SXSW Announces Gaming Awards Winners: Full List Here
South by Southwest Gaming Conference and Festival announced the winners for the 2017 SXSW Gaming Awards last week in Austin. The awards are sponsored by IGN and Imaginary Forces and cover 23 different categories. The fourth annual Gaming Awards ceremony was hosted by WWE Superstar Xavier Woods and popular gaming broadcaster OMGitsfirefoxx.
Highlights of the SXSW event include Game of the Year winner Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog); Mobile Game of the Year winner Pokémon GO(Niantic); Esports Game of the Year winner Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment).
Full List: 2017 SXSW Gaming Awards Winners:
Excellence in SFX – Battlefield 1 – Electronic Arts / EA DICE
Excellence in Musical Score –DOOM – Bethesda Softworks / id Software
Excellence in Technical Achievement – Battlefield 1 – Electronic Arts / EA DICE
Excellence in Visual Achievement – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog
Excellence in Animation – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog
Excellence in Art – Firewatch – Panic Inc. / Campo Santo
Excellence in Convergence – Batman: The Telltale Series – Telltale Games
Excellence in Multiplayer – Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
Most Memorable Character – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Nathan Drake
Most Promising New Intellectual Property – Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
Most Fulfilling Community Funded Game – Starbound -Chucklefish Games
Excellence in Gameplay – DOOM – Bethesda Softworks / id Software
Excellence in Design – Dishonored 2 – Bethesda Softworks / Arkane Studios
Excellence in Narrative – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog
Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award – That Dragon, Cancer – Numinous Games
Gamer’s Voice Multiplayer – Arena Gods – Supertype
Gamer’s Voice Single Player – Owlboy – D-pad Studio
Fan Creation of the Year – Brutal Doom 64 – Sergeant_Mark_IV
Trending Game of the Year – Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
Esports Game of the Year – Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
Tabletop Game of the Year – Arkham Horror: The Card Game – Fantasy Flight Games
Mobile Game of the Year – Pokémon GO – Niantic
Video Game of the Year – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog
How the award process works:
(From the Press Release)
“Submissions for the SXSW Gaming Awards opened in August 2016 through the official Gaming Awards page and closed in December. Finalists for the SXSW Gaming Awards categories were selected and voted on by the SXSW Gaming Advisory Board and select staff, consisting of more than 40 industry experts well-versed in everything gaming and geek culture. Once finalists were revealed, the general public, along with the Advisory Board, were invited to cast their vote on IGN.com to help determine the winners in each category, which were unveiled and honored at tonight’s SXSW Gaming Awards ceremony.”
About SXSW Gaming
This year’s event took place from March 16 – 18, 2017 at the Austin Convention Center, with a mixture of convention floor demos and goods for sale, and industry panels discussing the latest on the industry.
