The Game Awards 2017
Held in 2017 · 21 categories · everything in 2017
Game of the Year
- Winner The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild · Monolith Soft Inc., Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Horizon Zero Dawn · Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Nominee PUBG: Battlegrounds · PUBG Studios
- Nominee Persona 5 · Atlus
- Nominee Super Mario Odyssey · Nintendo
Best Game Direction
- Winner The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild · Monolith Soft Inc., Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Horizon Zero Dawn · Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Nominee Resident Evil 7: Biohazard · Capcom
- Nominee Super Mario Odyssey · Nintendo
- Nominee Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus · MachineGames
Best Narrative
- Winner What Remains of Edith Finch · Giant Sparrow
- Nominee Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice · Ninja Theory
- Nominee Horizon Zero Dawn · Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Nominee NieR: Automata · PlatinumGames
- Nominee Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus · MachineGames
Best Art Direction
- Winner Cuphead · Studio MDHR
- Nominee Destiny 2 · Bungie
- Nominee Horizon Zero Dawn · Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Nominee Persona 5 · Atlus
- Nominee The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild · Monolith Soft Inc., Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
Best Score and Music
- Winner NieR: Automata · PlatinumGames
- Nominee Cuphead · Studio MDHR
- Nominee Destiny 2 · Bungie
- Nominee Persona 5 · Atlus
- Nominee Super Mario Odyssey · Nintendo
- Nominee The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild · Monolith Soft Inc., Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
Best Audio Design
- Winner Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice · Ninja Theory
- Nominee Destiny 2 · Bungie
- Nominee Resident Evil 7: Biohazard · Capcom
- Nominee Super Mario Odyssey · Nintendo
- Nominee The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild · Monolith Soft Inc., Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
Best Performance
- Winner Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
- Nominee Ashly Burch · Horizon Zero Dawn
- Nominee Claudia Black · Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
- Nominee Laura Bailey · Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
- Nominee Brian Bloom · Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Games for Impact
- Winner Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice · Ninja Theory
- Nominee Bury me, my Love
- Nominee Life Is Strange: Before the Storm · Deck Nine
- Nominee Night in the Woods · Infinite Fall
- Nominee Please Knock on My Door · Levall Games
- Nominee What Remains of Edith Finch · Giant Sparrow
Best Independent Game
- Winner Cuphead · Studio MDHR
- Nominee Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice · Ninja Theory
- Nominee Night in the Woods · Infinite Fall
- Nominee Pyre · Supergiant Games
- Nominee What Remains of Edith Finch · Giant Sparrow
Best Debut Indie Game
- Winner Cuphead · Studio MDHR
- Nominee Golf Story · Sidebar Games
- Nominee Hollow Knight · Team Cherry
- Nominee Mr. Shifty
- Nominee Slime Rancher · Monomi Park, Skybound Entertainment
Best Mobile Game
- Winner Metroid: Samus Returns · MercurySteam, Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Winner Monument Valley 2 · ustwo Games
- Nominee Ever Oasis · Grezzo
- Nominee Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia · Intelligent Systems
- Nominee Fire Emblem Heroes · Intelligent Systems, Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Hidden Folks
- Nominee Monster Hunter Stories · Capcom, Marvelous
- Nominee Old Man's Journey · Broken Rules
- Nominee Super Mario Run · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Yoshi's Woolly World · Good-Feel
Best VR/AR Game
- Winner Resident Evil 7: Biohazard · Capcom
- Nominee Farpoint
- Nominee Lone Echo · Ready at Dawn
- Nominee Star Trek: Bridge Crew · Red Storm Entertainment
- Nominee Superhot VR · Superhot Team
Best Action Game
- Winner Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus · MachineGames
- Nominee Cuphead · Studio MDHR
- Nominee Destiny 2 · Bungie
- Nominee Nioh · Team Ninja
- Nominee Prey · Arkane Studios
Best Action/Adventure Game
- Winner The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild · Monolith Soft Inc., Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Assassin's Creed Origins · Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Romania, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Singapore
- Nominee Horizon Zero Dawn · Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Nominee Super Mario Odyssey · Nintendo
- Nominee Uncharted: The Lost Legacy · Naughty Dog
Best Role Playing Game
- Winner Persona 5 · Atlus
- Nominee Divinity: Original Sin 2 · Larian Studios
- Nominee Final Fantasy XV · Square Enix, XPEC Entertainment
- Nominee NieR: Automata · PlatinumGames
- Nominee South Park: The Fractured but Whole · Ubisoft San Francisco
Best Fighting Game
- Winner Injustice 2 · NetherRealm Studios, QLOC
- Nominee Arms · Bandai Namco Studios, Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite · Capcom
- Nominee Nidhogg 2 · Messhof
- Nominee Tekken 7 · Bandai Namco Entertainment, Bandai Namco Studios
Best Family Game
- Winner Super Mario Odyssey · Nintendo
- Nominee Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle · Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Paris
- Nominee Mario Kart 8 · Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Nominee Mario Kart 8 Deluxe · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Sonic Mania · Headcannon, PagodaWest Games
- Nominee Splatoon 2 · Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
Best Sim/Strategy Game
- Winner Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle · Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Paris
- Nominee Halo Wars 2 · Creative Assembly, Halo Studios
- Nominee Tooth and Tail · Pocketwatch Games
- Nominee Total War: Warhammer II · Creative Assembly
- Nominee XCOM 2: War of the Chosen · Firaxis Games
Best Sports/Racing Game
- Winner Forza Motorsport 7 · Turn 10 Studios
- Nominee FIFA 18 · EA Romania, EA Vancouver
- Nominee Gran Turismo Sport · Polyphony Digital
- Nominee NBA 2K18 · Visual Concepts
- Nominee Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 · Konami Digital Entertainment
- Nominee Project CARS 2 · Slightly Mad Studios
Best Multiplayer Game
- Winner PUBG: Battlegrounds · PUBG Studios
- Nominee Call of Duty: WWII · Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games
- Nominee Destiny 2 · Bungie
- Nominee Fortnite · Epic Games
- Nominee Mario Kart 8 · Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Nominee Mario Kart 8 Deluxe · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Splatoon 2 · Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
Best Ongoing Game
- Winner Overwatch · Blizzard Entertainment
- Nominee Destiny 2 · Bungie
- Nominee Grand Theft Auto Online · Rockstar North
- Nominee PUBG: Battlegrounds · PUBG Studios
- Nominee Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege · Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto
- Nominee Warframe · Digital Extremes