The show started at 6:00 PM P.S.T and ran for about 2 hours. Winners in various categories were awarded throughout the show, with the Game of the Year award presented at the end.
Witcher 3 was finally awarded overall Game of the Year. The game was up against big titles like Metal Gear Solid V and Fallout 4. The complete list of all the awards is given below.
There were a total of 16 Jury voted categories and six Fan’s choice awards. Since this would make a very long list nominees for certain, less popular categories are not listed.
Game of the Year
Bloodborne Fallout 4 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Super Mario Maker The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt [Winner]
Best Role Playing Game
Bloodborne Fallout 4 Pillars of Eternity The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt [Winner] Undertale
Best Action/Adventure Game
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Batman: Arkham Knight Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain [Winner] Ori and the Blind Forest Rise of the Tomb Raider
Best Fighting Game
Guilty Gear Xrd Mortal Kombat X [Winner] Rise of Incarnates Rising Thunder
Best Family Game
Disney Infinity 3. 0 Lego Dimensions Skylanders: SuperChargers Splatoon Super Mario Maker [Winner]
Best Sports/Racing Game
FIFA 16 Forza Motorsport 6 NBA 2K16 Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 Rocket League [Winner]
Best Multiplayer
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Destiny: The Taken King Halo 5: Guardians Rocket League Splatoon [Winner]
Best Independent Game
Axiom Verge Her Story Ori and the Blind Forest Rocket League [Winner] Undertale
Best Mobile/Handheld Game
Downwell Fallout Shelter Lara Croft Go [Winner] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Pac-Man 256
Best Shooter
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Destiny: The Taken King Halo 5: Guardians Splatoon Star Wars Battlefront
Developer of the Year
Bethesda Game Studios CD Projekt Red [Winner] From Software Kojima Productions Nintendo
Best Narrative
Her Story [Winner] Life Is Strange Tales From The Borderlands The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Until Dawn
Best Art Direction
Batman: Arkham Knight Bloodborne Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Ori and the Blind Forest [Winner] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Best Score/Soundtrack
Fallout 4 Halo 5: Guardians Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain [Winner] Ori and the Blind Forest The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Best Performance
Ashly Burch as Chloe Price (Life is Strange) Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft (Rise of the Tomb Raider) Doug Cockle as Geralt (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt) Mark Hamill as The Joker (Batman: Arkham Knight) Viva Seifert (Her Story) [Winner]
Games for Change Award
Cibele (Nina Freeman) Her Story (Sam Barlow) Life Is Strange (DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix) [Winner] Sunset (Tale of Tales) Undertale (tobyfox)
Fan’s Choice Winners
Best Fan Creation- Portal Stories: Mel (Prism Studios) eSports Game of the Year- Counter Strike: Global Offensive Trending Gamer- Greg Miller eSports Team of the Year- Optic Gaming eSports Player of the Year- Kenny “KennyS” Schrub Most Anticipated Game- No Man’s Sky
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