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Here Are The Winners Of The Game Awards 2014

by Mike Futter on Dec 05, 2014 at 05:00 PM

The inaugural year for The Game Awards is now compete, and the winners have been announced. If you didn't get a chance to watch it live, we have the full list of nominees and award winners in each category.

Game of the Year - Winner: Dragon Age: Inquisition

  • Bayonetta 2 - Platinum Games/Nintendo
  • Dark Souls 2 - FROM Software/Bandai Namco
  • Dragon Age: Inquisition - BioWare/EA
  • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blizzard
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Monolith/Warner Bros.

Best Mobile/Handheld - Winner: Hearthstone

  • Bravely Default - Square Enix
  • Monument Valley - Ustwo
  • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blizzard
  • Super Smash Bros. for 3DS - Nintendo
  • Threes - Asher Vollmer, illustrator Greg Wohlwend, and composer Jimmy Hinson

Developer of the Year - Winner: Nintendo

  • Blizzard
  • Monolith
  • Nintendo
  • Telltale Games
  • Ubisoft Montreal

Best Fighting Game - Winner: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

  • Killer Instinct: Season Two - Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft
  • Persona 4 Arena Ultimax - Arc System Works/Atlus
  • Super Smash Bros. 3DS - Nintendo
  • Super Smash Bros. Wii U - Nintendo
  • Ultimate Street Fighter IV - Capcom

Best Sports/Racing Game - Winner: Mario Kart 8

  • FIFA 15 - EA Canada/EA Sports
  • Forza Horizon 2 - Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft
  • Mario Kart 8 - Nintendo
  • NBA 2K15 - Visual Concepts/2K Sports
  • Trials Fusion - RedLynx/Ubisoft

Best Shooter - Winner: Far Cry 4

  • Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Sledgehammer/Activision
  • Destiny - Bungie/Activision
  • Far Cry 4 - Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • Titanfall - Respawn/EA
  • Wolfenstein: The New Order - MachineGames/Bethesda

Games for Change - Winner: Valiant Hearts: The Great War

  • Mountain - David O'Reilly/Double Fine Presents
  • Never Alone - Upper One Games
  • The Last of Us: Left Behind - Naughty Dog/Sony
  • This War of Mine - 11bit Studios
  • Valiant Hearts: The Great War - Ubisoft

Best Narrative - Winner: Valiant Hearts

  • South Park: The Stick of Truth - Obsidian/Ubisoft
  • The Walking Dead Season 2 - Telltale Games
  • The Wolf Among Us - Telltale Games
  • Valiant Hearts - Ubisoft
  • Wolfenstein: The New Order - Machine Games/Bethesda

Best Independent Game - Winner: Shovel Knight

  • Broken Age Part 1 - Double Fine
  • Monument Valley - Ustwo
  • Shovel Knight - Cellar Door
  • Transistor - Supergiant Games
  • The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - The Astronauts

Best Score/Soundtrack - Winner: Destiny - Marty O'Donnell

  • Alien: Isolation - Christian Henson, Joe Henson, and Alexis Smith, The Creative Assembly/Sega
  • Child of Light - Coeur de pirate, Ubisoft Montreal 
  • Destiny - Marty O’Donnell, Bungie/Activision
  • Sunset Overdrive - Boris Salchow, Insomniac Games/Microsoft
  • Transistor - Darren Korb, Supergiant Games

Best Action/Adventure - Winner: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

  • Alien: Isolation - Creative Assembly/Sega
  • Assassin’s Creed Unity - Ubisoft
  • Bayonetta 2 - Platinum Games/Nintendo
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Monolith/Warner Bros.
  • Sunset Overdrive - Insomniac/Microsoft

Best Role Playing Game - Winner: Dragon Age: Inquisition

  • Bravely Default - Square Enix
  • Dark Souls II - From Software/Bandai Namco
  • Divinity: Original Sin - Larian Studios
  • Dragon Age: Inquisition - Bioware/EA
  • South Park: The Stick of Truth - Obsidian/Ubisoft

Best Family Game - Winner: Mario Kart 8

  • Disney Infinity 2.0 - Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive Studios
  • Fantasia: Music Evolved - Harmonix/Disney Interactive Studios
  • Mario Kart 8 - Nintendo
  • Skylanders: Trap Team - Toys for Bob/Activision
  • Tomodachi Life - Nintendo

Best Online Experience - Winner: Destiny

  • Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Sledgehammer Games/Activision
  • Dark Souls II - From Software/Bandai Namco
  • Destiny - Bungie/Activision
  • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blizzard
  • Titanfall - Respawn/EA

Best Remaster - Winner: Grand Theft Auto V

  • Grand Theft Auto V - Rockstar Games
  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection - 343 Industries/Microsoft
  • Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire - Game Freak/Nintendo
  • The Last of Us - Naughty Dog/Sony
  • Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix

eSports Team of the Year - (Voted on by fans) - Winner: Ninjas in Pyjamas

  • Samsung White - League of Legends
  • Evil Geniuses - Dota 2
  • Edward Gaming - League of Legends
  • Newbee - Dota 2
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas - Counter-Strike: GO

Best Fan Creation - (Voted on by fans) - Winner: Twitch plays Pokémon

  • BEST Zelda Rap EVER!! By Egoraptor
  • Luigi Death Stare by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr
  • Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song) by Tobuscus
  • Minecraft – TITAN City by Colonial Puppet
  • Twitch Plays Pokemon by Anonymous

Most Anticipated Game - (Voted on by fans) - Winner: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • Batman: Arkham Knight - Rocksteady/Warner Bros.
  • Bloodborne - FROM Software/Sony
  • Evolve - Turtle Rock/2K Games
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End - Naughty Dog/Sony

Trending Gamer - (Voted on by fans) - Winner: TotalBiscuit

  • Evan “Vanoss” Fong
  • Jeff Gerstmann
  • PewDiePie
  • StampyLongHead
  • TotalBiscuit

eSports Player of the Year - (Voted on by fans) - Winner: Matt "NaDeSHoT" Haag

  • Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson - League of Legends
  • Xu “Fy” Linsen - Dota 2 
  • James “Firebat” Kostesich - Hearthstone
  • Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund - Counter-Strike: GO
  • Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag - Call of Duty

Congratulations to all those nominated and those that came away with those beautiful WETA-designed statuettes.