Vergangenen Samstag wurden zum dritten Mal die SXSW Gaming Awards im Rahmen des jährlich stattfindenden South By Southwest Festivals für Musik, Film & Interaktives in Austin (Texas, USA) vergeben. Neben dem Abräumer The Witcher 3 konnten auch die Entwickler von Crystal Dynamics 2 Awards abstauben.
Ausgezeichnet wurden die Aminationen in RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER. Außerdem erhielt der Charakter Lara Croft einen Preis für Ihre Beständigkeit in der Videospielwelt verliehen.
Alle Gewinner des Jahrews 2016 im Überblick:
- Video Game Of The Year: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt / CD Projekt RED)
- Mobile Game Of The Year: Her Story (Sam Barlow)
- Table Top Game Of The Year: Pandemic Legacy (Z-Man Games)
- Excellence In Gameplay: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami)
- Excellence In Art: Bloodborne (Sony Computer Entertainment / From Software)
- Excellence In Animation: Rise of the Tomb Raider (Square Enix / Crystal Dynamics)
- Excellence In Technical Achievement: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt / CD Projekt RED)
- Excellence In Visual Achievement: The Order: 1886 (Sony Computer Entertainment / Ready At Dawn)
- Excellence In Narrative: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt / CD Projekt RED)
- Excellence In Design: Bloodborne (Sony Computer Entertainment / From Software)
- Excellence In SFX: Star Wars Battlefront (Electronic Arts / EA Dice)
- Excellence In Musical Score: Ori and the Blind Forest (Microsoft Studios / Moon Studios)
- Excellence In Multiplayer: Rocket League (Psyonix)
- Excellence In Convergence: Batman: Arkham Knight (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Rocksteady Studios)
- Most Enduring Character: Lara Croft (Rise of the Tomb Raider)
- Most Valuable Esports Team: Evil Geniuses
- Most Entertaining Online Personality: Greg Miller (Kinda Funny)
- Most Promising New Intellectual Property: Splatoon (Nintendo)
- Most Fulfilling Crowdfunded Game: Undertale (Toby Fox)
- Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award: Undertale (Toby Fox)
- Gamer’s Voice Award Singleplayer: Superhot (Superhot Team)
- Gamer’s Voice Award Multiplayer: Gang Beasts (Bone Loaf)