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icycalm · by **icycalm** » 06 Dec 2014 22:58

I know there is the other thread/upcoming feature [ > ], but that's for games of the year only. This thread/upcoming feature will also be for other yearly awards. I just saw on NeoGAF that Nintendo got "developer of the year" in some journalist site, so I HAD to do this.

The thing is I don't know the categories. Developer of the year is obviously the same developer who developed the game of the year lol, how hard can that be to understand? The exception would be if, say, a company makes 5 great games, misses the GotY award, but snags the dev of the year award instead. But Nintendo has done nothing of the kind lol, so obviously dev of the year is Uber. Also, Howard Mostrom gets "musician of the year" or whatever the hell that award is called.

Throw me categories in here, and I'll give you my awards. You could also post your own.

icycalm · by **icycalm** » 06 Dec 2014 23:01

Website of the Year: Insomnia
Critic of the Year: Alex Kierkegaard
Theorist of the Year: Alex Kierkegaard
Best Player in the World of the Year: Alex Kierkegaard
Clan of the Year: The Cult
Hobag of the Year: Your Mum

Dolt · by **Dolt** » 06 Dec 2014 23:14

This'll be The Game Awards, which is in a sense a continuation of the Spike TV Video Game Awards, started by that show's executive producer after Spike TV dropped the show this year.

The pretend nominees and winners are listed here (watch this thread for the real winners):

http://thegameawards.com/nominees/

The categories voted for by The Game Awards jury were:

Game Of The Year
Developer Of The Year
Best Independent Game
Best Mobile/Handheld Game
Best Narrative
Best Score/Soundtrack
Best Performance
Games For Change
Best Remaster
Best Shooter
Best Action/Adventure
Best Role Playing Game
Best Fighting Game
Best Family Game
Best Sports/Racing Game
Best Online Experience

Those voted for by viewers were:

Most Anticipated Game
ESports Player Of The Year
ESports Team Of The Year
Trending Gamer
Best Fan Creation

icycalm · by **icycalm** » 06 Dec 2014 23:21

Game Of The Year
Planetary Annihilation

Developer Of The Year
Uber Entertainment

Best Independent Game
Planetary Annihilation

Best Mobile/Handheld Game
Planetary Annihilation made to work on a mobile/handheld system

Best Narrative
Wolfenstein: The New Order

Best Score/Soundtrack
Planetary Annihilation

Best Performance
No idea what that means. Did they confuse this with the Oscars?

Games For Change
Planetary Annihilation (Huge change in the RTS genre)

Best Remaster
No idea about this one

Best Shooter
Wolfenstein: The New Order

Best Action/Adventure
Wolfenstein: The New Order?

Best Role Playing Game
Divinity: Original Sin

Best Fighting Game
Guilty Gear Xrd?

Best Family Game
Divinity: Original Sin (4-player with mod)

Best Sports/Racing Game
DriveClub?

Best Online Experience
Planetary Annihilation

Most Anticipated Game
Planetary Annihilation

ESports Player Of The Year
Alex "icycalm" Kierkegaard

ESports Team Of The Year
The Cult

Trending Gamer
Alex "icycalm" Kierkegaard

Best Fan Creation
Planetary Annihilation (fans of Chris Taylor)

icycalm · by **icycalm** » 06 Dec 2014 23:30

The Cult wins by default since it is the only esports team that didn't cheat this year.

icycalm · by **icycalm** » 06 Dec 2014 23:31

And by extension it's the best esports team of all time, since there are no other esports teams that don't cheat.

icycalm · by **icycalm** » 06 Dec 2014 23:58

Best Art Direction
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z?

Best Graphics
Assassin's Creed Unity

Best Aesthetics (overall award: graphics tech + art direction)
Planetary Annihilation (and if you don't believe me look at the screens I am posting in the PA thread, or just wait for my review and the explanation)

Best Grand Strategy
Endless Legend? Age of Wonders III? (Note that I don't count Paradox games as grand strategy after playing Crusader Kings II, except if the others are not like it)

icycalm · by **icycalm** » 06 Dec 2014 23:59

Best VR game
Alien: Isolation?

icycalm · by **icycalm** » 07 Dec 2014 00:01

Disappointment of the Year
Wasteland 2

icycalm · by **icycalm** » 07 Dec 2014 00:02

Announcement of the Year
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

icycalm · by **icycalm** » 07 Dec 2014 00:06

Since the "esports" label is stupid and misleading (since videogames aren't sports), I am introducing the term "cyberwar" to replace it. So, "Best cyberwar team" etc. If anyone has a better idea, give it to me and I'll consider it. (EDIT: This discussion is continued here: http://culture.vg/forum/topic?t=5140)

icycalm · by **icycalm** » 07 Dec 2014 00:38

Best Straight White Male in Game Dev (to encourage homogeneity)
Jon Mavor of Uber Entertainment

Best Awards
The Official Insomnia Awards

icycalm · by **icycalm** » 07 Dec 2014 00:40

Best Voice Chat Channel
The Insomnia Mumble channel

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