The Game Awards is an annual celebration and ceremony that recognizes industry achievements in gaming on behalf of developers and content creators. It was initiated in 2014 by Geoff Keighley to serve as the gaming industry’s equivalent to the Oscars. This article lists every past winner by category since inception.
Note: Certain awards have been revised, removed, or added over time.
History of The Game Awards
Previously, the Spike Video Game Awards (VGA) took on the role of an annual gaming awards ceremony, running from 2003 to 2013. It was broadcast on Spike TV near the conclusion of those calendar years.
Keighley worked on this program as well, and the network tried to rename itself from VGA to VGX to reflect a greater focus on next-generation games. Due to limitations, it was dropped completely in 2014 and replaced by The Game Awards.
Game of the Year
2014
- Dragon Age: Inquisition – BioWare (Winner)
- Bayonetta 2 – PlatinumGames (Nominee)
- Dark Souls II – FromSoftware (Nominee)
- Hearthstone – Blizzard Entertainment (Nominee)
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith Productions (Nominee)
2015
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – CD Projekt Red (Winner)
- Bloodborne – FromSoftware (Nominee)
- Fallout 4 – Bethesda Game Studios (Nominee)
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – Kojima Productions (Nominee)
- Super Mario Maker – Nintendo (Nominee)
2016
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment (Winner)
- Doom – id Software (Nominee)
- Inside – Playdead (Nominee)
- Titanfall 2 – Respawn Entertainment (Nominee)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog (Nominee)
2017
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo (Winner)
- Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerilla Games (Nominee)
- Persona 5 – Atlus (Nominee)
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – PUBG Corporation (Nominee)
- Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo (Nominee)
2018
- God of War – Santa Monica (Winner)
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Ubisoft (Nominee)
- Celeste – Extremely OK Games (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
- Monster Hunter: World – Capcom (Nominee)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games (Nominee)
2019
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – FromSoftware (Winner)
- Control – Remedy Entertainment (Nominee)
- Death Stranding – Kojima Productions (Nominee)
- The Outer Worlds – Obsidian Entertainment (Nominee)
- Resident Evil 2 – Capcom (Nominee)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Bandai Namco (Nominee)
2020
- The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog (Winner)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Doom Eternal – id Software (Nominee)
- Final Fantasy VII Remake – Square Enix (Nominee)
- Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch Productions (Nominee)
- Hades – Supergiant Games (Nominee)
2021
- It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios (Winner)
- Deathloop – Arkane Studios (Nominee)
- Metroid Dread – MercurySteam (Nominee)
- Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine (Nominee)
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
- Resident Evil Village – Capcom (Nominee)
2022
- Elden Ring (Winner)
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Nominee)
- God of War Ragnarök (Nominee)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Nominee)
- Stray (Nominee)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Nominee)
2023
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Winner)
- Alan Wake 2 (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Nominee)
- Resident Evil 4 (Nominee)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nominee)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nominee)
Developer of the Year (discontinued)
2014
- Nintendo (Winner)
- Blizzard Entertainment (Nominee)
- Monolith Productions (Nominee)
- Telltale Games (Nominee)
- Ubisoft Montreal (Nominee)
2015
- CD Projekt Red (Winner)
- Bethesda Game Studios (Nominee)
- FromSoftware (Nominee)
- Kojima Productions (Nominee)
- Nintendo (Nominee)
Best Game Direction
2017
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo (Winner)
- Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerilla Games (Nominee)
- Resident Evil 7: Biohazard – Capcom (Nominee)
- Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Nominee)
2018
- God of War – Santa Monica Studio (Winner)
- A Way Out – Hazelight Studios (Nominee)
- Detroit: Become Human – Quantic Dream (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games (Nominee)
2019
- Death Stranding – Kojima Productions (Winner)
- Control – Remedy Entertainment (Nominee)
- Outer Wilds – Mobius Digital (Nominee)
- Resident Evil 2 – Capcom (Nominee)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – FromSoftware (Nominee)
2020
- The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog (Winner)
- Final Fantasy VII Remake – Square Enix (Nominee)
- Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch Productions (Nominee)
- Hades – Supergiant Games (Nominee)
- Half-life Alyx – Valve (Nominee)
2021
- Deathloop – Arkane Studios (Winner)
- It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios (Nominee)
- Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine (Nominee)
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
- Returnal – Housemarque (Nominee)
2022
- Elden Ring – FromSoftware (Winner)
- God of War Ragnarök – Sony Santa Monica (Nominee)
- Horizon Forbidden West – Guerilla Games (Nominee)
- Immortality – Sam Barlow (Nominee)
- Stray – BlueTwelve Studio (Nominee)
2023
- Alan Wake 2 (Winner)
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Nominee)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nominee)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nominee)
Best Independent/Indie Game
2014
- Shovel Knight – Yacht Club Games (Winner)
- Broken Age Act I – Double Fine Productions (Nominee)
- Monument Valley – Ustwo (Nominee)
- Transistor – Supergiant Game (Nominee)
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – The Astronauts (Nominee)
2015
- Rocket League – Psyonix (Winner)
- Axiom Verge – Tom Happ (Nominee)
- Her Story – Sam Barlow (Nominee)
- Ori and the Blind Forest – Moon Studios (Nominee)
- Undertale – Toby Fox (Nominee)
2016
- Inside – Playdead (Winner)
- Firewatch – Campo Santo (Nominee)
- Hyper Light Drifter – Heart Machine (Nominee)
- Stardew Valley – ConcernedApe (Nominee)
- The Witness – Thekla, Inc. (Nominee)
2017
- Cuphead – Studio MDHR (Winner)
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – Ninja Theory (Nominee)
- Night in the Woods – Infinite Fall (Nominee)
- Pyre – Supergiant Games (Nominee)
- What Remains of Edith Finch – Giant Sparrow (Nominee)
2018
- Celeste – Extremely OK Games (Winner)
- Dead Cells – Motion Twin (Nominee)
- Into the Breach – Subset Games (Nominee)
- The Messenger – Devolver Digital (Nominee)
- Return of the Obra Dinn – 3909 LLC (Nominee)
2019
- Disco Elysium – ZA/UM (Winner)
- Baba Is You – Hempuli (Nominee)
- Katana Zero – Askiisoft (Nominee)
- Outer Wilds – Mobius Digital (Nominee)
2020
- Hades – Supergiant Games (Winner)
- Carrion – Phobia Game Studio (Nominee)
- Fall Guys – Mediatonic (Nominee)
- Spelunky 2 – Mossmouth (Nominee)
- Spiritfarer – Thunder Lotus Games (Nominee)
2021
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits – Ember Lab (Winner)
- 12 Minutes – Annapurna Interactive (Nominee)
- Death’s Door – Acid Nerve (Nominee)
- Inscryption – Daniel Mullins Games (Nominee)
- Loop Hero – Four Quarters (Nominee)
2022
- Stray – BlueTwelve Studio (Winner)
- Cult of the Lamb – Massive Monster (Nominee)
- Neon White – Angel Matrix (Nominee)
- Sifu – Sloclap (Nominee)
- TUNIC – TUNIC Team (Nominee)
2023
- Sea of Stars – Sabotage Studio (Winner)
- Cocoon – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive (Nominee)
- Dave the Diver – MINTROCKET (Nominee)
- Dredge – Black Salt Games/Team 17 (Nominee)
- Viewfinder – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing (Nominee)
Best Mobile/Handheld Game
2014
- Hearthstone – Blizzard Entertainment (Winner)
- Bravely Default – Silicon Studio, Square Enix (Nominee)
- Monument Valley – Ustwo (Nominee)
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS – Sora Ltd. (Nominee)
- Threes – Sirvo (Nominee)
2015
- Lara Croft Go – Square Enix Montreal (Winner)
- Downwell – Moppin (Nominee)
- Fallout Shelter – Bethesda Game Studios (Nominee)
- Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Capcom (Nominee)
- Pac-Man 256 – Hipster Whale
2016
- Pokémon GO – Niantic (Winner)
- Clash Royale – Supercell (Nominee)
- Fire Emblem Fates – Intelligent Systems (Nominee)
- Monster Hunter Generations – Capcom (Nominee)
- Severed – DrinkBox Studios (Nominee)
2017
- Monument Valley 2 – ustwo games (Winner, Mobile)
- Fire Emblem Heroes – Intelligent Systems (Nominee)
- Hidden Folks – Adriaan de Jongh and Sylvain Tegroeg (Nominee)
- Old Man’s Journey – Broken Rules (Nominee)
- Super Mario Run – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Metroid: Samus Returns – MercurySteam (Winner, Handheld)
- Ever Oasis – Grezzo (Nominee)
- Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia – Intelligent Systems (Nominee)
- Monster Hunter Stories – Marvelous Entertainment (Nominee)
- Poochy and Yoshi’s Woolly World – Good-Feel (Nominee)
2018
- Florence – Annapurna Interactive (Winner)
- Donut County – Annapurna Interactive (Nominee)
- Fortnite – Epic Games (Nominee)
- PUBG Mobile – Tencent Games (Nominee)
- Reigns: Game of Thrones – Devolver Digital (Nominee)
2019
- Call of Duty: Mobile – TiMi Studios (Winner)
- Grindstone – Capybara Games (Nominee)
- Sayonara Wild Hearts – Annapurna Interactive (Nominee)
- Sky: Children of the Light – Thatgamecompany (Nominee)
- What the Golf – Triband (Nominee)
2020
- Among Us – Innersloth (Winner)
- Call of Duty: Mobile – TiMi Studios (Nominee)
- Genshin Impact – miHoYo (Nominee)
- Legends of Runeterra – Riot Games (Nominee)
- Pokémon Café Mix – Genius Sonority (Nominee)
2021
- Genshin Impact – miHoYo (Winner)
- Fantasian – Mistwalker (Nominee)
- League of Legends: Wild Rift – Riot Games (Nominee)
- Marvel Future Revolution – Netmarble (Nominee)
- Pokémon Unite – TiMi Studio (Nominee)
2022
- Marvel Snap – Second Dinner Studios (Winner)
- Apex Legends Mobile – Lightspeed (Nominee)
- Diablo Immortal – Blizzard (Nominee)
- Genshin Impact – HoYoverse (Nominee)
- Tower of Fantasy – Hotta Studio (Nominee)
2023
- Honkai: Star Rail – HoYoverse (Winner)
- Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis – Applibot/Square Enix (Nominee)
- Hello Kitty Island Adventure – Sunblink Entertainment (Nominee)
- Monster Hunter Now – Niantic/Capcom (Nominee)
- Terra Nil – Free Lives/Devolver/Netflix (Nominee)
Best Narrative
2014
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War – Ubisoft Montpellier (Winner)
- South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian (Nominee)
- The Walking Dead: Season Two – Telltale Games (Nominee)
- The Wolf Among Us – Telltale Games (Nominee)
- Wolfenstein: The New Order – MachineGames (Nominee)
2015
- Her Story – Sam Barlow (Winner)
- Life Is Strange – Dontnod Entertainment (Nominee)
- Tales from the Borderlands – Telltale Games (Nominee)
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – CD Projekt Red (Nominee)
- Until Dawn – Supermassive Games (Nominee)
2016
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog (Winner)
- Firewatch – Campo Santo (Nominee)
- Inside – Playdead (Nominee)
- Mafia III – Hangar 13 (Nominee)
- Oxenfree – Night School Studio (Nominee)
2017
- What Remains of Edith Finch – Giant Sparrow/Annapurna Interactive (Winner)
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – Ninja Theory (Nominee)
- Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerilla Games (Nominee)
- NieR: Automata – PlatinumGames (Nominee)
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus – MachineGames (Nominee)
2018
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games (Winner)
- Detroit: Become Human – Quantic Dream (Nominee)
- God of War – Santa Monica Studio (Nominee)
- Life Is Strange 2: Episode 1 – Dontnod Entertainment (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
2019
- Disco Elysium – ZA/UM (Winner)
- A Plague Tale: Innocence – Asobo Studio (Nominee)
- Control – Remedy Entertainment (Nominee)
- Death Stranding – Kojima Productions (Nominee)
- The Outer Worlds – Obsidian Entertainment (Nominee)
2020
- The Last of Us Part II – Neil Druckmann and Halley Gross (Winner)
- 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim – George Kamitani (Nominee)
- Final Fantasy VII Remake – Kazuhige Nojima, Motomu Toriyama, Hiroaki Iwaki, and Sahcie Hirano (Nominee)
- Ghost of Tsushima – Iran Ryan, Liz Albl, Patrick Downs, and Jordan Lemos (Nominee)
- Hades – Greg Kasavin (Nominee)
2021
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy – Eidos Montreal (Winner)
- Deathloop – Arkane Studios (Nominee)
- It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios (Nominee)
- Life Is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine (Nominee)
- Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine (Nominee)
2022
- God of War Ragnarök (Winner)
- Elden Ring (Nominee)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Nominee)
- Immortality (Nominee)
- Stray (Nominee)
2023
- Alan Wake 2 (Winner)
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Nominee)
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (Nominee)
- Final Fantasy XVI (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Nominee)
Best Art Direction
2015
- Ori and the Blind Forest – Moon Studios (Winner)
- Batman: Arkham Knight – Rocksteady Studios (Nominee)
- Bloodborne – FromSoftware (Nominee)
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – Kojima Productions (Nominee)
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – CD Projekt Red (Nominee)
2016
- Inside – Playdead (Winner)
- Abzû – Giant Squid (Nominee)
- Firewatch – Campo Santo (Nominee)
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment (Nominee)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog (Nominee)
2017
- Cuphead – Studio MDHR (Winner)
- Destiny 2 – Bungie (Nominee)
- Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerilla Games (Nominee)
- Persona 5 – Atlus (Nominee)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo (Nominee)
2018
- Return of the Obra Dinn – 3909 LLC (Winner)
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Ubisoft (Nominee)
- God of War – Santa Monica (Nominee)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games (Nominee)
- Octopath Traveler – Square Enix (Nominee)
2019
- Control – Remedy Entertainment (Winner)
- Death Stranding – Kojima Productions (Nominee)
- Gris – Nomada Studio (Nominee)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Sayonara Wild Hearts – Annapurna Interactive (Nominee)
- Sekiro: Shadows: Die Twice – FromSoftware (Nominee)
2020
- Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch Productions (Winner)
- Final Fantasy VII Remake – Square Enix (Nominee)
- Hades – Supergiant Games (Nominee)
- The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog (Nominee)
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps – Moon Studios (Nominee)
2021
- Deathloop – Arkane Studios (Winner)
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits – Ember Lab (Nominee)
- Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine (Nominee)
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
- The Artful Escape – Beethoven & Dinosaur (Nominee)
2022
- Elden Ring – FromSoftware (Winner)
- God of War Ragnarök – Sony Santa Monica (Nominee)
- Horizon Forbidden West – Guerilla Games (Nominee)
- Scorn – Ebb Software (Nominee)
- Stray – BlueTwelve Studio (Nominee)
2023
- Alan Wake 2 (Winner)
- Hi-Fi Rush (Nominee)
- Lies of P (Nominee)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nominee)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nominee)
Best Score/Soundtrack (discontinued)
2014
- Destiny (Martin O’Donnell, Michael Salvatori, C. Paul Johnson, Paul McCartney) – Bungie (Winner)
- Alien: Isolation (Byron Bullock, Sam Cooper, Jeff van Dyck, Christian Henson, Joe Henson, Haydn Payne, Alexis Smith – Creative Assembly (Nominee)
- Child of Light (Béatrice Martin) – Ubisoft Montreal (Nominee)
- Sunset Overdrive (Boris Salchow) – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
- Transistor (Darren Korb) – Supergiant Games (Nominee)
2015
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – Kojima Productions (Winner)
- Fallout 4 – Bethesda Game Studios (Nominee)
- Halo 5: Guardians – 343 Industries (Nominee)
- Ori and the Blind Forest – Moon Studios (Nominee)
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – CD Projekt Red (Nominee)
Best Score/Music
2017
- NieR: Automata – PlatinumGames (Winner)
- Cuphead – Studio MDHR (Nominee)
- Destiny 2 – Bungie (Nominee)
- Persona 5 – Atlus (Nominee)
- Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo (Nominee)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo (Nominee)
2018
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – Woody Jackson (Winner)
- Celeste – Lena Raine (Nominee)
- God of War – Bear McCreary (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man – John Paesano (Nominee)
- Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – Joe Hisaishi (Nominee)
2019
- Death Stranding – Kojima Productions (Winner)
- Cadence of Hyrule – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Devil May Cry 5 – Capcom (Nominee)
- Kingdom Hearts III – Square Enix (Nominee)
- Sayonara Wild Hearts – Annapurna Interactive (Nominee)
2020
- Final Fantasy VII Remake – Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamazu, and Mitsuto Suzuki (Winner)
- Doom Eternal – Mick Gordon (Nominee)
- Hades – Darren Korb (Nominee)
- The Last of Us Part II – Gustavo Santaolalla and Mac Quayle (Nominee)
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps – Gareth Coker (Nominee)
2021
- NieR Replicant ver 1.22474487139 – Keiichi Okabe (Winner)
- Cyberpunk 2077 – Marcin Przybylowicz (Nominee)
- Deathloop – Tom Salta (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy – Richard Jacques (Nominee)
- The Artful Escape – Johnny Galvatron (Nominee)
2022
- God of War Ragnarök – Bear McCreary (Winner)
- A Plague Tale: Requiem – Olivier Deriviere (Nominee)
- Elden Ring – Tsukasa Saitoh (Nominee)
- Metal: Hellsinger – Two Feathers (Nominee)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – Yasunori Mitsuda (Nominee)
2023
- Final Fantasy XVI, Composer Masayoshi Soken (Winner)
- Alan Wake 2, Composer Petri Alanko (Nominee)
- Baldur’s Gate 3, Composer Borislav Slavov (Nominee)
- Hi-Fi Rush, Audio Director Shuichi Kobori (Nominee)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Composed by Nintendo Sound Team (Nominee)
Best Music/Sound Design (discontinued)
2016
- Doom – id Software (Winner)
- Battlefield 1 – EA DICE (Nominee)
- Inside – Playdead (Nominee)
- Rez Infinite – United Game Artists (Nominee)
- Thumper – Drool (Nominee)
Best Audio Design
2017
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – Ninja Theory (Winner)
- Destiny 2 – Bungie (Nominee)
- Resident Evil 7: Biohazard – Capcom (Nominee)
- Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo (Nominee)
2018
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games (Winner)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – Treyarch (Nominee)
- Forza Horizon 4 – Playground Games
- God of War – Santa Monica (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
2019
- Call of Duty: Modern Ware – Infinity Ward (Winner)
- Control – Remedy Entertainment (Nominee)
- Death Stranding – Kojima Productions (Nominee)
- Gears 5 – The Coalition (Nominee)
- Resident Evil 2 – Capcom (Nominee)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – FromSoftware (Nominee)
2020
- The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog (Winner)
- Doom Eternal – id Software (Nominee)
- Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch Productions (Nominee)
- Half-Life: Alyx – Valve (Nominee)
- Resident Evil 3 – Capcom
2021
- Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games (Winner)
- Deathloop – Arkane Studios (Nominee)
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
- Resident Evil Village – Capcom (Nominee)
- Return – Housemarque (Nominee)
2022
- God of War Ragnarök – Sony Santa Monica (Winner)
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare II – Infinity Ward (Nominee)
- Elden Ring – FromSoftware (Nominee)
- Gran Turismo 7 – Polyphony Digital (Nominee)
- Horizon Forbidden West – Guerilla Games (Nominee)
2023
- Hi-Fi Rush (Winner)
- Alan Wake 2 (Nominee)
- Dead Space (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Nominee)
- Resident Evil 4 (Nominee)
Best Performance
2014
- South Park: The Stick of Truth (Trey Parker, various voices) – Obsidian (Winner)
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Kevin Spacey as Jonathon Irons) – Sledgehammer Games (Nominee)
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Troy Baker as Talion) – Monolith Productions (Nominee)
- The Walking Dead: Season Two (Melissa Hutchison as Clementine) – Telltale Games (Nominee)
- The Wolf Among Us (Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf) – Telltale Games (Nominee)
2015
- Her Story (Viva Seifert as Hannah Smith) – Sam Barlow (Winner)
- Batman: Arkham Knight (Mark Hamill as the Joker) – Rocksteady Studios (Nominee)
- Life Is Strange (Ashly Burch as Chloe Price) – Dontnod Entertainment (Nominee)
- Rise of the Tomb Raider (Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft) – Crystal Dynamic (Nominee)
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Doug Cockle as Geralt of Rivia) – CD Projekt Red (Nominee)
2016
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Nolan North as Nathan Drake) – Naughty Dog (Winner)
- Firewatch (Cissy Jones as Delilah) – Campo Santo (Nominee)
- Firewatch (Rich Sommer as Henry) – Campo Santo (Nominee)
- Mafia III (Alex Hernandez as Lincoln Clay) – Hangar 13 (Nominee)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Troy Baker as Sam Drake) – Naughty Dog (Nominee)
2017
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Melina Juergens as Senua) – Ninja Theory (Winner)
- Horizon Zero Dawn (Ashly Burch as Aloy) – Guerilla Games (Nominee)
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Brian Bloom as B.J. Blazkowicz) – MachineGames (Nominee)
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer) – Naughty Dog (Nominee)
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Laura Bailey as Nadine Ross) – Naughty Dog (Nominee)
2018
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan) – Rockstar Games (Winner)
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra) – Ubisoft Quebec (Nominee)
- Detroit: Become Human (Bryan Dechart as Connor) – Quantic Dream (Nominee)
- God of War – (Christopher Judge as Kratos) – Santa Monica Studio (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man – (Yuri Lowenthal as Spider-Man) – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
2019
- Death Stranding (Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff) – Kojima Productions (Winner)
- Control (Matthew Porretta as Dr. Casper Darling) – Remedy Entertainment (Nominee)
- Control (Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden) – Remedy Entertainment (Nominee)
- Control (Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges) – Remedy Entertainment (Nominee)
- Gears 5 (Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz) – The Coalition (Nominee)
- The Outer Worlds (Ashly Burch as Parvati) – Obsidian Entertainment (Nominee)
2020
- The Last of Us Part II (Laura Bailey as Abby) – Naughty Dog (Winner)
- Ghost of Tsushima (Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai) – Sucker Punch Productions (Nominee)
- Hades (Logan Cunningham as Hades) – Supergiant Games (Nominee)
- The Last of Us Part II (Ashley Johnson as Ellie) – Naughty Dog (Nominee)
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales) – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
2021
- Resident Evil Village (Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu) – Capcom (Winner)
- Far Cry 6 (Giancarlo Esposito as Anton Castillo) – Ubisoft (Nominee)
- Deathloop (Jason E. Kelley as Colt Vahn) – Bethesda Softworks (Nominee)
- Deathloop (Ozioama Akagha as Juliana Blake) – Bethesda Softworks (Nominee)
2022
- God of War Ragnarök (Christopher Judge as Kratos) – Sony Santa Monica (Winner)
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Charlotte McBurney as Amicia) – Asobo Studio (Nominee)
- God of War Ragnarök (Sunny Suljic as Atreus) – Sony Santa Monica (Nominee)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Ashly Burch as Aloy) – Guerilla Games (Nominee)
- Immortality (Manon Gage as Marissa Marcel) – Sam Barlow (Nominee)
2023
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Neil Newbon as Astarion) – Larian Studios (Winner)
- Final Fantasy XVI (Ben Starr as Clive Rosfield) – Square Enix (Nominee)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Cameron Monaghan as Cal Kestis) – Respawn (Nominee)
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (Idris Elba as Solomon Reed) – CD Projekt Red (Nominee)
- Alan Wake 2 (Melanie Liburd as Saga Anderson) – Remedy (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker) – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
Games for Change (discontinued)
2014
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War – Ubisoft Montpellier (Winner)
- Mountain – David O’Reilly (Nominee)
- Never Alone – Upper One Games (Nominee)
- The Last of Us: Left Behind – Naughty Dog (Nominee)
- This War of Mine – 11 bit studios (Nominee)
Games for Impact
2015
- Life Is Strange – Dontnod Entertainment (Winner)
- Cibele – Star Maid Games (Nominee)
- Her Story – Sam Barlow (Nominee)
- Sunset – Tale of Tales (Nominee)
- Undertale – Toby Fox (Nominee)
2016
- That Dragon, Cancer – Numinous Games (Winner)
- Block’hood – Plethora Project (Nominee)
- Orwell – Osmotic (Nominee)
- Sea Hero Quest – Glitchers (Nominee)
- 1979 Revolution: Black Friday (iNK Stories)
2017
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – Ninja Theory (Winner)
- Bury Me, My Love – The Pixel Hunt (Nominee)
- Life Is Strange: Before the Storm – Deck Nine (Nominee)
- Night in the Woods – Infinite Fall (Nominee)
- Please Knock on My Door – Levall Games AB (Nominee)
- What Remains of Edith Finch – Giant Sparrow (Nominee)
2018
- Celeste – Extremely OK Games (Winner)
- 11-11: Memories Retold – DigixArt (Nominee)
- Florence – Annapurna Interactive (Nominee)
- Life Is Strange 2: Episode 1 – Dontnod Entertainment (Nominee)
- The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories – Arc System Works (Nominee)
2019
- Gris – Nomada Studio (Winner)
- Concrete Genie – Pixelopus (Nominee)
- Kind Words – Popcannibal (Nominee)
- Life Is Strange 2 – Dontnod Entertainment (Nominee)
- Sea of Solitude – Jo-Mei Games (Nominee)
2020
- Tell My Why – Dontnod Entertainment (Winner)
- If Found… – Dreamfeel (Nominee)
- Kentucky Route Zero – Cardboard Computer (Nominee)
- Spiritfarer – Thunder Lotus Games (Nominee)
- Through the Darkest of Times – Paintbucket Games (Nominee)
2021
- Life Is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine (Winner)
- Before Your Eyes – GoodbyeWorld Games (Nominee)
- Boyfriend Dungeon – Kitfox Games (Nominee)
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale – Greg Lobanov (Nominee)
- No Longer Home – Humble Grove (Nominee)
2022
- As Dusk Falls – Interior Night (Winner)
- A Memoir Blue – Cloisters Interactive (Nominee)
- Citizen Sleeper – Jump Over The Age (Nominee)
- Endling – Extinction is Forever (Nominee)
- Hindsight – Team Hindsight (Nominee)
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist – Northway Games (Nominee)
2023
- Tchia – Awaceb/Kepler Interactive (Winner)
- A Space for the Unbound – Mojiken Studio/Toge Productions/Chorus (Nominee)
- Chants of Sennaar – Rundisc/Focus Entertainment (Nominee)
- Goodbye Volcano High – KO_OP (Nominee)
- Terra Nil – Free Lives/Devolver Digital/Netflix (Nominee)
- Venba – Visai Games (Nominee)
Best Ongoing Game
2017
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment (Winner)
- Destiny 2 – Bungie (Nominee)
- Grand Theft Auto Online – Rockstar Games (Nominee)
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – PUBG Corporation (Nominee)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Ubisoft (Nominee)
- Warframe – Digital Extremes (Nominee)
2018
- Fortnite – Epic Games (Winner)
- Destiny 2: Forsaken – Bungie (Nominee)
- No Man’s Sky – Hello Games (Nominee)
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment (Nominee)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Ubisoft (Nominee)
2019
- Fortnite – Epic Games (Winner)
- Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment (Nominee)
- Destiny 2 – Bungie (Nominee)
- Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix (Nominee)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Ubisoft (Nominee)
2020
- No Man’s Sky – Hello Games (Winner)
- Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment (Nominee)
- Call of Duty: Warzone – Infinity Ward (Nominee)
- Destiny 2 – Bungie (Nominee)
- Fortnite – Epic Games (Nominee)
2021
- Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix (Winner)
- Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment (Nominee)
- Call of Duty: Warzone – Raven Software (Nominee)
- Fortnite – Epic Games (Nominee)
- Genshin Impact – miHoYo (Nominee)
2022
- Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix (Nominee)
- Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment (Winner)
- Destiny 2 – Bungie (Nominee)
- Fortnite – Epic Games (Nominee)
- Genshin Impact – HoYoverse (Nominee)
2023
- Cyberpunk 2077 – CD Projekt Red (Winner)
- Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment/EA (Nominee)
- Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix (Nominee)
- Fortnite – Epic Games (Nominee)
- Genshin Impact – HoYoverse (Nominee)
Best Shooter (discontinued)
2014
- Far Cry 4 – Ubisoft Montreal (Winner)
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer Games (Nominee)
- Destiny – Bungie (Nominee)
- Titanfall – Respawn Entertainment (Nominee)
- Wolfenstein: The New Order – MachineGames (Nominee)
2015
- Splatoon – Nintendo (Winner)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Treyarch (Nominee)
- Destiny: The Taken King – Bungie (Nominee)
- Halo 5: Guardians – 343 Industries (Nominee)
- Star Wars Battlefront – EA Digital Illusions CE (Nominee)
Best Action/Adventure
2014
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith Productions (Winner)
- Assassin’s Creed Unity – Ubisoft Montreal (Nominee)
- Alien: Isolation – The Creative Assembly (Nominee)
- Bayonetta 2 – PlatinumGames (Nominee)
- Sunset Overdrive – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
2015
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – Kojima Productions (Winner)
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – Ubisoft Quebec (Nominee)
- Batman: Arkham Knight – Rocksteady Studios (Nominee)
- Ori and the Blind Forest – Moon Studios (Nominee)
- Rise of the Tomb Raider – Crystal Dynamics (Nominee)
2016
- Dishonored 2 – Arkane Studios (Winner)
- Hitman – IO Interactive (Nominee)
- Hyper Light Drifter – Heart Machine (Nominee)
- Ratchet & Clank – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog (Nominee)
2017
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo (Winner)
- Assassin’s Creed: Origins – Ubisoft (Nominee)
- Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerilla Games (Nominee)
- Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy – Naughty Dog (Nominee)
2018
- God of War – Santa Monica (Winner)
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Ubisoft (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games (Nominee)
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider – Eidos Montreal (Nominee)
2019
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – FromSoftware (Winner)
- Borderlands 3 – Gearbox Software (Nominee)
- Control – Remedy Entertainment (Nominee)
- Death Stranding – Kojima Productions (Nominee)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Resident Evil 2 – Capcom (Nominee)
2020
- The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog (Winner)
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – Ubisoft Montreal (Nominee)
- Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch productions (Nominee)
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps – Moon Studios (Nominee)
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Respawn Entertainment (Nominee)
2021
- Metroid Dread – MercurySteam (Winner)
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy – Eidos Montreal (Nominee)
- Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine (Nominee)
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
- Resident Evil Village – Capcom (Nominee)
2022
- God of War Ragnarök – Sony Santa Monica (Winner)
- A Plague Tale: Requiem – Asobo Studio (Nominee)
- Horizon Forbidden West – Guerilla Games (Nominee)
- Stray – BlueTwelve Studio (Nominee)
- TUNIC – TUNIC Team (Nominee)
2023
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo (Winner)
- Alan Wake 2 – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – Insomniac Games/SIE (Nominee)
- Resident Evil 4 – Capcom (Nominee)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – Respawn Entertainment/EA (Nominee)
Best Action Game
2016
- Doom – id Software (Winner)
- Battlefield 1 – EA DICE (Nominee)
- Gears of War 4 – The Coalition (Nominee)
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment (Nominee)
- Titanfall 2 – Respawn Entertainment (Nominee)
2017
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus – MachineGames (Winner)
- Cuphead – Studio MDHR (Nominee)
- Destiny 2 – Bungie (Nominee)
- Nioh – Team Ninja (Nominee)
- Prey – Arkane Studios (Nominee)
2018
- Dead Cells – Motion Twin (Winner)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – Treyarch (Nominee)
- Destiny 2: Forsaken – Bungie (Nominee)
- Far Cry 5 – Ubisoft (Nominee)
- Mega Man 11 – Capcom (Nominee)
2019
- Devil May Cry 5 – Capcom (Winner)
- Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment (Nominee)
- Astral Chain – PlatinumGames (Nominee)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Infinity Ward (Nominee)
- Gears 5 – The Coalition (Nominee)
- Metro Exodus – 4A Games (Nominee)
2020
- Hades – Supergiant Games (Winner)
- Doom Eternal – id Software (Nominee)
- Half-Life: Alyx – Valve (Nominee)
- Nioh 2 – Team Ninja (Nominee)
- Streets of Rage 4 – Dotemu (Nominee)
2021
- Returnal – Housemarque (Nominee)
- Back 4 Blood – Turtle Rock Studios (Nominee)
- Chivalry II – Torn Banner Studios (Nominee)
- Deathloop – Arkane Studios (Nominee)
- Far Cry 6 – Ubisoft (Nominee)
2022
- Bayonetta 3 – PlatinumGames (Winner)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II – Infinity Ward (Nominee)
- Neon White – Angel Matrix (Nominee)
- Sifu – Sloclap (Nominee)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge – Tribute Games (Nominee)
2023
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon – FromSoftware/Bandai Namco (Winner)
- Dead Island 2 – Dambuster Studios/Deep Silver (Nominee)
- Ghostrunner 2 – One More Level/505 Games (Nominee)
- Hi-Fi Rush – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks (Nominee)
- Remnant 2 – Gunfire Games/Gearbox Publishing (Nominee)
Best Role Playing Game
2014
- Dragon Age: Inquisition – BioWare (Winner)
- Bravely Default – Silicon Studio, Square Enix (Nominee)
- Dark Souls II – FromSoftware (Nominee)
- Divinity: Original Sin – Larian Studios (Nominee)
- South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian (Nominee)
2015
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – CD Projekt Red (Winner)
- Bloodborne – FromSoftware (Nominee)
- Fallout 4 – Bethesda Game Studios (Nominee)
- Pillars of Eternity – Obsidian Entertainment (Nominee)
- Undertale – Toby Fox (Nominee)
2016
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine – CD Project Red (Winner)
- Dark Souls III – FromSoftware (Nominee)
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – Eidos Montreal (Nominee)
- World of Warcraft: Legion – Blizzard Entertainment (Nominee)
- Xenoblade Chronicles X – Monolith Soft (Nominee)
2017
- Persona 5 – Atlus (Winner)
- Divinity: Original Sin II – Larian Studios (Nominee)
- Final Fantasy XV – Square Enix (Nominee)
- NieR: Automata – PlatinumGames (Nominee)
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole – Ubisoft (Nominee)
2018
- Monster Hunter: World – Capcom (Winner)
- Dragon Quest XI – Square Enix (Nominee)
- Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – Bandai Namco Entertainment (Nominee)
- Octopath Traveler – Square Enix (Nominee)
- Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – Obsidian Entertainment (Nominee)
2019
- Disco Elysium – ZA/UM (Winner)
- Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix (Nominee)
- Kingdom Hearts III – Square Enix (Nominee)
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne – Capcom (Nominee)
- The Outer Worlds – Obsidian Entertainment (Nominee)
2020
- Final Fantasy VII Remake – Square Enix (Winner)
- Genshin Impact – miHoYo (Nominee)
- Persona 5 Royal – Atlus (Nominee)
- Wasteland 3 – inXile Entertainment (Nominee)
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon – Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio (Nominee)
2021
- Tales of Arise – Bandai Namco Studios (Winner)
- Cyberpunk 2077 – CD Projekt Red (Nominee)
- Monster Hunter Rise – Capcom (Nominee)
- Scarlet Nexus – Bandai Namco Studios (Nominee)
- Shin Megami Tensei V – Atlus (Nominee)
2022
- Elden Ring – FromSoftware (Winner)
- Live a Live – Square Enix (Nominee)
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus – Game Freak (Nominee)
- Triangle Strategy – Artdink (Nominee)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – Monolith Soft (Nominee)
2023
- Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios (Winner)
- Final Fantasy XVI – Square Enix (Nominee)
- Lies of P – Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games (Nominee)
- Sea of Stars – Sabotage Studio (Nominee)
- Starfield – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks (Nominee)
Best Fighting Game
2014
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – Sora Ltd. (Winner)
- Killer Instinct: Season Two – Double Helix Games (Nominee)
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – Arc System Works (Nominee)
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS – Sora Ltd. (Nominee)
- Ultra Street Fighter IV – Capcom (Nominee)
2015
- Mortal Kombat X – NetherRealm Studios (Winner)
- Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- – Arc System Works Team Red (Nominee)
- Rise of Incarnates – Bandai Namco Entertainment (Nominee)
- Rising Thunder – Radiant Entertainment (Nominee)
2016
- Street Fighter V – Capcom (Winner)
- Killer Instinct Season Three – Iron Galaxy (Nominee)
- The King of Fighters XIV – SNK (Nominee)
- Pokkén Tournament – Bandai Namco Studios (Nominee)
2017
- Injustice 2 – NetherRealm Studios (Winner)
- ARMS – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite – Capcom (Nominee)
- Nidhogg 2 – Messhof Games (Nominee)
- Tekken 7 – Bandai Namco (Nominee)
2018
- Dragon Ball FighterZ – Arc System Works (Winner)
- BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle – Arc System Works (Nominee)
- Soulcalibur VI – Bandai Namco Entertainment (Nominee)
- Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition – Capcom (Nominee)
2019
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Sora Ltd. (Winner)
- Dead or Alive 6 – Team Ninja (Nominee)
- Jump Force – Spike Chunsoft (Nominee)
- Mortal Kombat 11 – NetherRealm (Nominee)
- Samurai Showdown – SNK Corporation (Nominee)
2020
- Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate Edition – NetherRealm Studios (Winner)
- Granblue Fantasy Versus – Arc System Works (Nominee)
- One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows – Spike Chunsoft (Nominee)
- Street Fighter V Champion Edition – Dimps (Nominee)
- Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] – French Bread (Nominee)
2021
- Guilty Gear Strive – Arc System Works (Winner)
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles (Nominee)
- Melty Blood: Type Lumina – French Bread (Nominee)
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl – Ludosity (Nominee)
- Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown – SEGA (Nominee)
2022
- MultiVersus – Player First Games (Winner)
- DNF Duel – Arc System Works (Nominee)
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R – CyberConnect 2 Co. Ltd (Nominee)
- The King of Fighters XV – SNK (Nominee)
- Sifu – Sloclap (Nominee)
2023
- Street Fighter 6 – Capcom (Winner)
- God of Rock – Modus Studios Brazil/Modus Games (Nominee)
- Mortal Kombat 1 – NetherRealm Studios/WB Games (Nominee)
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 – Ludosity/Fair Play Labs/GameMill Entertainment (Nominee)
- Pocket Bravery – Statera Studio/PQube (Nominee)
Best Family Game
2014
- Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo EAD (Winner)
- Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes – Avalanche Software (Nominee)
- Fantasia: Music Evolved – Harmonix (Nominee)
- Skylanders: Trap Team – Toys for Bob (Nominee)
- Tomodachi Life – Nintendo SPD
2015
- Super Mario Maker – Nintendo (Winner)
- Disney Infinity 3.0 – Avalanche Software (Nominee)
- LEGO Dimension – Traveller’s Tales (Nominee)
- Skylanders: SuperChargers – Vicarious Visions (Nominee)
- Splatoon – Nintendo (Nominee)
2016
- Pokémon GO – Niantic (Winner)
- Dragon Quest Builders – Square Enix (Nominee)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens – TT Fusion (Nominee)
- Ratchet & Clank – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
- Skylanders: Imaginators – Toys for Bob (Nominee)
2017
- Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo (Winner)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle – Ubisoft (Nominee)
- Splatoon 2 – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Sonic Mania – Christian Whitehead (Nominee)
2018
- Overcooked 2 – Ghost Town Games (Winner)
- Mario Tennis Aces – Camelot Software (Nominee)
- Nintendo Labo – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Starlink: Battle for Atlas – Ubisoft (Nominee)
- Super Mario Party – NDcube (Nominee)
2019
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 – Next Level Games (Winner)
- Ring Fit Adventure – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Super Mario Maker 2 – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Sora Ltd. (Nominee)
2020
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo (Winner)
- Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time – Toys for Bob (Nominee)
- Fall Guys – Mediatonic (Nominee)
- Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit – Velan Studios (Nominee)
- Minecraft Dungeons – Mojang Studios (Nominee)
- Paper Mario: The Origami King – Intelligent Systems (Nominee)
2021
- It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios (Winner)
- Mario Party Superstars – NDcube (Nominee)
- New Pokémon Snap – Bandai Namco Studios (Nominee)
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – Nintendo (Nominee)
- WarioWare: Get It Together! – Nintendo (Nominee)
2022
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land – HAL Laboratory (Winner)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga – Traveller’s Tales (Nominee)
- Mario + Rabbids Spark of Hope – Ubisoft (Nominee)
- Nintendo Switch Sports – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Splatoon 3 – Nintendo (Nominee)
2023
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo (Winner)
- Disney Illusion Island – Dlala Studios/Disney (Nominee)
- Party Animals – Recreate Games (Nominee)
- Pikmin 4 – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo (Nominee)
- Sonic Superstars – Arzest/Sonic Team/Sega (Nominee)
Best Sports/Racing Game
2014
- Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo EAD (Winner)
- FIFA 15 – EA Canada (Nominee)
- Forza Horizon 2 – Playground Games (Nominee)
- NBA 2K15 – Visual Concepts (Nominee)
- Trials Fusion – RedLynx (Nominee)
2015
- Rocket League – Psyonix (Winner)
- FIFA 16 – EA Canada (Nominee)
- Forza Motorsport 6 – Turn 10 Studios (Nominee)
- NBA 2K16 – Visual Concepts (Nominee)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 – PES Productions (Nominee)
2016
- Forza Horizon 3 – Playground Games (Winner)
- FIFA 17 – EA Canada (Nominee)
- MLB The Show 16 – San Diego Studio (Nominee)
- NBA 2K17 – Visual Concepts (Nominee)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 – PES Productions (Nominee)
2017
- Forza Motorsport 7 – Turn 10 Studios (Winner)
- FIFA 18 – EA Vancouver (Nominee)
- Gran Turismo Sport – Polyphony Digital (Nominee)
- NBA 2K18 – Visual Concepts (Nominee)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 – Konami (Nominee)
- Project Cars 2 – Slighty Mad Studios (Nominee)
2018
- Forza Horizon 4 – Playground Games (Winner)
- FIFA 19 – EA Vancouver (Nominee)
- Mario Tennis Aces – Camelot Software (Nominee)
- NBA 2K19 – Visual Concepts (Nominee)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 – PES Productions (Nominee)
2019
- Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled – Beenox (Winner)
- Dirt Rally 2.0 – Codemasters (Nominee)
- eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 – PES Productions (Nominee)
- F1 2019 – Codemasters (Nominee)
2020
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 – Vicarious Visions (Winner)
- Dirt 5 – Codemasters (Nominee)
- F1 2020 – Codemasters (Nominee)
- FIFA 21 – EA Vancouver (Nominee)
- NBA 2K21 – Visual Concepts (Nominee)
2021
- Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games (Winner)
- F1 2021 – Codemasters (Nominee)
- FIFA 22 – EA Vancouver (Nominee)
- Hot Wheels Unleashed – Milestone (Nominee)
- Riders Republic – Ubisoft (Nominee)
2022
- F1 22 – Codemasters (Winner)
- FIFA 23 – EA Vancouver (Nominee)
- NBA 2K23 – Visual Concepts (Nominee)
- Gran Turismo 7 – Polyphony Digital (Nominee)
- OlliOlli World – Roll 7 (Nominee)
2023
- Forza Motorsport – Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios (Winner)
- EA Sports FC 24 – EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports (Nominee)
- F1 23 – Codemasters/EA Sports (Nominee)
- Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged – Milestone (Nominee)
- The Crew Motorfest – Ubisoft Ivory Tower/Ubisoft (Nominee)
Best Multiplayer
2015
- Splatoon – Nintendo (Winner)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Treyarch (Nominee)
- Destiny: The Taken King – Bungie (Nominee)
- Halo 5: Guardians – 343 Industries (Nominee)
- Rocket League – Psyonix (Nominee)
2016
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment (Winner)
- Battlefield 1 – EA DICE (Nominee)
- Gears of War 4 – The Coalition (Nominee)
- Overcooked – Ghost Town Games (Nominee)
- Titanfall 2 – Respawn Entertainment (Nominee)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Ubisoft Montreal
2017
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – PUBG Corporation (Winner)
- Call of Duty: WWII – Sledgehammer Games (Nominee)
- Destiny 2 – Bungie (Nominee)
- Fortnite – Epic Games (Nominee)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Splatoon 2 – Nintendo (Nominee)
2018
- Fortnite – Epic Games (Winner)
- Call of Duty Black Ops 4 – Treyarch (Nominee)
- Destiny 2: Forsaken – Bungie (Nominee)
- Monster Hunter: World – Capcom (Nominee)
- Sea of Thieves – Rare (Nominee)
2019
- Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment (Winner)
- Borderlands 3 – Gearbox Software (Nominee)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Infinity Ward (Nominee)
- Tetris 99 – Arika (Nominee)
- Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 – Ubisoft (Nominee)
2020
- Among Us – Innersloth (Winner)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Call of Duty: Warzone – Infinity Ward (Nominee)
- Fall Guys – Mediatonic (Nominee)
- Valorant – Riot Games (Nominee)
2021
- It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios (Winner)
- Back 4 Blood – Turtle Rock Studios (Nominee)
- Knockout City – Velan Studios (Nominee)
- Monster Hunter Rise – Capcom (Nominee)
- New World – Amazon Games (Nominee)
- Valheim – Iron Gate Studio (Nominee)
2022
- Splatoon 3 – Nintendo (Winner)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II – Infinity Ward (Nominee)
- MultiVersus – Player First Games (Nominee)
- Overwatch 2 – Blizzard Entertainment (Nominee)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge – Tribute Games (Nominee)
2023
- Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios (Winner)
- Diablo IV – Blizzard Entertainment (Nominee)
- Party Animals – Recreate Games (Nominee)
- Street Fighter 6 – Capcom (Nominee)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo (Nominee)
Best Online Experience (discontinued)
2014
- Destiny – Bungie (Winner)
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer Games (Nominee)
- Dark Souls II – FromSoftware (Nominee)
- Hearthstone – Blizzard Entertainment (Nominee)
- Titanfall – Respawn Entertainment (Nominee)
Best Remaster (discontinued)
2014
- Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar North (Winner)
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection – 343 Industries (Nominee)
- Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire – Game Freak (Nominee)
- The Last of Us Remastered – Naughty Dog (Nominee)
- Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition – Crystal Dynamics (Nominee)
Best Sim/Strategy Game
2016
- Civilization VI – Firaxis Games (Winner)
- Fire Emblem Fates – Intelligent Systems (Nominee)
- The Banner Saga 2 – Stoic (Nominee)
- Total War: Warhammer – Creative Assembly (Nominee)
- XCOM 2 – Firaxis Games (Nominee)
2017
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle – Ubisoft (Winner)
- Halo Wars 2 – Creative Assembly (Nominee)
- Tooth and Tail – Pocketwatch Games (Nominee)
- Total War: Warhammer II – Creative Assembly (Nominee)
2018
- Into the Breach – Subset Games (Winner)
- The Banner Saga 3 – Stoic Studio (Nominee)
- BattleTech – Harebrained Schemes (Nominee)
- Frostpunk – 11 bit studios (Nominee)
- Valkyria Chronicles 4 – SEGA (Nominee)
2019
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses – Intelligent Systems (Winner)
- Age of Wonders: Planetfall – Triumph Studios (Nominee)
- Anno 1800 – Blue Byte (Nominee)
- Total War: Three Kingdoms – Creative Assembly (Nominee)
- Tropico 6 – Limbic Entertainment (Nominee)
- Wargroove – Chucklefish (Nominee)
2020
- Microsoft Flight Simulator – Asobo Studio (Nominee)
- Crusader Kings III – Paradox Interactive (Nominee)
- Desperados III – Mimimi Games (Nominee)
- Gears Tactics – Splash Damage (Nominee)
- XCOM: Chimera Squad – Firaxis Games (Nominee)
2021
- Age of Empires IV – Relic Entertainment (Winner)
- Evil Genius 2: World Domination – Rebellion Developments (Nominee)
- Humankind – Amplitude Studios (Nominee)
- Inscryption – Daniel Mullins Games (Nominee)
- Microsoft Flight Simulator – Asobo Studio (Nominee)
2022
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope – Ubisoft (Winner)
- Dune: Spice Wars – Shiro Games (Nominee)
- Total War: WARHAMMER III – Creative Assembly (Nominee)
- Two Point Campus – Two Point Studios (Nominee)
- Victoria 3 – Paradox Development Studio (Nominee)
2023
- Pikmin 4 – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo (Winner)
- Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp – WayForward/Nintendo (Nominee)
- Cities: Skylines II – Colossal Order/Paradox Interactive (Nominee)
- Company of Heroes 3 – Relic Entertainment/Sega (Nominee)
- Fire Emblem Engage – Intelligent Systems/Nintendo (Nominee)
Best VR/AR Game
2016
- Rez Infinite – United Game Artists (Winner)
- Batman: Arkham VR – Rocksteady Studios (Nominee)
- Eve: Valkyrie – CCP Games (Nominee)
- Job Simulator – Owlchemy Labs (Nominee)
- Thumper – Drool (Nominee)
2017
- Resident Evil 7: Biohazard – Capcom (Winner)
- Farpoint – Impulse Gear (Nominee)
- Lone Echo – Ready at Dawn (Nominee)
- Star Trek: Bridge Crew – Red Storm Entertainment (Nominee)
- Superhot VR – Superhot Team (Nominee)
2018
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission – Japan Studio (Winner)
- Beat Saber – Beat Games (Nominee)
- Firewall: Zero Hour – First Contact Entertainment (Nominee)
- Moss – Polyarc Games (Nominee)
- Tetris Effect – Resonair (Nominee)
2019
- Beat Saber – Beat Games (Winner)
- Asgard’s Wrath – Sanzaru Games (Nominee)
- Blood & Truth – London Studio (Nominee)
- No Man’s Sky – Hello Games (Nominee)
- Trover Saves the Universe – Squanch Games (Nominee)
2020
- Half-Life: Alyx – Valve (Winner)
- Dreams – Media Molecule (Nominee)
- Iron Man VR – Camouflaj (Nominee)
- Star Wars Squadrons – Motive Studios (Nominee)
- The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Skydance Interactive (Nominee)
2021
- Resident Evil 4 – Armature Studio (Winner)
- Hitman 3 – IO Interactive (Nominee)
- I Expect You to Die 2 – Schell Games (Nominee)
- Lone Echo II – Ready at Dawn (Nominee)
- Sniper Elite VR – Coatsink (Nominee)
2022
- Moss: Book II – Polyarc (Winner)
- After the Fall – Vertigo Games (Nominee)
- Among Us VR – Schell Games (Nominee)
- BONELAB – Stress Level Zero (Nominee)
- Red Matter 2 – Vertical Robot (Nominee)
2023
- Resident Evil Village VR Mode – Capcom (Winner)
- Gran Turismo 7 – Polyphony Digital/SIE (Nominee)
- Humanity – tha LTD/Enhance Games (Nominee)
- Horizon Call of the Mountain – Guerrilla Games/Firesprite/SIE (Nominee)
- Synapse – nDreams (Nominee)
Innovation in Accessibility
2020
- The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog (Winner)
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – Ubisoft Montreal (Nominee)
- Grounded – Obsidian Entertainment (Nominee)
- Hyperdot – Tribe Games (Nominee)
- Watch Dogs Legion – Ubisoft (Nominee)
2021
- Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games (Winner)
- Far Cry 6 – Ubisoft (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy – Eidos Montreal (Nominee)
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
- The Vale: Shadow of the Crown – Falling Squirrel (Nominee)
2022
- God of War Ragnarök – Sony Santa Monica (Winner)
- As Dusk Falls – Interior Night (Nominee)
- Return to Monkey Island – Terrible Toybox (Nominee)
- The Last of Us Part I – Naughty Dog (Nominee)
- The Quarry – Supermassive Games (Nominee)
2023
- Forza Motorsport – Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios (Winner)
- Diablo IV – Blizzard Entertainment (Nominee)
- Hi-Fi Rush – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – Insomniac Games/SIE (Nominee)
- Mortal Kombat 1 – NetherRealm Studios/WB Games (Nominee)
- Street Fighter 6 – Capcom (Nominee)
Best Debut Indie Game
2017
- Cuphead – Studio MDHR (Winner)
- Golf Story – Sidebar Games (Nominee)
- Hollow Knight – Team Cherry (Nominee)
- Mr. Shifty – Team Shifty (Nominee)
- Slime Rancher – Monomi Park (Nominee)
2018
- The Messenger – Devolver Digital (Winner)
- Donut County – Annapurna Interactive (Nominee)
- Florence – Annapurna Interactive (Nominee)
- Moss – Polyarc Games (Nominee)
- Yoku’s Island Express – Villa Gorilla (Nominee)
2021
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits – Ember Lab (Winner)
- Sable – Shedworks (Nominee)
- The Artful Escape – Annapurna Interactive (Nominee)
- The Forgotten City – Modern Storyteller (Nominee)
- Valheim – Iron Gate Studio (Nominee)
2022
- Stray – BlueTwelve Studio (Winner)
- Neon White – Angel Matrix (Nominee)
- NORCO – Geography of Robots (Nominee)
- TUNIC – TUNIC Team (Nominee)
- Vampire Survivors – poncle (Nominee)
2023
- Cocoon (Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive)
- Dredge (Black Salt Games/Team 17)
- Pizza Tower (Tour de Pizza)
- Venba (Visai Games)
- Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing)
Best Debut Game (discontinued)
2020
- Phasmophobia – Kinetic Games (Winner)
- Carrion – Phobia Game Studio (Nominee)
- Mortal Shell – Cold Symmetry (Nominee)
- Raji: An Ancient Epic – Nodding Heads Games (Nominee)
- Röki – Polygon Treehouse (Nominee)
Fresh Indie Game (discontinued)
2019
- Disco Elysium – ZA/UM (Winner)
- Gris – Nomada Studio (Nominee)
- My Friend Pedro – DeadToast Entertainment (Nominee)
- Outer Wilds – Mobius Digital (Nominee)
- Slay the Spire – MegaCrit (Nominee)
- Untitled Goose Game – House House (Nominee)
Best Community Support
2019
- Destiny 2 – Bungie (Winner)
- Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment (Nominee)
- Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix (Nominee)
- Fortnite – Epic Games (Nominee)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Ubisoft (Nominee)
2020
- Fall Guys – Mediatonic (Winner)
- Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment (Nominee)
- Destiny 2 – Bungie (Nominee)
- Fortnite – Epic Games (Nominee)
- No Man’s Sky – Hello Games (Nominee)
- Valorant – Riot Games (Nominee)
2021
- Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix (Winner)
- Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment (Nominee)
- Destiny 2: Beyond Light – Bungie (Nominee)
- Fortnite – Epic Games (Nominee)
- No Man’s Sky – Hello Games (Nominee)
2022
- Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix (Winner)
- Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment (Nominee)
- Destiny 2 – Bungie (Nominee)
- Fortnite – Epic Games (Nominee)
- No Man’s Sky – Hello Games (Nominee)
2023
- Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios (Winner)
- Cyberpunk 2077 – CD Projekt Red (Nominee)
- Destiny 2 – Bungie (Nominee)
- Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix (Nominee)
- No Man’s Sky – Hello Games (Nominee)
Student Game Award / Best Student Game (discontinued)
2017
- Level Squared – Kip Brennan, Stephen Scoglio, and Dane Perry Svendsen, Swinburne University (Winner)
- Falling Sky – Jonathon Nielssen, Noklay Savov, and Mohsen Sha, National Film and Television School (Nominee)
- From Light – Alejandro Grossman, Steven li, and Sherveen Uduwana, University of Southern California (Nominee)
- Hollowed – Erin Marek, Jerrick Flores, and Charley Choucard, University of Central Florida (Nominee)
- Impulsion – Jugo Verger, Remi Bertrand, and Maxime Lupinski, Institut de l’Inernet et du Multimedia (Nominee)
- Meaning – Hariz Yet, DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore (Nominee)
2018
- Combat 2018 – Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (Winner)
- Dash Quasar – UC Santa Cruz (Nominee)
- JERA – DigiPen Bilbao, Spain (Nominee)
- LIFF – ISART Digital (Nominee)
- RE: Charge – MIT (Nominee)
Most Anticipated Game
2014
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – CD Projekt Red (Winner)
- Batman: Arkham Knight – Rocksteady Studios (Nominee)
- Bloodborne – FromSoftware (Nominee)
- Evolve – Turtle Rock Studios (Nominee)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog (Nominee)
2015
- No Man’s Sky – Hello Games (Winner)
- Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerilla Games (Nominee)
- Quantum Break – Remedy Entertainment (Nominee)
- The Last Guardian – genDESIGN (Nominee)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog (Nominee)
2016
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo EPD (Winner)
- God of War – Santa Monica Studio (Nominee)
- Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerilla Games (Nominee)
- Mass Effect: Andromeda – BioWare (Nominee)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Studios (Nominee)
2017
- The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog (Winner)
- God of War – Santa Monica Studio (Nominee)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
- Monster Hunter: World – Capcom (Nominee)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games (Nominee)
2020
- Elden Ring – FromSoftware (Winner)
- God of War Ragnarök – Santa Monica (Nominee)
- Halo Infinite – 343 Industries (Nominee)
- Horizon Forbidden West – Guerilla Games (Nominee)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Resident Evil Village – Capcom (Nominee)
2021
- Elden Ring – FromSoftware (Winner)
- God of War Ragnarök – Santa Monica Studio (Nominee)
- Horizon Forbidden West – Guerilla Games (Nominee)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo (Nominee)
- Starfield – Bethesda Game Studios (Nominee)
2022
- The Legend of Zelda – Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo (Winner)
- FINAL FANTASY XVI – Square Enix (Nominee)
- Hogwarts Legacy – Avalanche Software (Nominee)
- Resident Evil 4 – Capcom (Nominee)
- Starfield – Bethesda Game Studios (Nominee)
2023
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – Square Enix (Winner)
- Hades II – Supergiant Games (Nominee)
- Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth – Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega (Nominee)
- Star Wars Outlaws – Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft (Nominee)
- Tekken 8 – Bandai Namco/Arika (Nominee)
Best eSports Player / eSports Player of the Year (discontinued)
2014
- Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag (Winner)
- Christopher “GeT RiGhT” Alesund (Nominee)
- Martin “Rekkles” Larsson (Nominee)
- James “Firebat” Kostesich (Nominee)
- Xu “Fy” Linsen (Nominee)
2015
- Kenny “KennyS” Schrub – Team EnVyUs, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Winner)
- Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok – SK Telecom T1, League of Legends (Nominee)
- Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer – Fnatic, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Nominee)
- Peter “ppd” Dager – Evil Geniuses, Dota 2 (Nominee)
- Syed Sumail “Suma1L” Hassan – Evil Geniuses, Dota 2 (Nominee)
2016
- Marcelo “Coldzera” David – SK Gaming, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Winner)
- Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok – SK Telecom T1, League of Legends (Nominee)
- Hyun “ByuN” Woo – Starcraft II (Nominee)
- Lee “Infiltration” Seon-woo – Team Razer, Street Fighter V (Nominee)
- Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma – Team Liquid, Super Smash Bros. Melee (Nominee)
2017
- Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok, SK Telecom T1, League of Legends (Winner)
- Marcelo “coldzera” David, SK Gaming, Counter-Strike: GO (Nominee)
- Nikola “NiKo” Kovač, FaZe Clan, Counter-Strike: GO (Nominee)
- Ryu “ryujehong” Je-hong, Seoul Dynasty, Overwatch (Nominee)
2018
- Dominique “SonicFox” McLean, Echo Fox (Winner)
- Sung-hygeon “JjoNak” Bang, New York Excelsior (Nominee)
- Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, Natus Vincere (Nominee)
- Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi, Echo Fox (Nominee)
- Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao, Royal Never Give Up (Nominee)
2019
- Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf, Fortnite (Winner)
- Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Nominee)
- Luka “Perkz” Perkovic, League of Legends (Nominee)
- Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok, SK Telecom T1 (Nominee)
- Jay “Sinatraa” Won, San Francisco Shock (Nominee)
2021
- Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Winner)
- Chris “Simp” Lehr (Nominee)
- Heo “ShowMaker” Su (Nominee)
- Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov (Nominee)
- Tyson “TenZ” Ngo (Nominee)
Best eSports Coach
2018
- Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu, Cloud9 (Winner)
- Christian “ppasarel” Banaseanu, OG (Nominee)
- Dylan Falco, Fnatic (Nominee)
- Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi, Team Vitality (Nominee)
- Janko “YNk” Paunovic, MiBR (Nominee)
- Danny “zonic” Sorensen, Astralis (Nominee)
2019
- Danny “Zonic” Sorensen, Astralis (Winner)
- Eric “adreN” Hoag, Team Liquid (Nominee)
- Nu-ri “Cain” Jang, Team Liquid (Nominee)
- Kim “Kkoma” Jeong-gyun, SK Telecom T1 (Nominee)
- Fabian “GrabbZ” Lohmann, G2 eSports (Nominee)
- Titouan “Sockskha” Merloz, OG (Nominee)
2020
- Danny “Zonic” Sorensen, Astralis (Winner)
- Lee “Zefa” Jae-min, League of Legends (Nominee)
- Fabian “Grabbz” Lohmann, G2 Esports (Nominee)
- Raymond “rambo” Lussier (Nominee)
- Dae-hee “Crusty” Park (Nominee)
2021
- Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun (Winner)
- Airat “Silent” Gaziev (Nominee)
- Andrey “Engh” Sholokhov (Nominee)
- Andrei “B1ad3” Horodenskyi (Nominee)
- James “Crowder” Crowder (Nominee)
2022
- Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (Winner)
- Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi (Nominee)
- Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren (Nominee)
- Robert “RobbaN” Dahlström (Nominee)
- Go “Score” Dong-bin (Nominee)
2023
- Christine “potter” Chi (Winner)
- Danny “zonic” Sorensen (Nominee)
- Jordan “Gunba” Graham (Nominee)
- Remy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam (Nominee)
- Yoon “Homme” Sung-young (Nominee)
Best eSports Team / eSports Team of the Year
2014
- Ninjas in Pyjamas (Winner)
- Edward Gaming (Nominee)
- Evil Geniuses (Nominee)
- Newbee (Nominee)
- Samsung White (Nominee)
2015
- OpTic Gaming (Winner)
- Evil Geniuses (Nominee)
- Fnatic (Nominee)
- SK Telecom T1 (Nominee)
- Team SoloMid (Nominee)
2016
- Cloud9 (Winner)
- SK Telecom T1 (Nominee)
- Wings Gaming (Nominee)
- SK Gaming (Nominee)
- ROX Tigers (Nominee)
2017
- Cloud9 (Winner)
- FaZe Clan (Nominee)
- Lunatic-Hai (Nominee)
- SK Telecom T1 (Nominee)
- Team Liquid (Nominee)
2018
- Cloud9 (Winner)
- Astralis (Nominee)
- Fnatic (Nominee)
- London Spitfire (Nominee)
- OG (Nominee)
2019
- G2 Esports (Winner)
- Astralis (Nominee)
- OG (Nominee)
- San Francisco Shock (Nominee)
- Team Liquid (Nominee)
2020
- G2 Esports (Winner)
- Call of Duty League (Nominee)
- Damwon Gaming (Nominee)
- San Francisco Shock (Nominee)
- Team Secret (Nominee)
2021
- Natus Vincere – Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Winner)
- DAMWON KIA – League of Legends (Nominee)
- Atlanta FaZe – Call of Duty (Nominee)
- Sentinels – Valorant (Nominee)
- Team Spirit – Dota 2 (Nominee)
2022
- LOUD – Valorant (Winner)
- DarkZero Esports – Apex Legends (Nominee)
- FaZe Clan – Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Nominee)
- Gen.G – League of Legends (Nominee)
- LA Thieves (Call of Duty)
2023
- JD Gaming – League of Legends (Winner)
- Evil Geniuses – Valorant (Nominee)
- Fnatic – Valorant (Nominee)
- Gaimin Gladiators – Dota 2 (Nominee)
- Team Vitality – Counter-Strike (Nominee)
Best eSports Game / eSports Game of the Year
2015
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – Valve (Winner)
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer Games (Nominee)
- Dota 2 – Valve (Nominee)
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard Entertainment (Nominee)
- League of Legends – Riot Games (Nominee)
2016
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment (Winner)
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – Valve (Nominee)
- Dota 2 – Valve (Nominee)
- League of Legends – Riot Games (Nominee)
- Street Fighter V – Capcom (Nominee)
2017
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment (Winner)
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – Valve (Nominee)
- Dota 2 – Valve (Nominee)
- League of Legends – Riot Games (Nominee)
- Rocket League – Psionix (Nominee)
2018
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment (Winner)
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – Valve (Nominee)
- Dota 2 – Valve (Nominee)
- Fortnite – Epic Games (Nominee)
- League of Legends – Riot Games (Nominee)
2019
- League of Legends – Riot Games (Winner)
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – Valve (Nominee)
- Dota 2 – Valve (Nominee)
- Fortnite – Epic Games (Nominee)
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment (Nominee)
2020
- League of Legends – Riot Games (Winner)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Infinity Ward (Nominee)
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – Valve (Nominee)
- Fortnite – Epic Games (Nominee)
- Valorant – Riot Games (Nominee)
2021
- League of Legends – Riot Games (Winner)
- Call of Duty – Activision (Nominee)
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – Valve (Nominee)
- Dota 2 – Valve (Nominee)
- Valorant – Riot Games (Nominee)
2022
- Valorant – Riot Games (Winner)
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – Valve (Nominee)
- Dota 2 – Valve (Nominee)
- League of Legends – Riot Games (Nominee)
- Rocket League – Psyonix (Nominee)
2023
- Counter-Strike 2 – Valve (Winner)
- Dota 2 – Valve (Nominee)
- League of Legends – Riot Games (Nominee)
- PUBG Mobile – LightSpeed Studios/Tencent Games (Nominee)
- Valorant – Riot Games (Nominee)
Best eSports Event
2018
- 2018 League of Legends World Championship (Winner)
- 2018 Overwatch League Grand Finals (Nominee)
- ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 (Nominee)
- Evo 2018 (Nominee)
- The International 2018 (Nominee)
2019
- 2019 League of Legends World Championship (Winner)
- 2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals (Nominee)
- EVO 2019 (Nominee)
- Fortnite World Cup (Nominee)
- IEM Katowice 2019 (Nominee)
- The International 2019 (Nominee)
2020
- 2020 League of Legends World Championship (Winner)
- 2020 Overwatch League Grand Finals (Nominee)
- BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals (Nominee)
- Call of Duty League Championship 2020 (Nominee)
- IEM Katowice 2020 (Nominee)
2021
- 2021 League of Legends World Championship (Winner)
- The International 10 (Nominee)
- PGL Major Stockholm 2021 (Nominee)
- PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020 (Nominee)
- 2021 Valorant Champions (Nominee)
2022
- 2022 League of Legends World Championship (Winner)
- EVO 2022 (Nominee)
- PGL Major Antwerp 2022 (Nominee)
- The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational (Nominee)
2023
- 2023 League of Legends World Championship (Winner)
- Blast.tv Paris Major 2023 (Nominee)
- EVO 2023 (Nominee)
- The International Dota 2 Championships 2023 (Nominee)
- VALORANT Champions 2023 (Nominee)
Best eSports Host (discontinued)
2018
- Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere (Winner)
- Anders Blume (Nominee)
- Paul “Redeye” Chaloner (Nominee)
- Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez (Nominee)
- Alex “Machine” Richardson (Nominee)
2019
- Eeje “Sjokz” Depoortere (Winner)
- Paul “Redeye” Chaloner (Nominee)
- Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez (Nominee)
- Alex “Machine” Richardson (Nominee)
- Duan “Candice” Yu-Shuang (Nominee)
2020
- Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere (Winner)
- Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez (Nominee)
- Alex “Machine” Richardson (Nominee)
- James “Dash” Patterson (Nominee)
- Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden (Nominee)
Best eSports Moment (discontinued)
2018
- ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018, Cloud9 comeback win in triple OT vs Faze (Winner)
- League of Legends World Championship, G2 beating RNG (Nominee)
- League of Legends World Championship, KT vs IG base race (Nominee)
- The International 2018, OG’s massive upset of LGD (Nominee)
- Evo 2018, SonicFox side switch against Go1 (Nominee)
Best eSports Athlete
2020
- Heo “Showmaker” Su, League of Legends (Winner)
- Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro, Call of Duty League (Nominee)
- Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu, League of Legends (Nominee)
- Matthieu “ZywOo” Herbaut, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Nominee)
- Ian “Crimsix” Porter, Call of Duty League (Nominee)
2022
- Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker, Valorant (Winner)
- Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon (Nominee)
- Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (Nominee)
- Finn “karrigan” Andersen (Nominee)
- Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Nominee)
2023
- Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok – League of Legends (Winner)
- Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut – CS:GO (Nominee)
- Max “Demon1” Mazanov – Valorant (Nominee)
- Paco “HyDra” Rusiewiez – Call of Duty (Nominee)
- Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk – League of Legends (Nominee)
- Phillip ”ImperialHal” Dosen – Apex Legends (Nominee)
Trending Gamer (discontinued)
2014
- TotalBiscuit (Winner)
- Evan “Vanoss” Fong (Nominee)
- PewDiePie (Nominee)
- Jeff Gerstmann (Nominee)
- StampyLongHead (Nominee)
2015
- Greg Miller (Winner)
- Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles (Nominee)
- Markiplier (Nominee)
- PewDiePie (Nominee)
2016
- Boogie2988 (Winner)
- AngryJoeShow (Nominee)
- Danny O’Dwyer (Nominee)
- Lirik (Nominee)
- JackSepticEye (Nominee)
2017
- Guy “Dr DisRespect” Beahm (Winner)
- Andrea Rene (Nominee)
- Clint “Halfcoordinated” Lexa (Nominee)
- Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek (Nominee)
- Steven Spohn (Nominee)
Content Creator of the Year
2018
- Ninja (Winner)
- DrLupo (Nominee)
- Pokimane (Nominee)
- Willyrex (Nominee)
2019
- Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek
- Jack “Courage” Dunlop
- Benjamin “Dr. Lupo” Lupo
- David “Grefg” Martinez
- Soleil “Ewok” Wheeler
2020
- Rachel “Valkyrae” Hofstetter (Winner)
- Timothy “TimTheTatman” Betar (Nominee)
- Nick “Nickmercs” Kolcheff (Nominee)
- Jay-Ann Lopez (Nominee)
- Alanah Pearce (Nominee)
2021
- Dream (Winner)
- Leslie “Fuslie” Fu (Nominee)
- Alexandre “Gaules” Borba (Nominee)
- Ibai Llanos (Nominee)
- David “TheGrefg” Cánovas (Nominee)
2022
- Ludwig (Winner)
- Karl Jacobs (Nominee)
- Nibellion (Nominee)
- Nobru (Nominee)
- QTCinderella (Nominee)
2023
- IronMouse (Winner)
- PeopleMakeGames (Nominee)
- Quackity (Nominee)
- Spreen (Nominee)
- SypherPK (Nominee)
Players’ Voice
2019
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses – Intelligent Systems (Winner)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Sora Ltd. (Nominee)
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Respawn Entertainment (Nominee)
- Death Stranding – Kojima Productions (Nominee)
2020
- Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch Productions (Winner)
- The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog (Nominee)
- Doom Eternal – id Software (Nominee)
- Hades – Supergiant Games (Nominee)
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
2021
- Halo Infinite – 343 Industries (Winner)
- Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games (Nominee)
- It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios (Nominee)
- Metroid Dread – MercurySteam (Nominee)
- Resident Evil Village – Capcom (Nominee)
2022
- Genshin Impact – miHoYo (Winner)
- Elden Ring – FromSoftware (Nominee)
- God of War Ragnarök – Santa Monica Studio (Nominee)
- Sonic Frontiers – Sonic Team/SEGA (Nominee)
- Stray – BlueTwelve Studio (Nominee)
2023
- Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios (Winner)
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty – CD Projekt Red (Nominee)
- Genshin Impact – miHoYo (Nominee)
- Spider-Man 2 – Insomniac Games (Nominee)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo EPD (Nominee)
Best Fan Creation (discontinued)
2014
- Twitch Plays Pokémon (Winner)
- Luigi Death Stare – CZBwoi and Rizupicoor (Nominee)
- It’s Dangerous to Go Alone – Starbomb (Nominee)
- Minecraft Titan City – Colonial Puppet (Nominee)
- Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song) – Tobuscus (Nominee)
2015
- Portal Stories: Mel – Prism Studios (Winner)
- GTA V Targets – Hoodoo Operator (Nominee)
- Real GTA – Corridor Digital (Nominee)
- Twitch Plays Dark Souls – Twitch (Nominee)
2016
- Enderal: The Shards of Order (Winner)
- Brutal Doom 64 (Nominee)
Best Adaptation
2022
- Arcane: League of Legends – Fortiche / Riot Games / Netflix (Winner)
- Cyberpunk Edgerunners – Studio Trigger / CD Projekt / Netflix (Nominee)
- The Cuphead Show! – Studio MDHR / King Features Syndicate / Netflix (Nominee)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – SEGA Sammy Group / Paramount Pictures (Nominee)
- Uncharted – PlayStation Productions (Nominee)
2023
- The Last of Us – PlayStation Productions/HBO (Winner)
- Castlevania: Nocturne – Powerhouse Animation/Netflix (Nominee)
- Gran Turismo – PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures (Nominee)
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie – Illumination/Nintendo/Universal Pictures (Nominee)
- Twisted Metal – PlayStation Productions/Peacock (Nominee)
Chinese Fan Game Award (discontinued)
2017
- jx3 HD – Kingsoft Corporation (Winner)
- Honor of Kings – TiMi Studios (Nominee)
- Icey – FantaBlade Network (Nominee)
- Gumballs & Dungeons – QcPlay Limited (Nominee)
- Monument Valley 2 – Ustwo games (Nominee)