London Spitfire (Overwatch)
• OG (Dota 2)

BEST ESPORTS COACH

• Winner: Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu (Cloud9)
• Cristian “ppasarel” Bănăseanu (OG)
• Danny “zonic” Sørensen (Astralis)
• Dylan Falco (Fnatic)
• Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi (Team Vitality)
• Janko “YNk” Paunovic (MiBR)

BEST ESPORTS EVENT

• ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
• Evo 2018
• Winner: League of Legends World Championship
• Overwatch League Grand Finals
• The International 2018

BEST ESPORTS HOST

• Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
• Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Anders Blume
• Winner: Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
• Paul “RedEye” Chaloner

BEST ESPORTS MOMENT

• Winner: C9 Comeback Win In Triple OT vs FAZE (ELEAGUE)
• KT vs IG Base Race (LOL Worlds)
• G2 Beating RNG (LOL Worlds)
• OG’s Massive Upset of LGD (DOTA 2 Finals)
• SonicFox Side Switch Against Go1 in DBZ (EVO)

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR

• Dr. Lupo
• Myth
• Winner: Ninja
• Pokimane
• Willyrex