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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Is The Game of the Year In 2020 SXSW Gaming Awards

The SXSW Gaming Awards weren’t capable of host an on-location occasion this 12 months as a result of COVID-10 outbreak. Nonetheless, a web-based rendition of the awards introduced the winners of the seventh annual award present. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice received the sport of the 12 months on the awards. The was launched for Microsoft Home windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on 22 March 2019. Since then, it has gone on to collect vital acclaim.
“Gaming is a key a part of the inventive ecosystem that brings us collectively, and now greater than ever it gives us with a novel sense of escape and journey in unsure occasions,” a press release from SXSW programming chief Hugh Forrest learn. “We had been devastated that we weren’t capable of rejoice our honorees in particular person with the cancellation of our occasion, however glad that we’re nonetheless capable of share their achievements and artistic works with our group.”
The record of winner on the SXSW Gaming Awards 2020
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD — GAME INDUSTRY CHAMPION OF CHANGE
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD — GAME INDUSTRY JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
- Winner: Cecilia D’Anastasio
VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR
- Winner: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice — FromSoftware/Activision
Nominees:
- Management — Treatment Leisure / 505 Video games
- Satan Might Cry 5 — Capcom; Disco Elysium — ZA/UM
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order — Respawn Leisure / Digital Arts
MOBILE GAME OF THE YEAR
- Winner: Sky: Kids of the Gentle — thatgamecompany
Nominees:
- Name of Obligation Cellular — TiMi Studios / Activision
- Sayonara Wild Hearts — Simogo / Annapurna Interactive
- The place Playing cards Fall — The Sport Band / Snowman
- Whispers of a Machine — Clifftop Video games / Uncooked Fury
TABLETOP GAME OF THE YEAR
- Winner: Paladins of the West Kingdom — Renegade Sport Studios
Nominees:
- Parks — Keymaster Video games
- Pax Pamir — Wehrlegig Video games
- Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon — Awaken Realms
- Taverns of Tiefenthal — North Star Video games
XR GAME OF THE YEAR
Winner: No Man’s Sky BEYOND VR — Good day Video games
Nominees:
- Blood & Fact — Sony Interactive Leisure
- Pistol Whip — Cloudhead Video games
- The Below Presents — Tender Claws
- tori — BANDAI NAMCO Leisure America, Inc.
TRENDING GAME OF THE YEAR
- Winner: Pokemon Sword and Defend — Sport Freak / The Pokemon Firm, Nintendo
Nominees:
- Apex Legends — Respawn Leisure / Digital Arts
- Borderlands 3 — Gearbox Software program / 2K Video games
- Dying Stranding — Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Leisure
- Tremendous Mario Maker 2 — Nintendo
MATTHEW CRUMP CULTURAL INNOVATION AWARD
Winner: Disco Elysium — ZA/UM
Nominees:
- Dying Stranding — Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Leisure
- Knights and Bikes — Foam Sword / Double Positive Productions
- Overland — Finji
- Sea of Solitude — Jo-Mei Video games / Digital Arts
MOST PROMISING NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Winner: The Outer Worlds — Obsidian Leisure / Non-public Division
Nominees:
- Astral Chain — PlatinumGames / Nintendo
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Evening — ArtPlay / 505 Video games
- Management — Treatment Leisure / 505 Video games
- Katana ZERO — Askiisoft / Devolver Digital
EXCELLENCE IN ANIMATION
Winner: KINGDOM HEARTS III — Sq. Enix
Nominees:
- Apex Legends — Respawn Leisure / Digital Arts
- Dying Stranding — Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Leisure
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 — Nintendo
- Mortal Kombat 11 — NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive Leisure
EXCELLENCE IN ART
Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Hyperlink’s Awakening — Nintendo
Nominees:
- Management — Treatment Leisure / 505 Video games
- Disco Elysium — ZA/UM
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 — Nintendo
- Sayonara Wild Hearts — Simogo / Annapurna Interactive
EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN
Winner: Management — Treatment Leisure / 505 Video games
Nominees:
- Astral Chain — PlatinumGames / Nintendo
- Disco Elysium — ZA/UM
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 — Nintendo
- Outer Wilds — Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive
EXCELLENCE IN GAMEPLAY
Winner: Satan Might Cry 5 — Capcom
Nominees:
- Astral Chain — PlatinumGames / Nintendo
- Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare — Infinity Ward / Activision
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice — FromSoftware / Activision
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order — Respawn Leisure / Digital Arts
EXCELLENCE IN MULTIPLAYER
Winner: FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadowbringers — Sq. Enix
Nominees:
- Apex Legends — Respawn Leisure / Digital Arts
- Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare — Infinity Ward / Activision
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne — Capcom
- Mortal Kombat 11 — NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive Leisure
EXCELLENCE IN MUSICAL SCORE
Winner: Dying Stranding — Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Leisure
Nominees:
- Satan Might Cry 5 — Capcom
- Disco Elysium — ZA/UM
- Outer Wilds — Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive
- Sayonara Wild Hearts — Simogo / Annapurna Interactive
EXCELLENCE IN NARRATIVE
Winner: Disco Elysium — ZA/UM
Nominees:
- Management — Treatment Leisure / 505 Video games
- Dying Stranding — Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Leisure
- Outer Wilds — Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive
- A Plague Story: Innocence — Asobo Studio / Focus Residence Interactive
EXCELLENCE IN SFX
Winner: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order — Respawn Leisure / Digital Arts
Nominees:
- Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare — Infinity Ward / Activision
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 — Nintendo
- Mortal Kombat 11 — NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive Leisure
- Resident Evil 2 — Capcom
EXCELLENCE IN TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Winner: Dying Stranding — Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Leisure
Nominees:
- Concrete Genie — Pixelopus / Sony Interactive Leisure
- Management — Treatment Leisure / 505 Video games
- Satan Might Cry 5 — Capcom; Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice — FromSoftware / Activision
EXCELLENCE IN VISUAL ACHIEVEMENT
Winner: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice — FromSoftware/Activision
Nominees:
- Management — Treatment Leisure / 505 Video games
- Dying Stranding — Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Leisure
- The Outer Worlds — Obsidian Leisure / Non-public Division
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order — Respawn Leisure / Digital Arts
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