Mick's Definitive 2016 GAME OF THE YEAR Thread ***Poll Added!***

[Madmick]

Gamespot > The 2017 DICE Awards Winners Here

IGN streamed the awards ceremony here:


Here was IGN's full 6-hour broadcast of the summit, not the ceremony:




20th Annual DICE Awards Nominees Announced

---> Official Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Press Release (PDF) <---
---> Official Full List of Nominees here (PDF) <---
"The Academy Awards of the Videogame Industry"​

LOS ANGELES – January 12, 2017 – The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) is pleased to announce the nominees for its 20th D.I.C.E. Awards celebration, co-hosted by Greg Miller, co-founder of internet video and podcast Kinda Funny, and Jessica Chobot of Nerdist News. Academy members will begin voting for the video game industry’s premier peer-based awards show Friday, Jan. 13 at 5 PM PST.
The winners will be revealed at the Awards ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 23, at The Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas after the 2017 D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit (#DICE2017). The awards ceremony will stream live in its entirety beginning at 7:30pm PT/10:30pm ET via live.interactive.org.

• 13 = Maximum Possible Nominations, 2017
  • possibly 14 for a VR game-- I'm unclear
  • technically, you can add +4 to this possible maximum as games aren't limited to a single nomination within the "Outstanding Achievement in Character" category, but no single game has ever achieved more than two nominations in this category: even when it was split between male/female.

20th D.I.C.E. Awards Finalists
Fifty-six games received a D.I.C.E. nomination, representing a range of different platforms from teams of developers both large and small. The blockbuster game Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End leads the pack with ten nominations and indie darling Inside received 9 nominations. Several games received multiple nods, including: Battlefield 1 with eight nominations; The Last Guardian with seven nominations; Firewatch and Overwatch with six nominations; and Titanfall 2 with four nominations.

GAME OF THE YEAR

• Battlefield 1 (EA DICE)
• INSIDE (Playdead)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Pokémon Go (Niantic)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog)

Spoiler: Other GAME OF THE YEAR Nominees

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-- PLATFORM CATEGORIES --
(categories in this section are mutually exclusive, i.e. 1 nomination max per game)

Handheld Game of the Year

• Dragon Quest Builders (Square Enix)
• Fire Emblem™ Fates (Nintendo; Intelligent Systems)
• Kirby: Planet Robobot (Laboratory; Nintendo)
• Pokémon Sun and Moon (GAME FREAK INC)
• Severed (DrinkBox Studios)

Mobile Game of the Year

• Clash Royale (Supercell)
• Crashlands (Butterscotch Shenanigans)
• Gardenscapes - New Acres (Playrix Games)
• Pokémon Go (Niantic)
• Reigns (Nerial)

Immersive Reality (VR) Game of the Year

• Eagle Flight (FunHouse)
• I Expect You To Die (Schell Games)
• Job Simulator (Owlchemy Labs)
• The Lab (Valve)
• SUPERHOT VR (SUPERHOT Sp. z o.o.)

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay

• Battlefield 1 (EA DICE)
• Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment)
• Tom Clancy’s The Division (Ubisoft)

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-- GENRE CATEGORIES --
(categories in this section are mutually exclusive, i.e. 1 nomination max per game)

Action Game of the Year

• Battlefield 1 (EA DICE)
• DOOM (iD Software)
• Gears of War 4 (The Coalition)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment)

Adventure Game of the Year

• Firewatch (Campo Santo)
• INSIDE (Playdead)
• King's Quest: The Complete Collection (The Odd Gentlemen)
• The Last Guardian (SIE Japan Studio)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog)

Family Game of the Year

• Dragon Quest Builders (Square Enix)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (TT Games)
• Ratchet and Clank (Insomniac Games)
• Rock Band Rivals (Harmonix Music Systems)
• Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo)

Fighting Game of the Year

• EA Sports UFC 2 (EA Canada)
• Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- (Arc System Works)
• Killer Instinct: Season 3 (Iron Galaxy)
• Pokkén Tournament (BANDAI NAMCO)
• Street Fighter V (Capcom)

Racing Game of the Year

• DRIVECLUB VR (Evolution Studios)
• Forza Horizon 3 (Playground Games)

Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

• Dark Souls III (FromSoftware)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos Montreal)
• Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine)
• Tom Clancy’s The Division (Ubisoft)
• World of Warcraft: Legion (Blizzard Entertainment)

Sports Game of the Year

• EA Sports FIFA (EA Canada)
• Madden NFL 17 (EA Tiburon)
• MLB The Show 16 (SIE San Diego Studio)
• NBA 2K17 (Visual Concepts)
• Steep (Ubisoft Annecy)

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

• The Banner Saga 2 (Stoic Studio)
• Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
• Fire Emblem™ Fates (Nintendo; Intelligent Systems)
• Sid Meier's Civilization VI (Firaxis Games)
• XCOM 2 (Firaxis Games)

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-- TECHNICAL & CREATIVE CATEGORIES --
(Categories in this section are mutually inclusive, i.e. unlimited nominations per game)

D.I.C.E. Sprite (Innovation) Award

• 1979 Revolution: Black Friday (iNK Stories)
• Firewatch (Campo Santo)
• INSIDE (Playdead)
• SUPERHOT VR (SUPERHOT Sp. z o.o.)
• That Dragon, Cancer (Numinous Games)

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

• I Expect You To Die (Schell Games)
• INSIDE (Playdead)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Owlboy (D-Pad Studio)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog)

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

• 1979 Revolution: Black Friday (iNK Stories)
• Battlefield 1 (EA DICE)
• INSIDE (Playdead)
• The Last Guardian (SIE Japan Studio)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog)

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Battlefield 1 (EA DICE)
• Firewatch (Campo Santo)
• INSIDE (Playdead)
• The Last Guardian (SIE Japan Studio)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog)

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

• INSIDE (Playdead)
• The Last Guardian (SIE Japan Studio)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Street Fighter V (Capcom)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog)

Outstanding Achievement in Character

• Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - Nick Reyes (Infinity Ward)
• Firewatch - Delilah (Campo Santo)
• Firewatch - Henry (Campo Santo)
• The Last Guardian - Trico (SIE Japan Studio)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Nathan Drake (Naughty Dog)

Outstanding Achievement in Story

• Firewatch (Campo Santo)
• INSIDE (Playdead)
• Oxenfree (Night School Studio)
• That Dragon, Cancer (Numinous Games)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog)

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

• ABZÛ (Giant Squid)
• Battlefield 1 (EA DICE)
• DOOM (iD Software)
• The Last Guardian (SIE Japan Studio)
• Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment)

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

• Battlefield 1 (EA DICE)
• INSIDE (Playdead)
• The Last Guardian (SIE Japan Studio)
• Quantum Break (Remedy Entertainment)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog)

Outstanding Technical Achievement

• Battlefield 1 (EA DICE)
• No Man's Sky (Hello Games)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog)

Immersive Reality (VR) Technical Achievement

• Eagle Flight (FunHouse)
• I Expect You To Die (Schell Games)
• Job Simulator (Owlchemy Labs)
• SUPERHOT VR (SUPERHOT Sp. z o.o.)
• Tilt Brush (Google)

Previous year's threads:
2016: 19th Annual DICE Awards Announced!
2015: Game of the Year--> 2015 DICE Awards: Academy Awards of Gaming

 

[Madmick]

Well, this year, tallying the wins by game, developer, and publisher reveals perhaps one truth: why Sony is winning the console war. Despite the fact that the Xbox One has supplied a more stable gaming network, delivered better premium bonuses & services with membership, built far superior HTPC functionality into their console, and dropped the price to beat Sony's refreshed "Pro" console with their own Xbox One S release...they continue to lose the console war.

Why? Games. Games, games, games. Sony humiliated both Nintendo and Microsoft this year in the Publisher showing. Only Electronic Arts kept pace.



MOST WINS (Game)

• 4 -- Overwatch
• 4 -- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
• 3 -- INSIDE

MOST NOMINATIONS (Game)

• 10 -- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
• 9 -- INSIDE
• 8 -- Battlefield 1
• 7 -- The Last Guardian
• 6 -- Overwatch
• 6 -- Firewatch
• 4 -- Titanfall 2
• 3 -- SUPERHOT VR
• 3 -- I Expect You to Die
• 2 -- Pokémon Go
• 2 -- Street Fighter V
• 2 -- DOOM
• 2 -- Tom Clancy's The Division
• 2 -- Dragon Quest Builders
• 2 -- Fire Emblem Fates
• 2 -- 1979 Revolution: Black Friday
• 2 -- Eagle Flight
• 2 -- That Dragon, Cancer
• 2 -- Job Simulator

MOST WINS (Developer)

• 4 -- Blizzard Entertainment
• 4 -- Naughty Dog
• 3 -- Playdead

MOST NOMINATIONS (Developer)

• 10 -- Naughty Dog
• 9 -- Playdead
• 8 -- Blizzard Entertainment
• 8 -- EA DICE
• 7 -- SIE Japan Studio
• 6 -- Campo Santo
• 4 -- Respawn Entertainment
• 3 -- Square Enix
• 3 -- SUPERHOT Sp. z o.o.
• 3 -- Schell Games

MOST WINS (Publisher)

• 6 -- Sony Interactive Entertainment America
  
• 4 -- Blizzard Entertainment
• 3 -- Playdead

MOST NOMINATIONS (Publisher)

• 20 -- Sony Interactive Entertainment America
• 15 -- Electronic Arts
• 9 -- Playdead
• 8 -- Blizzard Entertainment
• 6 -- Nintendo of America
  
• 6 -- Panic / Campo Santo
• 5 -- Ubisoft
• 4 -- Square Enix
• 4 -- Microsoft Studios

*Italics indicate a person: an independent developer

 

[Madmick]

17TH ANNUAL
GAME DEVELOPER CHOICE AWARDS
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...opers-choice-award-nominations-300385591.html
The collective opinion of those people who actually make the games, and know what it takes. Unlike with other ceremonies, where I imagine the bling of spectacle often impresses over engineering, I doubt cheap tricks of coding ever play very well at this event...unless you thought of them first.

GAME OF THE YEAR

• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
• Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)

Honorable Mentions: Doom (id Software / Bethesda Softworks), The Witness (Thekla), Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)


Best Handheld/Mobile Game

• Super Mario Run (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Clash Royale (Supercell)
• Pokemon Go (Niantic)
• Reigns (Nerial / Devolver Digital)
• Pokemon Sun/Moon (Game Freak / The Pokemon Company)

Honorable Mentions: Mini Metro (Dinosaur Polo Club), Severed (DrinkBox Studios), Deus Ex: Go (Square Enix Montreal / Square Enix), Fire Emblem Fates (Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD / Nintendo), Imbroglio (Michael Brough), Swap Sword (AP Thomson and Diego Garcia)


Best Debut

• Heart Machine (Hyper Light Drifter)
• Campo Santo (Firewatch)
• ConcernedApe (Stardew Valley)
• Drool (Thumper)
• Night School Studio (Oxenfree)

Honorable Mentions: SUPERHOT Team (SUPERHOT), Numinous Games (That Dragon, Cancer), Giant Squid Studios (Abzu), Ghost Town Games (Overcooked), iNK Stories (1979 Revolution: Black Friday)


*****


Innovation Award

• The Witness (Thekla)
• Inside (Playdead)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
• Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
• Pokemon Go (Niantic)

Honorable Mentions: That Dragon, Cancer (Numinous Games), The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Superhot (Superhot Team), Thumper (Drool), Quadrilateral Cowboy (Blendo Games)


Best Audio

• Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts)
• Thumper (Drool)
• Doom (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)

Honorable Mentions: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Rez Infinite (Monstars / Enhance Games), Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine), Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic), Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks), The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)


Best Design

• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
• The Witness (Thekla)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Doom (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)

Honorable Mentions: Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts), Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Dark Souls III (From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment), Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic), Hitman (IO Interactive / Square Enix)


Best Technology

• Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts)
• No Man's Sky (Hello Games)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Doom (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Honorable Mentions: Inside (Playdead), Pokemon Go (Niantic), The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks), The Witness (Thekla)


Best Visual Art

• Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
• The Last Guardian (Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Inside (Playdead)

Honorable Mentions: The Witness (Thekla), Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), Abzu (Giant Squid Studios), Thumper (Drool), Doom (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)


Best Narrative

• The Last Guardian (Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Oxenfree (Night School Studio)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)

Honorable Mentions: That Dragon, Cancer (Numinous Games), Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks), The Witcher 3: Blood & Wine (CD Projekt RED / CD Projekt), Kentucky Route Zero - Act IV (Cardboard Computer), Mafia III (Hangar 13 / 2K Games)


Best VR/AR Game

• Rez Infinite (Monstars / Enhance Games)
• Superhot VR (SUPERHOT Team)
• Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives (Owlchemy Labs)
• Pokemon Go (Niantic)
• Fantastic Contraption (Radial Games / Northway Games)

Honorable Mentions: Thumper (Drool), Superhypercube (Kokoromi / Polytron Corporation), Batman Arkham VR (Rocksteady Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment), Space Pirate Trainer (I-Illusions), The Lab (Valve)


*****

AUDIENCE AWARD
Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts)


*****


AMBASSADOR AWARD

• Mark DeLoura

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• Jordan Mechner
• Tim Sweeney

 

[Madmick]

http://thegameawards.com/

The last of the de facto "Triple Crown" of industry awards for gaming. This one was founded by Gametrailer's Geoff Keighley. It was reforged from the dissolution of the "Spike Videogame Awards" following the epic embarrassment of the 2013 ceremony in which host Joel McHale appeared to repeatedly condescend to gamers, and which was universally panned as an obviously corrupt pageant designed to create as many awards as possible with no integrity for which games actually deserved one.

Its image is still recovering from that debacle, and its prestige shouldn't be regarded on the same level as ANY of the other ceremonies & awards listed in this thread. All are engines for commercialism, essentially, but this one crossed the line, and it isn't even yet clear if it is sincere in attempting to earn its way back. Evidence is that it's repeating an infamous mistake from 2013: awarding the Action GOTY award to DOOM when that game already lost the greater and less restrictive overall GOTY to Overwatch. It gives the Action/Adventure award to Dishonored 2 over Uncharted despite that the former wasn't nominated for the overall GOTY award, and the latter was.

This is just such an obvious ploy to create a sticker that says "GOTY" for twice as many titles to put on the box. The only reason I include this ceremony is because of its visibility, and to take the opportunity to impugn it as I have in these paragraphs for its transparent marketing schemes.

GAME OF THE YEAR

• DOOM
• INSIDE
• Overwatch
• Titanfall 2
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Best Mobile/Handheld Game

• Clash Royale
• Fire Emblem Fates
• Monster Hunter Generations
• Pokémon Go
• Severed

Best VR Game

• Batman: Arkham VR
• Eve Valkyrie
• Job Simulator
• Rez Infinite
• Thumper

Best Independent Game

• Firewatch
• Hyper Light Drifter
• INSIDE
• Stardew Valley
• The Witness

Games for Impact Award

• 1979 Revolution
• Block'Hood
• Orwell
• Sea Hero Quest
• That Dragon, Cancer

****

Best Studio / Game Direction

• Blizzard (Overwatch)
• EA DICE (Battlefield 1)
• ID Software (DOOM)
• Naughty Dog (Uncharted 4: A Thief's End)
• Respawn Entertainment (Titanfall 2)

Best Art Direction

• ABZU
• Firewatch
• INSIDE
• Overwatch
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Best Music / Sound Design

• Battlefield 1
• DOOM
• INSIDE
• Rez Infinite
• Thumper

Best Narrative

• Firewatch
• INSIDE
• Mafia III
• Oxenfree
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Best Performance

• Alex Hernandez (Lincoln Clay -- Mafia III)
• Cissy Jones (Delilah -- Firewatch)
• Emily Rose (Elena -- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End)
• Nolan North (Nathan Drake -- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End)
• Rich Sommer (Henry -- Firewatch)
• Troy Baker (Sam Drake -- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End)

*****

GENRE AWARDS


Best Action Game

• Battlefield 1
• DOOM
• Gears of War 4
• Overwatch
• Titanfall 2

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Dishonored 2
• Hitman
• Hyper Light Drifter
• Ratchet & Clank
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Best Role Playing Game

• Dark Souls 3
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt -- Blood & Wine
• World of Warcraft: Legion
• Xenoblade Chronicles

Best Fighting Game

• Killer Instinct Season 3
• King of Fighters XIV
• Pokken Tournament
• Street Fighter V

Best Family Game

• Dragon Quest Builders
• LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• Pokémon Go
• Ratchet & Clank
• Skylanders: Imagination

Best Strategy Game

• Civilization VI
• Fire Emblem Fates
• The Banner Saga 2
• Total War: Warhammer
• XCOM-2

Best Sports/Racing Game

• FIFA 17
• Forza Horizon 3
• MLB The Show 16
• NBA 2K17
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2017

Best Multiplayer Game

• Battlefield 1
• Gears of War 4
• Overwatch
• Rainbox Six Siege
• Titanfall 2

*****

FAN'S CHOICE


Best eSports Game

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Dota 2
• League of Legends
• Overwatch
• Street Fighter V

 

[Madmick]

https://www.esportsindustryawards.com/esportsawards2016/home
Into competitive gaming? Online multiplayer? PvP? This is your stop.

eSports GAME OF THE YEAR

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Activision)
  
• CS: GO (Valve)
• Dota 2 (Valve)
• Halo 5: Guardians (Microsoft)
• Hearthstone (Blizzard Entertainment)
  
• Heroes of the Storm (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
  
• League of Legends (Riot Games)
• Rocket League (Psyonix)
• Smite (Hi-Rez Studios)
  
• Starcraft III (Blizzard Entertainment)
  
• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo)
• Street Fighter V (Capcom)

eSports New Game of the Year (Fan Vote)

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Activision)
• FIFA 16 (EA)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
  
• Rocket League (Psyonix)
• Street Fighter V (Capcom)
• Vainglory (Super Evil Megacorp)

eSports Publisher of the Year

• Activision
• Blizzard Entertainment
• Capcom
• Codemasters
  
• EA
• Nintendo
• Psyonix
• Riot Games
  
• Sony Computer Entertainment
  
• Ubisoft
• Valve Corporation

 

[Madmick]

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5

Giant Bomb remains the single most respected reviewer publication in the industry thanks to its legendary chief, Jeff Gerstmann, who abdicated the single most profitable position in his industry as the head of Gamespot; fortunately, his vote accounts for at least 1 of the 25 panel members for The Game Awards two posts above. He earned his name when he refused to withhold negative criticism of games produced by sponsors of the magazine. He was fired over it, and the gaming community came out the big winner because we got one the most trustworthy and gamer-driven gaming review publications that has ever existed.

Perhaps it's understandable, then, that Gerstmann famously resists delivering his content in ways that can be easily poached and packaged by third parties to sling games dishonestly by invoking things his team writes out of context.

GAME OF THE YEAR

1. Hitman
2. DOOM
3. Overwatch
4. The Witness
5. Titanfall 2
6. SUPERHOT VR
7. INSIDE
8. Hyper Light Drifter
9. Thumper
10. Stardew Valley

2016's Old Game of the Year

• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Super Mario Maker
• Quake Live

Best Debut

• Overwatch
• SUPERHOT VR
• The Witness

Best Surprise

• DOOM
• Stardew Valley
• Hitman

Best Multiplayer

• Overwatch
• Titanfall 2
• Overcooked

Best VR Experience

• Google Earth VR
• Rec Room
• Rez Infinite

Best-Looking Game

• INSIDE
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
• DOOM

Best Story

• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
• DOOM
• Firewatch

Best Music

• Furi
• DOOM
• Firewatch

Best Style

• SUPERHOT VR
• Darkest Dungeon
• DOOM

Best Moment or Sequence

• The Witness (first environmental puzzle)
• DOOM (first five minutes)
• INSIDE (that part)

Best New Character

• Helmut Kruger (Hitman)
• Trico (The Last Guardian)
• Samuel Hayden (DOOM)

Overwatch Character of the Year

• Reinhardt
• Lucio
• Pharah

Best Remaster

• Day of the Tentacle Remastered
• Odin Sphere Leifthrasir
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD

Xbox One Backwards Compatible Game of the Year

• Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
• Red Dead Redemption
• Burnout Paradise

Best Fake Computer

• Archaic
• Event[0]
• Quadrilateral Cowboy

BAD AWARDS


Worst Game of the Year

• Soviet Monsters: Ekranoplans
• Mighty No. 9
• Lost Reavers

Most Disappointing Game

• No Man's Sky
• ReCore
• Street Fighter V

Please Stop Shipping Unfinished Games on Disc

• No Man's Sky
• The Return of Bad PC Ports
• Not Providing Early Review Copies

Hottest Mess

• Palmer Luckey
• No Man's Sky
• Street Fighter V

 

[Madmick]

Metacritic: The Best Videogames of 2016
The rest of the critics aren't worthy of individual distinction and consideration, but as a group, they are usually highly useful:

GAME OF THE YEAR

1. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
2. INSIDE
3. Out of the Park Baseball 17
4. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine
5. Overwatch
6. Forza Horizon 3
7. Stephen's Sausage Roll
8. NBA 2K17
9. Kentucky Route Zero - Act IV

Best of PC

1. Out of the Park Baseball 17
2. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine
3. Overwatch
4. Stephen's Sausage Roll
5. Kentucky Route Zero - Act IV
6. Dark Souls III
7. Owlboy
8. Stardew Valley
9. Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
10. Battlefield 1

Best of PS4

1. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
2. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine
3. INSIDE
4. Overwatch
5. Out of the Park Baseball 17
6. Rez Infinite
7. Dark Souls III
8. Titanfall 2
9. Battlefield 1
10. Rise of the Tomb Raider (20 Year Celebration)
11. NBA 2K17

Best of Xbox One

1. INSIDE
2. Overwatch
3. Forza Horizon 3
4. NBA 2K17
5. Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
6. Dishonored 2
7. DOOM
8. Battlefield 1
9. Dark Souls III
10. Titanfall 2

Best of Wii U

1. Axiom Verge
2. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
3. Mutant Mudds: Super Challenge
4. Severed
5. Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
6. Jotun: Valhalla Edition
7. Pokken Tournament
8. Paper Mario: Color of Splash
9. Star Fox Guard
10. Star Fox Zero

Best of 3DS

1. Picross 3D: Round 2
2. Fire Emblem Fates: Special Edition
3. Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation
4. Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest
5. Pokemon Sun
6. Pokemon Moon
7. Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
8. Monster Hunter Generations
9. Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
10. Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Best of PS Vita

1. Steins: Gate 0
2. Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
3. X-COM: Enemy Unknown Plus
4. Severed
5. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II

Best iPhone/iPad Game

1. Super Stickman Golf 3
2. Crashlands
3. Disney Cross Road
4. Severed
5. Sorcery! 4
6. Reigns
7. Dungelot: Shattered Lands
8. Rodeo Stampede! - Sky Zoo Safari
9. Love You to Bits
10. Plants vs. Zombies Heroes
11. Clash Royale
12. Hyperburner
13. Circa Infinity
14. Deus Ex GO
15. Space Grunts
16. Legend of the Skyfish
17. Super Mario Run
18. Uncharted: Fortune Hunter
19. INKS.
20. Punch Club

 

[Madmick]

For PC gamers Total Biscuit is probably one of the three most popular and respected independent streamers/reviewers alive right now. The other two would be Boogie and Angry Joe (these guys also do console reviews). Here were their lists.


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Total Biscuit

Total Biscuit PC Game of the Year 2016

1. X-COM 2
2. DOOM
3. Civilization VI
4. SUPERHOT VR
5. Plants vs. Zombies: Heroes
6. Captain Sonar [Board Game]
7. Darkest Dungeon
8. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
9. Offworld Training Company
10. Steamworld Heist

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Boogie2988

Boogie2988 Top Games of 2016

1. Overwatch
2. DOOM
3. Pokémon Sun & Moon
4. The Last Guardian
5. INSIDE
6. Battlefield 1
7. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
8. Titanfall 2
9. Firewatch
10. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2

Runners-Up:

• Final Fantasy XV
• Pokémon Go
• Elder Scrolls Legends [Card Game]
• Until Dawn...Rush of Blood

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Angry Joe

Angry Joe Game of the Year 2016

1. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
2. Battlefield 1
3. Total War: Warhammer 2
4. Civilization VI
5. X-COM 2
6. Titanfall 2
7. DOOM
8. Overwatch
9. Final Fantasy XV
10. Forza Horizon 3

 

[Madmick]

Must admit I'm a bit surprised that Inside pulled the GOTY nomination over Dark Souls III, Titanfall 2, and X-COM 2. Appreciate that, but it also feels like the Academy trying to make up for a previous year's fuck-up in the same way the Hollywood motion picture Academy rolled out clips of a previous year's film at the ceremony for the first time in history the year following The Dark Knight's now infamous Best Picture snub. Kind of feels like a scrap thrown to less wealthy dev studios.

Nope, sorry. You can't get that Rocket League omission back, guys. Otherwise, great job this year.

 

[GhostZ06]

Handheld Game of the Year

lol completely locked up by nintendo


doom wins most of action game

 

[Madmick]

Wait for it...

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Outstanding Technical Achievement

• Battlefield 1 (EA DICE)
• No Man's Sky (Hello Games)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog)

Spoiler

No Man's Sky

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No Man's Sky

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No Man's Sky

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[Plissken]

Handheld Game of the Year

lol completely locked up by nintendo


doom wins most of action game

Wonder how they will nominate Switch games since they are both handheld and console?

 

[HeDucking]

Its a robbery if Doom doesnt win action game of the year.

I think UC4 is gonna wipe everything. Technical awards especially.

 

[dAfTiE]

Owlboy gets nominated for outstanding achievement in game design but not art? Fucking weirdos making the calls for this.

 

[Sycho Sid]

Outside of it being a massive success, why is Pokemon Go nominated for game of the year?

Yeah, it kind of introduced AR to people, but the game itself was barely even mediocre.

 

[brownfeet]

wonder who will win the sports game and the fighting game category. sports because I can see it going fifa or madden and fighting because the biggest name if you will is SFV. That game has gotten a bit of hate from the community so who knows.

 

[RJ43]

Am I wrong to assume Overwatch is going to run away with it?

 

[Schoolboy Q]

Am I wrong to assume Overwatch is going to run away with it?

If Overwatch wins GOTY

 

[Madmick]

*Edit* Forgive me, this was the live stream, and the 6PM EST was for the Summit, not the ceremony. We are still waiting on the ceremony to begin at 7:30 PST. Apparently I'm illiterate.

 

[Madmick]

Sorry about that everyone, my attention was divided, and I had the Summit streaming not realizing that it wasn't live. At first I had the time right, then confused myself with sloppy Googling, and thought I had missed it altogether. In fact, I was right, and it was scheduled for a Pacific evening, not an East Coast evening. My apologies. Here we go:

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