The yearly celebration of gaming is finally upon us with The Game Awards 2019, with many of the latest and greatest games, developers, and personalities getting their due during the highly-publicized event. While the proceedings had plenty of extras to enjoy such as the numerous teased reveals and the demo-drop dubbed ‘The Game Festival,’ the people behind these experiences were also honored with awards across numerous notable categories.

Disco Elysium walked away with the triple-feat of Best Narrative, Best RPG, and Best Independent Game, while Control received Best Art Direction and Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding stood atop in Best Direction and Best Score\Music categories. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate won the fight of Best Fighting Game and Devil May Cry 5 slayed in the Action Game genre, while Mads Mikkelsen was recognized for his performance in Death Stranding and the top Multiplayer title was revealed as Respawn’s Apex Legends. However, the title that ultimately came away with the coveted Game of the Year accolade was none other than Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, which also won for Best Action/Adventure.

.@SekiroTheGame has carved its path to victory at #TheGameAwards! ⚔️ Congratulations @Activision and @FromSoftware_pr on an amazing win for GAME OF THE YEAR! pic.twitter.com/26uZwKn1sH

— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) December 13, 2019

Across the other categories, Fire Emblem: Three Houses took over as Best Strategy Game, Gris received the Games For Impact award, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled crossed the finish-line as Best Racing Game, and Fortnite yet again brought down the ‘Ongoing Game’ competition. Bungie earned the Best Community Support award for Destiny 2, Beat Saber took a slice out of its VR rivals, Luigi’s Mansion 3 spookified the Family Game category, and the Call of Duty series took home trophies for Best Audio Design (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare) and Best Mobile Game (Call of Duty: Mobile).

As with last year, eSports featured prominently during the ceremony, awarding Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf as Esports Player of the Year, League of Legends bested the Esports Games, Worlds 2019 reigned as the year’s Best Esports Event, while Danny “Zonic” Sørensen and Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere won for Best Esports Coach and Host respectively. Lastly, in the race for Content Creator of the Year, recently-joined Mixer streamer Shroud was named the victor.

Check out the full list of winners from The Game Awards 2019 below:

Game of the Year

• Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / SIE)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai-Namco / Sora / Nintendo)
• Resident Evil 2 Remake (Capcom)
• WINNER: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware / Activision)
• The Outer Worlds (Obsidian / Private Division)

Best Game Direction

• Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
• WINNER: Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / SIE)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware / Activision)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna)

Best Narrative

• A Plague Tale: Innocence (Asobo / Focus Home)
• Control (Remedy / 505)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / SIE)
• WINNER: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• The Outer Worlds (Obsidian / Private Division)

Best Art Direction

• WINNER: Control (Remedy / 505)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / SIE)
• Gris (Nomada Studio / Devolver)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware / Activision)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo / Nintendo)

Best Score/Music

• Cadence of Hyrule (Brace Yourself Games / Nintendo)
• WINNER: Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / SIE)
• Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
• Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna)

Best Audio Design

• WINNER: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• Control (Remedy / 505)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / SIE)
• Gears 5 (The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios)
• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware / Activision)

Best Performance

• Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb, The Outer Worlds
• Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden, Control
• Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz, Gears 5
• WINNER: Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff, Death Stranding
• Matthew Porretta as Dr. Casper Darling, Control
• Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges, Death Stranding

Games for Impact

• Concrete Genie (Pixelopus / SIE)
• WINNER: Gris (Nomada Studio / Devolver)
• Kind Words (Popcannibal)
• Life Is Strange 2 (Dontnod / Square Enix)
• Sea of Solitude (Jo-Mei Games / EA)

Best Ongoing Game

• Apex Legends (Respawn)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• WINNER: Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)

Best Independent Game

• Baba Is You (Hempuli)
• WINNER: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Katana ZERO (Askiisoft / Devolver)
• Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna)
• Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)

Best Mobile Game

• WINNER: Call of Duty: Mobile (TiMi Studios / Activision)
• GRINDSTONE (Capybara Games)
• Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna)
• Sky: Children of Light (Thatgamecompany)
• What the Golf? (Tribland)

Best Community Support

• Apex Legends (Respawn / EA)
• WINNER: Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)

Best VR/AR Game

• Asgard’s Wrath (Sanzaru Games / Oculus Studios)
• Blood & Truth (SIE London Studio / SIE)
• WINNER: Beat Saber (Beat Games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
• Trover Saves the Universe (Squanch Games)

Best Action Game

• Apex Legends (Respawn / EA)
• Astral Chain (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• WINNER: Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom / Capcom)
• Gears 5 (The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios)
• Metro Exodus (4A Games / Deep Silver)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Borderlands 3 (Gearbox / 2K)
• Control (Remedy / 505 Games)
• Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / SIE)
• Resident Evil 2 Remake (Capcom)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo / Nintendo)
• WINNER: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware / Activision)

Best Role-Playing Game

• WINNER: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (Capcom)
• The Outer Worlds (Obsidian / Private Division)

Best Fighting Game

• Dead or Alive 6 (Team Ninja / Koei Tecmo)
• Jump Force (Spike Chunsoft / Bandai Namco)
• Mortal Kombat 11 (NetherRealm / WBIE)
• Samurai Showdown (SNK / Athlon)
• WINNER: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco / Sora / Nintendo)

Best Family Game

• WINNER: Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)
• Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco / Sora / Nintendo)
• Yoshi’s Crafted World (Good-Feel / Nintendo)

Best Strategy Game

• Age of Wonders: Planetfall (Triumph Studios / Paradox)
• Anno 1800 (Blue Byte / Ubisoft)
• WINNER: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems / Koei Tecmo / Nintendo)
• Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly / Sega)
• Tropico 6 (Limbic Entertainment / Kalypso Media)
• Wargroove (Chucklefish)

Best Sports/Racing Game

• WINNER: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Beenox / Activision)
• DiRT Rally 2.0 (Codemasters)
• eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 (PES Productions / Konami)
• F1 2019 (Codemasters)
• FIFA 20 (EA Sports)

Best Multiplayer Game

• WINNER: Apex Legends (Respawn / EA)
• Borderlands 3 (Gearbox / 2K)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
• Tetris 99 (Arika / Nintendo)
• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft)

Fresh Indie Game: Presented by Subway

• WINNER: ZA/UM for Disco Elysium
• Nomada Studio for Gris
• DeadToast Entertainment for My Friend Pedro
• Mobius Digital for Outer Wilds
• Mega Crit for Slay the Spire
• House House for Untitled Goose Game

Content Creator of the Year

• Courage – Jack Dunlop
• Dr. Lupo – Benjamin Lupo
• Ewok – Soleil Wheeler
• Grefg – David Martínez
• WINNER: Shroud – Michael Grzesiek

Esports Game of the Year

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
• DOTA2 (Valve)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• WINNER: League of Legends (Riot Games)
• Overwatch (Blizzard)

Best Esports Player

• WINNER: Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf (Immortals, Fortnite)
• Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (SK Telecom, League of Legends)
• Luka “Perkz” Perkovic (G2 Esports, League of Legends)
• Oleksandr “S1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, CSGO)
• Jay “Sinatraa” Won (SF Shock, Overwatch)

Best Esports Team

• Astralis (CS:GO)
• WINNER: G2 Esports (LOL)
• OG (DOTA2)
• San Francisco Shock (OWL)
• Team Liquid (CS:GO)

Best Esports Event

• 2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals
• EVO 2019
• Fortnite World Cup
• IEM Katowice 2019
• WINNER: League of Legends World Championship 2019
• The International 2019

Best Esports Coach

• Eric “adreN” Hoag (Team Liquid, CS:GO)
• Nu-ri “Cain” Jang (Team Liquid, LOL)
• Fabian “GrabbZ” Lohmann (G2 Esports, LOL)
• Kim “Kkoma” Jeong-gyun (SK Telecom T1, LOL)
• Titouan “Sockshka” Merloz (OG, DOTA2)
• WINNER: Danny “Zonic” Sørensen (Astralis, CSGO)

Best Esports Host

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

What do you think? Are you happy with this year’s winners, or do you feel another game should have won the top prize? Let us know in the comments below and be sure to follow Don’t Feed the Gamers on Twitter and Facebook to be informed of the latest gaming and entertainment news 24 hours a day! For more headlines from The Game Awards 2019 recently featured on DFTG, check out these next few news stories:

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