The SXSW Gaming Awards were awards given to video games during the annual

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Festival (SXSW), held in

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typically in March of that year. The Awards were part of the SXSW Gaming Expo which is part of the SXSW Interactive branch of the festival.

History

Video games had been part of the SXSW within the SXSW Interactive branch; in 2006, the festival launched "Screenburn" as a special portion of the Interactive branch for video games, and later renamed this to SXSW Gaming in 2013. Matthew Crump, a veteran game developer, joined SXSW in 2012 and spearheaded the efforts to create the SXSW Gaming Awards to premiere during the 2014 festival. The new awards in fifteen different categories were announced in September 2013 to be awarded during the 2014 festival. However, Crump died from a heart attack just before the festival. The event organizers opted to rename the "Cultural Innovation in Gaming" to the "Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award" to honor Crump's contributions to the festival. The Gaming Awards were discontinued by SXSW in 2023 due to a desire to "streamline our festival a bit more."

Format

Developers and publishers must submit their games for consideration to the festival organizers prior to a deadline; these games generally must have had public release in the preceding calendar year to the festival (for example, for the inaugural 2014 awards, games had to be released in 2013). The festival's organizers along with a panel of industry experts review all submissions and select the top five for each of the game categories. These are then opened to public voting for the final winner for each award to be chosen. The Gamer's Voice awards are exceptional to these: they are limited only to

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s released in the previous calendar year or the current year, and which any member of the public may nominate. The festival organizers select multiple games (typically more than five) after playing through each as nominees for the award. These games are featured in playable form at the SXSW festival to allow attendees to try them before they vote for their favorite. The awards ceremony is held near the end of the SXSW event, with celebrity and gaming hosts presenting the awards. The 2020 SXSW event was cancelled in light of the

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, but the award winners were still named online on March 24, 2020.

Ceremonies

Awards

Video Game of the Year

This award was named "Game of the Year" in 2014, but was renamed when the Mobile and Tabletop awards were added. * 2014 – ''

The Last of Us ''The Last of Us'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Players control Joel, a smuggler tasked with escorting a teenage girl, Ellie, across a post-apocalyptic United States ...

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Naughty Dog Naughty Dog, LLC (formerly JAM Software, Inc.) is an American first-party video game developer based in Santa Monica, California. Founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin in 1984, the studio was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2001. G ...

* 2015 – '' Dragon Age: Inquisition'',

BioWare BioWare is a Canadian video game developer based in Edmonton, Alberta. It was founded in 1995 by newly graduated Doctor of Medicine, medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk and Augustine Yip. Since 2007, the company has been owned by American ...

* 2016 – '' The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt'', CD Projekt Red * 2017 – '' Uncharted 4: A Thief's End'',

* 2018 – '' The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'',

Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes, and releases both video games and video game consoles. The history of Nintendo began when craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi ...

* 2019 – ''

God of War A war god in mythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. They occur commonly in polytheism, polytheistic religions. Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been portrayed in their ...

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Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE) is an American video game and digital entertainment company that is a major subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony, Sony Group Corporation. It primarily operates the PlayStation brand of video game co ...

* 2020 – '' Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice'',

FromSoftware FromSoftware, Inc. is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Founded by Naotoshi Zin on November 1, 1986 as a business software developer, the company released their first video game, '' King's Field'', for the PlayStation in 1994. Its s ...

Activision Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California. It serves as the publishing business for its parent company, Activision Blizzard, and consists of several subsidiary studios. Activision is one o ...

* 2021 – ''

Hades Hades (; , , later ), in the ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, is the god of the dead and the king of the Greek underworld, underworld, with which his name became synonymous. Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea ...

'', Supergiant Games * 2022 – '' Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker'',

Square Enix is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational holding company, video game publisher and entertainment conglomerate. It releases role-playing video game, role-playing game franchises, such as ''Final Fantasy'', ''Dragon Quest'', and '' ...

Tabletop Game of the Year

* 2015 – '' Star Realms'', White Wizard Games * 2016 – '' Pandemic Legacy'', Z-Man Games * 2017 – '' Arkham Horror: The Card Game'',

Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a game developer based in Roseville, Minnesota, United States, that creates and publishes role-playing game, role-playing, board game, board, card game, card, and dice game, dice games. As of 2014, it is a division of ...

* 2018 – ''

Gloomhaven ''Gloomhaven'' is a cooperative board game for one to four players designed by Isaac Childres and published by Cephalofair Games in 2017. It is a campaign-based dungeon crawl game including a narrative campaign, 95 unique playable scenarios, a ...

'', Cephalofair Games * 2019 – ''Root'', Leder Games * 2020 – ''Paladins of the West Kingdom'', Renegade Game Studios * 2021 – ''The Search for Planet X'', Renegade Game Studios * 2022 – ''Dune: Imperium'', Dire Wolf Digital

XR Game of the Year

Formally "VR Game of the Year" prior 2020 * 2018 – '' Resident Evil 7: Biohazard'',

Capcom is a Japanese video game company. It has created a number of critically acclaimed and List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil'', ''Monster ...

* 2019 – '' Beat Saber'', Beat Games * 2020 – '' No Man's Sky VR'',

Hello Games Hello Games Ltd is a British video game company based in Guildford, Surrey. The company was founded by Sean Murray, Grant Duncan, Ryan Doyle and David Ream in February 2008 (incorporated on 4 August 2008) and has developed the '' Joe Danger'' ...

* 2021 – '' Half-Life: Alyx'',

Valve Corporation Valve Corporation, also known as Valve Software, is an American video game developer, video game publisher, publisher, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. It is the developer of the software distribution pl ...

* 2022 – '' Resident Evil IV VR'',

Armature Studio Armature Studio, LLC is an American video game developer, video game development studio in Austin, Texas. The studio, founded by former Retro Studios directors Mark Pacini, Todd Keller and Jack Mathews in September 2008, developed ''Batman: Arkh ...

/ Oculus Studios

Indie Game of the Year

* 2021 – ''

Deep Rock Galactic ''Deep Rock Galactic'' is a cooperative first-person shooter video game developed by Danish studio Ghost Ship Games and published by Coffee Stain Publishing. ''Deep Rock Galactic'' was fully released on May 13, 2020 for Microsoft Windows and ...

'', Ghost Ship Games/ Coffee Stain Publishing * 2022 – '' Kena: Bridge of Spirits'', Ember Lab

Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award

Awarded for a game that challenges the normal idea of video gaming, offering a culturally innovative view of the world * 2014 – ''

Papers, Please ''Papers, Please'' is a puzzle simulation video game created by indie game developer Lucas Pope, developed and published through his production company, 3909 LLC. The game was released on August 8, 2013, for Microsoft Windows and OS X, for ...

'', 3909 LLC * 2015 – ''

This War of Mine ''This War of Mine'' is a war survival video game developed and published by the Polish game development company 11 Bit Studios. The game, inspired by the siege of Sarajevo among other conflicts, differs from most war-themed video games by fo ...

'', 11 bit studios * 2016 – ''

Undertale ''Undertale'' is a 2015 role-playing video game created by American indie developer Toby Fox. The player controls a child who has fallen into the Underground: a large, secluded region under the surface of the Earth, separated by a magical b ...

'', tobyfox * 2017 – '' That Dragon, Cancer'', Numinious Games * 2018 – ''

Doki Doki Literature Club! ''Doki Doki Literature Club!'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''DDLC'') is a 2017 visual novel video game developed by Team Salvato for Personal computer, personal computers. The story follows a student who reluctantly joins his high school's literat ...

'', Team Salvato * 2019 – '' Celeste'', Matt Makes Games * 2020 – ''

Disco Elysium ''Disco Elysium'' is a 2019 role-playing video game developed and published by ZA/UM. The game was written and designed by a team led by Estonian novelist Robert Kurvitz and executive producer Kaur Kender, featuring an art style based on oil pain ...

'', ZA/UM * 2021 – ''

Dreams A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around 5–20 minutes, althou ...

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* 2022 – '' Unpacking'', Witch Beam/

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Excellence in Animation, Art, and Visual Achievement

Combined the three former awards. * 2021 – ''

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Sucker Punch Productions Sucker Punch Productions, LLC is an American video game developer based in Bellevue, Washington. It is best known for creating character action games for PlayStation consoles such as ''Sly Cooper'', ''Infamous (series), Infamous'', and ''Ghost ...

* 2022 – '' Forza Horizon 5'', Playground Games/

Xbox Game Studios Xbox Game Studios (previously known as Microsoft Studios, Microsoft Game Studios, and Microsoft Games) is an American video game publisher based in Redmond, Washington. It was established in March 2000, spun out from an internal Games Group, fo ...

Excellence in Audio Design

* 2021 – '' Doom Eternal'' -

id Software id Software LLC () is an American video game developer based in Richardson, Texas. It was founded on February 1, 1991, by four members of the computer company Softdisk: game programmer, programmers John Carmack and John Romero, game designer T ...

Bethesda Softworks Bethesda Softworks LLC is an American video game publisher based in Rockville, Maryland. The company was founded by Christopher Weaver in 1986 as a Division (business), division of Media Technology Limited. In 1999, it became a subsidiary of Z ...

* 2022 – '' Resident Evil Village'',

Excellence in Game Design

Formerly "Excellence in Design and Direction" * 2014 – '' Tearaway'', Media Molecule * 2015 – '' Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor'',

Monolith Productions Monolith Productions, Inc. was an American video game developer based in Kirkland, Washington. The company was a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Games from August 2004 until its shutdown in 2025. It formerly published third-party games in the 199 ...

* 2016 – ''

Bloodborne is a 2015 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. The game follows a Hunter through the decrepit Gothic, Victorian-era–inspired city of Yharnam, whose inhabita ...

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* 2017 – '' Dishonored 2'',

Arkane Studios Arkane Studios SASU is a French video game developer based in Lyon. It was founded in 1999, and released its first game, ''Arx Fatalis'', in 2002. The studio has created the popular Dishonored (series), ''Dishonored'' series as well as developi ...

* 2018 – '' The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'',

* 2019 – ''

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* 2020 – '' Control'', Remedy Entertainment/ 505 Games * 2021 – ''

'', Supergiant Games * 2022 – ''

Inscryption ''Inscryption'' is a 2021 roguelike deck-building game developed by Daniel Mullins Games and published by Devolver Digital. Directed by Daniel Mullins, it was originally released for Windows on October 19, 2021, and on Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4 ...

'', Daniel Mullins/

Devolver Digital Devolver Digital, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Austin, Texas, specializing in the publishing of indie games. The company was founded in June 2009 by Nigel Lowrie, Harry Miller, Graeme Struthers, Rick Stults, and Mike Wil ...

Excellence in Original Score

Formerly "Excellence in Musical Score" * 2014 – ''

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* 2015 – ''

Transistor A transistor is a semiconductor device used to Electronic amplifier, amplify or electronic switch, switch electrical signals and electric power, power. It is one of the basic building blocks of modern electronics. It is composed of semicondu ...

'', Supergiant Games * 2016 – ''

Ori and the Blind Forest ''Ori and the Blind Forest'' is a Platform game#Platform-adventure games, platform-adventure Metroidvania video game developed by Moon Studios and published by Microsoft Studios. The game was released for Windows and Xbox One in March 2015, and ...

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Moon Studios Moon Studios GmbH is an Austrian video game developer founded in 2010. They are best known for their 2015 title ''Ori and the Blind Forest'', for which the studio was awarded the Best Debut award at the 2016 Game Developers Choice Awards. In 202 ...

* 2017 – '' Doom'',

* 2018 – '' Nier: Automata'',

PlatinumGames PlatinumGames Inc. is a Japanese video game developer based in Osaka. It was founded in October 2007 as result of a merger between Seeds Inc. and Odd Inc. Capcom alumni Shinji Mikami, Atsushi Inaba, and Hideki Kamiya founded Seeds Inc. after ...

* 2019 – '' Tetris Effect'', Enhance, Inc. * 2020 – '' Death Stranding'', Kojima Productions/

* 2021 – '' Ori and the Will of the Wisps'',

* 2022 – '' Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker'',

Excellence in Multiplayer

Formally "Best Multiplayer Game" until 2016 * 2014 – '' Super Mario 3D World'',

* 2015 – '' Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'',

* 2016 – ''

Rocket League ''Rocket League'' is a 2015 vehicular Association football, soccer video game developed and published by Psyonix for various home consoles and computers. A sequel to 2008's ''Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars'', ''Rocket League ...

'', Psyonix * 2017 – ''

Overwatch ''Overwatch'' (abbreviated as OW) is a multimedia franchise centered on a series of multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) video games developed by Blizzard Entertainment. ''Overwatch (video game), Overwatch'' was released in 2016 with a success ...

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Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher based in Irvine, California, and a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard. Originally founded in 1991, the company is best known for producing the h ...

* 2018 – '' PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds'', PUBG Corp. * 2019 – '' Fortnite'',

Epic Games Epic Games, Inc. is an American Video game developer, video game and software development, software developer and video game publisher, publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company was founded by Tim Sweeney (game developer), Tim Sween ...

* 2020 – '' Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers'',

* 2021 – ''

'', Ghost Ship Games/ Coffee Stain Publishing * 2022 – '' It Takes Two'', Hazelight Studios/

Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by former Apple Inc., Apple employee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry ...

Excellence in Narrative

* 2014 – ''

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* 2015 – '' The Wolf Among Us'',

Telltale Games Telltale Incorporated (trade name: Telltale Games) was an American video game developer based in San Rafael, California. The company was founded in July 2004 by former LucasArts developers Kevin Bruner, Dan Connors and Troy Molander, following ...

* 2016 – '' The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt'', CD Projekt Red * 2017 – '' Uncharted 4: A Thief's End'',

* 2018 – '' What Remains of Edith Finch'', Giant Sparrow * 2019 – '' Detroit: Become Human'',

* 2020 – ''

'', ZA/UM * 2021 – '' The Last of Us Part II'',

* 2022 – '' Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker'',

Excellence in Technical Achievement

* 2014 – ''

Grand Theft Auto V ''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2008's ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and ...

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Rockstar Games Rockstar Games, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in New York City. The company was established in December 1998 as a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, using the assets Take-Two had previously acquired from BMG Interactive. Foun ...

* 2015 – ''

Destiny Destiny, sometimes also called fate (), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often used interchangeably, the words ''fate'' and ''destiny'' ...

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Bungie Bungie, Inc. is an American video game company based in Bellevue, Washington, and a subsidiary of Sony Interactive Entertainment. The company was established in May 1991 by Alex Seropian, who later brought in programmer Jason Jones (programme ...

* 2016 – '' The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt'', CD Projekt Red * 2017 – '' Battlefield 1'', EA DICE * 2018 – '' Nier: Automata'',

* 2019 – ''

Red Dead Redemption 2 ''Red Dead Redemption 2'' is a 2018 action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games. The game is the third entry in the ''Red Dead'' series and a prequel to the 2010 game ''Red Dead Redemption''. The story is set in a fictiona ...

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* 2020 – '' Death Stranding'', Kojima Productions/

* 2021 – ''

Microsoft Flight Simulator ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' is a series of Flight simulation video game, flight simulator programs for MS-DOS, Classic Mac OS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. It was an early product in the Microsoft application portfolio and diff ...

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Asobo Studio Asobo Studio SAS is a French video game developer based in Bordeaux and founded in 2002. The studio is most known for developing video game adaptations of several Pixar movies, ''A Plague Tale: Innocence'', and the 2020 and 2024 versions of ''Mi ...

* 2022 – '' Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart'',

Insomniac Games Insomniac Games, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Burbank, California, and part of PlayStation Studios. It was founded in 1994 by Ted Price as Xtreme Software, and was renamed Insomniac Games a year later. The company is most ...

Retired awards

Excellence in Animation

* 2014 – '' Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch'',

Namco Bandai (commonly known as and formerly Namco Bandai until 2015, also known as Bandai Namco Group,) is a Japanese mass media and entertainment conglomerate founded in 2005 by the merger of Namco and Bandai. The company specializes in toys, video ...

* 2015 – '' Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor'',

* 2016 – '' Rise of the Tomb Raider'',

Crystal Dynamics Crystal Dynamics, Inc. is an American video game developer based in San Mateo, California. The studio is best known for its games in the ''Tomb Raider'', '' Legacy of Kain'', and '' Gex'' series. Madeline Canepa, Judy Lange, and Dave Morse ...

* 2017 – '' Uncharted 4: A Thief's End'',

* 2018 – '' Cuphead'', StudioMDHR * 2019 – '' Marvel's Spider-Man'',

* 2020 – ''

Kingdom Hearts III is a 2019 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, and Nintendo Switch. It is the third main installment in the '' Kingdom Hearts'' series and the twelfth game overall, and ser ...

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Excellence in Art

* 2014 – '' BioShock Infinite'', Irrational Games * 2015 – '' Child of Light'',

Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment SA (; ; formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment SA) is a French video game publisher headquartered in Saint-Mandé with development studios across the world. Its video game franchises include '' Anno'', '' Assassin's Creed'', ' ...

* 2016 – ''

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* 2017 – ''

Firewatch ''Firewatch'' is an adventure game developed by Campo Santo (company), Campo Santo and published by the developer in partnership with Panic Inc., Panic. The game was released in February 2016 for Linux, OS X, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox ...

'', Campo Santo * 2018 – '' Cuphead'', StudioMDHR * 2019 – '' Octopath Traveler'',

* 2020 – '' The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening'',

Excellence in Gaming Marketing

* 2014 – '' Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag'',

Excellence in Convergence

Awarded for a game that exemplifies crossover medium appeal. Formally the "Convergence Award" until 2016 * 2014 – '' Injustice: Gods Among Us'', Warner Bros. Interactive * 2015 – '' South Park: The Stick of Truth'',

Obsidian Entertainment Obsidian Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Irvine, California and part of Xbox Game Studios. It was founded in June 2003, shortly before the closure of Black Isle Studios, by ex-Black Isle employees Feargus Urquh ...

* 2016 – '' Batman: Arkham Knight'',

Rocksteady Studios Rocksteady Studios Limited is a British video game developer based in London. Founded on 13 December 2004, the studio is best known for its work in the ''Batman: Arkham'' series. The company is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Games. History Roc ...

* 2017 – '' Batman: The Telltale Series'',

* 2018 – '' Star Wars Battlefront II'', EA DICE * 2019 – '' Marvel's Spider-Man'',

Excellence in Gameplay

* 2014 – '' Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons'', 505 Studios * 2015 – '' Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor'',

* 2016 – '' Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain'', Kojima Productions * 2017 – '' Doom'',

* 2018 – '' The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'',

* 2019 – '' Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'',

* 2020 – '' Devil May Cry 5'',

Excellence in SFX

* 2014 – ''

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* 2015 – '' Alien: Isolation'', Creative Assembly * 2016 – '' Star Wars Battlefront'', EA DICE * 2017 – '' Battlefield 1'', EA DICE * 2018 – '' Super Mario Odyssey'',

* 2019 – ''

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* 2020 – '' Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order'',

Respawn Entertainment Respawn Entertainment, LLC is an American video game development studio founded in 2010 by Jason West and Vince Zampella and owned by Electronic Arts since 2017. West and Zampella previously co-founded Infinity Ward and created the ''Call of D ...

Excellence in Visual Achievement

* 2015 – '' Far Cry 4'',

* 2016 – '' The Order: 1886'',

Ready at Dawn Ready At Dawn Studios LLC (RAD) was an American video game developer located in Irvine, California that was composed of former members of Naughty Dog and Blizzard Entertainment. Formed in 2003, the company was closely affiliated with Sony Compu ...

* 2017 – '' Uncharted 4: A Thief's End'',

* 2018 – '' Horizon Zero Dawn'',

Guerrilla Games Guerrilla B.V. (trade name: Guerrilla Games) is a Dutch First-party developer, first-party video game developer based in Amsterdam and part of PlayStation Studios. The company was founded as Lost Boys Games in January 2000 through the merger of ...

* 2019 – ''

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* 2020 – '' Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice'',

Mobile Game of the Year

* 2015 – '' Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft'',

* 2016 – '' Her Story'', Sam Barlow * 2017 – '' Pokémon Go'',

Niantic Niantic may refer to: * Niantic people, tribe of American Indians * Niantic, Inc., mobile app developer known for the mobile games ''Ingress'' and ''Pokémon Go'' * Niantic Correctional Institution, now known as York Correctional Institution ...

* 2018 – '' Fire Emblem Heroes'',

* 2019 – '' Donut County'',

Annapurna Interactive Annapurna Games, LLC (trade name: Annapurna Interactive) is an American video game publisher and developer. The company is a division of Annapurna Pictures, and was founded in 2016, and has focused on publishing innovative and emotive indie games ...

* 2020 – '' Sky: Children of the Light'', Thatgamecompany

Most Promising New Intellectual Property

* 2016 – ''

Splatoon is a third-person shooter video game franchise created by Hisashi Nogami and Shintaro Sato and developed and owned by Nintendo. Set in the far future on a Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic Earth that has been repopulat ...

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* 2017 – ''

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* 2018 – '' Horizon Zero Dawn'',

* 2019 – '' Beat Saber'', Beat Games * 2020 – ''

The Outer Worlds ''The Outer Worlds'' is a 2019 action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Private Division. Set in an alternate future, the game takes place in Halcyon, a distant star system colonized by megacorporations. In ...

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Trending Game of the Year

* 2017 – ''

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* 2018 – '' PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds'', PUBG Corp. * 2019 – ''

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* 2020 – ''Pokémon Sword'' and ''Shield'',

Game Freak is a Japanese video game developer, best known as the primary developer and co-owners of the ''Pokémon (video game series), Pokémon'' series of role-playing video games. History Predating the video game company, ''Game Freak'' was a self- ...

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Texas Arts Achievement

Awarded to a Texas-based studio or game * 2014 – Galactic Cafe

Most Valuable Character

* 2015 –

Ellie Ellie or Elly is a given name. The name stands on its own or can be a shortened form of any of the numerous female names beginning with the syllable El-, in particular Elizabeth, Eleanor, or Elvira. It can also be a short form of Elaine, Elena ...

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'' * 2016 – Lara Croft, '' Rise of the Tomb Raider'' * 2017 – Nathan Drake, '' Uncharted 4: A Thief's End'',

Most Promising New Esports Game

Formerly "Esports Game of the Year" until 2019. * 2017 – ''

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* 2018 – '' PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds'', PUBG Corp. * 2019 – '' Fortnite'',

Most Valuable eSports Team

* 2015 –

Cloud9 Cloud9 Esports, Inc., or simply Cloud9 (C9), is an American professional esports company based in Santa Monica, California. The company was originally founded as a professional ''League of Legends'' team by Jack and Paullie Etienne in May 2013 ...

* 2016 –

Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses (EG) is an American esports organization based in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington. Founded in 1999, the organization has fielded players in various fighting games, ''Call of Duty (series), Call of Duty'', ''Counter-Strike ...

Most Valuable Online Channel

* 2015 –

Rooster Teeth Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC was an American entertainment company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2003 by Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Geoff Ramsey, Jason Saldaña, Gus Sorola, and Joel Heyman, Rooster Teeth was a subsidiary o ...

Most Entertaining Online Personality

* 2016 – Greg Miller, Kinda Funny

Most Valuable Add-On Content

* 2015 – '' Left Behind'', ''

Most Anticipated Crowdfunded Game

* 2015 – ''

Star Citizen ''Star Citizen'' is a multiplayer, space trading and combat simulation video game currently under development by Cloud Imperium Games for Windows. An extended retry of unrealized plans for ''Freelancer'' (2003), ''Star Citizen'' is led by dire ...

Most Fulfilling Community-Funded Game

Formerly "Most Fulfilling Crowdfunded Game" until 2018. * 2016 – ''

'', tobyfox * 2017 – '' Starbound'', Chucklefish * 2018 – '' Night in the Woods'', Infinite Fall * 2019 – '' CrossCode'', Deck13

Most Evolved Game

* 2019 – '' No Man's Sky Next'',

Fan Creation of the Year

* 2017 – ''Brutal Doom 64'', Sergeant_Mark_IV

Gamer's Voice Award

Award to an

voted by the public; split into Single and Multi-player categories in 2016. * 2014 – '' Nidhogg'', Messhof * 2015 – '' SpeedRunners'', DoubleDutch Games

Single Player

* 2016 – '' Superhot'', Superhot Team * 2017 – '' Owlboy'', D-Pad Studio

Multiplayer

* 2016 – '' Gang Beasts'', Boneloaf * 2017 – ''Arena Gods'', Supertype Games

VR

* 2019 – ''Intruders: Hide & Seek'', Tessera Studios

References

External links

* {{official, https://www.sxsw.com/awards/gaming-awards/ Video game awards Culture of Austin, Texas Awards established in 2014 2014 establishments in Texas