The Game Awards 2018 Recap

By: Bryce L. Jackson

The Game Awards 5th Annual show took place on the night of December 6th to honor the accomplishments of games, their developers, and individuals in the games industry for their achievements in 2018.

Along with the numerous winners in various categories, the night was also privy to game announcements and trailers for titles to be expected in 2019 and beyond. Here are a list of the winners of every category and new game trailers that were revealed.

The Game Awards 2018 Winners (Pre-Show)

Games for Impact: Celeste

Best Action Game: Dead Cells

Best Multiplayer Games: Fortnite

Best Action/Adventure Game: God of War

Best RPG: Monster Hunter: World

Best Esports Game: Overwatch

Best Esports Team: Cloud 9

Best Esports Event: League of Legends World Championship

Best Esports Host: Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere (League of Legends Personality)

The Games Award Winners (Main Show)

Best Game Narrative: Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Performance: Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption 2)

Best Score/Music: Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Audio Design: Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Art Direction: Return of the Obra Dinn

Best Mobile Game: Florence

Best VR/AR Game: Astro Bot Rescue Mission

Content Creator of the Year: Tyler “Ninja” Blevins

Best Esport Player: Dominique “SonicFox”McLean

Best Debut Indie Game: The Messenger

Best Fighting Game: Dragon Ball FighterZ

Best Family Game: Overcooked 2

Best Strategy Game: Into the Breach

Best Independent Game: Celeste

Best Sports/Racing Game: Forza Horizon 4

Best Game Direction: God of War

Best Ongoing Game: Fortnite

Game of the Year: God of War

Game Announcements and Trailers

The Stanley Parable (Console Release)

https://stanleyparable.com When The Stanley Parable came out, a lot of people asked us for more endings and more content. We told them it didn't need more content, that it was fine just the way it was, that it already had the perfect number of endings. What a sorry sack of lies that was.

Marvel’s Ultimate Alliance 3 (Nintendo Switch)

The MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE series returns for the first time in 10 years-with a new action RPG-exclusively on the Nintendo Switch™ system! Assemble your ultimate team of Marvel Super Heroes from a huge cast including the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the X-Men, and more!

Hades

Live and die in the world of Hades, the latest game from SuperGiant available now!

Far Cry: New Dawn

Introducing Far Cry New Dawn, the standalone sequel to Far Cry 5. Watch the World Premiere trailer and discover how Hope County, Montana has changed seventeen years after a global nuclear catastrophe. Far Cry New Dawn releases February 15, 2019 for $39.99 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

Trailer de Ancestors, el último título de Patrice Destilets con Panache. Más en MeriStation http://www.meristation.com/ Síguenos en Twitter http://www.twitter.com/meristation No te pierdas nada en Facebook https://www.facebook.com/meristation

Scavengers

In a not-so-distant future, a cataclysmic event has led to a new ice age, and a vast, frozen wasteland awaits exploration. The best chance of overcoming the challenges of this post-apocalyptic world is by working together.

Dead By Daylight: Darkness Among Us

The next chapter in the horror survival game brings a super creepy masked killer called The Legion. Watch more from the 2018 Game Awards here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5DyE_ghhJs&list=PLraFbwCoisJB6TA1YeojQMuJK7evujE6p&index=3&t=0s Subscribe to IGN for more! http://www.youtube.com/user/IGNentertainment?sub_confirmation=1 ---------------------------------- Follow IGN for more!

Anthem

Check out the new Official Anthem Trailer from the 2018 Game Awards. Through the power of the javelins, skilled pilots called lancers were able to fight back against this perilous world. But a new enemy has emerged, seeking to harness the limitless power of the Anthem.

Crash Team Racing (PlayStation)

CRASH™ TEAM RACING NITRO-FUELED - AVAILABLE JUNE 21st, 2019. Pre-order at PlayStation Store. Crash is back in the driver's seat! Get ready to go fur-throttle with Crash™ Team Racing Nitro-Fueled.

The Outer Worlds (PlayStation 4, XBOX One)

Watch the official announcement trailer for The Outer Worlds, a new single-player first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. In The Outer Worlds, you awake from hibernation on a colonist ship that was lost in transit to Halcyon, the furthest colony from Earth located at the edge of the galaxy, only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy it.

Dauntless (PlayStation 4, XBOX One)

https://playdauntless.com/ Download and play for free now! Band together to take down the savage Behemoths threatening our world. Claim their power and forge your legend. Coming to PS4 in April 2019. Visit https://playdauntless.com/

The Last Campfire

The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home. More Info & Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/990630/The_Last_Campfire/ http://www.thelastcampfiregame.com http://www.twitter.com/hellogames Music: https://joshgarrels.com/

Atlas

The reveal trailer for Atlas, a new game from the developers of ARK: Survival Evolved. Watch more from the 2018 Game Awards here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5DyE_ghhJs&list=PLraFbwCoisJB6TA1YeojQMuJK7evujE6p&index=3&t=0s Subscribe to IGN for more! http://www.youtube.com/user/IGNentertainment?sub_confirmation=1 #ign #thegameawards2018 #gameawards #gaming

Ashen

Ashen is an open world co-op action RPG about a wanderer in search of a place to call home. This is a world where nothing lasts, no matter how tightly you cling to it. At its core, Ashen is about forging relationships.

Crackdown 3 (February 15th, 2019)

Dragon Age 4

Watch the official Dragon Age Teaser Trailer revealed at the 2018 Game Awards in Los Angeles, CA. I suspect you have questions #TheDreadWolfRises More: http://x.ea.com/54263.

Survived By

Fight, loot, die and fight again in Survived By, an exciting new bullet-hell roguelike multiplayer RPG developed by Human Head Studios! Play Free: https://store.steampowered.com/app/606140/ Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/playsurvivedby https://www.facebook.com/playsurvivedby/

The Pathless

From the creators of ABZÛ, The Pathless is the mythic adventure of an archer and an eagle in a vast forest. Become the Hunter, a master of archery who travels to a mystical island to dispel a curse of darkness that grips the world.

Stranger Things: The Game

Mortal Kombat 11

Mortal Kombat is back and better than ever in the next evolution of the iconic franchise. The all new Custom Character Variations give you unprecedented control to customize the fighters and make them your own. The new graphics engine showcasing every skull-shattering, eye-popping moment, brings you so close to the fight you can feel it.

Psychonauts 2

Find out more and become a Slacker Backer at - https://www.fig.co/campaigns/psychonauts-2 Psychonauts 2 tells the story of Razputin Aquato, a gifted acrobat with psychic powers, as he fulfills his life-long goal of becoming an international psychic super-spy. In other words, a Psychonaut.

Devil May Cry 5

It's showtime! Hot and fresh off The Game Awards, here's the extended cut of our newest #DMC5 trailer, featuring stylish gameplay of all 3 playable characters (including the first ever public showing of V gameplay), the all-new cameo system, playable demo news, and a little teaser at the end!

Rage 2 (May 14th, 2019)

The wasteland of RAGE 2 is your playground - your very bloody playground - and in a world where there are no rules, insanity rules. Go anywhere, shoot anything, explode everything. RAGE 2 will be available on PlayStation 4 - May 14, 2019. Get a fresh look at the chaotic and crazy world in the latest trailer.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Persona 5 DLC Challenger Pack 1

https://www.smashbros.com/ ESRB EVERYONE 10+ PEGI 12 This game is classified : PG - Mild themes and violence, Online interactivity