The South by Southwest (SXSW) festival is taking place in Austin, Texas this weekend, and last night it hosted the second annual SXSW Gaming Awards, where Dragon Age: Inquisition won another Game of the Year award.
Dragon Age: Inquisition previously won the Game of the Year Award at the Game Awards, and DICE 2015.
21 awards were given overall, and Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor walked away with three of them. Monolith’s open-world action game won in the Excellence in Gameplay, Excellence in Animation, and Excellence in Design and Direction categories.
tinyBuild’s Speedrunners, a multiplayer racing and platforming game, won the Gamer’s Voice Award, which was chosen from the Indie Corner exclusively by gamers at the show.
Check out the complete list of winners below.
- Game of the Year: Awarded to the indie or mainstream game that exemplifies gaming excellence.
WINNER: Dragon Age: Inquisition – Electronic Arts/BioWare
- Mobile Game of the Year: Awarded to the mobile game that exemplifies gaming excellence
WINNER: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard Entertainment
Table Top Game of the Year: Awarded to the table top game that exemplifies gaming excellence
WINNER: Star Realms – White Wizard Games
- Excellence in Gameplay: Awarded to the title that exemplifies excellence in gameplay mechanics
WINNER: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Warner Bros. Interactive/Monolith Productions
- Excellence in Art: Awarded to the title that exemplifies excellence in art and design
WINNER: Child of Light – Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal
Excellence in Animation: Awarded to the title that exemplifies excellence in animation
WINNER: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Warner Bros. Interactive/Monolith Productions
- Excellence in Technical Achievement: Awarded to the title that exemplifies excellence in technical achievement
WINNER: Destiny – Activision/Bungie
Excellence in Visual Achievement: Awarded to the game that best exemplifies stunning visuals
WINNER: Far Cry 4 – Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal
- Excellence in Narrative: Awarded to the title that exemplifies excellence in game narrative
WINNER: The Wolf Among Us – Telltale Games
- Excellence in Design and Direction: Awarded to the title that exemplifies excellence design and direction
WINNER: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Warner Bros. Interactive/Monolith Productions
- Excellence in SFX: Awarded to the title that exemplifies excellence game sound effects
WINNER: Alien: Isolation – SEGA/The Creative Assembly
- Excellence in Musical Score: Awarded to the title that exemplifies artistic excellence in musical score, and how it is used to progress the narrative of a game
WINNER: Transistor – Supergiant Games
- Excellence in Multiplayer: Awarded to the title that exemplifies excellence in multiplayer gaming
WINNER: Super Smash Bros. Wii U – Nintendo
- Excellence in Convergence: Awarded to the game that best exemplifies excellence in the crossover to other entertainment mediums such as film, music, toys, animation, sports and more
WINNER: South Park: The Stick of Truth – Ubisoft/Obsidian Entertainment
- Most Valuable Character: Awarded to the best game character that left an overwhelming impression
WINNER: Ellie, The Last of Us: Left Behind – Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog
- Most Valuable Esports Team: Awarded to the professional team that excelled in performance and provided the most valuable impact in its competitive scene(s)
WINNER: Cloud9
- Most Valuable Online Channel: Awarded to the gaming-related channel that consistently entertains and keeps us watching with its humor, stories, special effects and more
WINNER: Rooster Teeth
- Most Valuable Add-On Content: Awarded to the best additional content or DLC that added even more value to a great game making the experience that much better
WINNER: The Last of Us: Left Behind – Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog
- Most Anticipated Crowdfunded Game: Awarded to the most highly-anticipated crowdfunded game, through such platforms as Kickstarter, Early Access, Indiegogo, that lived up to expectations or has yet to grace our collections
WINNER: Star Citizen – Cloud Imperium Games
- Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award: Awarded to the title that most challenges the “norm” of everyday gaming, and offers a culturally innovative view of a game world, character or gameplay
WINNER: This War of Mine – 11 Bit Studios
- Gamer’s Voice Award: Awarded to the favorite game in the Indie Corner as decided exclusively by gamers on the SXSW Gaming Expo floor
WINNER: Speedrunners – tinyBuild
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