On The Scene: The 2015 Game Awards

The 2nd annual Game Awards 2015 took place on Thursday, December 3 at Downtown L.A.’s Microsoft Theater. The show was a fun filled night that commemorated the exciting industry of gaming and brought together enthusiast and developers alike. The show was produced and hosted by gaming maven, Geoff Keighley and sponsored by go90.

Celebrity Guest and attendees of the show included…

Mark Hamill, Kiefer Sutherland, and Shaq who even introduced a newer version of his critically famed game Shaq Fu.

Amongst all the ferment and excitement, a great homage was paid to the late industry titan Satoru Iwata who was Nintendo’s former CEO who unfortunately passed away earlier this year. Reggie Fils-Aime’s headed the eulogy as he shared stories about his former boss and friend, fans were shown the immense lineage of work that Iwata had inspired in the industry and at Nintendo in his 13 years as CEO.

The show was live streamed around the world through go90, PSN, Xbox Live, Wii U, Steam, Twitch, Youtube Gaming, IGN, Polygon, Gamespot, Kotaku, Niconico, MLG, Azubu, Hitbox, and UOL.

Big winners of the night were the CD Project Red’s, ‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’ and Kojima Productions, ‘Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain’

Guest performances include Chvrches and Deadmau5 who closed the show with a very special game inspired by Mario theme mix.

Here are the winners for the 2nd annual Game Awards 2015

BEST FAMILY GAME
Super Mario Maker (Nintendo EAD Group No. 4/Nintendo)
BEST FIGHTING GAME
Mortal Kombat X (NetherRealm Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME
Splatoon (Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo)
BEST MOBILE/HANDHELD GAME
Lara Croft Go (Square Enix Montreal/Square Enix)
ESPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR
OpTic Gamin
ESPORTS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kenny “KennyS” Schrub (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive/Team EnVyUs)
ESPORTS GAME OF THE YEAR
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
BEST NARRATIVE
Her Story (Sam Barlow)
TRENDING GAMER
Greg Miller
BEST INDIE GAME
Rocket League (Psyonix)
BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME
Rocket League (Psyonix)
GAMES FOR IMPACT
Life is Strange (Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix)
BEST FAN CREATION
Portal Stories: Mel (Prism Studios)
DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR
CD Projekt Red (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)
BEST ART DIRECTION
Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios/Microsoft Studios)
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions/Konami)
BEST SCORE/SOUNDTRACK
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (Ludvig Forssell, Justin Burnett, Daniel James/Kojima Productions)
BEST PERFORMANCE
Viva Seifert (Her Story)
GAME OF THE YEAR
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt Red/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
BEST ROLE-PLAYING GAME
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt Red/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
BEST SHOOTER
Splatoon (Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo)