10 Games That Will Win Major Awards In 2015

It might seem a bit premature to hand out awards for 2015 games at this stage (after all, a year is a long time) but barring any major upsets, it’s quite easy to predict how certain games will perform, especially when the reputation and skill of the developers is considered.

[Relientk77]

Uncharted 4, Witcher 3, and Legend of Zelda Wii U are gonna be awesome

[Lord_Sloth]

Why didn't you mention MGSV?

Also, can we start downvoting any site that splits it's article across more than 3 pages?

[miyamoto]

Uncharted 4, Bloodborne, The Order 1886, MGSV

[BiggerBoss]

Uncharted will definitely be a favorite for GOTY, just given the franchises history. Witcher 3, Zelda, Bloodborne, and many others will be big competition though. Halo 5 will likely win best multiplayer or best fps.

Sadly, Metal Gear games never win tons of awards, but Phantom Pain is by far my most anticipated, only followed by UC4.

2015 may just be the YOTG (year of the generation), so many incredible games in the pipeline.

[jb227]

Yup, I agree w/ all of that. It could easily be the YOTG based solely upon what we know right now. I've had a theory that really hasn't proven wrong yet, wherein the best years for all media across the board, be it games, movies, music, or tv, the odd years are always the best. Not sure why this is, but if you look back on what were considered the best years for gaming out of the past decade or so, the odds always have it. The even years tend to have a lot of projects w/ massive hype, but they typically seem to underwhelm…there are always a few stray great projects that drop, but nowhere near the frequency of quality that the odd years bring. Has anyone else noticed this or am I just crazy? Just going off of recent memory, 2011 brought Arkham City & UC3 which were my favorites, along w. a lot of other huge games, 2012 was decent but 2013 was crazy, TLOU, Bioshock, GTA V, etc. Assuming these big 2015 titles aren't delayed it seems like that theory will stand.

[N4g_null]

It's going to be a good to have any of the newer systems it would seem. I really like that new final fantasy trailer. I'll give visual props to uncharted yet the game play in those two might be shaky. Slaptoon, zelda and xenoblade are going to truly rock though. We haven't even seen starfox though yet i don't expect alot visually yet. There are a ton of games that have to meet their potential. It maybe too soon to talk about this though after the recent rash of hyped games not delivering.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

Xenoblade Chronicles X or MGSV will win the deepest story award.

[DanzoSAMA]

Rise of the Tomb Raider, HALO 5, Bloodborne

[ThePhoeniixRisess]

sry buddy but uncharted is here

[DougLord]

Halo 5 will win best multiplayer, best shooter, best Xone game and GOTY.

J/K none of us know if any of these games will be good. UC4 could come out and score in the 70s, so could Halo.

[DigitalRaptor]

When was the last time a Halo game won a stretch full of GOTY awards? When was the last time 343i made a GOTY that also lived up to Bungie's reputation?

When was the last time a Naughty Dog game DIDN'T win a stretch full of GOTY awards? When was the last time Naughty Dog DIDN'T live up to or surpass their own reputation and everybody's expectations?

There we have it.

[PlayableGamez]

Good list.
MGSV is more than likely going to be my GOTY.

[Paytaa]

Next year is literally stacked with amazing games. For me Halo 5, Uncharted 4, Rise of The Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3, MGSV, Batman: Arkham Knight, and Bloodborne are no brainers. Hopefully I can get the money aside for Wii U because the new Zelda looks stellar and I can only imagine what a new Metroid would be like.

[PrinceOfAllSaiyans]

Right now only games I can guarantee to be phenomenal are The Legend Of Zelda because it just looks outstanding with that beautiful open world. MGSV TPP because every MGS game is amazing. And Uncharted 4 well because its Naughty Dog anything they make tturns to gold.

[soondragon67]

Uncharted 4 will win the majority of the GotY awards and will receive tons of 10/10 reviews, just because it's Uncharted 4.

Also I feel like Battlefront is being overlooked by the majority of people. I'm willing to bet that it will be a top contender for Game of the Year.

[ThePhoeniixRisess]

this

i think battlefront will be better than halo 5 easily
ofc only xbox fanboys are those who wont accept that

[MNGamer-N]

Gimme dat X

[DeusEx-Machina]

I hate these kind of articles...

[from the beach]

The front runners are probably Bloodborne, Arkham Knight, MGSV, Zelda U and The Division.. but really there's such a depth of exciting stuff coming in 2015 it's almost impossible to make firm predictions..

[DC777]

A major award eh?

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[canek]

2015 is going to be golden!! With games like Zelda-U, xenoblade chronicles, starfox, uncharted4, metal gear 5!! I need a good dosage of all this games like right now!!!!

[Gatsu]

The Phantom Pain ftw ;). Will be my GOTY definitely and every MGS has been fantastic, so I know this won't disappoint either.

Only few months more and we can start playing some of the coolest games ever...

[jholden3249]

Xenoblade Chronicles X is a very legitimate contender as well. Let's not forget that the original Xenoblade Chronicles is regarded by many as the greatest RPG of the 7th generation... The sequel doesn't look like it's going to disappoint either.

[Hamzaali]

i don't think so Battlefield: Hardline gonna achieve any award

[DarXyde]

Xenoblade Chronicles X and Bloodborne deserve spots on this list, but I am totally 100% on board with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain being Game of the Year.

Honestly, I'm pretty sure that, unless another Metal Gear Solid hits, this will be my game of the generation.

[medman]

Strong contenders include Uncharted 4, No Man's Sky, Zelda, Bloodborne, MGSV, The Witcher 3, Dying Light, Arkham Knight, Rime, Quantum Break, Below, Inside, and Ori and the Blind Forest. That is my list, and I'm sticking to it. No Halo 5, it's typically not the type of game that wins goty awards. No Rise of the Tomb Raider, because at the end of the day it's also being developed for the 360, so I don't expect it to stand toe to toe with Uncharted. An xbone only Tomb Raider would have had a hard time with Uncharted, I can't see a cross generational Tomb Raider winning that particular battle. The cross generational issue also concerns me a bit about MGSV, if only because the levels won't be as big as they could have been if the title were current gen and pc only.