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Uncharted 4 Wins Game Of The Year At SXSW Game Awards
SXSW is an annual music, games, and film festival currently underway, and yesterday it held its fourth iteration of the SXSW video games awards show, which looks back at the past year's best titles. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End was awarded game of the year, along with several other honors including excellence in animation, visual achievement, narrative, and more.
As for Uncharted 4's GOTY award, it beat out other nominees such as Overwatch and Dishonored 2. Other notable winners include Pokémon Go for best mobile game of the year and Overwatch for best eSports game. You can view the full list of winners below which span across 23 different categories.
Excellence in SFX:
Battlefield 1 - Electronic Arts / EA DICE
Excellence in Musical Score:
DOOM - Bethesda Softworks / id Software
Excellence in Technical Achievement:
Battlefield 1 - Electronic Arts / EA DICE
Excellence in Visual Achievement:
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End - Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog
Excellence in Animation:
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog
Excellence in Art:
Firewatch - Panic Inc. / Campo Santo
Excellence in Convergence
Batman: The Telltale Series - Telltale Games
Excellence in Multiplayer
Overwatch - Blizzard Entertainment
Most Memorable Character:
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Nathan Drake
Most Promising New Intellectual Property:
Overwatch - Blizzard Entertainment
Most Fulfilling Community-Funded Game:
Starbound - Chucklefish Games
Excellence in Gameplay:
DOOM - Bethesda Softworks / id Software
Excellence in Design:
Dishonored 2 - Bethesda Softworks / Arkane Studios
Excellence in Narrative:
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog
Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award:
That Dragon, Cancer - Numinous Games
Gamer’s Voice Multiplayer:
Arena Gods - Supertype
Gamer’s Voice Single Player:
Owlboy - D-pad Studio
Fan Creation of the Year
Brutal Doom 64 - Sergeant_Mark_IV
Trending Game of the Year:
Overwatch - Blizzard Entertainment
eSports Game of the Year:
Overwatch - Blizzard Entertainment
Tabletop Game of the Year:
Arkham Horror: The Card Game - Fantasy Flight Games
Mobile Game of the Year
Pokémon GO - Niantic
Video Game of the Year
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog
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