The Game Awards Winners: Our Predictions vs Reality

Who would have seen this coming!

On the first episode of The Player’s Club Podcast Emmett, Graydon, and I gave our picks for the nominees for each category of The Game Awards. So let’s see how we did!

Game of the Year:
Our pick: Resident Evil 2
WINNER: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

0-1

Action Game:
Our Pick: Devil May Cry V
WINNER: Devil May Cry V

1-1

Action-Adventure:
Our Pick: Control
WINNER: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

1-2

Art Direction:
Our Pick: Gris
WINNER: Control

1-3

Audio:
Our Pick: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
WINNER: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

2-3

Community Support:
Our Pick: Destiny 2
WINNER: Destiny 2

3-3

Family Game:
Our Pick: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
WINNER: Luigi’s Mansion 3

3-4

Fighting Game:
Our Pick: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
WINNER: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

4-4

Fresh Indie:
Our Pick: Untitled Goose Game
WINNER: Disco Elysium

4-5

Best Direction:
Our Pick: Death Stranding
WINNER: Death Stranding

5-5

Games For Impact:
Our Pick: Kind Words
WINNER: Gris

5-6

Best Indie Game:
Our Pick: Disco Elysium
WINNER: Disco Elysium

6-6

Best Mobile:
Our Pick: Grindstone
WINNER: CoD Mobile

6-7

Multiplayer:
Our Pick: Tetris 99
WINNER: Apex Legends

6-8

Best Narrative:
Our Pick: A Plague Tale: Innocence
WINNER: Disco Elysium

6-9

Best Ongoing Game:
Our Pick: Fortnite
WINNER: Fortnite

7-9

Performance:
Our Pick: Ashly Burch
WINNER: Mads Mikkelsen

7-10

Role-Playing Game:
Our Pick: The Outer Worlds
WINNER: Disco Elysium

7-11

Best Music:
Our Pick: Sayonara Wild Hearts
WINNER: Death Stranding

7-12

Sports/Racing:
Our Pick: FiFA 20
WINNER: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

7-13

Strategy Game:
Our Pick: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
WINNER: Fire Emblem: Three Houses

8-13

VR/AR Game:
Our Pick: Beat Saber
WINNER: Beat Saber

Total: 9 correct, 13 wrong