Tonight marks the fifth year of The Game Awards ceremony, hosted by its creator Geoff Keighley. During the nearly three-hour special, many games from 2018 were crowned with various superlatives. Additionally, a host of new games were announced, leading to a fairly packed first quarter for 2019.
The nominees for the awards had been posted online for voting in November. Nominees are chosen by a board of more than 65 different press outlets with staff members who’ve played the games. The games that get chosen for the awards themselves are decided by a mix of players (through online voting), as well as the panel of critics.
Here are your winners of The Game Awards 2018.
Best Action Game: Dead Cells
Best Role-Playing Game: Monster Hunter World
Best Esports Game: Overwatch
Best Esports Event: League of Legends World Championship
Best Esports Host: Eefje ‘Sjokz’ Depoortere
Best Esports Coach: Bok ‘Repeared’ Han-Gyu
Best Esports Team: Cloud9
Best Esports Moment: C9’s Comeback Win in Triple OT vs Faze
Best Student Game: Combat 2018
Best Narrative: Red Dead Redemption 2
Industry Icon: Visual Concepts’ Greg Thomas
Global Gaming Citizens: Steven Spohn (Ablegamers), Sadia Bashir (Pixelart Games Academy), Lual Mayen
Best Performance: Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption 2)
Best Score/Music: Red Dead Redemption 2
Best Audio Design: Red Dead Redemption 2
Best Art Direction: Return of the Obra Dinn
Best Mobile Game: Florence
Best VR/AR Game: ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission
Content Creator of the Year: Ninja
Best Esports Player: Dominique “SonicFox” McLean
Best Debut Indie Game: The Messenger
Best Fighting Game: Dragon Ball FighterZ
Best Family Game: Overcooked 2
Best Strategy Game: Into the Breach
Best Independent Game: Celeste
Games for Impact: Celeste
Best Sports/Racing Game: Forza Horizon 4
Best Game Direction: God of War 4
Best Action/Adventure Game: God of War 4
Best Ongoing Game: Fortnite
Best Multiplayer Game: Fortnite
Game of the Year: God of War 4
The Game Awards is also a platform for developers to show off what they are working on. Many companies decided to unveil many new games and downloadable content this year, breaking the record for most world premieres during The Game Awards than ever before. Here are all the games and content that were announced:
Sayonara Wild Hearts, developed by Simogo
Journey to the Savage Planet, developed by Typhoon Studios
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, developed by Galactic Cafe
Among Trees, developed by FJRD Interactive
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, developed by Team Ninja
Rocket League DLC: McLaren 570S Car Pack
Far Cry New Dawn, developed by Ubisoft
Hades, developed by Supergiant Games
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, developed by Panache Digital Games
Scavengers, developed by Midwinter Entertainment
Dead by Daylight: Darkness Among Us DLC, developed by Behaviour Interactive
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, developed by Beenox
The Outer Worlds, developed by Obsidian
Dauntless by Phoenix Labs is coming to consoles
The Last Campfire, developed by Hello Games
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ Winter Map is coming tonight
ATLAS, developed by Grapeshot Games
Journey is coming to PC via the Epic Games store
A new Dragon Age game was teased by developer BioWare
The Pathless, developed by Giant Squid Studios
Mortal Kombat 11, developed by NetherRealm Studios
Stranger Things 3 The Game, developed by Bonus XP
Psychonauts 2, developed by Double Fine
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s Challenger Pack 1 will feature Persona 5’s Joker
The Game Awards marks another year in the books for the games industry, letting people reflect back on the games of 2018 while looking to the future.
