The Game Awards was last night and with it came some good and some surprises. This was the second Game Awards after Geoff Keighley decided to take the Spike Video Game Awards away from TV and Spike to have more control over the event. One of the most talked about events of the night was the reveal from Geoff Keighley that Konami prevented Hideo Kojima from attending the awards show because he is still under contract. Kojima was supposed to accept the award for Action/Adventure game of the year for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Earlier this year Kojima was forced by upper heads of Konami to quit and had his named removed from the copies of Metal Gear Solid V. In honor of his absence a performance of Quiet's Theme from Metal Gear Solid V was performed on stage.
This wasn't the only repose given at this year's award show. Jade Raymond and founder of Electronic Arts Motive Studios had given some slam towards Keith Sutherland. Before she presented the award for best performance she said "Who could imagine Metal Gear Solid without the voice of David Hayter? Sorry, that was a bit mean,". That last line clearly directed towards Keith Sutherland who was attending the awards show. There was some confusion when she presented the award as she named Viva Seifert for her performance in The Witcher 3. It was later revealed that it was a misprint on the card as Seifert performed in Her Story. Aside from those instances the awards show was tame though Shaquille O'Neal's joke of giving everyone in the audience a copy of Shaq-Fu was amusing.
Naughty Dog had notably revealed a new trailer for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End that features a new character in the series, a bold female Black British woman by the name of Nadine Ross. She's voiced by Laura Bailey and it seems she's after something that Drake has. CD Projekt Red ended up taking Developer of the Year and they also won Game of the Year for The Witcher III: Wild Hunt. For a list of all awards and announcements presented at the show this year, read below.
- Best Family Game: Super Mario Maker
- Best Fighting Game: Mortal Kombat X
- Best Multiplayer Game: Splatoon
- Best Mobile Game: Lara Croft Go
- Best eSport Team: Uptic Gaming
- Best eSport Player: Kenny
- Best eSport Game: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Most Anticipated Game: No Man's Sky
- Best Narrative: Her Story
- Most Trending Gamer: Greg Miller
- Best Indie Game: Rocket League
- Best Sports/Racing Game: Rocket League
- Most Impact Game: Life Is Strange
- Best Fan Creation: Portal Stories
- Developer of the Year: CD Projekt Red
- Best Art Direction: Ori and the Blind Forest
- Industry Icon: Westwood Studios
- Best Action/Adventure Game: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Best Soundtrack: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (new character is introduced)
- Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn trailer reveal
- Batman from Telltale Games announced.
- First gameplay footage of Far Cry: Primal.
- Psychonauts 2 announced. Crowd funded at Fig.
- Quantum Break with a brand new trailer. Coming April 5.
- Rock Band VR coming to Oculus Rift in 2016.
- Shadow Complex: Remastered is now available for free on PC. Coming to PS4 and Xbox One in 2016.
- Rocket League comes to Xbox One with Gears of War and Halo
cars in February 2016.
Other Announcements:
- New Tron Run/R game announced.
- Geoff announces 3 short films with focus on up-and-coming indie studios. Watch at: madewith.unity.com
- Lego Avengers coming January 26
- Bethesda announces, that they're giving away $1 million to
someone playing Elder Scrolls: Online.
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