The dust has settled on this year’s fifth annual The Game Awards. Geoff Keighley put together a show that truly celebrated all the great games 2018 had to offer.
The two games with the most nominees, Sony Santa Monica’s God of War and Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption II, preformed outstandingly at the event. God of War won the night’s biggest award, Game of the Year, by beating out Red Dead Redemption II, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Monster Hunter World, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and Celeste. The game also won Best Action/Adventure Game and Game Direction. Meanwhile, Red Dead Redemption II won the most awards by winning in four of the categories it was nominated for including Best Narrative, Best Score/Music, Best Audio Design, and Best Performance for Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan.
Other notable performances included worldwide phenomenon Fortnite and indie sensation Celeste both winning two awards each. Elsewhere, this year’s distinguished Industry Icon Award went to Visual Concepts’ Greg Thomas for his work on the 2k Sports franchises.
You can check out a list of all winners below:
Best Action Game: Dead Cells
Best Role-Playing Game: Monster Hunter World
Best eSports Team: Cloud9
Best eSports Game: Overwatch
Best eSports Event: League of Legends World Championship
Best eSports Host: Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
Best eSports Coach: Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu
Best eSports Moment: C9’s Comeback Win In OT Against FaZe
Best Student Game: Combat 2018
Best Narrative: Red Dead Redemption II
Industry Icon: Greg Thomas
Best Performance: Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption II
Best Score/Music: Red Dead Redemption II
Best Audio Design: Red Dead Redemption II
Best Art Direction: Return of the Obra Dinn
Best Mobile Game: Florence
Best VR Game: Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
Content Creator of the Year: Tyler “Ninja” Blevins
Best eSports Player: Dominique “SonicFox” McLean
Best Debut Indie Game: The Messenger
Best Fighting Game: Dragon Ball FighterZ
Best Family Game: Overcooked! 2
Best Strategy Game: Into the Breach
Best Independent Game: Celeste
Games for Impact Award: Celeste
Best Sports/Racing Game: Forza Horizon 4
Best Game Direction: God of War
Best Action/Adventure Game: God of War
Best Ongoing Game: Fortnite
Best Multiplayer Game: Fortnite
Game of the Year: God of War