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All the announcements and winners of The Game Awards 2018
See every game announcement, trailer and winner from the 2018 edition of the annual Game Awards right here
The Game Awards 2018 is here and a host of the best games from this year are winning the praise and recognition they deserve.
The annual award show always brings lots of game announcements and other surprises as well and we’ve got all the news and information from the show in case you missed it or want to review what happened during the event.
Several announcements and leaks have already happened, including Far Cry New Dawn, Alien: Blackout (rumored) and a Crash Team Racing remake (rumored).
The show can be streamed and watched on more than 45 platforms around the world, including on YouTube, Twitch, PlayStation, Xbox, Facebook Live and many others. Tune in at 5:30 p.m. pacific time to join the fun.
You can even watch it right here, via YouTube:
And keep it locked to SCG for results as they happen.
Announcements, trailers, new footage, new DLC and more:
World Premiere: Sayonara Wild Hearts (Switch, 2019) World Premiere: Journey to the Savage Planet (PC, PS4, Xbox One) World Premiere: The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe (coming to consoles) World Premiere: Among Trees (early footage shown, coming to Steam Early Access) World Premiere: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order (Switch exclusive) Rocket League – new DLC announced (McLaren car pack available tonight) World Premiere (more like a confirmation): Far Cry New Dawn World Premiere: Hades (from Epic Games) World Premiere: Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey (gameplay shown) Forza Horizon 4 Fortune Island DLC coming Dec. 13 World Premiere: Scavengers Warframe coming to Switch, Fortuna DLC coming to PS4 and Xbox One on Dec. 10 Dead by Daylight – The Dark Among Us chapter coming, dedicated servers summer 2019 Anthem – new trailer shown World Premiere: Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled (remaster coming June 21, 2019) World Premiere: The Outer Worlds (Obsidian) Dauntless – trailer shown World Premiere: The Last Campfire (Hello Games) World Premiere: PUBG winter coming to PC tonight (test servers), PS4/Xbox One in January; PS4 version launched tomorrow World Premiere: The Pathless (Giant Squid Studios) World Premiere: New Dragon Age teaser shown (The Dread Wolf Rises) World Premier: Stranger Things 3: The Game World Premiere: Mortal Kombat 11 (coming April 23) World Premiere: Psychonauts 2 Fortnite Season 7 features Christmas content, launched today World Premiere: Fortnite The Block features the best user-created content Rage 2 – new trailer shown World Premiere: Joker from Persona 5 coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as the first of five characters in the season pass
Other awards and cool moments:
Phil Spencer, Reggie Fils-Aimé and Shawn Layden on stage together
Greg Thomas of Visual Concepts named Industry Icon 2018
Epic Games store (dubbed the Steam Killer) now up and running, lots of games announced as being available on the store
Winners:
Game of the Year
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Celeste
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Monster Hunter: World
Red Dead Redemption 2
Best Action Game
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
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
Monster Hunter: World
Ni no Kuni II
Octopath Traveler
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Best Game Direction
A Way Out
Detroit: Become Human
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Red Dead Redemption 2
Best Narrative
Detroit: Become Human
God of War
Life is Strange 2: Episode 1
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Best Ongoing Game
Destiny 2: Forsaken
No Man’s Sky
Overwatch
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Best Art Direction
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
God of War
Octopath Traveler
Red Dead Redemption 2
Return of the Obra Dinn
Best Score/Music
Celeste
God of War
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Octopath Traveler
Best Audio Design
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Forza Horizon 4
God of War
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Red Dead Redemption 2
Best Independent Game
Dead Cells
Intro the Breach
Return of the Obra Dinn
The Messenger
Best Performance
Bryan Dechart as Connor, Detroit: Become Human
Christopher Judge as Kratos, God of War
Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man
Games for Impact
11-11 Memories Retold
Celeste
Florence
Life is Strange 2
The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories
Best Mobile Game
Donut County
Florence
Fortnite
PUBG MOBILE
Reigns: Game of Thrones
Best VR/AR Game
ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission
Beat Saber
Firewall Zero Hour
Moss
Tetris Effect
Best Fighting Game
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Soul Caliber VI
Street Fighter V Arcade Edition
Best Family Game
Mario Tennis Aces
Nintendo Labo
Overcooked 2
Starlink: Battle for Atlas
Super Mario Party
Best Sports/Racing Game
FIFA 19
Forza Horizon 4
Mario Tennis Aces
NBA 2K19
Pro Evolution Soccer 2019
Best Multiplayer Game
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Destiny 2: Forsaken
Fortnite
Monster Hunter: World
Sea of Thieves
Best Student Game
Combat 2018 (now called Tankarok)
Dash Quasar
JERA
LIFF
RE: Charge
Best Debut Indie Game
Donut County
Florence
Moss
The Messenger
Yoku’s Island Express
Best eSports Game
CSGO
DOTA2
Fortnite
League of Legends
Overwatch
Best Strategy Game
Banner Saga 3
Into the Breach
Battletech
Frostpunk
Valkyria Chronicles 4
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