The Game Awards 2019 just wrapped up, and while most people are no doubt talking about all the new trailers and the big reveal of the Xbox Series X, there were, in fact, actual awards handed out! As I mentioned when the nominations were announced, 2019 was really a wide open year, without any super obvious frontrunners, and indeed the winners were much more spread out than usual this year.

　　Ultimately, the winner in terms of total number of awards was actually the indie PC RPG Disco Elysium, which took home four trophies. Meanwhile, the game with the most nominations, Death Stranding, played runner up with three awards. Ultimately, the big surprise came at the end of the night when Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice took home Game of the Year. Not that Sekiro isn’t a really good game, but I don’t think many had it winning in their pools.

　　Here’s your full lineup of The Game Awards 2019 winners:

　　Game of The Year

　　Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)

　　Best Game Direction

　　Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)

　　Best Narrative

　　Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)

　　Best Art Direction

　　Control (Remedy/505)

　　Best Score/Music

　　Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)

　　Best Audio Design

　　Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)

　　Best Performance

　　Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff, Death Stranding

　　Games for Impact

　　Gris (Nomada Studio/Devolver)

　　Best Ongoing Game

　　Fortnite (Epic Games)

　　Best Independent Game

　　Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)

　　Best Mobile Game

　　Call of Duty: Mobile (TiMi Studios/Activision)

　　Best Community Support

　　Destiny 2 (Bungie)

　　Best VR/AR Game

　　Beat Saber (Beat Games)

　　Best Action Game

　　Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom/Capcom)

　　Best Action-Adventure Game

　　Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision)

　　Best RPG

　　Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)

　　Best Fighting Game

　　Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco/Sora/Nintendo)

　　Best Family Game

　　Luigi's Mansion 3 (Next Level Games/Nintendo)

　　Best Strategy Game

　　Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems/Koei Tecmo/Nintendo)

　　Best Sports/Racing Game

　　Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Beenox/Activision)

　　Best Multiplayer Game

　　Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)

　　Fresh Indie Game Developer

　　ZA/UM for Disco Elysium

　　What are your thoughts on this year’s winners? Did the right games take home trophies? Any particularly egregious snubs?