Winners named in 24 categories
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild named Video Game of the Year
Austin, TX – SXSW Gaming has announced the winners for the 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards. The winners in 24 different categories, were revealed during the fifth annual Gaming Awards ceremony, which was hosted by IGN producer and writer Alanah Pearce, and Blizzard’s World of Warcraft and esports broadcaster for H1Z1, Hearthstone and Call of Duty World League, Richard Campbell.
Award winner highlights include Game of the Year winner The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo); Mobile Game of the Year winner Fire Emblem Heroes (Nintendo, Intelligent Systems); Esports Game of the Year winner PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (Bluehole Studio Inc.); Tabletop Game of the Year winner Gloomhaven (Cephalofair Games); and Trending Game of the Year winner PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (Bluehole Studio Inc.).
Submissions for the SXSW Gaming Awards opened in August 2017 through the official Gaming Awards page and closed in December. Finalists for the SXSW Gaming Awards categories were selected and voted on by the SXSW Gaming Advisory Board and select staff, consisting of more than 40 industry experts well-versed in everything gaming and geek culture. Once finalists were revealed, the general public, along with the Advisory Board, were invited to cast their vote on IGN.com to help determine the winners in each category, which were unveiled and honored at tonight’s SXSW Gaming Awards ceremony.
2018 SXSW Gaming Awards Winners:
Excellence in SFX – Super Mario Odyssey
Excellence in Musical Score – NieR: Automata
Excellence in Technical Achievement – NieR: Automata
Excellence in Visual Achievement – Horizon Zero Dawn
Excellence in Animation – Cuphead
Excellence in Art – Cuphead
Excellence in Convergence – Star Wars Battlefront II
Excellence in Multiplayer – PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Most Promising New Intellectual Property – Horizon Zero Dawn
Most Fulfilling Community-Funded Game – Night in the Woods
Excellence in Gameplay – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Excellence in Design – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Excellence in Narrative – What Remains of Edith Finch
Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award – Doki Doki Literature Club
Gamer’s Voice Award Video Game – Battlesloths 2025: The Great Pizza Wars
Gamer’s Voice Award Mobile Game – Tiny Bubbles
Gamer’s Voice Award Tabletop Game – Sol: Last Days of a Star
Gamer’s Voice Award Virtual Reality Game – SUPERHOTVR
Trending Game of the Year – PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Esports Game of the Year – PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Tabletop Game of the Year – Gloomhaven
Virtual Reality Game of the Year – Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Mobile Game of the Year – Fire Emblem Heroes
Video Game of the Year – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
For the full list of 2018 SXSW Gaming Award winners, visit gaming.sxsw.com/awards.
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