Check who scooped awards at the event last night
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The Game Awards 2017 was streamed live to millions last night, with gamers eagerly anticipating who would be taking home the trophy from one of nearly 30 award categories.
Nintendo were among the winners, claiming three awards for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, including Game of the Year. Below is the full list of winners from this year's awards.
The winners
Game of the Year - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Game Direction - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Narrative - What Remains of Edith Finch
Best Art Direction - Cuphead
Best Score / Music - NieR: Automata
Best Audio Design - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Best Performance - Melina Juergens, Hellblade (as Senua)
Best Ongoing Game - Overwatch
Best Independent Game - Cuphead
Best Mobile Game - Monument Valley 2
Best Handheld Game - Metroid: Samus Returns
Best VR/AR Game - Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Best Action Game - Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Best Action/Adventure Game - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Role-Playing Game - Persona 5
Best Fighting Game - Injustice 2
Best Family Game - Super Mario Odyssey
Best Strategy Game - Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Best Sports/Racing Game - Forza Motorsport 7
Best Debut Indie Game - Cuphead
Best eSports Game - Overwatch
Best eSports Player - Lee Sang-hyeok/Faker (SK Telecom 1, League of Legends)
Best eSports Team - Cloud 9
Student Game Award - Level Squared
Chinese Fan Game Award - jx3 HD
Trending Gamer - Guy Beahm/Dr. Disrespect
Most Anticipated Game - The Last of Us Part II
Games for Impact - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Industry Icon Award - Carol Shaw
World premieres and trailers
As well as a bunch of top 2017 games picking up awards, audiences also got a glimpse of games to come in 2018 and beyond. VR trailers included Owlchemy Labs' Vacation Simulator and Squanch Games' Smith & Smitherson Accounting+, while the trailer for Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions' Death Stranding - starring Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead) - also got some good air time.
Other game trailers included Saber Interactive's World War Z, From Software's Shadows Die Twice, Black Forest Games' Fade to Silence, and the latest installment in the Metro franchise - Metro Exodus.
