VGAs Awards List

This year’s VGA rewards took place on December 3, 2015 in Las Vegas. Many saw some big winners and huge announcements, with new footage highlighting brand new games and promising reveals.  Of them included Rise of the Tomb Raider’s first upcoming DLC pack, Templar of the Witch DLC, and Psychonauts 2. Other announcements included a new Batman Telltale episodic series, Uncharted 4 footage, Far Cry Primal Gameplay footage, and Shaq Fu: A legend reborn. Telltale Games also revealed a new teaser trailer for a new installment in their popular Walking Dead game series labeled The Walking Dead: Michonne: focusing on the popular character from the television series.

Later Epic Games’ revealed that Shadow Complex would be re-released for Xbox One and PS4 later next year. It’s now available for PC gamers. 

Not everything were cheers, Nintendo of America CEO Reggie Fils Aime gave a solemn and heartfelt speech regarding the passing of industry legend Satoru Iwata. 

Of course the biggest announcements came in the way of awards. Here are the full list of winners:

Best Performance
Viva Seifert – Her Story

Best Multiplayer
Splatoon

eSports Game of the Year
Counter Strike: Global Offensive

Best Score/Soundtrack
Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain

Best Mobile/Handheld Game
Lara Croft GO

Best Fighting Game
Mortal Kombat X

Developer of the Year
CD Projekt Red

Best Sports/Racing Game
Rocket League

Best Art Direction
Ori and the Blind Forest

Games for Impact
Life is Strange

Best Narrative
Her Story

Industry Icon
Brett Sperry and Lewis Castle (Westwood studios – Command and Conquer series)

Best Independent Game
Rocket League

Game of the Year
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Best Action/Adventure Game
Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain

Best Role-Playing Game
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt Red/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

Best Family Game
Super Mario Maker

FAN’S CHOICE

Most Anticipated Game
Uncharted 4

eSports Team of the Year
Optic Gaming

Trending Gamer
Greg Miller (formerly of IGN; Kinda Funny Games)

Best Fan Creation
Portal Stories: Mel

This year’s VGA was much more widely received than last year, with phenomenal announcements. All this would’ve been possible if weren’t for hard working developers and publishers. We here at Noobfeed appreciate everyone who makes these wonderful creations possible.

Adam Siddiqui, NoobFeed
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