Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Is Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2019; All Winners

Today the awards ceremony of The Game Awards was held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, and the winners have been announced.

[TK-66]

Well deserved. Had a lot of heavy hitters to compete with for the award too. Gameplay is king for me, and I can't think of another on the list that does it quite as well as Sekiro.

Resi2 deserves some attention as well as I think that game has stellar level design and presentation.

[Abriael]

It was such a pleasant surprise to see a Japanese game that takes no prisoners recognized, despite all the easy mode whining. It made me smile even if they robbed FFXIV for best ongoing game and Ace Combat 7 for... well... everything.

[LOGICWINS]

Fire Emblem: Three Houses got the fan vote for GOTY.
Sekiro gets the official GOTY.
Japanese gaming will dominate once again!

[UltraNova]

Definitely a worthy win for my personal 2019 best game, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

I'll be playing it tonight just to celebrate its GotY Award.

From Software, you've done it again.

[bouzebbal]

Haven't played it but my goty so far is Days Gone. Bought it a week ago and I was expecting nothing.. it's awesome

[mikeslemonade]

Fake souls won lol

RE2 deserves it more.

So the game that is worst than Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 won. Pathetic

[BLizardXD]

"RE2 deserves it more."

no zombie Brad, no GOTY. plus Kendo is exclusive to Leon's playthrough.
plus no classic camera option. other than that yeah it's still my favorite game.

[Vegamyster]

What? I enjoyed Sekiro more than both, the verticality and posture system was refreshing.

[Abnor_Mal]

"So the game that is worst than Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 won."

Are you honestly saying that Bloodborne and Dark Souls3 are bad games? Sounds like you're saying Bloodborne and Dark Souls3 are bad games.

[Tech5]

RE2 has been around though for years.
Sekiro is a fresh 2019 game. that's what i think.

[william_cade]

yeah a remake over a new IP...way to keep the bar hovering around mediocrity.

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

When Death Stranding won Best Direction I was happy but then when Resi 2 didn't get GOTY I felt really bad for them.

It's so weird that Sekiro is the first new singleplayer IP that Activision has published in about a decade and they go straight to GOTY. Hopefully they'll learn something positive from this.

[TK-66]

Actuvision only handled the publishing from a distribution perspective. In JPN FromSoftware is the publisher. So this isnt really an Activision game.

[Muzikguy]

Sekiro is a good game. I'm playing it now. Wow is it tough

[Wasabi]

@Muzik

***"Sekiro is a good game. I'm playing it now. Wow is it tough"***

Sekiro can be a pretty cheeky in places. Unlike other games in the Soulsbourne series where you can summon help for the more difficult bosses, in Sekiro you're all on your lonesome. You really have to learn the movement sets for each of the enemies in the game in order to progress - because of this it really is a case of the old cliche "Git Gud" lol.

How far through the game are you Muzik?

I'm sorry to report it doesn't get much easier (I found the final boss horrendously difficult) and a certain fiery demon later in the game can be very tricky until you get his moveset down, different players seem to find different bosses more/less challenging so your milage may vary, but the game is always enjoyable even when you're restarting after your 50th death in a row, simply because of the fantastic combat and traversal systems.

Either way Sekiro is an absolutely brilliant game, one of my favourites of 2019 and a deserved winner of GOTY.

[on_line_forever]

Like Echo_ said don't let the game break you try to master the combat you will love and enjoy this game so much if you do that

[Muzikguy]

@Wasabi

The game is fun even though difficult. I have gotten frustrated but that's a given. Had to look a few things up and I hate doing that. I guess with these kinds of games that can be a given too. Already passed over a boss to come back to later. I'm not really that far, just got to the guy with the spear on the horse which made me go back and get the Shinobi Firecracker that I apparently missed. Keeping track of the merchants will be tough too. Especially when leaving the game and going back to it all the time between life and work. I played and platinumed Dark Souls 1, 2, and Bloodborne so I've gotten a little used to these kinds of games. The traversal is awesome. Grappling hook spots don't seem to be as prevalent as they could be, but it adds to the difficulty sure. With the Souls games the added benefit of help was great, and I had the games early so the community was there. I couldn't imagine playing those without it.

[ShockUltraslash]

Yeah Devil May Cry 5 got better combat than Sekiro.

[UltraNova]

No, no way. Sekiro has the most accurate and fluid combat system ever made imho. I'm playing DmC 5 as we speak and its awesome, its good, really good but Sekiro beats it in the combat mechanics department.

[ShockUltraslash]

Sekiro dont even have a double jump.
Only one character?
With One weapon and no variety.
I can deal with Sekiro being GOTY overall but in terms of pure action DMCV is best this year.

[FernDiggidy]

Gameplay is definitely king.

[theshredded]

Ooof never expected this but finally from software gets a GOTY award on the grand stage. Well deserved! It's a shame Elden Ring wasn't there.

[-Foxtrot]

I’m really glad but it’s a shame Resident Evil 2 didn’t get anything

[LOGICWINS]

It sold a buttload, the fans were happy with it, and the devs got to feed their families....that’s all that matters at the end of the day.

[Sophisticated_Chap]

"devs got to feed their families"

and.... they got to buy new cars, and buy new houses, and buy vacations to destinations around the world... Cut it out with the "feed their families" nonsense, as if they're struggling to stay alive or something. Nothing worse than bleeding hearts for people who make a great living, working in a great industry.

[-Foxtrot]

Feee their families

Oh come on most of these guys at bigger studios get paid a lot more then the average worker and they get to do something they have an interest in

I’m not saying their loaded but it’s better than most in Walmart jobs or something

[Brave_Losers_Unite]

@Chap

Coming here just to complain?

[Petebloodyonion]

Resident Evil had the same chance of winning GOTY as any Ubisoft, EA or Call of Duty games usually listed basically none.
It's like hoping that Stars wars or a marvel movie will win the Oscar for the movie of the year.

[Gordoncordon]

wow, i heavely disagree with that.
resident evil 2 remake should've win.

[AspiringProGenji]

I can hear the triggered easy mode beggar journalists already

[Felix_Argyle_Catbro]

The awards are decided by player votes AND journalist/gaming sites.

[LOGICWINS]

The journalists are the ones who voted for Sekiro.

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

"Sekiro is our game of the year!!!" - Gaming Journalists
"I can hear the triggered easy mode beggar journalists already" - AspiringProGenji

Something ain't right here.

[AspiringProGenji]

So what was all that whining and using disable gamers as excuse for?

Glad FromSoft stuck with their vision

[william_cade]

@all

To be honest they had too. Not only is the game objectively better than its competition that's not a remake, the journos couldn't ignore it without considerable backlash. Let's not pretend most game journos are honest or even genuine, they are more akin to snake oil sales-men/women.

[-Ghost]

Nice to see Sekiro win GOTY and best action/adventure. Also, Disco Elysium winning 4 awards also interests me to play it when it releases to consoles next year.

[phoenixwing]

i'm interested in disco elysium as well. I saw some reviews for it and everyone seems to like it.

[Wasabi]

@Outsider
@Phoenix

***"i'm interested in disco elysium as well. I saw some reviews for it and everyone seems to like it"***

It's an absolutely amazing game, Incredibly original and creative. Personally it's the best game I've played all year and in my top three this generation.

I'm really pleased for ZA / UM, they thoroughly deserved every award they received for the game.

[phoenixwing]

Ill definitely buy when it comes to ps4

[-Ghost]

Thanks for the comment Wasabi! Looking forward to playing it.

[Sm00thNinja]

Not sure how I sit with this one. In truth right now my GOTY would be Control... with Death Stranding in 2nd followed by the RE2R.... Sekiro I'm surprised by because of the difficulty so few people finished it.

[SegaGamer]

Game awards are usually a complete let down for me, but I am happy to see Sekiro win. I personally would have picked Shenmue 3 (of course), Devil May Cry 5 or Code Vein, but Sekiro was really good too.

[Veneno]

Unbelievable. I'm a From fan and Sekiro is good but GOTY? No. Just no.

[EmperorDalek]

Well let's be real, it's not like there's been a real standout this year. If either Red Dead 2 or God of War released this year, it would have been a clean sweep.

[badz149]

WTF?? those 2 games literally clean sweep last year LOL

[Omar3li]

It's their best game wat ?

[Veneno]

It definitely sold tons of copies. More than Dark Souls 3 2 and bloodborne.. It's a great game but I just don't think it's as great as the Soulsbourne games.

I hope that Activision money doesn't go to their head.

[generic-user-name]

Weird, I thought the game awards were going to be rigged in Kojima's favour?

[Petebloodyonion]

Happy for the winners, the game is great a worthy candidate for GOTY.

[goldwyncq]

Well deserved.

[DefaultComment]

That game deserves it. I'm glad this game was chosen as the GOTY. My faith in humanity is restored....a little-

[Stanjara]

Well deserved!

[TheHateTheyGive]

Well deserved!

[Blu3_Berry]

Glad to see Sekiro Shadows Die Twice won GOTY where it's all about the singleplayer gameplay.

[DarXyde]

Don't be surprised if these accolades pollute Activision's consumer practices in a sequel.

[BlaqMagiq1]

That is if they even do a sequel, which probably won't happen.

[ichdich]

Well deserved.

[Good-Smurf]

To me this is for Bloodborne as well finally Miyazaki get the accolade he deserved.
Death Stranding was too controversial to win and this made all the haters look even worse they thought DS will win it all so they can use this occasion to fuel the fire even more but got stop dead in their tracks.
Turns out the furious ones are Smash bros fans seeing them begging for Smash announcement on live chat feed was hilarious.

[mezati99]

THERE IS JUSTICE IN THE WORLD AFTER ALL

[Elda]

Most of the games nominated in the GOTY category deserved the nominations. I'm currently playing Control & Death Stranding which I'm enjoying so far. I played RE2 which I enjoyed & I played Sekiro which at certain times was frustrating but it was so addicting & fun to play. Congrats to From Software. I was also glad to see Control winning a couple & imo DS deserved winning in direction,music score & Mads Mikkilsen for acting.

[Orionsangel]

Great choice! I thought it might be rigged because Kojima is friends with Geoff but nope.

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

You were told the other day how the voting works, Geoff has nothing to do with it. Evolve your grey matter mate - it'll serve you well in the future.

[Orionsangel]

I don't trust Geoff.

[BioShockGX]

A reskin dark souls wins goty. Nice.

[TheKingKratos]

Yessssss

[mkis007]

Glad Mads won for his roll in DS. Sublime performance for such an unseen character.

BB's lullaby will stick with me for a long time.

[SyntheticForm]

Asylum for the Feeling is in all my playlists now.

[Vetalka83]

fail

[Gordoncordon]

i'm happy for devil may cry 5 and crash team racing nitro fueled, they 100% deserved their awards.
disco elisyum is not a great game tbh, heavily overrated, it won best RPG when kingdom hearts 3 is on the same nominations? jesus no!
sekiro winning best action/adventure and GOTY is also sad, resident evil 2 or death stranding should've won... hell, even control is better than sekiro.
overrall, very boring and cringe show, the majority of the announcments were shit or mediocre (i save the new xbox reveal, even if it's a laughable design and hellblade 2 doesn't interest me), the new ps5 game godfall and maybe one or two more games... no crash bandicoot reveal was the most disappointing thing.

[I_am_Batman]

Honestly didn't expect Sekiro to win, but I'm really happy for Hidetaka Miyazaki and from Software in general. Sekiro is an amazing game. I'm also really happy that Kojima won game direction.

[GamingSinceForever]

Sekiro was great up until the last boss fight. I couldn’t handle the frustration anymore. Lol!

[silenthillstrangler]

Thank fuck it wasnt bloody delivery sim. i will say it deserved what it did get though.

[OMNlPOTENT]

This is the only game this year that deserved it.

[moriarty1889]

yes well deserved and my pick as well. DMC 5 to me was the runner up. Lots of great games this year but nice to see Sekiro get its credit.

[l33t_haxx0r]

i still haven't beaten the final boss its to hard haha

[BlaqMagiq1]

Deserves that. That and RE2 were the only games that had a right to be called GOTY. Masterpieces, the both of them.

[Thundercat77]

Sekiro is a good game but definitely not my GOTY but I am happy for them and for Death Stranding taking many awards. It was a good show overall.

[CrustifiedDibbs]

Well deserved. beat that game 8 times. loved every second.

[Rambokind]

Well deserved. It took a formula and recharged it and reinvigorated it. I hope they come out with some dlc as a result, or, a sequel. The game is just brilliant

[Donnie81]

I can agree with this choice. Amazing game

[FernDiggidy]

LETS GOO BABY!!!

F#CK death stranding. Gameplay is KING and DS lacked it. Bring on the disagrees you cucks.

[Domestupidname]

IMO Sekiro is a weak FromSoft game with almost zero replay value, but it's still head and shoulders above everything else in 2019. It's a testament to how good their games are and how top notch that studio is. Can't wait for a deeper experience with more replay value in Elden Ring.

[Yusi-D-Jordan]

Sekiro was amazing. I was rooting for Death Stranding, personally, but it's well deserved by Miyazaki.

[victorMaje]

Congrats From Software, well deserved! Love your games although I suck at them :)

[Flewid638]

Great game that I enjoyed but I wouldnt call it GotY worthy.

[KickSpinFilter]

Well that was kinda a surprise thought it was going to go to Control.
Beat Saber and Fortnight was no surprise in those categories.

[CrimsonWing69]

I liked the game, but as far as the best game of the year... man, I think the other games were more deserving.

[JBryant0619]

Surprised Resident Evil 2 didn't win any awards despite being nominated for 4 of them.

[Felix_Argyle_Catbro]

Congratulations!!! Deserved!!!

[JBryant0619]

Surprised Resident evil 2 didn't win anything despite being nominated for 4 awards.

[cnote00]

I’m surprised dearth stranding only got 2

[brew]

It got 3.

- Game Direction
- Score/Music
- Performance (Mads as Cliff)

[william_cade]

It's a great and complete game. It's good to see Sekiro won.