Today, Geoff Keighley’s Game Awards 2018 kicked off this evening and ushered in awards for 2018 video game releases. While most of the winners probably won’t be shocking (I’m looking at you Red Dead Redemption 2), there were a few underdog upsets that made it slightly more compelling.
2018 had some amazing games, to the point that even when a game fully deserved to win an award, there was at least one or two others nominated within that same category that could have easily taken it. Some extremely tough decisions had to be made and no matter who got the individual awards, it was the gamers as a whole who won this year. The experiences were diverse and interesting; video games were pushed in multiple directions, thanks to the hard work of everyone involved–from numerous Indie developers all the way up to the AAA behemoth studios. Everyone was on their “game” this year, and it shows.
Without further ado, your Game Awards 2018 winners are as follows:
Best Action Game— Dead Cells
Best Action/Adventure Game— God of War
Best RPG— Monster Hunter: World
Best E-Sports Team— Cloud 9 (League of Legends)
Best E-Sports Game— Overwatch
Best E-Sports Event— League of Legends World Championship
Best E-Sports Host— Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
Best E-Sports Coach— Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu
Best E-Sports Moment— Cloud 9 Comeback Win in Triple Overtime vs. FAZE (ELEAGUE)
Best Student Game— Combat 2018
Best Narrative— Red Dead Redemption 2
Industry Icon Award— Greg Thomas
Best Performance— Roger Clark (Arthur Morgan– Red Dead Redemption 2)
Best Score/Music— Red Dead Redemption 2
Best Audio Design— Red Dead Redemption 2
Best Art Direction— Return of the Obra Dinn
Best Mobile Game— Florence
Best VR/AR Game— Astro Bot Rescue Mission
Content Creator of the Year— Ninja
Best E-Sports Player— Dominique “Sonic Fox” McLean
Best Debut Indie— The Messenger
Best Fighting Game— Dragon Ball FighterZ
Best Family Game— Overcooked 2
Best Strategy Game— Into the Breach
Best Independent Game— Celeste
Games for Impact Award— Celeste
Best Sports/Racing Game— Forza Horizon 4
Best Game Direction— God of War
Best Ongoing Game— Fortnite
Best Multiplayer Game— Fortnite
And finally, the most coveted award of the show:
Game of the Year— God of War
So there are the winners of the Game Awards 2018. Congratulations to all those that took home an award! Did any of your picks win? Would you change any winners if you could? Let us know in the comments below!
