Video Game Awards 2015 recap – game of the year title goes to The Witcher 3

As always, VGA stirred up a lot of excitement among the gaming community.

Video Game Awards 2015 ceremony is now over – awards were handed down to winners and players all over the world could enjoy new trailers from their favorive games. This time the proud receiver of the Game of the Year title was The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which is obviously well-deserved. In other highlights, we heard the announcement of Psychonauts 2, Batman: A Telltale Games Series, Shadow Complex Remastered, and Rock Band VR. If you missed the show, don’t worry! We’ve got a brief recap of the essentials from VGA 2015.

Video Game Awards 2015

Game of the Year

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Developer of the Year

CD Projekt Red

Best Independent Game

Rocket League

Best Mobile/Handheld Game

Lara Craft GO

Best Narrative

Ori and the Blind Forest

Best Score/Soundtrack

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Best Performance

Viva Seifert (Her Story)

Games for Change Award

Life Is Strange (DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix)

Best Shooter

Splatoon

Best Action/Adventure Game

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Best Roleplaying Game

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Best Fighting Game

Mortal Kombat X

Best Family Game

Super Mario Maker

Best Sports/Racing Game

Rocket League

Best Multiplayer

Splatoon

Most Anticipated Game

No Man’s Sky

Esports Player of the Year

Kenny “KennyS” Schrub

Esports Team of the Year

Optic Gaming

Esports Game of the Year

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Trending Gamer

Greg Miller

Best Fan Creation

Portal Stories: Mel (Prism Studios)

Announcements

Batman: A Telltale Games Series

Telltale Games are the guys who did The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, Game of Thrones and a couple of other titles. They are now working on a Batman game. Batman: A Telltale Games Series will be exactly what the studio is most famous for – an episodic adventure game with cartoonish graphics and difficult moral choices instead of puzzles. The title will hit PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and mobile devices in 2016.

Rocket League for XONE

Rocket League, available on PC and PS4 since June 2015, is heading to Xbox One and will hit the Microsoft’s console in February 2016. See the reveal trailer:

Psychonauts 2

Double Fine announced Psychonauts 2, a sequel to a successful 3D platform game from 2005. The game will hit PC, PS4, and XONE in Fall 2018, but first, it needs to be crowdfunded. Read more in this news.

Shadow Complex Remastered

Shadow Complex Remastered was officially revealed and, more importantly, released. Until the end of the year PC players can download the game for free via Epic Games Launcher (head here). PS4 and XONE versions will follow in 2016.

Rock Band VR

Harmonix and Palmer Luckey appeared on this year’s VGA to announce Rock Band VR – another installment of the popular musc game series, this time designed specially for Oculus Rift. The game is coming in 2016.

New Trailers and Gameplay Videos

Far Cry: Primal

Star Citizen

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Quantum Break

The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Games Mini-Series

Halo 5: Guardians

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