<p>The inaugural year for The Game Awards is now compete, and the winners have been announced. If you didn&#8217;t get a chance to watch it live, we have the full list of nominees and award winners in each category.</p>
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<p><strong>Best Mobile/Handheld &#8211; Winner: <em>Hearthstone</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/05054805/Hearthstone-BagoGames.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-69783" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/05054805/Hearthstone-BagoGames-300x187.jpg" alt="Hearthstone BagoGames" width="300" height="187" /></a></p>
<p>• <em>Bravely Default</em> &#8211; Square Enix<br />
• <em>Monument Valley</em> &#8211; Ustwo<br />
• <em>Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft</em> &#8211; Blizzard<br />
• <em>Super Smash Bros. for 3DS</em> &#8211; Nintendo<br />
• <em>Threes</em> &#8211; Asher Vollmer, illustrator Greg Wohlwend, and composer Jimmy Hinson</p>
<p><strong>Developer of the Year &#8211; Winner: Nintendo</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/05054752/Nintendo-E3-2014-BagoGames.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-69784" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/05054752/Nintendo-E3-2014-BagoGames-300x225.jpg" alt="Nintendo E3 2014 BagoGames" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>• Blizzard<br />
• Monolith<br />
• Nintendo<br />
• Telltale Games<br />
• Ubisoft Montreal</p>
<p><strong>Best Fighting Game &#8211; Winner: <em>Super Smash Bros. for Wii U</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/05054829/Super-Smash-Bros.-for-Wii-U-BagoGames.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-69781" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/05054829/Super-Smash-Bros.-for-Wii-U-BagoGames-300x168.jpg" alt="Super Smash Bros. for Wii U BagoGames" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p><em>• Killer Instinct: Season Two</em> &#8211; Iron Galaxy Studios/Microsoft<br />
• <em>Persona 4 Arena Ultimax</em> &#8211; Arc System Works/Atlus<br />
• <em>Super Smash Bros. 3DS</em> &#8211; Nintendo<br />
• <em>Super Smash Bros. Wii U</em> &#8211; Nintendo<br />
• <em>Ultimate Street Fighter IV</em> &#8211; Capcom</p>
<p><strong>Best Sports/Racing Game &#8211; Winner: <em>Mario Kart 8</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/05054817/Mario-Kart-8-Anti-Gravity-BagoGames.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-69782" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/05054817/Mario-Kart-8-Anti-Gravity-BagoGames-300x168.jpg" alt="Mario Kart 8 Anti-Gravity BagoGames" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>• <em>FIFA 15</em> &#8211; EA Canada/EA Sports<br />
• <em>Forza Horizon 2</em> &#8211; Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft<br />
• <em>Mario Kart 8</em> &#8211; Nintendo<br />
• <em>NBA 2K15</em> &#8211; Visual Concepts/2K Sports<br />
• <em>Trials Fusion</em> &#8211; RedLynx/Ubisoft</p>
<p><strong>Best Shooter &#8211; Winner: <em>Far Cry 4</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/05054739/Far-Cry-4-Skycopter-BagoGames.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-69785" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/05054739/Far-Cry-4-Skycopter-BagoGames-300x168.jpg" alt="Far Cry 4 Skycopter BagoGames" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>• <em>Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare</em> &#8211; Sledgehammer/Activision<br />
• <em>Destiny</em> &#8211; Bungie/Activision<br />
• <em>Far Cry 4</em> &#8211; Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft<br />
• <em>Titanfall</em> &#8211; Respawn/EA<br />
• <em>Wolfenstein: The New Order</em> &#8211; MachineGames/Bethesda</p>
<p><strong>Games for Change &#8211; Winner: <em>Valiant Hearts: The Great War</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/05084612/Valiant-Hearts-Screenshot.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-64315" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/05084612/Valiant-Hearts-Screenshot-300x174.png" alt="Valiant-Hearts-Screenshot" width="300" height="174" /></a></p>
<p>• <em>Mountain</em> &#8211; David O&#8217;Reilly/Double Fine Presents<br />
• <em>Never Alone</em> &#8211; Upper One Games<br />
• <em>The Last of Us: Left Behind</em> &#8211; Naughty Dog/Sony<br />
• <em>This War of Mine</em> &#8211; 11bit Studios<br />
• <em>Valiant Hearts: The Great War</em> &#8211; Ubisoft</p>
<p><strong>Best Narrative &#8211; Winner: <em>Valiant Hearts</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/05084700/1403198798-valiant-hearts-the-great-war-art.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-64309" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/05084700/1403198798-valiant-hearts-the-great-war-art-300x174.jpg" alt="valiant-hearts-the-great-war Freddie" width="300" height="174" /></a></p>
<p>• <em>South Park: The Stick of Truth</em> &#8211; Obsidian/Ubisoft<br />
• <em>The Walking Dead Season 2</em> &#8211; Telltale Games<br />
• <em>The Wolf Among Us</em> &#8211; Telltale Games<br />
• <em>Valiant Hearts</em> &#8211; Ubisoft<br />
• <em>Wolfenstein: The New Order</em> &#8211; Machine Games/Bethesda</p>
<p><strong>Best Independent Game &#8211; Winner: <em>Shovel Knight</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Capture7.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-62989" src="https://bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Capture7-300x168.png" alt="Shovel Knight - Bagogames" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>• <em>Broken Age Part 1</em> &#8211; Double Fine<br />
• <em>Monument Valley</em> &#8211; Ustwo<br />
• <em>Shovel Knight</em> &#8211; Cellar Door<br />
• <em>Transistor</em> &#8211; Supergiant Games<br />
• <em>The Vanishing of Ethan Carter</em> &#8211; The Astronauts</p>
<p><strong>Best Score/Soundtrack &#8211; Winner: <em>Destiny</em> &#8211; Marty O&#8217;Donnell</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/05054726/Bungie-Marty-ODonnell-BagoGames.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-69786" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/05054726/Bungie-Marty-ODonnell-BagoGames-300x168.jpg" alt="Bungie Marty O'Donnell BagoGames" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>• <em>Alien: Isolation</em> &#8211; Christian Henson, Joe Henson, and Alexis Smith, The Creative Assembly/Sega<br />
• <em>Child of Light</em> &#8211; Coeur de pirate, Ubisoft Montreal<br />
• <em>Destiny</em> &#8211; Marty O’Donnell, Bungie/Activision<br />
• <em>Sunset Overdrive</em> &#8211; Boris Salchow, Insomniac Games/Microsoft<br />
• <em>Transistor</em> &#8211; Darren Korb, Supergiant Games</p>
<p><strong>Best Action/Adventure &#8211; Winner: <em>Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shadowofmordor_bagogames.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-67812" src="https://bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shadowofmordor_bagogames-300x168.jpg" alt="shadowofmordor_bagogames" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>• <em>Alien: Isolation</em> &#8211; Creative Assembly/Sega<br />
• <em>Assassin’s Creed Unity</em> &#8211; Ubisoft<br />
• <em>Bayonetta 2</em> &#8211; Platinum Games/Nintendo<br />
• <em>Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor</em> &#8211; Monolith/Warner Bros.<br />
• <em>Sunset Overdrive</em> &#8211; Insomniac/Microsoft</p>
<p><strong>Best Role Playing Game &#8211; Winner | <em>Dragon Age: Inquisition</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/05111415/dragon_age_inquisition2__bagogames.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-61110" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/05111415/dragon_age_inquisition2__bagogames.jpg" alt="dragon_age_inquisition2__bagogames" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>• <em>Bravely Default</em> &#8211; Square Enix<br />
• <em>Dark Souls II</em> &#8211; From Software/Bandai Namco<br />
• <em>Divinity: Original Sin</em> &#8211; Larian Studios<br />
• <em>Dragon Age: Inquisition</em> &#8211; Bioware/EA<br />
• <em>South Park: The Stick of Truth</em> &#8211; Obsidian/Ubisoft</p>
<p><strong>Best Family Game &#8211; Winner: <em>Mario Kart 8</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/05081803/link_mario_kart_8.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-65283" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/05081803/link_mario_kart_8.jpg" alt="link_mario_kart_8" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>• <em>Disney Infinity 2.0</em> &#8211; Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive Studios<br />
•<em> Fantasia: Music Evolved</em> &#8211; Harmonix/Disney Interactive Studios<br />
•<em> Mario Kart 8</em> &#8211; Nintendo<br />
• <em>Skylanders: Trap Team</em> &#8211; Toys for Bob/Activision<br />
• <em>Tomodachi Life</em> &#8211; Nintendo</p>
<p><strong>Best Online Experience &#8211; Winner: <em>Destiny</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/05062130/Destiny-Mars-BagoGames.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-68936" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/05062130/Destiny-Mars-BagoGames-300x174.jpg" alt="Destiny Mars BagoGames" width="300" height="174" /></a></p>
<p>• <em>Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare</em> &#8211; Sledgehammer Games/Activision<br />
• <em>Dark Souls II</em> &#8211; From Software/Bandai Namco<br />
• <em>Destiny</em> &#8211; Bungie/Activision<br />
• <em>Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft</em> &#8211; Blizzard<br />
• <em>Titanfall</em> &#8211; Respawn/EA</p>
<p><strong>eSports Team of the Year &#8211; (Voted on by fans) &#8211; Winner: Ninjas in Pyjamas</strong></p>
<p>• Samsung White &#8211; League of Legends<br />
• Evil Geniuses &#8211; Dota 2<br />
• Edward Gaming &#8211; League of Legends<br />
• Newbee &#8211; Dota 2<br />
• Ninjas in Pyjamas &#8211; Counter-Strike: GO</p>
<p><strong>eSports Player of the Year &#8211; (Voted on by fans) &#8211; Winner: Matt &#8220;NaDeSHoT&#8221; Haag</strong></p>
<p>• Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson &#8211; <em>League of Legends</em><br />
• Xu “Fy” Linsen &#8211; <em>Dota 2</em><br />
• James “Firebat” Kostesich &#8211; <em>Hearthstone</em><br />
• Christopher &#8220;GeT_RiGhT&#8221; Alesund &#8211; <em>Counter-Strike: GO</em><br />
• Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag &#8211;<em> Call of Duty</em></p>
<p><strong>Best Remaster &#8211; Winner: <em>Grand Theft Auto V</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/05092710/gta-v-independence-day.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-63151" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/05092710/gta-v-independence-day.jpg" alt="gta v independence day" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>• <em>Grand Theft Auto V</em> &#8211; Rockstar Games<br />
• <em>Halo: The Master Chief Collection</em> &#8211; 343 Industries/Microsoft<br />
• <em>Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire</em> &#8211; Game Freak/Nintendo<br />
• <em>The Last of Us</em> &#8211; Naughty Dog/Sony<br />
• <em>Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition</em> &#8211; Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix</p>
<p><strong>Best Fan Creation &#8211; (Voted on by fans) &#8211; Winner: Twitch plays <em>Pokémon</em></strong></p>
<p><em>BEST Zelda Rap EVER!!</em> By Egoraptor<br />
<em>Luigi Death Stare</em> by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr<br />
<em>Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song)</em> by Tobuscus<br />
<em>Minecraft</em> – TITAN City by Colonial Puppet<br />
Twitch Plays <em>Pokémon</em> by Anonymous</p>
<p><strong>Trending Gamer &#8211; (Voted on by fans) &#8211; Winner: TotalBiscuit</strong></p>
<p>• Evan “Vanoss” Fong<br />
• Jeff Gerstmann<br />
• PewDiePie<br />
• StampyLongHead<br />
• TotalBiscuit</p>
<p><strong>Most Anticipated Game &#8211; (Voted on by fans) &#8211; Winner:<em> The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/05054714/The-Witcher-III-BagoGames.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-69787" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/05054714/The-Witcher-III-BagoGames-300x168.jpg" alt="The Witcher III BagoGames" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>• Batman: Arkham Knight &#8211; Rocksteady/Warner Bros.<br />
• Bloodborne &#8211; FROM Software/Sony<br />
• Evolve &#8211; Turtle Rock/2K Games<br />
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt &#8211; CD Projekt<br />
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End &#8211; Naughty Dog/Sony</p>
<p><strong>Game of the Year &#8211; Winner: <em>Dragon Age: Inquisition</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/05095059/dragon-age-inquisition-4.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-62750" src="https://cdn.bagogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/05095059/dragon-age-inquisition-4-300x166.png" alt="dragon age gamplay" width="300" height="166" /></a></p>
<p>• <em>Bayonetta 2</em> &#8211; Platinum Games/Nintendo<br />
• <em>Dark Souls II</em> &#8211; FROM Software/Bandai Namco<br />
• <em>Dragon Age: Inquisition</em> &#8211; BioWare/EA<br />
• <em>Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft</em> &#8211; Blizzard<br />
• <em>Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor</em> &#8211; Monolith/Warner Bros.</p>
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<p>Tell us: What did you think of The Game Awards? Did any of your favorite games this year make the cut? Share your thoughts in the comments below!</p>

Here Are The Winners of the Game Awards 2014
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By Tim Gruver
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