Sekiro Wins Game Of The Year At The 2019 Game Awards

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is the 2019 Game Awards’ Game of the Year, winning over games like Death Stranding and Resident Evil 2. It’s a surprise award, that snuck ninja-like over the finish. It also won best Action/Adventure game.

The Game Awards dazzled audience members and viewers worldwide with a variety of trailers and announcements meant to keep them purchasing stuff from big companies. But yes, there were indeed awards!

Here is a list of all the winners for 2019. Winners are highlighted in bold.


Game of the Year

  • Control

  • Death Stranding

  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

  • Resident Evil 2

  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

  • The Outer Worlds

Best Community Support

  • Apex Legends

  • Destiny 2

  • Final Fantasy XIV

  • Fortnite

  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Best Score/Music

  • 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)

Best Esports Team

  • Astralis (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)

  • G2 Esports (League of Legends) (winner)

  • 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-Fuelled

  • 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

Best AR/VR Game

  • Asgard’s Wrath

  • Blood & Truth

  • Beat Saber

  • No Man’s Sky

  • Trover Saves the Universe

Player’s Voice Award

  • Death Stranding

  • Fire Emblem: Three Houses

  • Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Fresh Indie Game

  • Disco Elysium

  • Gris

  • My Friend Pedro

  • Outer Wilds

  • Slay the Spire

  • Untitled Goose Game

Best Independent Game

  • Baba Is You

  • Disco Elysium

  • Katana Zero

  • Outer Wilds

  • Untitled Goose Game

Best Game Direction

  • Control

  • Death Stranding

  • Resident Evil 2

  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

  • Outer Wilds

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Borderlands 3

  • Control

  • Death Stranding

  • Resident Evil 2

  • The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice


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