UPDATED: Results of The Game Awards Show

UPDATE: This is an update to the news story detailing the nominees. It has been updated with the results of each category in bold, as well to reflect that the event is no longer ongoing.

Last night, the Geoff Keighley produced awards show celebrated the gaming year and included an array of announcements regarding new games to be released in 2015. The show, simply called The Game Awards replaced Spike's VGX awards and was held at the Axis in Las Vegas.

The Game Awards show, available via live stream only featured a tribute to Roberta and Ken Williams, the creative couple behind Sierra On-Line, as well as twenty-one awards to be presented. Sixteen of these awards were the result of a jury consisting of major video game figures including Hideo Kojima (Konami, Kojima Productions), Reggie Fils-Aime (Nintendo), Phil Spencer (Microsoft), Martin Tremblay (WB Interactive), Shawn Layden (Sony Computer Entertainment America), Peter Moore (Electronic Arts) and the undisclosed presence of Rockstar Studios and Valve. Along with these are five categories voted for by fans.

Below are the awards to be given tonight, split between Jury and Fan voted categories and in no particular order.

 

Jury Voted Awards

 

Game of the Year:

Bayonetta 2

Dark Souls II

Dragon Age: Inquisition (Winner)

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

 

Developer of the Year:

Blizzard Entertainment

Monolith Productions

Nintendo (Winner)

Telltale Games

Ubisoft Montreal

 

Best Independent Game:

Broken Age Act I

Monument Valley

Shovel Knight (Winner)

Transistor

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

 

Best Mobile/Handheld Game

Bravely Default

Hearthstone (Winner)

Monument Valley

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Threes!

 

Best Narrative

South Park: The Stick of Truth

The Walking Dead: Season Two

The Wolf Among Us

Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Winner)

Wolfenstein: The New Order

 

Best Score/Soundtrack

Alien: Isolation

Child of Light

Destiny (Winner)

Sunset Overdrive

Transistor

 

Best Performance

Adam Harrington As Bigby Wolf, The Wolf Among Us

Kevin Spacey As Jonathan Irons, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Melissa Hutchison As Clementine, The Walking Dead: Season Two

Trey Parker As Various Voices, South Park: The Stick Of Truth (Winner)

Troy Baker As Talion, Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor

 

Games for Change

Mountain

Never Alone

The Last Of Us: Left Behind

This War of Mine

Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Winner)

 

Best Remaster

Grand Theft Auto V (Winner)

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

The Last Of Us Remastered

Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

 

Best Shooter

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Destiny

Far Cry 4 (Winner)

Titanfall

Wolfenstein: The New Order

 

Best Action/Adventure

Alien: Isolation

Assassin's Creed Unity

Bayonetta 2

Shadow of Mordor (Winner)

Sunset Overdrive

 

Best Role Playing Game

Bravely Default

Dark Souls II

Divinity: Original Sin

Dragon Age: Inquisition (Winner)

South Park: The Stick Of Truth

 

Best Fighting Game

Killer Instinct: Season Two

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Winner)

Ultra Street Fighter IV

 

Best Family Game

Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes

Fantasia: Music Evolved

Mario Kart 8 (Winner)

Skylanders: Trap Team

Tomodachi Life

 

Best Sports/Racing Game

FIFA 15

Forza Horizon 2

Mario Kart 8 (Winner)

NBA 2K15

Trials Fusion

 

Best Online Experience

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Dark Souls II

Destiny (Winner)

Hearthstone

Titanfall

 

Fan Voted Categories:

 

Most Anticipated Game:

1: The Witcher 3 (Winner)

2: Batman: Arkham Knight

3: Uncharted 3: A Thief's End

4: Evolve

5: Bloodborne

 

eSports Player of the Year:

1: Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag (Winner)

2: Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund

3: Martin “Rekkles” Larsson

4: James “Firebat” Ko

5: Xu “Fy” Lins

 

eSports Team of the Year:

1: Ninjas in Pyjamas (Winner)

2: Evil Geniuses

3: Samsung White

4: Newbee

5: Edward Ga

 

Trending Gamer:

1: Totalbiscuit (Winner)

2:Jeff Gerstmann

3: PewDiePie

4: Evan “VanossGaming” Vanoss

5: StampyLongHead

 

Best Fan Creation

1: TwitchPlaysPokemon (Winner)

2: Luigi Death Stare

3: BEST Zelda Rap EVER!!

4: Minecraft – TITAN City

5: Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song)

 

Keep an eye on TechRaptor in the next few hours comment on the big announcements will be up shortly.