Gli SXSW Gaming Award di quest’anno si terranno dal 17 al 19 marzo in quel di Austin, Texas. Le categorie sono ben ventuno, ognuna di queste prevedere cinque titoli nominati che si contenderanno il primo posto. A scegliere i vincitori però sanno tutti i partecipanti dell’evento, che avranno modo anche di provare i quaranta titoli in pista, tramite delle apposite postazioni. Le votazioni infine porteranno al 19 marzo, ove tramite una cerimonia gratuita verranno annunciati i vincitori.
Di seguito vi proponiamo tutte le categorie e relative nomination:
GAME OF THE YEAR
- Bloodborne
- Fallout 4
- Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Undertale
TABLETOP GAME OF THE YEAR
- Above and Below
- Blood Rage
- Codenames
- Lanterns: The Harvest Festival
- Pandemic Legacy
MOBILE GAME OF THE YEAR
- Downwell
- Fallout Shelter
- Her Story
- Lara Croft GO
- SteamWorld Heist
EXCELLENCE IN GAMEPLAY
- Bloodborne
- Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
- Rocket League
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Undertale
EXCELLENCE IN ART
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
- Bloodborne
- Ori & the Blind Forest
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Yoshi’s Woolly World
EXCELLENCE IN ANIMATION
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- The Order: 1886
EXCELLENCE IN TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
- Fallout 4
- Just Cause 3
- Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Until Dawn
EXCELLENCE IN VISUAL ACHIEVEMENT
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Star Wars Battlefront
- The Order: 1886
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
EXCELLENCE IN NARRATIVE
- Her Story
- Life is Strange
- SOMA
- Tales from the Borderlands
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN
- Bloodborne
- Fallout 4
- Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
- Rocket League
- Super Mario Maker
EXCELLENCE IN SFX
- Bloodborne
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- STar Wars Battlefront
- The Order 1886
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
EXCELLENCE IN MUSICAL SCORE
- Crypt of the Necrodancer
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
EXCELLENCE IN MULTIPLAYER
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
- Halo 5: Guardians
- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
- Rocket League
- Splatoon
EXCELLENCE IN CONVERGENCE
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition
- Guitar Hero Life
- Rock Band 4
- Star Wars Battlefront
MOST ENDURING CHARACTER
- Geralt (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)
- Hannah Smith (Her Story)
- The Joker (Batman: Arkham Knight)
- Lara Croft (Rise of the Tomb Raider)
- Ori (Ori and the Blind Forest)
MOST VALUABLE ESPORTS TEAM
- Cloud9
- Counter Logic
- Evil Geniuses
- Team Archon
- Team EnVyUs
MOST ENTERTAINING ONLINE PERSONALITY
- Angry Joe
- Greg Miller
- Markiplier
- PewDiePie
- Tim Schafer
MOST FULFILLING CROWDFUNDED GAME
- Broken Age
- Kerbal Space Program
- Kingdom Death: Monster
- PIllars of Eternity
- Undertale
MOST PROMISING NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- Bloodborne
- Life is Strange
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Splatoon
- Undertale
THE MATTHEW CRUMP CULTURAL INNOVATION AWARD
- Emily is Away
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Her Story
- Life is Strange
- Undertale
