Although The Game Awards was expected for ads and rumoreggiati (and largely ignored), the main purpose of the event-its name says-è to act as a sort of "Oscars of video games ", awarding titles (but also the personality à) pi ù deserving among those left in the year.

So here below is the full list of prizes awarded, showing both the games nominated the winners, in bold.

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Game of the Year

• Assassin's Creed Odyssey
• Celeste
• God of War
• Marvel's Spider-Man
• Monster Hunter: World
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best play in Evolution

• Destiny 2: Forsaken
• Fortnite
• No Man's Sky
• Overwatch
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Best Game Direction

• A Way out
• Detroit: Become Human
• God of War
• Marvel's Spider-Man
• Red Dead Redemption

Best Narrative

• Detroit: Become Human
• God of War
• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1
• Marvel's Spider-Man
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Art Direction

• Assassin's Creed Odyssey
• God of War
• Octopath Traveler
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Return of the Obra Dinn

Best Soundtrack/Music

• Celeste
• God of War
• Marvel's Spider-Man
• NI no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
• Octopath Traveler
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Audio Design

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
• Forza Horizon 4
• God of War
• Marvel's Spider-Man
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Acting

• Bryan Dechart/Connor in Detroit: Become Human
• Christopher Judge/Kratos in God of War
• Melissanthi Mahut/Kassandra in Assassin's Creed Odyssey
• Roger Clark/Arthur in Red Dead Redemption 2
• Yuri Lowenthal/Peter Parker in Marvel's Spider-Man

Games for Impact

• 11-11 Memories Retold
• Celeste
• Florence
• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1
• The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories

Best Independent Game

• Celeste
• Dead Cells
• Into the Breach
• Return of the Obra Dinn
• "The Messenger"

Best Mobile Game

• Donut County
• Florence
• Fortnite
• Mobile PUBG
• Reigns: Game of Thrones

Best Game VR/AR

• ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission
• Beat Saber
• Firewall Zero Hour
• MOSS
• Tetris Effect

Best Action Game

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
• Dead Cells
• Destiny 2: Forsaken
• Far Cry 5
• Mega Man 11

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Assassin's Creed Odyssey
• God of War
• Marvel's Spider-Man
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Best RPG

• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
• Monster Hunter: World
• NI no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
• Octopath Traveler
• Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Best Brawler

• Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle
• Dragon Ball FighterZ
• Soul Calibur I
• Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

Best family game

• Mario Tennis Aces
• Nintendo Labo
• Overcooked chiken 2
• Starlink: Battle for Atlas
• Super Mario Party

Best Strategic

• The Banner Saga 3
• BattleTech
• Frostpunk
• Into the Breach
• Valkyria Chronicles 4

Best Sports/Racing

• FIFA 19
• Forza Horizon 4
• Mario Tennis Aces
• NBA 2K19
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2019

Best Multiplayer Title

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
• Destiny 2: Forsaken
• Fortnite
• Monster Hunter: World
• Sea of Thieves

Best games for Students

• Combat 2018
• Dash Quasar
• JERA
• LIFF
• Re: Charge

Best Indie Debut

• Donut County
• Florence
• MOSS
• "The Messenger"
• Yoku's Island Express

Best Gaming Esports

• CSGO
• Dota2
• Fortnite
• League of Legends
• Overwatch

Best Player Esports

• Dominique "SonicFox" McLean
• Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi
• Jian "Uzi" Zi-Hao
• Oleksander "s1mple" Kostyliev
• Sung-hyeon "JJoNak" Bang

Best Esports Team

• Astralis
• Cloud9
• Fnatic
• London Spitfire
• OG

Best Coach Esports

• Bok "Reapered" han-gyu for Cloud9
• Christian "ppasarel" Bănăseanu for OG
• Danny "zonic" Sørensen for Astralis
• Dylan Hawk for Fnatic
• Jakob "YamatoCannon" Mebdi for Team Vitality
• Janko "YNk" Pal to MiBR

Best Event Esports

• ELEAGUE major: Boston 2018
• EVO 2018
• League of Legends World Championship
• Overwatch League Grand Finals
• The International 2018

Best Presenter Esports

• Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez
• Alex "Machine Richardson
• Anders Blume
• Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere
• Paul "RedEye" Chaloner

Content Creator of the year

• Dr. Wolf
• Myth
• Ninja
• Pokimane
• Reggaetonduro2014