Selvom de også blev forbigået, er der formodentlig fest og glade dage hos danske Playdead i dag. Ved uddelingen af den efterhånden ret så prestigiøse The Game Awards i Los Angeles i nat løb de nemlig med to priser for deres anmelderroste ‘Inside’, som vi honorerede med seks stjerner i august.
Mens ‘Overwatch’ blev aftenens store vinder med tre priser for bedste spil, bedste instruktion og bedste multiplayer, må det siges at ‘Inside’ lå godt til i hovedfeltet med sine to priser, hvilket ellers kun var kæmpeudviklerne bag ‘Pokémon GO’, ‘Doom’ og ‘Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End’ forundt.
#TheGameAwards 2016 winner for Best Art Direction. pic.twitter.com/ogc3LgMAi2
— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) 2. december 2016
‘Inside’ var også nomineret i den helt store kategori, bedste narrativ og for musik/lyddesign, men blev her slået af henholdsvis ‘Overwatch’, ‘Uncharted 4’ og ‘Doom’.
Blandt de bemærkelsesværdige øjeblikke under uddelingen var blandt andet en live-optræden med det voldsomme ‘Doom’-soundtrack, Rae Sremmurd der leverede ‘Black Beatles’ og en tårevædet takketale fra udvikleren bag ‘That Dragon, Cancer’ – et spil om at miste sit barn til kræft.
Priserne blev fordelt som følger – vinderne er markeret med fed:
Årets spil
‘Doom’ (id Software/Bethesda)
‘Inside’ (Playdead)
‘Overwatch’ (Blizzard Entertainment)
‘Titanfall 2’ (Respawn/Electronic Arts)
‘Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End’ (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Bedste studie/spilinstruktion
Blizzard (for ‘Overwatch’)
DICE (for ‘Battlefield 1’)
id Software (for ‘Doom’)
Naughty Dog (for ‘Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End’)
Respawn (for Titanfall 2′)
Bedste narrativ
‘Firewatch (Campo Santo)
‘Inside (Playdead)
‘Mafia III (Hangar 13/2K Games)
‘Oxenfree (Night School Studio)
‘Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Bedste art direction
‘Abzu’ (Giant Squid/505 Games)
‘Firewatch’ (Campo Santo)
‘Inside’ (Playdead)
‘Overwatch’ (Blizzard Entertainment)
Bedste musik/lyddesign
‘Battlefield 1’ (DICE/Electronic Arts)
‘Doom’ (id Software/Bethesda)
‘Inside’ (Playdead)
‘Rez Infinite’ (Enhance Games)
‘Thumper’ (Drool)
Bedste optræden
Alex Hernandez som Lincoln Clay (for ‘Mafia III’)
Cissy Jones som Delilah (for ‘Firewatch’)
Emily Rose som Elena (for ‘Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End’)
Nolan North som Nathan Drake (for ‘Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End’)
Rich Summer som Henry (for ‘Firewatch’)
Tory Baker som Sam Drake (for ‘Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End’)
Spil med størst påvirkningskraft
‘1979 Revolution’ (iNK Stories)
‘Block’Hood’ (Plethora Project/Devolver Digital)
‘Orwell’ (Osmotic Studios/Surprise Attack)
‘Sea Hero Quest’ (Glitchers)
‘That Dragon, Cancer’ (Numinous Games)
Bedste indie-spil
‘Firewatch’ (Campo Santo)
‘Hyper Light Drifter’ (Heart Machine)
‘Inside’ (Playdead)
‘Stardew Valley’ (ConcernedApe/Chucklefish Games)
‘The Witness’ (Thekla)
Bedste mobilspil
‘Clash Royale’ (Supercell)
‘Fire Emblem Fates’ (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
‘Monster Hunter Generations’ (Capcom)
‘Pokemon Go’ (Niantic)
‘Severed’ (Drinkbox Studios)
Bedste VR-spil
‘Batman: Arkham VR’ (Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive)
‘EVE: Valkyrie’ (CCP Games)
‘Job Simulator’ (Owlchemy Labs)
‘Rez Infinite’ (Enhance Games)
‘Thumper’ (Drool)
Bedste action-spil
‘Battlefield 1’ (DICE/Electronic Arts)
‘Doom’ (id Software/Bethesda)
‘Gears of War 4’ (The Coalition/Microsoft)
‘Overwatch’ (Blizzard Entertainment)
‘Titanfall 2’ (Respawn/Electronic Arts)
Bedste action/adventure-spil
‘Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)
‘Hitman’ (IO Interactive/Square Enix)
‘Hyper Light Drifter’ (Heart Machine)
‘Ratchet & Clank’ (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
‘Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End’ (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Bedste rollespil
‘Dark Souls III’ (From Software/Bandai Namco Entertainment)
‘Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’ (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix)
‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine’ (CD Projekt RED)
‘World of Warcraft: Legion’ (Blizzard Entertainment)
‘Xenoblade Chronicles X’ (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)
Bedste kampsportsspil
‘Killer Instinct Season 3’ (Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft Studios)
‘The King of Fighters XIV’ (SNK/Atlus USA)
‘Pokken Tournament’ (Bandai Namco Studios/The Pokemon Company)
‘Street Fighter V’ (Capcom)
Bedste familiespil
‘Dragon Quest Builders’ (Square Enix)
‘LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ (TT Fusion/Warner Brows. Interactive Entertainment)
‘Pokemon Go’ (Niantic)
‘Ratchet & Clank’ (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
‘Skylanders: Imaginators’ (Toy for Bob/Activision)
Bedste strategispil
‘Civilization VI’ (Firaxis Games/2K Games)
‘Fire Emblem Fates’ (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
‘The Banner Saga 2’ (Stoic Studio/Versus Evil)
‘Total War: Warhammer’ (The Creative Assembly/Sega)
‘XCOM 2’ (Firaxis Games/2K Games)
Bedste sports/racerspil
‘FIFA 17’ (EA Canada/EA Sports)
‘Forza Horizon 3’ (Playground Games/Microsoft Studios)
‘MLB The Show 2016’ (SIE San Diego Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
‘NBA 2K17’ (Visual Concepts/2K Sports)
‘Pro Evolution Soccer 2017’ (PES Productions/Konami)
Bedste multiplayerspil
‘Battlefield 1’ (DICE/Electronic Arts)
‘Gears of War 4’ (The Coalition/Microsoft Studios)
‘Overcooked’ (Ghost Town Games/Team17 Software)
‘Overwatch’ (Blizzard Entertainment)
‘Rainbow Six Siege’ (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
‘Titanfall 2’ (Respawn/Electronic Arts)
Foruden priserne i ovennævnte kategorier, blev der også givet en særpris til Hideo Kojima og uddelt publikumspriser til eSports-hold og -spillere.
Læs også: Anmeldelse: Danske ‘Inside’ er en mesterlig, mørk perle