The Game Awards 2015
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Date | December 3, 2015 |
Venue | Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California |
Country | United States |
Hosted by | Geoff Keighley |
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Most awards | |
Most nominations | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (6) |
Game of the Year | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |
Developer of the Year | CD Projekt Red |
Industry Icon Award | Brett Sperry and Louis Castle (Westwood Studios) |
Viewership | 2.3 million |
The Game Awards 2015 ceremony, which honored the best video games of 2015, took place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, on December 3, 2015. The show was produced and hosted by Geoff Keighley.
Premieres
The ceremony featured 10 game premieres,[1] including Telltale Games's Batman: The Telltale Series and The Walking Dead: Michonne, Double Fine Productions's Psychonauts 2 and Harmonix's Rock Band VR. There were also new trailers for upcoming games as well including Ubisoft's Far Cry Primal, Naughty Dog's Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Remedy Entertainment's Quantum Break and Cloud Imperium Games's Star Citizen. Ports and remasters were also announced including an Xbox One port for Psyonix's Rocket League and a remastered version of Chair Entertainment's Shadow Complex.
The broadcast saw a total viewership of about 2.3 million.[2]
Winners and nominees
The nominees for The Game Awards 2015 were announced on November 13, 2015. Candidate games must have a commercial release date on or before November 24, 2015, in order to be eligible.[3]
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on December 3, 2015.[3] Winners are shown first in bold.[4]
Jury-voted awards
Fan's choice awards
Most Anticipated Game | ESports Player of the Year |
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ESports Team of the Year | ESports Game of the Year |
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Trending Gamer | Best Fan Creation |
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Honorary awards
Industry Icon Award |
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Games with multiple nominations and awards
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References
- ↑ Makuch, Eddie (November 25, 2015). "10 "World Premieres" Slated for 2015 Game Awards". GameSpot. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
- ↑ Crecente, Brian (December 6, 2016). "The Game Awards audience up 65 percent to 3.8M". Polygon. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- 1 2 Sarkar, Samit (November 13, 2015). "Here are the nominees for The Game Awards 2015". Polygon. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
- ↑ Sarkar, Samit (December 3, 2015). "Here are the winners of The Game Awards 2015". Polygon. Retrieved December 3, 2015.