Last night Geoff Keighley publicly exposed his keen vision for a proper year-end video game awards show. Dropping all the previous Spike TV allotments from the name, the Canadian video games journalist solely produced and hosted the newly born The Game Awards show, putting an end to the decade-long era of Spike Video Game Awards, most commonly known as VGAs or VGX. The first show was held in Las Vegas at The AXIS auditorium. Don’t worry if you missed the first-ever The Game Awards show, here’s a roundup of all award winning video games and the latest trailers from the event.
Here are all the Award Winning Video Games and New Trailers Premiered at the First-Ever The Game Awards Show
Las Vegas played host to the last night’s celebration called The Game Awards. Hosted by Geoff Keighley, the show honored select video game titles released throughout the year with awards in different categories, and also premiered a lot of new video game content and gameplay footage for some upcoming games. If you missed the first-ever The Game Awards, there’s no need to worry, below is a roundup of all the newly released trailers and the winning video games along with award nominees. Note that the award winning game has been highlighted under each category.
Game of the Year
- Bayonetta 2 – Platinum Games/Nintendo
- Dark Souls 2 – FROM Software/Bandai Namco
- Dragon Age: Inquisition – BioWare/EA
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros.
Best Shooter
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer/Activision
- Destiny – Bungie/Activision
- Far Cry 4 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
- Titanfall – Respawn/EA
- Wolfenstein: The New Order – MachineGames/Bethesda
Best Action/Adventure
- Alien: Isolation – Creative Assembly/Sega
- Assassin’s Creed Unity – Ubisoft
- Bayonetta 2 – Platinum Games/Nintendo
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros.
- Sunset Overdrive – Insomniac/Microsoft
Best Role Playing Game
- Bravely Default – Square Enix
- Dark Souls II – From Software/Bandai Namco
- Divinity: Original Sin – Larian Studios
- Dragon Age: Inquisition – Bioware/EA
- South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
Best Fighting Game
- Killer Instinct: Season Two – Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – Arc System Works/Atlus
- Super Smash Bros. 3DS – Nintendo
- Super Smash Bros. Wii U – Nintendo
- Ultimate Street Fighter IV – Capcom
Best Family Game
- Disney Infinity 2.0 – Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive Studios
- Fantasia: Music Evolved – Harmonix/Disney Interactive Studios
- Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
- Skylanders: Trap Team – Toys for Bob/Activision
- Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
Best Sports/Racing Game
- FIFA 15 – EA Canada/EA Sports
- Forza Horizon 2 – Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft
- Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
- NBA 2K15 – Visual Concepts/2K Sports
- Trials Fusion – RedLynx/Ubisoft
Best Online Experience
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
- Dark Souls II – From Software/Bandai Namco
- Destiny – Bungie/Activision
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
- Titanfall – Respawn/EA
Best Mobile/Handheld
- Bravely Default – Square Enix
- Monument Valley – Ustwo
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
- Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – Nintendo
- Threes – Asher Vollmer, illustrator Greg Wohlwend, and composer Jimmy Hinson
Best Remaster
- Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar Games
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection – 343 Industries/Microsoft
- Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire – Game Freak/Nintendo
- The Last of Us – Naughty Dog/Sony
- Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix
Best Narrative
- South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
- The Walking Dead Season 2 – Telltale Games
- The Wolf Among Us – Telltale Games
- Valiant Hearts – Ubisoft
- Wolfenstein: The New Order – Machine Games/Bethesda
Best Score/Soundtrack
- Alien: Isolation – Christian Henson, Joe Henson and Alexis Smith, The Creative Assembly/Sega
- Child of Light – Coeur de pirate, Ubisoft Montreal
- Destiny – Marty O’Donnell, Bungie/Activision
- Sunset Overdrive – Boris Salchow, Insomniac Games/Microsoft
- Transistor – Darren Korb, Supergiant Games
Best Independent Game
- Broken Age Part 1 – Double Fine
- Monument Valley – Ustwo
- Shovel Knight – Cellar Door
- Transistor – Supergiant Games
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – The Astronauts
Games for Change
- Mountain – David O’Reilly/Double Fine Presents
- Never Alone – Upper One Games
- The Last of Us: Left Behind – Naughty Dog/Sony
- This War of Mine – 11bit Studios
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War – Ubisoft
eSports Player of the Year
- Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson – League of Legends
- Xu “Fy” Linsen – Dota 2
- James “Firebat” Kostesich – Hearthstone
- Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund – Counter-Strike: GO
- Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag – Call of Duty
eSports Team of the Year
- Samsung White – League of Legends
- Evil Geniuses – Dota 2
- Edward Gaming – League of Legends
- Newbee – Dota 2
- Ninjas in Pajamas – Counter-Strike: GO
Trending Gamer
- Evan “Vanoss” Fong
- Jeff Gerstmann
- PewDiePie
- StampyLongHead
- TotalBiscuit
Best Fan Creation
- BEST Zelda Rap EVER!! By Egoraptor
- Luigi Death Stare by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr
- Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song) by Tobuscus
- Minecraft – TITAN City by Colonial Puppet
- Twitch Plays Pokemon by Anonymous
Developer of the Year
- Blizzard
- Monolith
- Nintendo
- Telltale Games
- Ubisoft Montreal
Best Performance
- Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf, The Wolf Among Us – Telltale Games
- Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer
- Games/Activision
- Melissa Hutchison as Clementine, The Walking Dead: Season Two – Telltale Games
- Trey Parker as Various Voices, South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
- Troy Baker as Talion, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros.
Most Anticipated Game – (To be voted on by fans)
- Batman: Arkham Knight – Rocksteady/Warner Bros.
- Bloodborne – FROM Software/Sony
- Evolve – Turtle Rock/2K Games
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – CD Projekt
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog/Sony
The Game Awards 2014 Video Game Trailers
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Battlefield Hardline
Dying Light
Metal Gear Online
Bloodborne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qAgYsQeW2g
