L’ultima edizione dei Game Awards (conosciuti negli anni scorsi come VGA e successivamente come VGX) si è appena svolta in quel di Las Vegas e i curatori dell’importante kermesse videoludica statunitense, come da tradizione, hanno assegnato i loro ambiti premi ai titoli e alle personalità del settore che si sono maggiormente distinte nel corso dell’anno che sta per volgere al termine.
Così come possiamo scoprire sfogliando la lista dei vincitori che trovate a fondo pagina, i voti assegnati in queste settimane dai critici di settore e dagli appassionati di videogiochi di mezzo mondo hanno permesso agli sviluppatori canadesi di BioWare di alzare al cielo l’ambita statuetta del miglior gioco dell’anno grazie al lavoro svolto con il kolossal ruolistico di Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Dragon Age: Inquisition – le ambientazioni del Thedas nei magnifici bozzetti di Matt Rhodes
Non meno importanti dei risultati raggiunti dalla sussidiaria nordamericana di Electronic Arts sono poi i successi conseguiti da Nintendo (miglior studio dell’anno) con Mario Kart 8 (miglior racing game e miglior sportivo) e Super Smash Bros. per Wii U (miglior picchiaduro), da Activision e Bungie con Destiny (migliore online e colonna sonora) e da Ubisoft con Far Cry 4 (miglior sparatutto) e Valiant Hearts (miglior narrazione e miglior “titolo impegnato”).
Prima di lasciarvi alla lista dei titoli vincitori delle rispettive categorie dei Game Awards 2014, quindi, consigliamo a chi ci segue di ammirare lo splendido omaggio della violinista, compositrice e danzatrice statunitense Lindsey Stirling a Dragon Age: Inquisition e alla sua colonna sonora.
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Best Shooter
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer/Activision
Destiny – Bungie/Activision
Far Cry 4 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
Titanfall – Respawn/EA
Wolfenstein: The New Order – MachineGames/Bethesda
Best Action/Adventure
Alien: Isolation – Creative Assembly/Sega
Assassin’s Creed Unity – Ubisoft
Bayonetta 2 – Platinum Games/Nintendo
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros.
Sunset Overdrive – Insomniac/Microsoft
Best Role Playing Game
Bravely Default – Square Enix
Dark Souls II – From Software/Bandai Namco
Divinity: Original Sin – Larian Studios
Dragon Age: Inquisition – Bioware/EA
South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
Best Fighting Game
Killer Instinct: Season Two – Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – Arc System Works/Atlus
Super Smash Bros. 3DS – Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Wii U – Nintendo
Ultimate Street Fighter IV – Capcom
Best Family Game
Disney Infinity 2.0 – Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive Studios
Fantasia: Music Evolved – Harmonix/Disney Interactive Studios
Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
Skylanders: Trap Team – Toys for Bob/Activision
Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
Best Sports/Racing Game
FIFA 15 – EA Canada/EA Sports
Forza Horizon 2 – Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft
Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
NBA 2K15 – Visual Concepts/2K Sports
Trials Fusion – RedLynx/Ubisoft
Best Online Experience
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
Dark Souls II – From Software/Bandai Namco
Destiny – Bungie/Activision
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
Titanfall – Respawn/EA
Best Mobile/Handheld
Bravely Default – Square Enix
Monument Valley – Ustwo
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – Nintendo
Threes – Asher Vollmer, illustrator Greg Wohlwend, and composer Jimmy Hinson
Best Remaster
Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar Games
Halo: The Master Chief Collection – 343 Industries/Microsoft
Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire – Game Freak/Nintendo
The Last of Us – Naughty Dog/Sony
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix
Best Narrative
South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
The Walking Dead Season 2 – Telltale Games
The Wolf Among Us – Telltale Games
Valiant Hearts – Ubisoft
Wolfenstein: The New Order – Machine Games/Bethesda
Best Score/Soundtrack
Alien: Isolation – Christian Henson, Joe Henson and Alexis Smith, The Creative Assembly/Sega
Child of Light – Coeur de pirate, Ubisoft Montreal
Destiny – Marty O’Donnell, Bungie/Activision
Sunset Overdrive – Boris Salchow, Insomniac Games/Microsoft
Transistor – Darren Korb, Supergiant Games
Best Independent Game
Broken Age Part 1 – Double Fine
Monument Valley – Ustwo
Shovel Knight – Cellar Door
Transistor – Supergiant Games
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – The Astronauts
Games for Change
Mountain – David O’Reilly/Double Fine Presents
Never Alone – Upper One Games
The Last of Us: Left Behind – Naughty Dog/Sony
This War of Mine – 11bit Studios
Valiant Hearts: The Great War – Ubisoft
eSports Player of the Year
Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson – League of Legends
Xu “Fy” Linsen – Dota 2
James “Firebat” Kostesich – Hearthstone
Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund – Counter-Strike: GO
Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag – Call of Duty
eSports Team of the Year
Samsung White – League of Legends
Evil Geniuses – Dota 2
Edward Gaming – League of Legends
Newbee – Dota 2
Ninjas in Pajamas – Counter-Strike: GO
Trending Gamer
Evan “Vanoss” Fong
Jeff Gerstmann
PewDiePie
StampyLongHead
TotalBiscuit
Best Fan Creation
BEST Zelda Rap EVER!! By Egoraptor
Luigi Death Stare by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr
Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song) by Tobuscus
Minecraft – TITAN City by Colonial Puppet
Twitch Plays Pokemon by Anonymous
Developer of the Year
Blizzard
Monolith
Nintendo
Telltale Games
Ubisoft Montreal
Best Performance
Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf, The Wolf Among Us – Telltale Games
Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
Melissa Hutchison as Clementine, The Walking Dead: Season Two – Telltale Games
Trey Parker as Various Voices, South Park: The Stick of Truth – Obsidian/Ubisoft
Troy Baker as Talion, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros.
Most Anticipated Game – (To be voted on by fans)
Batman: Arkham Knight – Rocksteady/Warner Bros.
Bloodborne – FROM Software/Sony
Evolve – Turtle Rock/2K Games
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – CD Projekt
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog/Sony
Game of the Year
Bayonetta 2 – Platinum Games/Nintendo
Dark Souls 2 – FROM Software/Bandai Namco
Dragon Age: Inquisition – BioWare/EA
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith/Warner Bros.
