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Video Game Awards 2015 recap – game of the year title goes to The Witcher 3
Our Video Game Awards 2015 recap has everything you need in case you missed the actual show or want to go over the essentials again: the award winners, fresh announcements, and new game trailers.
Video Game Awards 2015 ceremony is now over – awards were handed down to winners and players all over the world could enjoy new trailers from their favorive games. This time the proud receiver of the Game of the Year title was The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which is obviously well-deserved. In other highlights, we heard the announcement of Psychonauts 2, Batman: A Telltale Games Series, Shadow Complex Remastered, and Rock Band VR. If you missed the show, don’t worry! We’ve got a brief recap of the essentials from VGA 2015.
Video Game Awards 2015
Game of the Year
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Developer of the Year
CD Projekt Red
Best Independent Game
Rocket League
Best Mobile/Handheld Game
Lara Craft GO
Best Narrative
Ori and the Blind Forest
Best Score/Soundtrack
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Best Performance
Viva Seifert (Her Story)
Games for Change Award
Life Is Strange (DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix)
Best Shooter
Splatoon
Best Action/Adventure Game
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Best Roleplaying Game
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Best Fighting Game
Mortal Kombat X
Best Family Game
Super Mario Maker
Best Sports/Racing Game
Rocket League
Best Multiplayer
Splatoon
Most Anticipated Game
No Man’s Sky
Esports Player of the Year
Kenny “KennyS” Schrub
Esports Team of the Year
Optic Gaming
Esports Game of the Year
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Trending Gamer
Greg Miller
Best Fan Creation
Portal Stories: Mel (Prism Studios)
Announcements
Batman: A Telltale Games Series
Telltale Games are the guys who did The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, Game of Thrones and a couple of other titles. They are now working on a Batman game. Batman: A Telltale Games Series will be exactly what the studio is most famous for – an episodic adventure game with cartoonish graphics and difficult moral choices instead of puzzles. The title will hit PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and mobile devices in 2016.
Rocket League for XONE
Rocket League, available on PC and PS4 since June 2015, is heading to Xbox One and will hit the Microsoft’s console in February 2016. See the reveal trailer:
Psychonauts 2
Double Fine announced Psychonauts 2, a sequel to a successful 3D platform game from 2005. The game will hit PC, PS4, and XONE in Fall 2018, but first, it needs to be crowdfunded. Read more in this news.
Shadow Complex Remastered
Shadow Complex Remastered was officially revealed and, more importantly, released. Until the end of the year PC players can download the game for free via Epic Games Launcher (head here). PS4 and XONE versions will follow in 2016.
Rock Band VR
Harmonix and Palmer Luckey appeared on this year’s VGA to announce Rock Band VR – another installment of the popular musc game series, this time designed specially for Oculus Rift. The game is coming in 2016.