'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice' Wins GOTY At The Game Awards
Ewan Moore
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The Game Awards 2019 took place last night (or earlier this morning depending on where you live) in sunny Los Angeles, and a fairly surprising winner took home the ultimate prize. FromSoftware's brutally challenging Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was crowned Game Of The Year, beating out the likes of Resident Evil 2, Control, and Death Stranding.
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It seems most were expecting the gong to go to either Kojima's Death Stranding or Remedy's Control, but it was the Dark Souls developer who took the big win with its critically-acclaimed ninja action/adventure title. A well-deserved win it is, too. Which is not to say that the other games in the category aren't all great - because they are.
Released back in March, we awarded Sekiro a 9/10. In our review, we hailed it as a punishingly difficult GOTY contender, and a game that "demands your patience, focus, and respect from the very beginning, and it doesn't let up for even a moment." It wasn't the only award Sekiro took home that night either - it also scooped the prize for best action/adventure.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Credit: FromSoftware, Activision
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You can check out the rest of the winners in every category below, alongside their nominees. The victors are highlighted in bold. But you probably didn't need me to tell you that. Other notable wins include Super Smash Bros Ultimate for best fighting game, Devil May Cry V for best action game, and Control for best art direction.
Game of the Year
Control
Death Stranding
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
The Outer Worlds
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Best Community Support
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Best Score/Music
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Cadence of Hyrule
Death Stranding
Devil May Cry 5
Kingdom Hearts III
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Best Esports Coach
Eric "adreN" Hoag (Team Liquid, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Nu-ri "Cain" Jang (Team Liquid, League of Legends)
Fabian "GrabbZ" Lohmann (G2 Esports, League of Legends)
Kim "Kkoma" Jeong-gyun (SK Telecom T1, League of Legends)
Titouan "Sockshka" Merloz (OG, Dota 2)
Danny "Zonic" Sørensen (Astralis, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
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Best Esports Team
Astralis (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
G2 Esports (League of Legends)
OG (Dota 2)
San Francisco Shock (Overwatch League)
Team Liquid (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Best Esports Event
2019 League of Legends World Championship
2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals
EVO 2019
Fortnite World Cup
IEM Katowice 2019
The International 2019
Best Esports Host
Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez
Alex "Machine" Richardson
Duan "Candice" Yu-Shuang
Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere
Paul "Redeye" Chaloner
Best Fighting Game
Dead or Alive 6
Jump Force
Mortal Kombat 11
Samurai Shodown
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Best Narrative
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Control
Death Stranding
Disco Elysium
The Outer Worlds
Best Role Playing Game
Disco Elysium
Final Fantasy XIV
Kingdom Hearts III
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
The Outer Worlds
Best Esports Player
Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf (Immortals, Fortnite)
Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (SK Telecom T1, League of Legends)
Luka "Perkz" Perkovic (G2 Esports, League of Legends)
Oleksandr "S1mple" Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Jay "Sinatraa" Won (San Francisco Shock, Overwatch League)
Best Audio Design
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Control
Death Stranding
Gears 5
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Best Strategy Game
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Anno 1800
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Total War: Three Kingdoms
Tropico 6
Wargroove
Content Creator Of The Year
Jack "Courage" Dunlop
Benjamin "Dr. Lupo" Lupo
Soleil "Ewok" Wheeler
David "Grefg" Martínez
Michael "Shroud" Grzesiek
Best Art Direction
Control
Death Stranding
Gris
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Best Action Game
Apex Legends
Astral Chain
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Devil May Cry 5
Gears 5
Metro Exodus
Games For Impact
Concrete Genie
Gris
Kind Words
Life Is Strange 2
Sea of Solitude
Best Family Game
Luigi's Mansion 3
Ring Fit Adventure
Super Mario Maker 2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Yoshi's Crafted World
Best Sports/ Racing Game
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
Dirt Rally 2.0
eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020
F1 2019
FIFA 20
Best Mobile Game
Call of Duty: Mobile
Grindstone
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sky: Children of Light
What the Golf?
Best Multiplayer Game
Apex Legends
Borderlands 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Tetris 99
Tom Clancy's The Division 2
Best Ongoing Game
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Best Esports Game
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Dota 2
Fortnite
League of Legends
Overwatch
Best Performance
Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb - The Outer Worlds
Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden - Control
Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz - Gears 5
Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff - Death Stranding
Matthew Porretta as Dr. Casper Darling - Control
Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges - Death Stranding