The Game Awards - Megathread

Deimos
Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:03:14 +0000

The Game Awards start tonight at 5:30 PM Pacific time (Dec 13, 02:30 UTC). There are a lot of announcements, sales, and events going on associated with it though, so I thought I'd try to collect a bunch of it here, and then we can discuss and post the actual winners in here later as well.

Sales

Steam

Humble Store

Epic Store

Nintendo eShop

Xbox Store

PlayStation Store

Final Fantasy XIV

Announcements/Releases

Sayonara Wild Hearts released on PC (20% off)

Events

"The Game Festival" - 13 first-look demos of indie games available on Steam for 48 hours (announcement post)

Edit after the show: Article on CNET that lists all the winners of awards, as well as having embedded copies of most of the trailers/announcements/etc. that were shown

My original lists (incomplete)

Winners

Best Community Support: Destiny 2

Best Score & Music: Death Stranding

Best Fighting Game: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Best Narrative: Disco Elysium

Best Audio Design: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Best Strategy Game: Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Best Art Direction: Control

Best Action Game: Devil May Cry 5

Games for Impact: Gris

Best Family Game: Luigi's Mansion 3

Best Sports/Racing Game: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

Best Mobile Game: Call of Duty: Mobile

Best Multiplayer Game: Apex Legends

Best Ongoing Game: Fortnite

Edit: I'm not going to keep updating the winners, I'm sure there are a ton of lists out there - I'll edit in a link at the end

Best Esports Coach: Zonic

Best Esports Event: League of Legends World Championship 2019

Best Esports Host: Sjokz

Best Esports Team: G2 Esports

Best Esports Player: Bugha

Content Creator of the Year: Shroud

New trailers/announcements

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: X-Men Rise of the Phoenix DLC 2

Man Eater - Gameplay Trailer

Humankind - Official "Your Story" Gameplay Trailer

No More Heroes 3 - The Return

Final Fantasy 7 Remake - Cloud Strife Trailer

Xbox Series X - World Premiere - releasing holiday 2020

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II – The Game Awards 2019 – Announce Trailer (in-engine)

Godfall - Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer

Bravely Default II – Announcement Trailer – Nintendo Switch

Warframe Empyrean - Official Cinematic Launch Trailer

Magic: The Gathering - Theros Beyond Death Official Trailer

prologue - Reveal Trailer

Sons of the Forest Trailer

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story - Official Teaser Trailer

Cyberpunk 2077 - Behind the Music

Dungeons & Dragons - Dark Alliance Announcement Trailer

Weird West - Reveal Trailer

Magic: Legends - Cinematic Teaser Trailer

Ghost of Tsushima - Gameplay Trailer

Gears Tactics World Premiere Trailer

Naraka: Bladepoint - Official Announcement Trailer

Edit: dear god how long is this show? I'll edit in a link to a good summary later, I'm not going to keep watching.

Italicized links probably need a better source

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