The Game Awards 2019 Winners Announced

The Game Awards 2019 have come and gone, and the winners have been announced.

While we saw many new games, many wonder how the games from this year fared across the various categories.


You can find the full run-down below (with winners in bold):

Game of the Year

  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • The Outer Worlds

Best Action Game

  • Apex Legends
  • Astral Chain
  • Devil May Cry 5
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Gears 5
  • Metro Exodus

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Borderlands 3
  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Resident Evil 2
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Best Art Direction

  • Control
  • Death Stranding 
  • Gris
  • Sayonara Wild Hearts
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

Best Audio Design

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Gears 5
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Best Community Support

  • Apex Legends
  • Destiny 2
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Fortnite
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Content Creator of the Year

  • Courage
  • Dr. Lupo
  • Ewok
  • Grefg
  • Shroud

Best Esports Coach

  • Eric “Adren” Hoag
  • Nu-ri “Cain” Jang
  • Danny “Zonic” Sorensen
  • Fabian “Grabbz” Lohmann
  • Kim “Kkoma” Jeong-Gyun
  • Titouan “Sockshka” Merloz

Best Esports Event

  • 2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals
  • Evo 2019
  • Fortnite World Cup
  • Iem Katowice 2019
  • League of Legends World Championship 2019
  • The International 2019

Esports Game of the Year

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

Best Esports Host

  • Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
  • Alex “Machine” Richardson
  • Paul “Redeye” Chaloner
  • Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
  • Duan “Candice” Yu-Shuang

Best Esports Player

  • Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf
  • Lee “Faker” Hyeok
  • Luka “Perkz” Perkovic
  • Oleksandr “S1mple” Kostyliev
  • Jay “Sinatra” Won

Best Esports Team

  • Astralis
  • G2 Esports
  • OG
  • San Francisco Shock
  • Team Liquid

Best Family Game

  • Luigi’s Mansion 3
  • Ring Fit Adventure
  • Super Marion Maker 2
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • Yoshi’s Crafted World

Best Fighting Game

  • Dead or Alive 6
  • Jump Force
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • Mortal Kombat 11
  • Samurai Shodown

Fresh Indie Game (Best Indie Studio)

  • Za/Um
  • Nomada Studio
  • Deadtoast Entertainment
  • Mobius Digital
  • Mega Crit
  • House House

Best Game Direction

  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • Outer Wilds

Games for Impact

  • Concrete Genie
  • Gris
  • Kind Words
  • Life is Strange 2
  • Sea of Solitude

Best Independent Game

  • Baba is You
  • Disco Elysium
  • Katana Zero
  • Outer Wilds
  • Untitled Goose Game

Best Mobile Game

  • Call of Duty: Mobile
  • Grindstone
  • Sayonara Wild Hearts
  • Sky: Children of the Light
  • What the Golf?

Best Multiplayer Game

  • Apex Legends
  • Borderlands 3
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Tetris 99
  • Tom Clancy’s The Division 2

Best Narrative

  • A Plague Tale: Innocence
  • Control
  • Disco Elysium
  • Death Stranding
  • The Outer Worlds

Best Ongoing Game

  • Apex Legends
  • Destiny 2
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Fortnite
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege 

Best Performance

  • Ashly Burch
  • Courtney Hope
  • Laura Bailey
  • Mads Mikkelsen
  • Matthew Porretta
  • Norman Redus

Best Role-Playing Game

  • Disco Elysium
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Kingdom Hearts III
  • Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
  • The Outer Worlds

Best Score & Music

  • Cadence of Hyrule
  • Death Stranding
  • Devil May Cry 5
  • Kingdom Hearts III
  • Sayonara Wild Hearts

Best Sports/Racing Game

  • Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
  • Dirt Rally 2.0
  • EFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020
  • F1 2019
  • FIFA 20

Best Strategy Game

  • Age of Wonders: Planetfall
  • Anno 1800
  • Fire Emblem: Three Houses
  • Total War: Three Kingdoms
  • Tropico 6
  • Wargroove

Best VR/AR Game

  • Asgard’s Wrath
  • Blood & Truth
  • Beat Saber
  • No Man’s Sky
  • Trover Saves the Universe

You can expect the community Game of the Year poll and our own Game of the Year soon.

What do you think? Sound off in the comments below!


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Ryan was a former Niche Gamer contributor.


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