Tonight’s Game Awards presentation showed an evolution for the event’s second year. This year’s ceremony included a memorial segment for recently passed Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, game reveals, new trailers, and of course, an opportunity to honor game developers.
One of the biggest moments of the show came immediately following Metal Gear Solid V’s win for best action/adventure game. The award was accepted by Big Boss actor Kiefer Sutherland, due to series creator Hideo Kojima’s legal entanglements with Konami.
We’ve gathered up the night’s stories and all the award winners (in bold). Update: The RPG category has been updated. According to Nintendo UK, Splatoon also won for best shooter, which we have updated.
2015 Industry Icon Award
Westwood Studios co-founders Brett Sperry and Louis Castle
Game of the Year
Winner: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt Red / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
Bloodborne (FromSoftware / Sony Computer Entertainment)
Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions / Konami)
Super Mario Maker (Nintendo)
Developer of the Year
Winner: CD Projekt Red
Bethesda Game Studios
FromSoftware
Kojima Productions
Nintendo
Best Independent Game
Winner: Rocket League (Psyonix)
Axiom Verge (Tom Happ)
Her Story (Sam Barlow)
Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios)
Undertale (tobyfox)
Best Mobile/Handheld Game
Winner: Lara Croft GO (Square Enix Montreal / Square Enix)
Downwell (Moppin / Devolver Digital)
Fallout Shelter (Bethesda Game Studios | Behaviour Interactive / Bethesda Softworks)
Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate (Capcom)
Pac-Man 256 (Hipster Whale / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Best Narrative
Winner: Her Story (Sam Barlow)
Life Is Strange (DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix)
Tales From The Borderlands (TellTale Games)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt Red / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
Until Dawn (Supermassive Games / Sony Computer Entertainment)
Best Art Direction
Winner: Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios / Microsoft Studios)
Batman: Arkham Knight (Rocksteady Studios / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
Bloodborne (FromSoftware / Sony Computer Entertainment)
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions / Konami)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt Red / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
Best Score/Soundtrack
Winner: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions / Konami)
Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
Halo 5: Guardians (343 Industries / Microsoft Studios)
Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios / Microsoft Studios)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt Red/ Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
Best Performance
Winner: Viva Seifert (Her Story)
Ashly Burch as Chloe Price (Life is Strange)
Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft (Rise of the Tomb Raider)
Doug Cockle as Geralt (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)
Mark Hamill as The Joker (Batman: Arkham Knight)
Games for Change Award
Winner: Life Is Strange (DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix)
Cibele (Nina Freeman)
Her Story (Sam Barlow)
Sunset (Tale of Tales)
Undertale (tobyfox)
Best Shooter
Winner: Splatoon (Nintendo)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Treyarch / Activision)
Destiny: The Taken King (Bungie / Activision)
Halo 5: Guardians (343 Industries / Microsoft Studios)
Star Wars Battlefront (DICE / Electronic Arts)
Best Action/Adventure Game
Winner: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions / Konami)
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
Batman: Arkham Knight (Rocksteady Studios / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios / Microsoft Studios)
Rise of the Tomb Raider (Crystal Dynamics / Microsoft Studios)
Best Role-Playing Game
Winner: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt Red/ Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
Bloodborne (FromSoftware / Sony Computer Entertainment)
Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
Pillars of Eternity (Obsidian Entertainment / Paradox Interactive)
Undertale (tobyfox)
Best Fighting Game
Winner: Mortal Kombat X (NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
Guilty Gear Xrd –SIGN– (Arc System Works / Aksys Games)
Rise of Incarnates (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Rising Thunder (Radiant Entertainment)
Best Family Game
Winner: Super Mario Maker (Nintendo)
Disney Infinity 3.0 (Avalanche Studios / Disney Interactive Studios)
LEGO Dimensions (Traveller's Tales / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment)
Skylanders: SuperChargers (Vicarious Visions | Beenox Studios / Activision)
Splatoon (Nintendo)
Best Sports/Racing Game
Winner: Rocket League (Psyonix)
FIFA 16 (EA Canada / Electronic Arts)
Forza Motorsport 6 (Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
NBA 2K16 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 (PES Productions / Konami)
Best Multiplayer
Winner: Splatoon (Nintendo)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Treyarch / Activision) \
Destiny: The Taken King (Bungie / Activision)
Halo 5: Guardians (343 Industries / Microsoft Studios)
Rocket League (Psyonix)
Most Anticipated Game
Winner: No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Computer Entertainment)
Quantum Break (Remedy Entertainment / Microsoft Studios)
The Last Guardian (GenDesign/ Sony Computer Entertainment)
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment)
eSports Player of the Year
Winner: Kenny “KennyS” Schrub (Counter-Strike Global Offensive / Team EnVyUs)
Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (League of Legends / SK Telecom T1)
Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer (Counter-Strike Global Offensive / Fnatic)
Peter “ppd” Dager (Dota 2 / Evil Geniuses)
Syed Sumail “Suma1L” Hassan (Dota 2 / Evil Geniuses)
eSports Team of the Year
Winner: Optic Gaming
Evil Geniuses
Fnatic
SK Telecom T1 Team SoloMid
eSports Game of the Year
Winner: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Sledgehammer Games / Activision)
Dota 2 (Valve)
Hearthstone (Blizzard Entertainment)
League of Legends (Riot Games)
Trending Gamer
Winner: Greg Miller
Total Biscuit
Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles
Markiplier
PewDiePie
Best Fan Creation
Winner: Portal Stories: Mel (Prism Studios)
GTA V – Targets (Hoodoo Operator)
Real GTA (Corridor Digital)
Super Mario Maker e-Reader Levels (Baddboy78 / theycallmeshaky)
Twitch Plays Dark Souls (Twitch Community)
Additionally, you can catch up on all the news from the event with the following stories:
Hideo Kojima Legally Prohibited From Attending The Game Awards
Mortal Kombat X Will Add Alien Xenomorph, Texas Chainsaw Massacre Leatherface
Former Gone Home Dev Debuts Trailer For New Project Where The Water Tastes Like Wine
Rise of the Tomb Raider Baba Yaga: The Temple of the Witch DLC Announced
"Super Secret" Goat Simulator DLC Incoming
New Uncharted 4 Footage Introduces A New Nemesis For Nathan Drake
Telltale Tackles Batman In 2016
Check Out The First Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn Gameplay Trailer
Psychonauts 2 Is Finally Happening If Backers Chip In On Fig
Bethesda Giving Away $1 Million To An Elder Scrolls Online Player
Become a Beast Master In New Far Cry: Primal Footage
New Quantum Break Trailer Revealed At The Game Awards 2015
Harmonix And Oculus Announce Rock Band VR
Shadow Complex Remastered Confirmed, PC Version Free Right Now
Rocket League Confirmed For Xbox One With Halo, Gears Cars
Telltale Shows Off Walking Dead Spinoff Series Featuring Michonne
Cartographer's Gift DLC Coming To Halo 5: Guardians This Month
New Star Citizen Footage Shows Off Mix Of FPS, Space Sim, And EVA Gameplay