The Game Awards 2017 Recap

New Games & The Winners

Alwyn Phua

New Games Announcement & Winners From The Game Awards 2017

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The Game Awards 2017 have wrapped up & we witnessed awards presented to some of best games of 2017. The show of course comes with a whole bunch of announcement including new game debut & some new trailers of upcoming games that was announced previously.

First thing first, here are the winners of The Game Awards 2017 in their respective categories.

Game Of The Year

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Winner:

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Nominees:

  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
  • Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
  • Super Mario Odyssey
  • Horizon Zero Dawn

Best Music Score

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Winner:

NieR: Automata

Nominees:

  • Destiny 2
  • Cuphead
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • Super Mario Odyssey
  • Persona 5

Best Narrative

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Winner:

What Remains Of Edith Finch

Nominees:

  • NieR: Automata
  • Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
  • Horizon Zero Dawn

Best Action Game

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Winner:

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Nominees:

  • Prey
  • Nioh
  • Destiny 2
  • Cuphead

Best Art Direction

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Winner:

Cuphead

Nominees:

  • Destiny 2
  • Horizon Zero Dawn
  • Persona 5
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Best Debut Indie Game

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Winner:

Cuphead

Nominees:

  • Slime Rancher
  • Mr. Shifty
  • Hollow Knight
  • Golf Story

Best Ongoing Game

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Winner:

Overwatch

Nominees:

  • Destiny 2
  • Grand Theft Auto Online
  • PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
  • Rainbow Six: Siege
  • Warframe

Best eSport Player

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Winner:

Lee sang-hyeok “Faker”

Nominees:

  • Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi
  • Je-hong “ryujehong” Ryu
  • Nikola ‘NiKo’ Kovac
  • Marcelo ‘coldzera’ David 

Best Student Game

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Winner:

Level Squared: Kip Brennan, Stephen Scoglio, Dane Perry Svendsen; Swinburne University of Technology

Nominees:

  • Meaning: Hariz Yet; DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore
  • Impulsion: Hugo Verger, Rémi Bertrand, Maxime Lupinski; IIM – Institut de l’Internet et du Multimédia
  • Falling Sky: Jonathan Nielssen, Nikolay Savov, Mohsen Shah; National Film and Television School
  • Hollowed: Erin Marek, Jerrick Flores, Charley Choucard; University of Central Florida - Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy
  • From Light: Faffinabout; University of Southern California

Games For Impact

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Winner:

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

Nominees

  • Please Knock on My Door
  • Night in the Woods
  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm
  • Bury Me, My Love
  • What Remains Of Edith Finch

Best Performance

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Winner:

Melina Juergens, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice as Senua

Nominees

  • Laura Bailey, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy as Nadine Ross
  • Claudia Black, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy as Chloe Frazer
  • Brian Bloom, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus as BJ Blazkowicz
  • Ashly Burch, Horizon: Zero Dawn As Aloy

Best Game Direction

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Winner:

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Nominees

  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
  • Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
  • Super Mario Odyssey
  • Horizon Zero Dawn

Not all categories were presented at the award show, you can go to www.thegameawards.com/awards/ & check out the rest of the winners in their respective categories.

Now let us check out the more interesting bit of the show. The World Permiere of upcoming games including newly announced game & new footage of games that was revealed earlier this year.

World War Z Trailer

Vacation Simulator Trailer

Smith & Smitherson Accounting+ Trailer

Shadow Die Twice Trailer

In The Valley Of Gods Trailer

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: The Champion’s Ballads DLC Trailer

Soul Calibur VI Trailer

Star Wars Battlefront II The Last Jedi Season Trailer

Fade To Silence Trailer

Bayonetta 1,2 & 3 for Nintendo Switch Trailer

Death Stranding Trailer

Witchfire Trailer

A Way Out Trailer

Dreams Trailer

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds New Map & 1.0 Trailer

GTFO Trailer

Metro Exodus Trailer

You can also watch the entire The Game Awards 2017 stream if you don't want to miss anything including special guests, game developer's interviews & some unusual antics by one of the game developer.

Sit back & enjoy the show.

The Game Awards 2017 Show