SXSW Game Of The Year Winners Announced!
South By South West held their annual game awards ceremony this weekend. Several games won several awards, but it was Witcher III: Wild Hunt that took the top honor, along with other awards such as Excellence in Narrative and Excellence in Technical Achievement.
The full list of winners from all categories at SXSW are as follows:
- Video Game of the Year: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Mobile Game of the Year: Her Story
- Table Top Game of the Year: Pandemic Legacy
- Excellence in Gameplay: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Excellence in Art: Bloodborne
- Excellence in Animation: Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Excellence in Technical Achievement: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Excellence in Visual Achievement: The Order: 1886
- Excellence in Narrative: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Excellence in Design: Bloodborne
- Excellence in SFX: Star Wars Battlefront
- Excellence in Musical Score: Ori and the Blind Forest
- Excellence in Multiplayer: Rocket League
- Excellence in Convergence: Batman: Arkham Knight
- Most Enduring Character: Lara Croft, Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Most Valuable Esports Team: Evil Geniuses
- Most Entertaining Online Personality: Greg Miller
- Most Promising New Intellectual Property: Splatoon
- Most Fulfilling Crowdfunded Game: Undertale
- Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award: Undertale
- Gamer’s Voice Award in Singleplayer: Superhot
- Gamer’s Voice Award in Multiplayer: Gang Beasts