Adding to Overwatch's impressive showing at the Golden Joysticks last week, Blizzard accrues more honors from GameSpot today. A list of the awards won follows:

GAME OF THE YEAR

For a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.

 

  • Doom (id Software/Bethesda)
  • Inside (Playdead)
  • Overwatch (Blizzard)
  • Titanfall 2 (Respawn/Electronic Arts)
  • Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)

BEST GAME DIRECTION

Recognizing a game studio for outstanding creative vision, game direction and design.

  • Blizzard (for Overwatch)
  • Dice (for Battlefield 1)
  • id Software (for Doom)
  • Naughty Dog (for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End)
  • Respawn (for Titanfall 2)

...

BEST MULTIPLAYER

For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences.

  • Battlefield 1 (DICE/EA)
  • Gears of War 4 (The Coalition/Microsoft Studios)
  • Overcooked (Ghost Town Games/Team 17)
  • Overwatch (Blizzard)
  • Titanfall 2 (Respawn/EA)
  • Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

...

BEST ESPORTS GAME

The Esports game that has shown creative and technical excellence in 2016 with the best gameplay, community support and content updates.

  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
  • DOTA2 (Valve)
  • League of Legends (Riot)
  • Overwatch (Blizzard)
  • Street Fighter V (Capcom)

That games like Heroes of the Storm and Battlerite were left off the eSports list in favor of larger titles that did comparatively little in 2016 seems suspect (we found the GOTY nominees similarly lacking), but that's GameSpot's prerogative. View the complete awards at GameSpot.


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Last Updated: Dec 02, 2016

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