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2017 Tyler’s Choice Video Game Awards
(Boldface = winner)GAME OF THE YEAR [TIE, I could not decide]
Cuphead [PC/Xbox One] (Eli Cymet, Marija Moldenhauer & Ryan Moldenhauer)
Horizon: Zero Dawn [PS4] (Lambert Wolterbeek Muller, Samrat Sharma & William V. Ullman)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [Wii U/Nintendo Switch] (Eiji Aonuma & Shinya Takahashi)
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds [PC] (Chang-han Kim)
Super Mario Odyssey [Nintendo Switch] (Koichi Hayashida, Yoshiaki Koizumi & Shinya Takahashi)BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
Destiny 2 [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Christopher Barrett & Luke Smith)
Horizon: Zero Dawn [PS4] (Mathijs de Jonge)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [Wii U/Nintendo Switch] (Hidemaro Fujibayashi)
Super Mario Odyssey [Nintendo Switch] (Kenta Motokura)
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Jens Matthies)BEST GAME DESIGN
Cuphead (Jared Moldenhauer)
Horizon: Zero Dawn (Troy Mashburn, David Ford, Laurens Simonis & Floris Kooij)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Kentaro Tominaga, Hiroaki Tamura & Yohei Fujino)
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (Brendan Greene)
Super Mario Odyssey (Futoshi Shirai & Shinya Hiratake)BEST FAMILY/CASUAL GAME
Cuphead [PC/Xbox One] (Chad & Jared Moldenhauer)
A Hat in Time [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Jonas Kaerlev)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe [Nintendo Switch] (Kosuke Yabuki)
Sonic Mania [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch] (Christian Whitehead)
Splatoon 2 [Nintendo Switch] (Yusuke Amano)BEST SPORT/RACING GAME
FIFA 18 [PC/PS3/PS4/Xbox 360/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch] (Mathew Prior)
Golf Story [Nintendo Switch]
Gran Turismo Sport [PS4] (Kazunori Yamauchi)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe [Nintendo Switch] (Kosuke Yabuki)
NBA 2K18 [PC/PS3/PS4/Xbox 360/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch/Mobile] (Jeffrey J. Thomas)BEST TECHNICAL INNOVATION
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Takuhiro Dohta, Kenji Matsutani & Hiroshi Umemiya)
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Yosuke Noro & Tomofumi Ishida)
Super Mario Odyssey (Norihiro Aoyagi & Wataru Tanaka)
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Jim Kjellin)BEST MULTIPLAYER
Call of Duty: WWII
Destiny 2
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Splatoon 2BEST STRATEGY/SIMULATION GAME
Gran Turismo Sport [PS4] (Kazunori Yamauchi)
Halo Wars 2 [PC/Xbox One] (Alistair Hope)
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle [Nintendo Switch] (Davide Soliani)
Total War: Warhammer II [PC] (Ian Roxburgh)
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch] (Jacob Solomon)BEST SOUND DESIGN
Call of Duty: WWII (Brian Johnson, Matthew Grimm & David Swenson)
Destiny 2 (Jay Weinland, Mark Loperfido & David Henry)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Masafumi Kawamura, Junya Osada & Takumi Sekino)
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Wataru Hachisako, Yuji Higashiyama, Ken Usami & Yoshito Kato)
Super Mario Odyssey (Mahito Yokota, Yuki Tsuji, Wataru Tanimura & Nobuyoshi Suzuki)BEST MUSIC
Cuphead (Kristofer Maddigan)
Horizon: Zero Dawn (Joris de Man, The Flight, Niels van der Leest & Jonathan Williams)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata & Hajime Wakai)
Super Mario Odyssey (Naoto Kobo, Shiho Fujii & Koji Kondo)
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Mick Gordon & Martin Stig Andersen)BEST HANDHELD/MOBILE GAME
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp [Mobile] (Kazuyoshi Sensui & Hideki Konno)
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King [Nintendo 3DS] (Akihiro Hino)
Ever Oasis [Nintendo 3DS] (Koichi Ishii)
Fire Emblem Heroes [Mobile] (Kouhei Maeda & Shingo Matsushita)
Metroid: Samus Returns [Nintendo 3DS] (Jose Luis Marquez & Takehiko Hosokawa)BEST FIGHTING GAME
ARMS [Nintendo Switch] (Kenta Sato, Masaaki Ishikawa & Shintaro Jikumaru)
Injustice 2 [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Mobile] (Ed Boon)
Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Norio Hirose)
Nidhogg 2 [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Sébastien Paradis)
Tekken 7 [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Katsuhiro Harada, Yuichi Yonemori & Kouhei Ikeda)BEST ART DIRECTION
Assassin’s Creed Origins (Raphaël Lacoste)
Cuphead (Chad & Marija Moldenhauer)
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Hugues Giboire)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Takumi Wada & Satoru Takizawa)
Persona 5 (Masayoshi Suto & Shigenori Soejima)BEST ANIMATION
Cuphead (Jake Clark, Hanna Abi-Hanna, Chad Moldenhauer & Tina Nawrocki)
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Chris Goodall, Steven Manship, Jitaik Lim & Kirill Spiridonov)
Horizon: Zero Dawn (Bart Wijsman, Daniele Antinolfi, Daniele NIero & Tommy Visser)
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Masato Miyazaki, Yuki Yangimoto, Keiichi Sato & Kohei Okumura)
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Almudena Soria, Keith Paciello, Eric Baldwin & Troy Slough)BEST STORY/WRITING
Horizon Zero Dawn (John Gonzalez)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Akihito Toda)
Night in the Woods (Bethany Hockenberry & Scott Benson)
What Remains of Edith Finch (Ian Dallas)
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Jens Matthies & Tommy Tordsson Björk)BEST VOICE ACTING
Laura Bailey – Uncharted: The Lost Legacy for voicing Nadine Ross
Claudia Black – Uncharted: The Lost Legacy for voicing Chloe Frazer
Ashly Burch – Horizon: Zero Dawn for voicing Aloy
Nathan Fillion – Destiny 2 for voicing Cayde-6
Melina Juergens – Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice for voicing SenuaBEST VIRTUAL REALITY/AUGMENTED REALITY GAME
Lone Echo [PC] (Ru Weerasuriya & Dana Jan)
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Koshi Nakanishi)
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality [HTC Vive/PlayStation VR/Oculus Rift] (Andrew Eiche)
Star Trek: Bridge Crew [PC/PS4/Oculus Quest] (Brian Tate & Robbie Edwards)
SUPERHOT VR [PlayStation VR] (Piotr Iwanicki)ReplyCopy URLI am semi-retired on GoldDerby. Still predicting but infrequent in the forums. I am sorry for my past behaviour.
2018 Tyler’s Choice Video Game Awards
(Boldface = winner)GAME OF THE YEAR
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch] (Marc-Alexis Côté)
God of War [PS4] (Chad Cox, Eric Fong, Sean Llewellyn & Elizabeth Dahm Wang)
Marvel’s Spider-Man [PS4] (Ara Demirjian & Eric Monacelli)
Red Dead Redemption 2 [PS4/Xbox One] (David Kunkler & Rob Nelson)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate [Nintendo Switch] (Yoshito Higuchi, Shinya Saito & Shinya Takahashi)BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
Detroit: Become Human [PS4] (David Cage)
God of War [PS4] (Cory Barlog)
Marvel’s Spider-Man [PS4] (Brian Horton, Marcus Smith & Ryan Smith)
Red Dead Redemption 2 [PS4/Xbox One] (Aaron Garbut, Imran Sarwar & Phil Hooker)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Daniel Chayer)BEST GAME DESIGN
God of War (Derek Daniels)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (James Cooper, Mike Daly, Cameron Christian & Mark C. Stuart)
Monster Hunter: World (Teruki Endo & Yugo Togawa)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Imran Sarwar)
Subnautica (Charlie Cleveland)BEST FAMILY/CASUAL GAME
Mario Tennis Aces [Nintendo Switch] (Shugo Takahashi & Tomohiro Yamamura)
Nintendo Labo [Nintendo Switch]
Overcooked 2 [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch] (Phil Duncan & Oli De-Vine)
Starlink: Battle for Atlas [PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch] (Laurent Malville & Richard Carillo)
Super Mario Party [Nintendo Switch] (Shuichiro Nishiya)BEST SPORT/RACING GAME
FIFA 19 [PC/PS3/PS4/Xbox 360/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch] (Mat Thomas)
Forza Horizon 4 [PC/Xbox One] (Gavin Raeburn & Ralph Fulton)
Mario Tennis Aces [Nintendo Switch] (Shugo Takahashi & Tomohiro Yamamura)
NBA 2K19 [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch/Mobile] (Jeffrey J. Thomas)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Mobile] (Yoshikatsu Ogihara)BEST TECHNICAL INNOVATION
Astro Bot Rescue Mission (Takumi Yoshida & Yuki Miyamae)
God of War (Florian Strauss)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Joe Valenzuela)
Moss (Chris Bourassa & Joshua Stiksma)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Phil Hooker)BEST MULTIPLAYER
Battlefield V
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Monster Hunter: World
Super Mario Party
Super Smash Bros. UltimateBEST STRATEGY/SIMULATION GAME
The Banner Saga 3 [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch] (Zeb L. West & Andrew Johnson)
Frostpunk [PC] (Michał Drozdowski)
Into the Breach [PC/Nintendo Switch] (Justin Ma & Matthew Davis)
Jurassic World Evolution [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Michael Brookes)
Valkyria Chronicles 4 [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch] (Kohei Yamashita & Masaya Kobayashi)BEST SOUND DESIGN
Far Cry 5 (Tony Gronick, Alain Lerose & Eduardo Vaisman)
God of War (Shannon Potter, Jake Allston, Adam Lidbetter & Erick Ocampo)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Dwight Okahara, Jake Allston, Phillip A. Kovats & Paul S. Mudra)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Alastair MacGregor, Lazlow & Jeffrey J. Whitcher)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Byron Evora, Frank Petreikis & Frederic Arnaud)BEST MUSIC
God of War (Bear McCreary)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (John Paesano)
Ni no Kumi II: Revenant Kingdom (Joe Hisaishi)
Octopath Traveler (Yasunori Nishiki)
Tetris Effect (Noboru Mutoh)BEST HANDHELD/MOBILE GAME
Detective Pikachu [Nintendo 3DS] (Naoki Miyashita)
Donut County [Mobile] (Benjamin Esposito)
Florence [Mobile] (Ken Wong)
Reigns: Game of Thrones [Mobile] (François Alliot)
WarioWare Gold [Nintendo 3DS] (Goro Abe)BEST FIGHTING GAME
DragonBall FighterZ (PC/PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch] (Junya Motomura)
Soul Calibur IV [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Yoshinori Takahashi)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate [Nintendo Switch] (Masahiro Sakurai)BEST ART DIRECTION
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Thierry Dansereau)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Jacinda Chew & Grant Hollis)
Octopath Traveler (Naoki Ikushima & Mika Iizuka)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Aaron Garbut)
Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope)BEST ANIMATION
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Adrian Baluta, Marc-Andre Clermont, Sebastien Muller & Madalin Truica)
Detroit: Become Human (Jan Erik Stövall, Paul Bellot, Camila Dalence & Thomas Obrecht)
God of War (Bruno Velazquez, Fabian Johnston, Erica Pinto & Mehdi Yssef)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Bobby Coddington, Boola Robello, Mike Yosh & Kahye Hwang)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Jim Jagger, Imroz Khan, Mark Tennant & Deepanjan Chakraverty)BEST STORY/WRITING
Detroit: Become Human (David Cage & Adam Williams)
Florence (Ken Wong)
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Jon Paquette, Benjamin Arfmann & Kelsey Beachum)
Octopath Traveler (Kakunoshin Futsuzawa)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Dan Houser, Rupert Humphries & Michael Unsworth)BEST VOICE ACTING
Roger Clark – Red Dead Redemption 2 for voicing Arthur Morgan
Valorie Curry – Detroit: Become Human for voicing Kara
Bryan Duchart – Detroit: Become Human for voicing Connor
Christopher Judge – God of War for voicing Kratos
Yuri Lowenthal – Marvel’s Spider-Man for voicing Peter Parker/Spider-ManBEST VIRTUAL REALITY/AUGMENTED REALITY GAME
Astro Bot Rescue Mission [PlayStation VR] (Nicolas Doucet)
Firewall Zero Hour [PlayStation VR]
Jurassic World Alive [Mobile] (Arianne Lapierre & Vincent Noiret)
Moss [PC/PlayStation VR/Oculus Quest] (Richard Lico)
Tetris Effect [PlayStation VR] (Takashi Ishihara)ReplyCopy URLI am semi-retired on GoldDerby. Still predicting but infrequent in the forums. I am sorry for my past behaviour.
2019 Tyler’s Choice Video Game Awards
(Boldface = winner)GAME OF THE YEAR
Control [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Juha Vainio)
Death Stranding [PS4] (Hideo Kojima, Kenichiro Imaizumi, James Vance & Ken Mendoza)
The Outer Worlds [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Tim Cain, Eric DeMilt, Naomi Steele & Shana T. Bryant)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Yuzo Kojima & Takahiro Yamamoto)
Untitled Goose Game [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch] (Felix Kramer & Nick Suttner)BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
Apex Legends [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Chad Grenier)
Control [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Mikael Kasurinen)
Death Stranding [PS4] (Hideo Kojima)
Resident Evil 2 [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Kazunori Kadoi & Yasuhiro Anpo)
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Stig Asmussen)BEST GAME DESIGN
Control (Paul Ehreth)
Death Stranding (Hideo Kojima)
Disco Elysium (Robert Kurvitz)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (Masaru Yamamura & Yuki Fukuda)
Untitled Goose Game (Stuart Gillespie-Cook, Nico Disseldorp & Michael McMaster)BEST FAMILY/CASUAL GAME
Concrete Genie [PS4] (Dominic Robilliard)
Luigi’s Mansion [Nintendo Switch] (Bryce Holliday)
Ring Fit Adventure [Nintendo Switch] (Hiroshi Matsunaga)
Super Mario Maker 2 [Nintendo Switch] (Yosuke Oshino)
Yoshi’s Crafted World [Nintendo Switch] (Masahiro Yamamoto)BEST SPORT/RACING GAME
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled [PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch] (Philippe Turcotte)
Dirt Rally 2.0 [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Geoff Smith & Clive Moody)
FIFA 20 [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch] (Mathew Prior)
NBA 2K20 [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch/Mobile] (Mike Wang & Jeffrey J. Thomas)
Trials Rising [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch] (Antti Ilvessuo)BEST TECHNICAL INNOVATION
Apex Legends
Control (Sean Donnelly)
Death Stranding (Akio Sakamoto)
Metro Exodus (Oles Shyshkovtsov, Alexander Maximchuk & Dmitriy Markov)
Untitled Goose Game (Cherie Davidson)BEST MULTIPLAYER
Apex Legends
Borderlands 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Luigi’s Mansion 3
Tetris 99BEST STRATEGY/SIMULATION GAME
Age of Wonders: Planetfall [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Benny Arents)
Anno 1800 [PC] (Dirk Riegert)
Fire Emblem: Three Houses [Nintendo Switch] (Toshiyuki Kusakihara & Genki Yokota)
Total War: Three Kingdoms [PC] (Janos Gaspar)
Tropico 6 [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Alexander Frey & Stephan Winter)BEST SOUND DESIGN
Cadence of Hyrule (Joey Godard, Jeff Tangsoc, Kevin Regamey & Cole Verderber)
Death Stranding (Ludvig Forssell, Jake Allston & Mike Niederquell)
Disco Elysium (Andrus Laansalu & Zhang Yuanyuan)
Resident Evil 2 (Kentaro Nakashima, Julian Beeston & Masahiko Minami)
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Erick Ocampo, Bryan O. Watkins, Charles Deneen & Myron Nettinga)BEST MUSIC
Control (Petri Alanko & Martin Stig Andersen)
Death Stranding (Ludvig Forssell)
Kingdom Hearts III (Yoko Shimomura, Takeharu Ishimoto & Tsuyoshi Sekito)
Outer Wilds (Andrew Prahlow)
Sayonara Wild Hearts (Daniel Olsen & Jonathan Eng)BEST MOBILE GAME
Call of Duty: Mobile
Grindstone (Dan Vader)
Immortal Rogue
Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simon Flesser)
Sky: Children of the Light (Jenova Chen)BEST FIGHTING GAME
Dead or Alive 6 [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Yohei Shimbori)
Mortal Kombat 11 [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Ed Boon)
Samurai Shodown [PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch] (Nobuyuki Kuroki)BEST ART DIRECTION
Control (Janne Pulkkinen)
Death Stranding (Yoji Shinkawa)
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Masaki Yasuda)
Resident Evil 2 (Gez Fry & Satoshi Takamatsu)
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Ken Feldman & Chris Sutton)BEST ANIMATION
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Mark Grigsby, Andy Conroy, Chris Gonzalez & Laura Lempert)
Days Gone (Jake Spence, Kimberly Lambe, Danilo Buendia & Christopher Stone)
Death Stranding (Masaaki Kawata, Yusuke Nishida, Donald Waller & Christopher Clyde)
Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Marie Wyatt, Aric Norine, Desmond Duggan & Sota Yuyama)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (Takashi Sato & Nobuto Usui)BEST STORY/WRITING
Control (Sam Lake & Josh Stubbs)
Death Stranding (Hideo Kojima, Kenji Yano & Shuyo Murata)
Disco Elysium (Robert Kurvitz)
The Outer Wilds (Leonard Boyarsky)
Trover Saves the Universe (Spencer McCurrin & Steve Cha)BEST VOICE ACTING
Ashly Burch – The Outer Wilds for voicing Parvati Holcomb
Courtney Hope – Control for voicing Jesse Faden
Mads Mikkelsen – Death Stranding for voicing Clifford Unger
Norman Reedus – Death Stranding for voicing Sam Porter Bridges
Justin Roiland – Trover Saves the Universe for voicing TroverBEST VIRTUAL REALITY/AUGMENTED REALITY GAME
Asgard’s Wrath [PC] (William A. Spence IV)
Beat Saber [PC/PS4/Oculus Quest] (Jan Ilavsky & Vladimir Hrincar)
Blood & Truth [PlayStation VR] (Stuart Whyte)
Nintendo Labo VR Kit [Nintendo Switch]
Trover Saves the Universe [PC/PlayStation VR/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch] (Matty Studivan & Justin Roiland)ReplyCopy URLI am semi-retired on GoldDerby. Still predicting but infrequent in the forums. I am sorry for my past behaviour.
Tyler’s Choice Video Game Awards: List of Winners
(Boldface = winner)GAME OF THE YEAR
2004: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2005: Shadow of the Colossus
2006: Wii Sports
2007: Super Mario Galaxy
2008: LittleBigPlanet
2009: Batman: Arkham Asylum
2010: Call of Duty: Black Ops
2011: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2012: Journey
2013: The Last of Us
2014: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2015: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2016: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
2017: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey
2018: Marvel’s Spider-Man
2019: Death Stranding
2020: Ghost of Tsushima
2021: Deathloop
2022:BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
2004: Halo 2
2005: Peter Jackson’s King Kong
2006: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2007: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
2008: Grand Theft Auto IV
2009: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2010: Call of Duty: Black Ops
2011: Batman: Arkham City
2012: Far Cry 3
2013: Grand Theft Auto V
2014: Far Cry 4
2015: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
2016: Overwatch
2017: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2018: Red Dead Redemption 2
2019: Death Stranding
2020: Spider-Man: Miles Morales
2021: Metroid Dread
2022:BEST GAME DESIGN
2004: Half-Life 2
2005: Shadow of the Colossus
2006: Wii Sports
2007: The Orange Box: Portal
2008: Spore
2009: Batman: Arkham Asylum
2010: Super Mario Galaxy 2
2011: Portal 2
2012: Journey
2013: The Last of Us
2014: Destiny
2015: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2016: Overwatch
2017: Super Mario Odyssey
2018: God of War
2019: Untitled Goose Game
2020: Ghost of Tsushima
2021: Deathloop
2022:BEST FAMILY/CASUAL GAME
2004: Katamari Damacy
2005: Guitar Hero
2006: Wii Sports
2007: Rock Band
2008: LittleBigPlanet
2009: New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Wii Sports Resort
2010: Dance Central
2011: LittleBigPlanet 2
2012: New Super Mario Bros. U
2013: Super Mario 3D World
2014: LittleBigPlanet 3
2015: Splatoon
2016: Pokémon Go
2017: Splatoon 2
2018: Overcooked 2
2019: Luigi’s Mansion 3
2020: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2021: It Takes Two
2022:BEST SPORT/RACING GAME
2004: Mario Power Tennis
2005: Need for Speed: Most Wanted
2006: Wii Sports
2007: skate.
2008: Mario Kart Wii
2009: Wii Sports Resort
2010: NHL 11
2011: FIFA 12
2012: FIFA 13
2013: FIFA 14
2014: Mario Kart 8
2015: Rocket League
2016: Forza Horizon 3
2017: Gran Turismo Sport
2018: Forza Horizon 4
2019: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
2020: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
2021: Forza Horizon 5
2022:BEST TECHNICAL INNOVATION
2004: Half-Life 2
2005: Shadow of the Colossus
2006: Wii Sports
2007: The Orange Box
2008: Spore
2009: Scribblenauts
2010: Heavy Rain
2011: Portal 2
2012: Journey
2013: The Last of Us
2014: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2015: Life is Strange
2016: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
2017: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2018: Red Dead Redemption 2
2019: Death Stranding
2020: Ghost of Tsushima
2021: Deathloop
2022:BEST MULTIPLAYER
2004: Halo 2
2005: Guitar Hero
2006: Wii Sports
2007: The Orange Box
2008: Mario Kart Wii
2009: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2010: Call of Duty: Black Ops
2011: LittleBigPlanet 2
2012: Assassin’s Creed III
2013: Super Mario 3D World
2014: Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
2015: Splatoon
2016: Overwatch
2017: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
2018: Monster Hunter: World
2019: Apex Legends
2020: Fall Guys
2021: It Takes Two
2022:BEST STRATEGY/SIMULATION GAME
2004: The Sims 2
2005: The Movies
2006: Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
2007: Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
2008: Spore
2009: Halo Wars
2010: Fallout: New Vegas
2011: Deus Ex: Human Revolution
2012: Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
2013: Papers, Please
2014: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
2015: StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
2016: Civilization VI
2017: Gran Turismo Sport
2018: Into the Breach
2019: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
2020: Microsoft Flight Simulator
2021: Age of Empires IV
2022:BEST SOUND DESIGN
2004: Halo 2
2005: Guitar Hero
2006: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2007: BioShock
2008: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
2009: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2010: Call of Duty: Black Ops
2011: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
2012: Far Cry 3
2013: The Last of Us
2014: Far Cry 4
2015: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
2016: The Last Guardian
2017: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2018: God of War
2019: Death Stranding
2020: The Last of Us II
2021: Returnal
2022:BEST MUSIC
2004: Fable (Danny Elfman & Russell Shaw)
2005: Shadow of the Colossus (Ko Otani)
2006: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ohta & Koji Kondo)
2007: BioShock (Garry Schyman)
2008: LittleBigPlanet (Kenneth C M Young, Mat Clark & Daniel Pemberton)
2009: Batman: Arkham Asylum (Nick Arundel & Ron Fish)
2010: Heavy Rain (Normand Corbeil)
2011: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Jeremy Soule)
2012: Journey (Austin Wintory)
2013: The Last of Us (Gustavo Santaolalla)
2014: Destiny (Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Martin O’Donnell & Paul McCartney)
2015: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Marcin Przybyłowicz & Mikołaj Stroiński)
2016: Doom (Mick Gordon)
2017: Super Mario Odyssey (Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii & Koji Kondo)
2018: Marvel’s Spider-Man (John Paesano)
2019: Control (Petri Alanko & Martin Stig Andersen)
2020: Final Fantasy VII Remake (Masashi Hamauzu, Mitsuto Suzuki & Nobuo Uematsu)
2021: Returnal (Bobby Krlic)
2022:BEST HANDHELD/MOBILE GAME
2004: Metroid: Zero Mission
2005: Nintendogs
2006: New Super Mario Bros.
2007: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
2008: Professor Layton and the Curious Village
2009: Scribblenauts
2010: Infinity Blade
2011: Super Mario 3D Land
2012: The Walking Dead
2013: Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
2014: Shovel Knight
2015: Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
2016: Pokémon Go
2017: Fire Emblem Heroes
2018: Florence
2019: Sayonara Wild Hearts
2020: Among Us
2021: Pokemon Unite
2022:BEST FIGHTING GAME
2004: Mortal Kombat: Deception
2005: Tekken 5
2006: Fight Night Round 3
2008: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
2009: Punch-Out!!
2010: Super Street Fighter IV
2011: Mortal Kombat
2012: PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
2013: Injustice: Gods Among Us
2014: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
2015: Mortal Kombat X
2016: Street Fighter V
2017: Injustice 2
2018: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
2019: Samurai Shodown
2020: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
2021: Guilty Gear Strive
2022:BEST ART DIRECTION
2004: Half-Life 2
2005: God of War
2006: Gears of War
2007: Assassin’s Creed
2008: LittleBigPlanet
2009: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2010: Kirby’s Epic Yarn
2011: Batman: Arkham City
2012: Journey
2013: Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
2014: Dragon Age: Inquisition
2015: Ori and the Blind Forest
2016: Inside
2017: Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
2018: Red Dead Redemption 2
2019: Control
2020: Ghost of Tsushima
2021: Deathloop
2022:BEST ANIMATION
2004: Half-Life 2
2005: God of War
2006: Gears of War
2007: Assassin’s Creed
2008: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
2009: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2010: Heavy Rain
2011: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
2012: Assassin’s Creed III
2013: The Last of Us
2014: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2015: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
2016: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
2017: Cuphead
2018: Marvel’s Spider-Man
2019: Luigi’s Mansion 3
2020: The Last of Us Part II
2021: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
2022:BEST STORY/WRITING
2004: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2005: Peter Jackson’s King Kong
2006: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2007: BioShock
2008: Fallout 3
2009: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2010: Heavy Rain
2011: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
2012: The Walking Dead
2013: The Last of Us
2014: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2015: Her Story
2016: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
2017: Horizon Zero Dawn
2018: Florence
2019: Disco Elysium
2020: The Last of Us Part II
2021: Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
2022:BEST VOICE ACTING
2004: Samuel L. Jackson – Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2005: Christopher Walken – True Crime: New York City
2006: Patrick Stewart – The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
2007: David Kaye – Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
2008: Stephen Fry – LittleBigPlanet
2009: Mark Hamill – Batman: Arkham Asylum
2010: Rob Wiethoff – Red Dead Redemption
2011: Ellen McLain – Portal 2
2012: Dave Fennoy – The Walking Dead
2013: Ashley Johnson – The Last of Us
2014: Adam Harrington – The Wolf Among Us
2015: Ashly Burch – Life is Strange
2016: Nolan North – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
2017: Melina Juergens – Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
2018: Christopher Judge – God of War
2019: Mads Mikkelsen – Death Stranding
2020: Cody Christian – Final Fantasy VII Remake
2021: Maggie Robertson – Resident Evil Village
2022:BEST VIRTUAL REALITY/AUGMENTED REALITY GAME
2017: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2018: Moss
2019: Beat Saber
2020: Half-Life: Alyx
2021: Lone Echo II
2022:ReplyCopy URLI am semi-retired on GoldDerby. Still predicting but infrequent in the forums. I am sorry for my past behaviour.
2020 Tyler’s Choice Video Game Awards
(Boldface = winner)GAME OF THE YEAR
Animal Crossing: New Horizons [Switch] (Hisashi Nogami)
Ghost of Tsushima [PS4] (Brian Fleming)
Half-Life: Alyx [PC VR] (Bill van Buren)
The Last of Us Part II [PS4] (Evan Wells & Neil Druckmann)
Spider-Man: Miles Morales [PS4/PS5] (Jess Reed)BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
Ghost of Tsushima [PS4] (Nate Fox & Jason Connell)
Half-Life: Alyx [PC VR] (Gabe Newell)
The Last of Us Part II [PS4] (Neil Druckmann, Anthony Newman & Kurt Margenau)
Ori and the Will of the Wisps [PC/Xbox One/Xbox Series/Switch] (Thomas Mahler)
Spider-Man: Miles Morales [PS4/PS5] (Brian Horton, Marcus Smith & Ryan Smith)BEST GAME DESIGN
Astro’s Playroom (Gento Morita)
Ghost of Tsushima (Jeff McCann & Parker Hamilton)
Half-Life: Alyx
The Last of Us Part II (Emilia Schatz & Richard Cambier)
Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Cameron Christian)BEST FAMILY/CASUAL GAME
Animal Crossing: New Horizons [Switch] (Aya Kyogoku)
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time [PS4/Xbox One] (Dan Neil)
Dreams [PS4] (Mark Healey)
Fall Guys [PC/PS4] (Jeff Tanton)
Minecraft Dungeons [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Switch] (Måns Olsen)BEST SPORT/RACING GAME
DiRT 5 [PC/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series] (Robert Karp)
FIFA 21 [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Switch/PS5/Xbox Series] (Aaron McHardy & John Shepherd)
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit [Switch] (Dan Doptis)
NBA 2K21 [PC/PS4/PS4/Xbox One/Xbox Series/Switch] (Mike Wang & Jeffrey J. Thomas)
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Barry Morales)BEST TECHNICAL INNOVATION
Dreams (Alex Evans & David Smith)
Ghost of Tsushima (Adrian Bentley & Chris Zimmerman)
The Last of Us Part II (Travis McIntosh & Christian Gyrling)
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (Jan-Erik Steel)
Spider-Man: Miles MoralesBEST MULTIPLAYER
Among Us
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Fall Guys
Ghost of Tsushima
ValorantBEST STRATEGY/SIMULATION GAME
Crusader Kings III [PC] (Henrik Fåhraeus)
Desperados III [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Dominik Abé)
Gears Tactics [PC/Xbox One/Xbox Series] (James Mouat)
Microsoft Flight Simulator [PC] (David Dedeine)
XCOM: Chimera Squad [PC] (Andrew Frederiksen)BEST SOUND DESIGN
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Makoto Ise, Atsushi Suganuma & Kyle Lammerding)
Ghost of Tsushima (George Riley, James Hayday, Andrew Caller & Helen Miles)
Half-Life: Alyx (Roland Shaw)
The Last of Us Part II (Shannon Potter, Eric Paulsen, Neil Uchitel & Robert Krekel)
Resident Evil 3 (Yoshito Kato, Toshihiko Horiyama, Shotaro Nakayama & Sarina Takeda)BEST MUSIC
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Masashi Hamauzu, Mitsuto Suzuki & Nobuo Uematsu)
Ghost of Tsushima (Ilan Eshkeri & Shigeru Umebayashi)
The Last of Us Part II (Gustavo Santaolalla)
Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Gareth Coker)
The Pathless (Austin Wintory)BEST MOBILE GAME
Among Us (Marcus Bromander & Kristi Anderson)
Genshin Impact (Cai Haoyu)
Legends of Runeterra (Andrew Yip)
Little Orpheus (Alex Girling)
Pokemon Cafe Mix (Yoshinori Obishaku)BEST FIGHTING GAME
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity [Switch] (Ryouta Matsushita)
Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate Edition [PS5/Xbox Series] (Ed Boon)
One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows [PC/PS4/Xbox One] (Yasuhiro Abe & Hiroyuki Kaneko)
Street Fighter V Champion Edition [PC/PS4] (Takayuki Nakayama)
Them’s Fightin’ Herds [PC] (Francisco Copado & Lauren Faust)BEST ART DIRECTION
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Shintaro Takai, Roberto Ferrari & Tetsuya Nomura)
Ghost of Tsushima (Jason Connell)
Hades (Jen Zee)
The Last of Us Part II (Erick Pangilinan & John Sweeney)
Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Jeremy Gritton)BEST ANIMATION
Doom Eternal (Ray Chase & Chris Cantero)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Yoshiyuki Soma, Akira Iwasawa & Ryo Hara)
The Last of Us Part II (Jeremy Yates, Almudena Soria Sancho & Eric Baldwin)
Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Warren Goff, Jim Donovan & Boris Hiestand)
Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Danny Garnett, Brian Wyser & Mike Yosh)BEST STORY/WRITING
Cyberpunk 2077 (Marcin Blacha & Tomasz Marchewka)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Kazushige Nojima, Motomu Toriyama, Hiroaki Iwaki & Sachie Hirano)
Ghost of Tsushima (Ian Ryan, Liz Albl, Patrick Downs & Jordan Lemos)
The Last of Us Part II (Neil Druckmann & Halley Gross)
Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Jon Paquette & Ben Arfmann)BEST VOICE ACTING
Laura Bailey – The Last of Us Part II for voicing Abby
Cody Christian – Final Fantasy VII Remake for voicing Cloud Strife
Nadji Jeter – Spider-Man: Miles Morales for voicing Miles Morales
Ashley Johnson – The Last of Us Part II for voicing Ellie
Daisuke Tsuji – Ghost of Tsushima for voicing Jin SakaiBEST VIRTUAL REALITY/AUGMENTED REALITY GAME
Dreams [PSVR] (Mark Healey)
Half-Life: Alyx [PC] (Gabe Newell & Bill van Buren)
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit [Switch] (Dan Doptis)
Star Wars Squadrons [PC/PS4] (Ian S. Frazier)
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners [PC/PS4/Oculus Quest/Oculus Rift] (Mark Domowicz & Adam Grantham)ReplyCopy URLI am semi-retired on GoldDerby. Still predicting but infrequent in the forums. I am sorry for my past behaviour.
2021 Tyler’s Choice Video Game Awards
(Boldface = winner)GAME OF THE YEAR
Deathloop [PC/PS5] (Yoann Guilloud)
It Takes Two [PC/PS4/Xbox One/PS5/Xbox Series] (Aimar Bergan)
Metroid Dread [Switch] (Yoshio Sakamoto & Shinya Takahashi)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart [PS5] (Joe Castagno)
Returnal [PS5] (Jari Hokkanen)BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
Deathloop [PC/PS5] (Dinga Bakaba & Sébastien Mitton)
It Takes Two [PC/PS4/Xbox One/PS5/Xbox Series] (Josef Fares)
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Switch/PS5/Xbox Series] (Jean-François Dugas & Olivier Proulx)
Metroid Dread [Switch] (Jose Luis Márquez & Fumi Hayashi)
Resident Evil Village [PC/PS4/Xbox One/PS5/Xbox Series]BEST GAME DESIGN
Deathloop (Gauthier Roussel, Yoann Saquet & Joackim Daviaud)
Inscryption (Daniel Mullins)
It Takes Two (Filip Coulianos)
Metroid Dread (Jose Maria Navarro Herrera, Carlos Zarzuela Sánchez & Jacobo Luengo)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Josue Benavidez, Mark C. Stuart, Jason Bolte & Casey Smith)BEST FAMILY/CASUAL GAME
It Takes Two [PC/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series] (Josef Fares)
Mario Party Superstars [Switch] (Takeru Sugimoto)
Pac-Man 99 [Switch] (Hiroshi Nakamichi)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart [PS5] (Marcus Smith & Mike Daly)
WarioWare: Get it Together! [Switch] (Goro Abe & Yu Yamanaka)BEST SPORT/RACING GAME
The Climb [Oculus Quest] (Sebastien Laurent & Fatih Özbayram)
FIFA 22 [PC/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series/Switch] (Nicholas Wlodyka)
Forza Horizon 5 [PC/Xbox One/Xbox Series] (Mike Brown & Adam Askew)
Hot Wheels Unleashed [PC/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series/Switch] (Domenico Celenza)
Riders Republic [PC/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series] (Igor Manceau & Arnaud Ragot)BEST TECHNICAL INNOVATION
Battlefield 2042 (Daniel Berlin, Johan Allanson, Erik Westerlund & Mikael Uddholm
Deathloop (Hugues Tardif)
Forza Horizon 5 (Alan Roberts & Matt Craven)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Peter Kao, Mike Fitzgerald, Bradley Fitzgerald & Ross McIntosh)
Returnal (Kiyohiko Sakata, Markku Velinen & Ethan Watson)BEST MULTIPLAYER
Back 4 Blood
It Takes Two
Knockout City
Monster Hunter: Rise
ValheimBEST STRATEGY/SIMULATION GAME
Age of Empires IV [PC] (Adam Isgreen & Quinn Duffy)
Evil Genius 2: World Domination [PC/PS4/Xbox One/PS5/Xbox Series] (Ash Tregay)
Farming Simulator 22 [PC/PS4/Xbox One/PS5/Xbox Series/Mobile] (Christian Ammann)
Inscryption [PC] (Daniel Mullins)
New Pokemon Snap [Switch] (Haruki Suzaki)BEST SOUND DESIGN
Deathloop (Gregory Desmurs, Thomas Mitton, Benjamin Darmon & Michel Tremouiller)
Forza Horizon 5 (James Doyle, Pedro Sánchez Alonso & Fraser Strachan)
Halo Infinite (Sotaro Tojima, Kyle Fraser, Robbie Elias & Chase Thompson)
Resident Evil Village (Wataru Hachisako, Joe Cavers & Michael Finley)
Returnal (Jeremy Corbett, Loic Couthier, Rob Blake & Simon Gumbleton)BEST MUSIC
Deathloop (Tom Salta & Ross Tregenza)
It Takes Two (Gustaf Grefberg & Kristofer Eng)
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Richard Jacques)
Nier Replicant ver 1.22474487139 (Keiichi Okabe)
Returnal (Bobby Krlic)BEST MOBILE GAME
Fantasian (Hironobu Sakaguchi & Takuto Nakamura)
League of Legends: Wild Rift (Michael Chow, Alan P. Moore & Christina Wun)
Pokemon Unite (Masaaki Hoshino)BEST FIGHTING GAME
Guilty Gear Strive [PC/PS4/PS5] (Akira Katano & Daisuke Ishiwatari)
Melty Blood: Type Lumina [PC/PS4/Xbox One/Switch] (Kamone Serizawa & Nobuhisa Hiroshige)
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl [PC/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series/Switch] (Diego Rodriguez)
Pokemon Unite [Switch/Mobile] (Masaaki Hoshino)
Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown [PS4] (Yoshihiro Tsuzuku)BEST ART DIRECTION
Deathloop (Sébastien Mitton)
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Mike Grier & Julian Vermuelen)
Psychonauts 2 (Lisette Titre-Montgomery)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Grant Hollis)
Resident Evil Village (Tomonori Takano)BEST ANIMATION
Deathloop (Damien Pougheon)
It Takes Two (Oskar Thuresson, Leo Sköld Ringborg, Emil Cleason & Niklas Wennersten)
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Hunter Schmidt)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Kevin Grow, Elliot Grossman & Steve Ryder)
Resident Evil Village (Yuya Takasaki, Hiroko Ihara & Tetsuhei Asano)BEST STORY/WRITING
Deathloop (Johan Lalane)
It Takes Two (Soni Jorgensen & Josef Fares)
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Kasper Hartman & Mary DeMarle)
Psychonauts 2 (Tim Schafer)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Sam Maggs, Mary Kenney, Max Folkman, Nick Folkman & Lauren Mee)BEST VOICE ACTING
Jack Black – Psychonauts 2 for voicing Helmut Fullbear
Giancarlo Esposito – Far Cry 6 for voicing Anton Castillo
Jennifer Hale – Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart for voicing Rivet
Jason E. Kelley – Deathloop for voicing Colt Vahn
Maggie Robertson – Resident Evil Village for voicing Alcina DimitrescuBEST VIRTUAL REALITY/AUGMENTED REALITY GAME
Hitman 3 [PSVR] (Mattias Engström)
I Expect You to Die 2 [Oculus Quest] (Charles Amis)
Lone Echo II [Oculus Rift] (Ru Weerasuriya & Nathan Phal-Liff)
Resident Evil 4 [Quest 2] (Shinji Mikami)
Sniper Elite VR [PC/PSVR/Oculus Quest] (Kieran Forrester)ReplyCopy URLI am semi-retired on GoldDerby. Still predicting but infrequent in the forums. I am sorry for my past behaviour.
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