The Game Awards 2015’s Game of The Year Is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

From the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, the Game of The Year award was just announced.

[-Foxtrot]

Phew....least it wasn't MGSV

Shame Bloodborne didn't get much love

[Rimeskeem]

Bloodborne deserved more.

Not saying it deserved GOTY but maybe it should have gotten something

[-Foxtrot]

Unfortunately I think it's because it was an exclusive...while with something like the Witcher 3 it's multiplatform so more people get to experience it and those same people get to cast their vote.

Not saying how it's going to be 100% but it probably has some influence.

For me it stood out this year and provided me with a challenge, a good expansion and replay value.

[Fatdrinkofwater]

Bloodborne is so good it got nominated for goty and lots of people cheered for it.

It got recognized for its greatness but the witcher 3 has so much more to it and deserved goty over bloodborne.

[xPhearR3dx]

Not really. It's an amazing game, but they didn't really do much different from the Souls series or really take anything to the next level. The Witcher 2 to the Witcher 3 was a massive jump. They kept everything that was amazing about The Witcher 2 and put it in an open world format and made it work beautifully and then some. Bloodborne played it safe by sticking to what they knew was good and enhancing a few things to make it overall better.

From Software has a great formula, I just wish they expanded on it much more instead of small little changes.

[-Foxtrot]

"Not really. It's an amazing game, but they didn't really do much different from the Souls series or really take anything to the next level"

I have to disagree I think they did, it didn't feel like the Souls games...in spirit sure but I never once felt I was just playing Dark Souls 2.5.

[NovaCorps]

yea it should easily get the art design seriously

[TripleCs]

I knew Bloodborne wasn't going to win. It's an exclusive so it was already at a disadvantage in terms of votes. Not saying it would've won if it wasn't exclusive but it would've had a better chance at winning if it was on multiple platforms.

Anyway, congrats to CD Projekt Red. I haven't even played my copy of The Witcher 3 yet and I was never interested in it.. Based on what I've seen of the game the dialouge and characters seem very bland and boring, especially Geralt and he's the main character.. Only got The Witcher 3 because of all the hype it gets and I got it for only $25.. It's still factory sealed especially since I'm still playing the masterpiece known as Bloodborne now that The Old Hunters DLC was released but I'm going to pop this bad boy in tomorrow so I can see what all the fuss is about.

[xPhearR3dx]

@FoxTrot

I wouldn't say it like Dark Souls 2.5, but it just felt all too familiar. I personally like the faster pace of Bloodborne and hope Dark Souls 3 goes down that path. But the combat, leveling system, items, weapons, progression, level design etc where all ripped straight from the Souls series. Which, mind you isn't a bad thing at all. But they really did play it safe by not straying too far away from what people loved about the Souls series.

I just wish they took more risk with Bloodborne. Especially since it was a new IP, they literally had that freedom that most developers don't have since so many sequels are made these days. They could have done whatever they wanted without having to worry about people crying they ruined Dark Souls.

[sullynathan]

I don't remember the last time an exclusive won for The VGA's. They usually give whatever huge AAA game an award.

[Bansai]

Congrast CDPR

[starchild]

The Witcher 3 is way better as a total experience, in my opinion. Bloodborne is pretty mediocre in most areas other than its combat. If you don't love the combat there's not much else in it for most people.

[higgins78]

Never stood a chance. Being both a niche(ish) product and/or an exclusive put it miles away from the vote. A Game of the Year generally is a title which appeals to the plebs, the chavs and adolescents. MGSV or Xenoblade imho should have been tied winners.

[nix]

i've seen days when Gears of Wars won GOTY instead of Okami. After witnessing that these GOTY means nothing. Just like the reviews.

[bouzebbal]

Bloodborne is the shyyt this year! Amazing game amazing atmosphere. Sucked into it until Platinum trophy unlocked.

[freshslicepizza]

uncharted 2 won game of the year award back in 2009 so exclusives do win.

we basically had 3 major contenders this year. bloodborne, witcher 3 and fallout 4. the problem with the souls games and bloodborne is they do not cater to the mainstream public as much as the other two. it's not because it's exclusive. lots of people actually hate the souls games because of their unforgiveness and i imagine some reviewers don't even finish the games. it's hard to recommend games that have such a love/hate relationship so i can see why they didn't award it.

[ctmaudi]

The majority of the awards, including game of the year were not fan voted. They were voted by a panel of journalists and what not that Geoff picked. So being an exclusive or not wouldn't matter.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

My vote was for Metal Gear Solid 5. Not sure why it's getting so much hate.

It wasn't perfect but the gameplay was amazing, the story was not that great I admit, but in my opinion Metal Gear has never had a great story, yeah the franchise usually has a lot of cutscenes but it's mostly just convoluted and unrealstic nonsense in my opinion.

Still I guess I can understand why some are disappointed and feel like the story was really lacking this time. I'm the type that likes an Epic Story like Final Fantasy X, Silent Hill 2, or most recently The Last of Us but games like that are hard to come by. Metal Gear Solid V's story didn't really do anything for me, except with a few bits with Quiet but it really wasn't till her ending part and her song that got me a little emotional. Other than that, the game didn't have much story to care about.

[Corpser]

Lol at people saying exclusives don't win Goty, is it that long ago TLOU won all these goty's?

[Tito08]

@SullyNathan Based on your username, you should have no excuse in knowing Uncharted 2 won GOTY in 2009, when there was Modern Warfare 2, Arkham City & Halo ODST.

[BLizardXD]

Interesting that a game of PC heritage walks home with the award. that says a lot about PC developers.

[Bathyj]

Im saying it should have got GotY

[Grap]

The Witcher 3 is goty no doubt.
Congrast CDPR

[ZombieGamerMan]

The Phantom Pain deserved to win

[-Foxtrot]

lol no

If there was an award for

"Biggest Franchise to Take a Step Back"

Then yeah sure, I could see it taking it this year

Gameplay it exceeded, everything else took a step back

[ZombieGamerMan]

Well your opinions tend to be wrong so it don't matter

[sullynathan]

@Foxtrot if there was an award for biggest step back, Fallout would have gotten it since Bethesda bought the franchise.

There's a difference from stepping back from a franchise and completely being oblivious to what the franchise is about.

[slappy508]

No it didn't. Hence why it didn't win.

[mocaak]

It's impossible for an opinion to be wrong though. ;)

[Bansai]

lol

[alvgamin4lif]

@-Foxtrot
Why though? The only step back imo was that phantom pain contained far less cutscenes than the previous games. I mean metal gear was all about those crazy and amazing cutscenes along with the gameplay. Anyways the story was quite good. It was just hidden between those cassette tapes and those small cutscenes.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

ZombieGamerMan, you're one of the few people with taste on here. I agree, Metal Gear Solid V should of been the one.

[madmonkey01]

not a chance, the franchise took a huge leap back with the bland world, was trying to be an open world, but it was just empty and devoid of character, no real story, and repetitive combat with the stupidest AI i have seen in modern games.

[thekhurg]

@mocaak

Opinions can absolutely be wrong.

[Bimkoblerutso]

An opinion can categorically never be wrong. They are purely subjective, which, coincidentally, is another term that people need to learn the actual definition for.

Opinions can certainly be stupid and misinformed, though...in my opinion.

[Hereiamhereibe2]

Doesnt surprise me considering the VGAs were hosted at MICROSOFT theater.

[Bansai]

http://i.imgur.com/QoF4nin....

[Npugz7]

I agree! I bought metal gear and was so disappointed.

[Bahamut]

The gameplay was really good though.

[quaneylfc]

So the goty is Bloodborne then?

Or, yours is?

[N4GGuy24]

Well deserved. No doubt of the sheer amount of content and hard work they put into it. For those hurt over their favourite game did not win let it be bloodborne or game from xbox or nintendo. Get over it.

[DLConspiracy]

Bloodborne did get love. It was nominated. I love bloodborne with its unyielding challenge and beautiful set pieces. But compare the leap from Witcher 2 to Witcher 3. They recreated the game altogether. Not to mention the story in W3 is vast. While Bloodborne is fun and somewhat different than Dark Souls visually. It's not too much of a stretch from the 2. The story isn't as vast either.

One thing is for sure. If W3 is this good. Then Cyberpunk 2077 is going to be their crown jewel.

[Clumpy]

I'm not suprised. Witcher 3 is excellent, and mainstream, a predictable GOTY. I'm glad it won over MGSV and Fallout 4, it deserved it way more. As most of the people who played it, my personal GOTY is easily Bloodborne though:). Witcher 3 just didn't have enough variety in its world and in it's combat, and the gameplay mechanics felt clunky in comparison. (Now if more quests were like "Trough Space And Time" the story would've been different, that quest was fking amazing.)

[PistolsAtDawn]

Not my choice, but it was a great game.

[frostypants]

Are people disagreeing with you that it's not your choice? Or do they disagree with you that it was a great game? They really should require a typed response to go with disagrees.

[Eonjay]

Congrats CD

[crazychris4124]

Wish Cities Skylines got at least 1 nomination but when you look at the categories there really isnt a spot for them other than maybe Dev of the Year.

[uth11]

feels like there should be more categories and less filler.

[crazychris4124]

True, I would split up Racing and Sports, add Best exclusive for each platform (PS4, X1, PC, Wii U), best FPS, best DLC, and best innovation.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed. Legit, half of the show was paid marketing of other titles.

The credibility of the whole show might have just gotten flushed down the toilet.

They skipped and out right didn't even have many categories in favor of having those paid ads. A time and a place..

[alvgamin4lif]

They should also separate handheld and mobile games.

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Definitely well deserved.

On another note, E-Sports Team of the Year: Optic Gaming? Glad it happened early on so I didn't have to watch the rest of this garbage.

[vikingland1]

You should've seen Shaq standing on stage with Optic Gaming he was bigger than the whole team it was hilarious to see that.

[frostypants]

"e-sports" will never cease sounding ridiculous to me.

[Corpser]

Well deserved

[Heyxyz]

Good Job, and congrats to all nominees!

[i8urCAKE]

HAHAHA some people in crowd were screaming fallout 4 HAHAHAH

btw: this year's game awards show was the worst yet

[TripleCs]

I agree. It was terrible. Most of the "world premiers" were for indies and games we already knew about. There wasn't really any big AAA game announcements outside of Tell Tales game if that's even AAA. I usually skip the VGA's/TGA's. This was the first one I've watched since 2011 and I regret it. That was the longest 2 hours of my life. It felt like 4 hours...

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed.

[jb227]

I was at practice so I missed it, checked this site to find out what the '10 world premieres' were & I see Telltale Batman (not really feeling the idea that they announced their Marvel collaboration earlier yet it's hitting in 2017, meanwhile we will be getting yet another Batman game....sure it'll be cool but I'd rather have something from Marvel that we haven't seen so recently pushed up in lieu of yet another Batman game), a 1 minute QB cinematic, a 1 minute UC4 cinematic, & Rock Band VR? TWD Michonne is pushed back & Konami wouldn't allow Kojima to show up, so are 2 of the world premieres meant to solely be bummers? Didn't watch the show but the reveals are the definition of underwhelming...oh well been having a blast w/ the Uc4 beta since I got back so I guess I'm not missing out all that much....hopefully PSX will show them how it's done w/ actual worthwhile announcements.

Oh also I guess Psychonauts 2 was a huge deal but I've never played it so I can't be too pumped for it...the RotTR dlc looked like the same environments with a weird palette swap of funky colors...like Blood Dragon w/o all of the thought put into it...looked pretty underwhelming to me, kinda looking pushed out to boost sales as opposed to something that had proper time spent w/ it...considering the game just launched that seems to be the case either way.

[divinealpha]

Deadmouse was dead 10 minutes of build up lol

[ScamperCamper]

The show was garbage. I like to say #emptyseats

Any show that has so many empty seats? The people must know something. Like avoid it. The garbage end performance was a perfect way to end such a lame show. Fizzle. To think Rockstar might unveil there? LOL. That would have been odd to say the least.

Let's talk empty seats. Are you kidding me? Visually that looks so bad it's not even funny.

[frostypants]

HAHAHA some people have different opinions! Hilarious!

[Relientk77]

My GOTY as well, a masterpiece

[Ashunderfire86]

They keep on giving Her story too many awards. Then even made a mistake saying witcher 3, only for it to be her story? Witcher 3 Game of the Year, Tomb Raider DLC, and Psychonauts 2 was the only great thing about this bad show.

[NovaCorps]

nobody cares about some dlc for a game that didnt sell crap seriously...you make it bigger than it should be

[Neonridr]

The people who actually own the game care. And it was an extremely well reviewed game.. but only sales matter right?

Your logic proves that McDonald's serves the best food and Justin Bieber is the best singer out there.

[HacSawJimThugin]

Your comment became crap when you mentioned sales as a barometer for success.

[DoctorFry]

Well deserved!

[Der_Kommandant]

it deserves every praise it gets!

[TwoForce]

I knew it ! Congrats CD Project Red ! You guys deserve it !

[Kalebninja]

I'm satisfied MGSV won the award for action/adventure it really did IMO have the best gameplay this year but I cannot deny that The Witchers world was massive and the scope of the story was incredible so it really did deserve the award(and 80+ hours of my time). Glad fallout didn't win sh*t though, only 20 hours in and bored to death.

[frostypants]

How did the action/adventure game that they chose for GotY not win the award for best action/adventure as well? Seems like they felt obliged to shoehorn MGS V into an award somehow.

[trywizardo]

called it , it was easily the best game in this year , fallout 4 was good but not great , phantom pain was great but a lot or repetition and my second best game was AC syndicate (and biggest surprise)
most disappointment was mad max , that games is shit

[starchild]

I only played the first few hours of Mad Max and thought it was decent so I can't really say too much about that one, but I agree with your other takes. The Witcher 3 was my favorite game of the year and AC Syndicate was my second favorite. I wasnt overly impressed by Fallout 4 and MGS5. They were good, but not great for me.

[trywizardo]

the thing about mad max is its repetitive , and the only think i looked forward is taking on convoys , but the convoys is so dumped down they only drive in circles and don't attack you when you attack them -_-

[Majin-vegeta]

Just glad FO4 didnr get it.Overrated trash game.

Good job CDPR

[Paytaa]

Well deserved. CDPR deserves their moment after their breakout game.

[sullynathan]

and people here seriously believe Failout 4 would get it.

I see that the potatoes were very happy that they won GOTY.

Disappointed in this crappy award show. No big reveals, bloodborne won nothing, all that music sucked, we saw games we already knew.

[Rattlehead20]

Get over it.

[sullynathan]

Over what?
The show?

[WellyUK]

Awww diddums...

[frostypants]

You know there are lots of GotY awards...right? It's not the Oscars.

I don't think Fallout 4 will get many. Witcher 3 will get a lot, just like McDonald's sells a lot of hamburgers. No accounting for what the masses like.

[sullynathan]

Still thinking it will win over other games with much higher ratings

[I3loggs24]

No other game deserved it more!

[ZombieGamerMan]

The Phantom Pain should have won, it was my GOTY. Well at least it was a good year for games at least it didn't lose to a lesser game

[NovaCorps]

MGS5 was a pure pile of crap
its not even MGS anymore
repetitive missions 90% of the time
no story
no bosses
no ending
no snake voice
epic fail multiplayer..should i continue or should i give you a top 5 why mgs5 sucks compared to mgs3 ?

[xPhearR3dx]

To be fair, I don't think any MGS game will ever compete with MGS3. Everything about that game was pure perfection.

[Kalebninja]

you just said it had no bosses, shows how fake you are when it had sahalanthrepous, Quiet, White Mamba, and The Man on Fire. Having a different actor isnt a minus, people didnt even hate because they thought keifer was bad its just because it wasnt hayter. There was an ending, just because you dont accept it doesnt mean there wasnt. Im not even going to comment on the BS of no story.

[ZombieGamerMan]

Your opinion is retarded, refuse to valid you

[ZombieGamerMan]

I know I'm opening a can of worms by this but seriously this site's community almost feels as bad as 4chan at times, I say I think MGS V deserved to win and the amount of disagrees I get swallows up my agrees. Seriously this site's community really hates a game that is way better than they make it out to be.

[alvgamin4lif]

Umm by disagreeing with you, people are actually disagreeing with your opinion no?
Although I'll agree mgsV was amazing. But hey I suck at choosing so to me witcher 3, mgsV, bloodborne and fallout 4 are all GOTY.

[Gatsu]

I agree.

[ZombieGamerMan]

@ alvgamin4lif yeah but when you see how people react to that game on this site it's like they're taking a dump on Aliens Colonial Marines, or EA, or CoD. It's just nanners

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

Yeah, I'm with you there. Metal Gear Solid V was my vote also. Even if people think we're crazy.

Fallout 4 was also good but didn't do much to innovate, it was a bit rehashed, still very good game, I've been playing it a lot. Chopping down people in slow motion with vats, never gets old.

Bitcher 3: Wild Hunt, I didn't even play, have no interest, it just looks like every other Oblivion or Skyrim but with some porn star ponytail man.

Bloodborne is not even in the conversation, I just think because it's a PS4 exclusive some people want it to be GOTY but I beat it and I don't know what people see in it. Slow, boring, hack n slash RPG. And people are hating on Metal Gear Solid 5 for having no story? Bloodborne really has no story.

[showtimefolks]

Zombie

Let it go. So just because another person has a different of an opinion, it makes their opinions not valid?

I an a huge Mgs fan and Mgs 5 was the worst Mgs game in Mgs history. I am even glad Kojima is gone so maybe now we can get a different game director who could do this game justice

Over 5 years of development
80 plus million budget

Yet they made a repetitive semi open world game which felt empty

[DEEBO]

Bloodborne didn't get anything,wow that's so lame.

Happy for mgs5 and witcher3.

And the best thing from the show was quiet in the flesh with a voice of a angel.

[NovaCorps]

well at least its finally over..no more witchers thank god
now bring cyberpunk

[Nucler100]

Really wished Bloodborne won, it was dope hearing the audience cheer for it.

But yeah, great work CD you guys worked hard.

[Tdmd]

Well deserved! Congrats CD Projekt Red!

[kris9512]

Well deserved

[UserNameIsNotTaken]

That guy in the audience. "NOT FALLOUT 4" LMAO

[Hereiamhereibe2]

Of course the most overrated game won but whatever this whole show screemed "scripted" to me anyways.

[UserNameIsNotTaken]

Yeah.. I mean Ori over bloodborne in art design...?

[vanity29]

yeahhhh i was really mad about that. The promo they showed for bloodborne even looked better than oris.

[lastking95]

Ori deserved it

[starchild]

Ori is one of the most artistically beautiful games I've ever played. Bloodborne is ok in that regard. Many areas look bland, though. Ori and the Blind Forest is nearly a wall-to-wall visual delight.

[Kalebninja]

that's because the show IS scripted, thats how awards shows go, the only thing that's not is acceptance speech's.

[holdmyown83]

Booooo IMO

[WizzroSupreme]

What a game and what a win. Congrats, CD Projekt Red for doing DLC right and gamers proud.

[Npugz7]

The game awards were horrible!

[Ceaser9857361]

Truly worthy. best dev, best game.. I am happy Witcher 3 won both the awards.. They deserved it..

[FrostXVenom]

Where are those players who down voted my comment when i said Witcher 3 will be GOTY even best RPG over Fallout 4.

LOL some were even saying Bethesda>CDPR

[Realms]

Without any bias the Witcher 3 deserved all the praise that it got as gamers we always go on and on about how developers give us unfinished products CD Project Red really went above and beyond to deliver a great experience. The game play and controls could be a little tighter but overall IMO it was the best well rounded game this year.

I agree any other year Bloodborne or even Fallout 4 would win but this year CDPR proved that you can be ambitious and bold and create incredible worlds that you lose yourself in congratulations CDPR you are an example that other developers should follow.

[ApolloTheBoss]

I knew it would win. Congrats to CDPR.

[PizzaSteve]

Glad to see MGSV win Best Action Adventure Game and Best Score/Soundtrack. MGSV is my GOTY but it's cool Witcher got it. Congrats to all the winners. Good to see none of the copy and paste games won like COD.

[slappy508]

Rightly deserved, easily the best game this year.

[zep]

Thank god its not the fallout 3 dlc they called fallout 4

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I wish Fallout 4 would've won but aside from it would be Witcher 3 so I'm still happy. Now I need to plan on buying and playing Witcher 3 at some point finally.

[aquaticDonut]

No surprise there.

[HaHa_Ostrich]

Is this a big deal? Im lost with all these games awards.

[lastking95]

Glad to see Ori win something, witcher was expected tbh.

[Poodlejamas]

judges were definitely under duress. The only thing good about The Witcher 3 was the story and graphics, everything else sucked.

[stormswrath]

My game of the year is Divinity Original Sin enhanced edition. This is one of the best rpgs ive played in a long time. The witcher and fallout 4 round out my top 3 with wasteland 2 getting and honorable mention. Great year for rpgs and with that being my favorite genre you can see why my list is tge way it is.

[sullynathan]

Divinity came out last year, enhanced editions are basically disqualified for award shows

[victorMaje]

Well deserved! Congrats CD Projekt Red!

[Rattlehead20]

I can't believe what I'm reading..

"Bloodborne never won because the event was held in a Microsoft arena" Have you ever thought the Witcher won because it deserved it?

I never knew a venue could dictate decisions. I guess that's why there was a lot of bright screens and lights when I saw Megadeth a few weeks ago because the venue sponsored by an energy company.

I am done with this site. It's pure toxic and full of damn children.

[alvgamin4lif]

Just ignore the trolls. Due to excess bubbles some of them decided to get very bold with what they say.

[cyber_daemonx]

Award is a joke. Witcher 3, great game for casuals thats all.
Should be BB hands down.

[Neonridr]

Splatoon really surprised a lot of people. Good for Nintendo.

[Dr_Angus]

i thought devils third would have gotten goty
doh

[Neonridr]

that's at the Razzie Awards..

[Tzuno]

From all the nominees this one deserved the most, 1 because it was a multiplatform game and everyone got to enjoy it and 2nd good story, bloodborne is a v good game but is not multiplatform and fallout is overhyped, crap story and repetitive only the combat is awesome.

[vikingland1]

The Witcher 3 was my GOTY but all the nominees were worthy.

At least they honored Satura Iwata.

[t-hall785]

How many of you guys played rise of the tomb raider? What'd you think?

[vikingland1]

@ t-hall785

I'm still at the beginning and so far it's pretty good. It looks beautiful graphics wise and the controls are as good as the 1st remake from 2013. I was actually blown away by the graphics for sure. I can tell from what I've played so far that I'm going to love it. I'm about 2 hrs in so far.

[t-hall785]

You will bro. Play it on the hardest difficulty after ykur first playthrough. Definitely worth it.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

Metal Gear Solid 5 was my GOTY. Not prefect but amazing gameplay, and it didn't have much story but at least it had Quiet and her ending part was a bit emotional.

Fallout 4 was also good but didn't do much to innovate, it was a bit rehashed, still very good game, I've been playing it a lot. Chopping down people in slow motion with vats, never gets old.

Bitcher 3: Wild Hunt, I didn't even play, have no interest, it just looks like every other Oblivion or Skyrim but with some porn star ponytail man.

Bloodborne is not even in the conversation, I just think because it's a PS4 exclusive some people want it to be GOTY but I beat it and I don't know what people see in it. Slow, boring, hack n slash RPG. And people are hating on Metal Gear Solid 5 for not having much story? Bloodborne really has no story.

[TrevZ_514]

What are you even saying....

[bloodybutcher]

He just reposted his comment. Must be really weird to hate the game he even haven't played. And the whole ''bitcher'' just shows his level of maturity.

[MasterD919]

The Witcher 3's fighting controls were EXTREMELY sub-par for a game nowadays. There also wasn't much going on in the world aside from the normal quests and side-quests...

I respect the work CD Projekt did but I disagree with this completely. Fallout 4 should have won hands-down.

[Imalwaysright]

RPG crown belongs to cdpr.

[BABY-JEDI]

Bllodborne has the best combat mechanics that I have experienced (to date) in gaming. It's like the dance to the death (with strategy). But the Witcher has everything else. Both amazing games in their own right 😉

[WelkinCole]

Not surprise Bloodborne didn't win as I doubt most people that had votes didn't even finish it lol!.

[Orionsangel]

I was Invited to the DOOM® Multiplayer Closed Alpha for Xbox One. I can't use the code though because I don't yet have my Xbox One. So I won't be able to use it. If anyone wants it's I'll trade it for a digital game code. Just putting it out there.

[Simco876]

I don't mind Witcher 3 winning, it was a fantastic game.

[Donnywho]

I thought we took all the game of year picks from reputable reviewers and found a winner that way. I don't disagree with the pick, but why is this source held up like the official one?

[keymillo]

The Witcher is amazing game and it deserve for win. If someone dont have yet this game - you can buy here very cheap [-51%]: http://bit.ly/HOT_WEEKLY_SA...

[TomRL]

Yeeees
I was starting to worry that it would be Fallout 4 or god forbid MGSV.

[Moe-Gunz]

Congrats on the win.

Personally hated this game and sold it to a friend. It was boring beyond belief to me. Don't get to upset with awards. GOTY is whatever game you personally liked the most that year.

[kenwonobi]

Witcher 3 has so much content. It's a complete finished game. I believe these games should always be rewarded. If for nothing else to discourage all these half finished games, missing content, dlc that should be included, effects that should be included. Things that should be part of the finished game. I would have been happy with Witcher, MGS, or Bloodbourne winning. These are all complete games in a year full of patched messes and unfinished games.

[objdadon]

Boring ass game

[Batzi]

MGSV should have won.

[Dyldog69]

Too buggy and shitty of a borderline broken release to be game of the year. There has to be some penalty.