Video Game Awards 2016 Results

By: Jay Parks (GrimlockTheDino9)

The Video Game Awards 2016 was last night in Los Angeles and in case you missed the event here are the nominees and winners.

Game of the Year

• Winner: Overwatch (Blizzard)
• DOOM (id Software/Bethesda)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Titanfall 2 (Respawn/Electronic Arts)
• Uncharted 4 (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Game Direction

• Winner: Blizzard (Overwatch)
• DICE (Battlefield 1)
• id Software (DOOM)
• Naughty Dog (Uncharted 4)
• Respawn (Titanfall 2)

Best Narrative

• Winner: Uncharted 4 (Naughty Dog/ Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Firewatch (Campo Santo)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Mafia lll (Hangar 13/2K)
• Oxenfree (Night School Studio)

Best Art Director

• Winner: Inside (Playdead)
• Firewatch (Campo Santo)
• Overwatch (Blizzard)
• Abzu (Giant Squid/505)
• Uncharted 4 (Naughty Dog/ Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Music/Sound Design

• Winner: DOOM (id Software/Bethesda)
• Battlefield 1 (DICE/EA)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Rez Infinite (Enhance Games)
• Thumper (Drool)

Best Performance

• Winner: Nolan North as Nathan Drake (Uncharted 4)
• Alex Hernandez as Lincoln Clay (Mafia lll)
• Cissy Jones as Delilah (Firewatch)
• Emily Rose as Elena (Uncharted 4)
• Rich Summer as Henry (Firewatch)
• Troy Baker as Sam Drake (Uncharted 4)

Game for Impact

• Winner: That Dragon, Cancer (Numinous Games)
• 1979 Revolution (iNK Stories) 
• Block'hood (Plethora Project/Developer Digital) 
• Orwell (Osmotic Studios/Surprise Attack) 
• Sea Hero Quest (Glitchers) 

Best Independent Game

• Winner: Inside (Playdead) 
• Firewatch (Campo Santo) 
• Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine) 
• Stardew Vally (ConcernedApe/Chucklefish Games) 
• The Witness (Thelma, Inc.) 

Best Mobile/Handheld

• Winner: Pokémon Go (Niantic) 
• Severed (DrinkBox Studios) 
• Clash Royale (Supercell) 
• Fire Emblem Fates (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo) 
• Monster Hunter Generations (Capcom) 

Best VR Game

• Winner: Rez Infinite (Enhanced Games) 
• Batman Arkham VR (Rocksteady Studios/Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment) 
• EVE Valkyrie (CCP Games) 
• Job Simulator (Owlchemy Labs) 
• Thumper (Drool) 

Best Action Game

• Winner: DOOM (id Software/Bethesda) 
• Battlefield 1 (DICE/EA) 
• Gears of War (The Coalition/Microsoft Studios)
• Overwatch (Blizzard)
• Titanfall 2 (Respawn/EA)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Winner: Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• Hitman (IO Interactive/Square Enix)
• Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine)
• Ratchet & Clank (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Uncharted 4 (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best RPG

• Winner: The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt-Blood and Wine (CD Projekt RED)
• Dark Souls 3 (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Deus Ex Mankind Divided (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix)
• World of Warcraft Legion (Blizzard)
• Xenoblade Chronicles X (Monolith Soft/Nintendo

Best Mutiplayer

• Winner: Overwatch (Blizzard)
• Battlefield 1 (DICE/EA)
• Overcooked (Ghost Town Games/Team 17)
• Titanfall 2 (Respawn/EA)
• Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
• Gears of War 4 (The Coalition/Microsoft Studios)

Best Sports/Racing Game

• Winner: Forza Horizons 3 (Playground Game/Microsoft Studios)
• FIFA 17 (EA Canada/EA Sports)
• MLB The Show 16 (SCE San Diego Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• NBA 2K17 (Visual Concepts/2K Sports)
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 (PES Productions/Konami)

Best Fighting Game

• Winner: Street Fighter V (Capcom)
• Pokken Tournament (Bandai Namco Studios/The Pokemon Company)
• Killer Instinct Season 3 (Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft Studios)
• King of Fighters XIV (SNK/Atlus USA)

Best Strategy Game

• Winner: Civilization 6 (Firaxis Games/2K)
• Fire Emblem Fates (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
• The Banner Saga 2 (Stoic Studio/Versus Evil)
• Total War: Warhammer (Creative Assembly/Sega)
• XCOM 2 (Firaxis Games/2K)

Best Family Game

• Winner: Pokemon Go (Niantic)
• Skylanders Imaginators (Toy for Bob/Activision)
• Ratchet & Clank (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Lego Star Wars The Force Awakens (TT Fusion/WBIE)
• Dragon Quest Builders (Square Enix)

Best Esports Game

• Winner: Overwatch (Blizzard)
• DOTA2 (Valve)
• Counter-Strike GO (Valve)
• League of Legends (Riot)
• Street Fighter V (Capcom)

Best Esports Team

• Winner: Cloud 9 (League of Legends)
• ROX Tigers (League of Legends)
• SK Gaming
• SK Telecom T1 (League of Legends)
• Wings Gaming (DOTA2)

Best Esports Gamer

• Winner: Coldzera (SK Gaming/Counter-Strike GO)
• Faker (SK Telecom T1/League of Legends)
• ByuN (Starcraft 2)
• Infiltrator (Team Razer/Street Fighter V)
• Hungrybox (Time Liquid/Super Smash Bros.)

Trending Gamer

• Winner: Boogie2988
• AngryJoeShow
• Danny O'Dwyer
• JackSepticEye
• Lirik

Most Anticipated Game

• Winner: The Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• Mass Effect Andromeda (Bioware/EA)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• God of War 4 (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)