gamescom Award 2019 Winners Announced

• 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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