- Dreams from Sony Interactive Entertainment wins in two categories
- Sony can be pleased with a total of three Awards, Ubisoft with two
- gamescom “Most Wanted” Consumer Award and other awards will be presented on the gamescom Saturday as of 3:30 p.m. in the IGN@gamescom now studio (hall 7, B60)
The first winners of the most coveted prizes of the European computer and video games industry have been decided. In the context of gamescom: Opening Night Live, hosted by Geoff Keighley, the gamescom awards were presented in a total of nine genre and five platform categories. More than 1,500 spectators were present live and on location, as well as many more gamescom fans with the live stream on www.gamescom.de. More than 160 submissions were received at the award office, which was again managed by the Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur (Digital Game Culture Foundation) this year.
The winners of the gamescom awards 2019 have been decided: the games module Dreams from Sony Interactive Entertainment wins in the categories of Best Sony PlayStation 4 Game and Most Original Game. Another Sony title, Concrete Genie, was also chosen by the jury as Best Family Game. The remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, was distinguished as Best Nintendo Switch Game, and “Gears 5” as the Best Microsoft Xbox One Game.
Codemasters, Koch Media, and Ubisoft can also be pleased with further distinctions: Codemasters’ title, Grid, and Koch Media’s, Wasteland 3, were honored as Best Racing Game or Best Roleplaying Game, Ubisoft’s, Roller Champions, is the Best Sports Game and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint the Best PC Game.
All winning titles in the genre and platform category groups are eligible for the top award of Best of gamescom, presented by the gamescom award jury. The categories of Best Hardware / Technology, Best Multiplayer Game, Best Ongoing Game and Best VR / AR Game are evaluated by the international jury of experts during gamescom and presented on the gamescom Saturday as of 3:30 p.m. in the IGN@gamescom now studio. The winners in the other jury categories, such as Best Games Company, Best of CAMPUS and the gamescom Indie Award, as well as various fan categories, including the gamescom “Most Wanted” Consumer Award and Best Streamer/Let’s Player awards will then also be announced.
An overview of the already decided winners of the gamescom awards 2019:
Category Group: Genre
Best Action Adventure Game
Blacksad: Under the Skin, astragon Entertainment
Best Action Game
DOOM Eternal, ZeniMax Germany
Best Family Game
Concrete Genie, Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best Racing Game
Grid, Codemasters
Best Role Playing Game
Wasteland 3, Koch Media
Best Simulation Game
Planet Zoo, Frontier
Best Sports Game
Roller Champions, Ubisoft
Best Strategy Game
Desperados III, THQ Nordic
Most Original Game
Dreams, Sony Interactive Entertainment
Category Group: Platform
Best Microsoft Xbox One Game
Gears 5, Microsoft
Best Nintendo Switch Game
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, Nintendo
Best Sony PlayStation 4 Game
Dreams, Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best Mobile Game
Battle Chasers: Nightwar – Mobile Edition, HandyGames
Best PC Game
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Ubisoft
The following categories will be presented on the gamescom Saturday, 24 August 2019, as of 3:30 p.m. in the IGN@gamescom now studio:
Category Group: Best of gamescom
Best of gamescom
Category Group: Genre
Best VR / AR Game (Jury category)
Best Hardware / Technology (Jury category) Best Multi-Player Game (Jury category) Best?Ongoing?Game?(Jury category)
Category Group: gamescom global Awards Best Games Company(Jury category) HEART OF GAMING Award (Jury category)
Category Group: gamescom Indie Award
gamescom Indie Award(Jury category)
Category Group: Best of CAMPUS
Best of CAMPUS(Jury category)
Best Booth (Fan category)
Best Booth (Fan category)
Best Streamer/Let’s Player (Fan category)
gamescom “Most Wanted” Consumer Award (Fan category)
Related: gamescom Award 2019 Announces the Nominees
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