It has been a busy weekend over in Los Angeles, with VGX being in the spotlights for everyone working in the gaming industry, as well as millions of gamers world-wide. The highly anticipated VGX Awards were also announced, with both surprising and predictable outcomes. Here’s a quick recap for the major categories:
Game of The Year: Grand Theft Auto V
GTA 5 went up against Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider, The Last Of Us and Super Mario 3D World, and came out victorious. There’s no real surprise here, and we’re expecting GTA V to get the GotY award from most major publications out there.
Best Studio of the Year: Naughty Dog
Naughty Dog had stiff competition in Irrational Games (Bioshock Infinite), The Fullbright Company (Gone Home) and especially Rockstar North (GTA 5). Still, we congratulate the makers of The Last of Us and Uncharted for their very good year, and we’re hoping they will keep up the good work in upcoming projects!
Viewer Voted Awards
Viewers decided that the most anticipated game is Titanfall (defeating opponents such as The Witcher 3 or Destiny), the best character in 2013 games were the Lutece Twins from Bioshock (defeating Lara Croft from Tomb Raider and Trevor Philips from GTA 5), while the best mobile game of the year was Plants vs Zombies 2: It’s about time, a game that snatched the title from competing Angry Birds Star Wars or Infinity Blade 3.
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Best PC game: Gone Home
Best Nintendo game: Super Mario 3D World
Best Xbox game: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Best PlayStation game: The Last of Us
Best Hand-held game: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Best Mobile Game: Plants vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time
Best Casual Game: Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Best Action/Adventure: Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
Best Sports game: NBA 2K14
Best Indie game: Gone Home
Best Shooter: BioShock Infinite
Best Driving Game: Forza Motorsport 5
Best RPG: Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Best Fighting Game: Injustice: Gods Among Us
Best DLC: Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Best Voice Actor: Troy Baker as Joel (Last of Us)
Best Voice Actress: Ashley Johnson as Ellie (Last of Us)
Studio of the Year: Naughty Dog
Character of the year: The Lutece Twins (BioShock Infinite)
Best soundtrack: Grand Theft Auto V
Best Song in a game: “Will the Circle Be Unbroken?” (BioShock Infinite)
Most Anticipated game: Titanfall
For a full list of the nominees, winners and more, check the official VGX website! What do you think of the outcome?