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[Enter the Dragon Punch]

http://www.game-debate.com/awards/2015

NOTE: KEEP IN MIND THESE AWARDS ALWAYS HAVE MORE FOCUS ON PC THAN CONSOLES, THOUGH THEY DO INCLUDE CONSOLES.

GAME OF THE YEAR 2015
1. The Witcher III
2. Life is Strange
3. Fallout 4
4. GTA V for PC
5. Cities: Skylines
6. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
7. Pillars of Eternity
8. Bloodborne

BEST SURVIVAL
1. Ark: Survival Evolved
2. H1Z1
3. Stranded Deep
4. Subnautica

BEST SCI-FI
1. Fallout 4
2. Soma
3. Anno 2205
4. Galactic Civilizations III

BEST CO-OP
1. Dying Light
2. Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide
3. LEGO Jurassic World
4. Sword Coast Legends

BEST DEVELOPER
1. CD Projekt Red
2. Obsidian Entertainment
3. Colossal Order
4. FROM Software

BEST MOTHERBOARD
1. Asus Maximus VIII Hero
2. MSI Z97A Gaming 6
3. Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P
4. ASRock Fatal1ty H97

BEST INDIE
1. Rocket League
2. Undertale
3. Her Story
4. Jotun
5. Skyhill
6. Axiom Verge
7. Westerado: Double Barreled
8. Volume

BEST HEADSET
1. Kingston HyperX Cloud II
2. Audio-Technica ATH-PDG1
3. Astro A50 Wireless
4. Gioteck HC-4

BEST HORROR GAME
1. Until Dawn
2. Dying Light
3. Soma
4. Stasis

BEST EARLY ACCESS
1. Ark: Survival Evolved
2. Layers of Fear
3. Angels Fall First
4. Cryptark

BEST OPEN WORLD
1. The Witcher III
2. GTA V for PC
3. Fallout 4
4. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

BEST STRATEGY
1. StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
2. Total War: Attila
3. Act of Aggression
4. Satellite Reign

BEST AUDIO
1. The Witcher III
2. GTA V for PC
3. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
4. Soma

BEST PC CASE
1. Cooler Master HAF X
2. Corsair Vengeance C70
3. Fractal Design Define R4
4. Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Micro Tower

BEST VISUALS
1. Star Wars: Battlefront
2. The Witcher III
3. GTA V for PC
4. The Order 1886

BEST CONSOLE OF 2015
1. PlayStation 4
2. Xbox One
3. Nvidia Shield
4. Wii U

BEST MONITOR
1. Samsung U32E850R
2. LG 24GM77
3. Acer XB270HU
4. Philips Brilliance BDM3470UP

BEST SIM
1. Project CARS
2. Tabletop Simulator
3. F1 2015
4. BeamNG.drive

BEST MOBILE GAME
1. Fallout Shelter
2. This War Of Mine
3. Lara Croft GO
4. Football Manager 2016 Mobile

BEST PC BUILDER EU
1. Falcon Computers
2. Fierce PC
3. Scan
4. QuietPC.de

BEST PLATFORMER
1. Super Mario Maker
2. Ori and the Blind Forest
3. Broforce
4. Grow Home

BEST PUBLISHER
1. Paradox Interactive
2. CD Projekt RED
3. Microsoft Studios
4. Nintendo

BEST INNOVATORS
1. Steam Controller
2. The Witcher III
3. Splatoon
4. Ashes of the Singularity

BEST PC BUILDER US
1. Origin PC
2. Digital Storm
3. MainGear
3. Puget Systems

BEST COMEDY
1. Tales from the Borderlands
2. Saints Row: Gat out of Hell
3. Magicka 2
4. Kings Quest

BEST LAPTOP
1. Asus G751JY
2. Microsoft Surface Book
3. Gigabyte P35K v3
4. Aorus X3 Plus v3

BEST FREE TO PLAY
1. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
2. Heroes of the Storm
3. Marvel Heroes 2015
4. World of Warships

BEST MOBA
1. DOTA 2
2. League of Legends
3. Heroes of the Storm
4. Smite

BEST ACTION
1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
2. Dying Light
3. Batman: Arkham Knight
4. Mad Max

BEST SHOOTER
1. Star Wars: Battlefront
2. Wolfensteni: The Old Blood
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
4. Battlefield: Hardline

BEST GAME FOR CHILDREN
1. Minecraft: Story Mode
2. Splatoon
3. LEGO Dimensions
4. Disney Infinity 3

BEST PC EXCLUSIVE
1. StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
2. Pillars of Eternity
3. Shadowrun: Hong Kong
4. Satellite Reign

BEST DIGITAL SALES PLATFORM
1. Steam
2. GOG.com
3. Origin
4. Battle.net
5. uPlay
6. GreenManGaming
7. GamersGate
8. itch.io

BEST EXPANSION
1. Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
2. The Witcher III: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone
3. Cities: Skylines - After Dark
4. The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna

BEST RPG
1. Pillars of Eternity
2. The Witcher III
3. Fallout 4
4. Shadowrun: Hong Kong

BEST MOUSE
1. Razer Deathadder 2015
2. Logitech G303 Daedalus Apex
3. Corsair Gaming M65
4. Roccat Nyth

BEST STORY
1. The Witcher III
2. Life is Strange
3. Game of Thrones
4. Her Story

BEST CPU
1. Intel Core i7-6700K
2. Intel Core i5-6600K
3. Intel Core i7-5820K
4. AMD A10-7870K

MOST ANTICIPATED
1. Mass Effect Andromeda
2. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
3. Rise of the Tomb Raider
4. Mafia III
5. Just Cause 3
6. DOOM
7. Hitman
8. Total War: Warhammer Fantasy

BEST ORIGINAL GAME
1. Life is Strange
2. Pillars of Eternity
3. Until Dawn
4. Bloodborne

BEST ADVENTURE
1. Life is Strange
2. Tales from the Borderlands
3. Kings Quest
4. Stasis

BEST HARDWARE MANUFACTURER
1. Nvidia
2. AMD
3. Razer
4. Valve

BEST GPU
1. GeForce GTX 980 Ti
2. Radeon R9 390
3. GeFore GTX 950
4. Radeon R9 Nano

BEST SPORTS
1. FIFA 16
2. NBA 2K16
2. PES 2016
4. NHL 2016

BEST MULTIPLAYER
1. Grand Theft Auto Online
2. Star Wars: Battlefront
3. Rocket League
4. FIFA 16

BEST MANAGEMENT GAME
1. Cities: Skylines
2. Prison Architect
3. Anno 2205
4. Football Manager 2016

MOST ANTICIPATED HARDWARE FOR 2016
1. Oculus Rift
2. PlayStation VR
3. Pascal GPUs
4. Greenland GPUs

BEST HANDHELD DEVICE
1. Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
2. Apple iPhone 6
3. LG Nexus 5X
4. Nokia Lumia 950XL

BEST RACING
1. Need For Speed
2. Project CARS
3. Dirt Rally
4. Ride

BEST GAMING KEYBOARD
1. Razer Blackwidow Chroma
2. Corsair Strafe Mechanical Keyboard
3. SteelSeries Apex
4. Turtle Beach Impact 500

Big congrats to Obsidian and CD Projekt RED, got some nice awards under their belt this year!

 

[Majestad]

Witcher 3 is indeed the game of the year.

 

[grimmiq]

Nvidia shield over Wii U..Ouch.

 

[robotrock]

Do they release a new HAF X every year?

 

[MiamiWesker]

I know witcher 3 is going to win a bunch of these awards but I think it doesn't deserve it at all. Such basic gameplay.

Anyway what is this exactly, never heard of it. Very thorough.

 

[Vazra]

Nice to see Life is Strange there.

 

[Jigorath]

BEST CONSOLE OF 2015
3. Nvidia Shield
4. Wii U

lmao

 

[orthodoxy1095]

I love the GOTY list and the indie list a lot. Great variety of games in those two in particular.

Don't agree with Fallout Shelter being on the top of any mobile list, and a huge "Lol" at the Wii U being beaten by the Shield.

Good stuff here though.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

I know witcher 3 is going to win a bunch of these awards but I think it doesn't deserve it at all. Such basic gameplay.

Anyway what is this exactly, never heard of it. Very thorough.

It's game-debate's annual awards, 3rd straight year they've done this scale and depth of awards IIRC

 

[Gator86]

Witcher 3 is indeed the game of the year.

Game of the gen for me. Fantastic title.

List needs more Tomb Raider. It's way better than Dying Light for an action game.

 

[Tizoc]

Contradiction got robbed!

Non the less good list of games.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Nvidia shield over Wii U..Ouch.

You have to admit, they've really been exploding lately.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Quite cringeworthy. Whoever voted clearly isn't a squid.

 

[SolicitorPirate]

Damn good showing for Life is Strange. Nice to see Splatoon do well too, though I feel it deserved a few more spots.

 

[Htown]

BEST CONSOLE OF 2015
1. PlayStation 4
2. Xbox One
3. Nvidia Shield
4. Wii U

This is complete bullshit, but it's so hilarious I can't even be mad. LMAO

 

[DNAbro]

Best PC exclusive
Best Comedy
Best Indie

And Undertale didn't win any of them. bah

 

[MohitParty]

Great to see Until Dawn win! #TheresAFreakingGhostAfterUs

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Best PC exclusive
Best Comedy
Best Indie

And Undertale didn't win any of them. bah

I'm surprised about them not picking it for "PC Exclusive," but the other categories were stacked. Can't complain too much with a lot of good comedic games this year and the GOTG (Rocket League).

 

[Warxard]

Life is Strange beat Bloodborne for best original game

Hella /yes/

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Damn good showing for Life is Strange. Nice to see Splatoon do well too, though I feel it deserved a few more spots.

I think Splatoon got shafted.

 

[Aceofspades]

Bloodborne is the only console exclusive. MY GOTY easily

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

Best PC exclusive
Best Comedy
Best Indie

And Undertale didn't win any of them. bah

To be fair, Undertale had a really tough indie lineup to beat. Toby should feel accomplished it came in second! And I'm sure it'll win a few GOTY awards elsewhere

 

[Oersted]

Who is voting? Jury and/or visitors of the website?

 

[Dad]

game of thrones third best story of the year

 

[Atlas157]

This is complete bullshit, but it's so hilarious I can't even be mad. LMAO

I know right? What's Nvidia Shield doing there?

 

[kurahador]

BEST STORY
3. Game of Thrones

Umm...no. Just no.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

game of thrones third best story of the year

Didn't play the game, but that was a bit of surprising inclusion considering I've heard like no buzz for the game.

 

[MetalGearZed]

NFS winning over Project Cars for racing is kind of a surprise.

 

[OrangeOak]

Dirt Rally should be first in racing category

 

[Fat4all]

I know right? Why isn't the Nvidia Shield number 1?

ftfy

 

[WaffleTaco]

I actually think this is a great list. I was surprised that FIFA beat NBA though...

 

[kagamin]

No MH4U in GOTY category, very disappoint.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

I know right? What's Nvidia Shield doing there?

GameStream + GRID (lets you play games like The Witcher III) + 4k media consumption + Android games/emulators + Native games like Talos Principle, DOOM 3, Hotline Miami 2, Soul Calibur HD, Tales from the Borderlands, etc. It also has games like Borderlands Pre Sequel, MGR, RE5, etc coming to it. It's nowhere near as bad as people seem to think.

 

[Breads]

I'm glad Life is Strange and Until Dawn so highly acclaimed. The industry needs more adventure games.

No MH4U in GOTY category, very disappoint.

To be fair this was an incredibly good year and 8 slots isn't enough to do 2015 justice.

 

[LurkerPrime]

I... am actually OK with these lists. Very little snubbing going on that I can think of. Apart from Sunless Sea I don't see any huge absences.

The Witcher 3 I totally expected winning awards, but it warms my heart to see Life is Strange and Tales From the Borderlands winning stuff. Such great games.

2015 is, without a doubt, the Year of the Adventure Game. I didn't even see it coming.

Contradiction got robbed!


Non the less good list of games.

Contradiction existing at all is award enough. It really exceeded all expectations.

It's in the name.

 

[bobawesome]

Fallout 4 above Metal Gear? disgustedface.gif

 

[Vex_]

Smh @ witcher 3. I'm so disgusted by that choice. Glad a lot of other games got to shine in other lists.

Makes no sense w3 got most innovative. Innovative what?! Combat? Jesus christ.

Dying light, rocket league, mgsv and fallout are my personal faves and I can't even believe they made it. Wow. Especially f4, that game has it rough nowadays.

 

[...Scatter...]

No Halo 5? Gimme a break.

 

[Guri]

Life Is Strange won Best Original Game and Best Adventure and got second place for GOTY and Best Story.

 

[Vex_]

No Halo 5? Gimme a break.

Mostly PC games on this list...

 

[matrixman92]

Ctrl+F Life is strange

This pleases me

 

[DNAbro]

No Halo 5? Gimme a break.

I don't expect Halo 5 to be winning many awards this year.

 

[Fat4all]

No Halo 5? Gimme a break.

Ctrl+F Life is strange

This pleases me

 

[kagamin]

Oh almost forgot, F3 Trails *nothing*, that's the real let down for this list.

 

[ethomaz]

For me MGSV > Bloodborne > The Witcher 3

All three amazing games.

No Halo 5? Gimme a break.

Well Halo 5 scores are not what is expected to win awards.

 

[Rajang]

Bloodborne way too low.

It's the best game of this generation.

 

[...Scatter...]

I don't expect Halo 5 to be winning many awards this year.

Who can honestly argue with a straight face that Battlefield Hardline was better?

 

[B-Dex]

I need a new headset. The A50 wireless is sexy but 400 bucks. Maybe I should look into those Kingston ones.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

Bloodborne way too low.

It's the best game of this generation.

Who can honestly argue with a straight face that Battlefield Hardline was better?

a) it's subjective
b) it's mostly pc games

 

[StaffyManasse]

Life is Strange killing it, pretty cool! Also love to see SOMA get some love.

Bloodborne is higher on my personal list.