The Annual Video Game Awards [2017 Edition]

[BRiT]

The Video Game Awards is tonight, Thursday December 7 2017.

Celebrate the best video games, esports and gamers of 2017, and get a sneak preview of what's next. The Game Awards airs live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles this Thursday, December 7.

Live 4K Video Stream available via YouTube

How To Watch on other platforms such as Mixer, Twitch, Xbox, PSN, IGN, Steam, GameSpot, or Twitter -- http://thegameawards.com/how-to-watch/

LOS ANGELES 5:30 PM
NEW YORK 8:30 PM
BRAZIL 11:30 PM
LONDON 1:30 AM (FRIDAY)
RUSSIA 3:30 AM (FRIDAY)
CHINA 9:30 AM (FRIDAY)
JAPAN 10:30 AM (FRIDAY)
AUSTRALIA 11:30 AM (FRIDAY)

An early message from Geoff Keighley on twitter...

https://twitter.com/x/status/938815393967124480

There's supposed to be some random giveaways on Steam and Mixer is doing their mixpot giveaways too.

 

[BRiT]

Edited list of the winners...

Winner of Best Score / Music: NieR: Automata

Winner of Best Narrative: What Remains of Edith Finch

Winner of Best Art Direction: Cuphead

Winner of Best Action Game: Wolfenstein II, the New Colossus

Winner of Most Anticipated Game: The Last of Us Part 2

Industry Icon Trailblazer Recognition Award to Carol Shaw

Winner of Best Sports/Racing Game: Forza MotorSport 7

Winner of Best Strategy Game: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

Winner of Best Mobile Game: Monument Valley 2

Winner of Best Handheld Game: Metroid: Shamus Returns

Winner of Best Family Game: Super Mario Odyssey

Winner of Best Debut Indie Game: Cuphead
Winner of Best Indie Game: Cuphead

Winner of Best Ongoing Game: Overwatch
Winner of Best eSports Game: Overwatch

Winner of Best VR/AR Game: Resident Evil 7: BioHazard

Winner of Best Student Game: Level Squared

Winner of Best Role Playing Game: Persona 5

Winner of Games for Impact: Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Winner of Best Audio Design: Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

Winner of Best Performance: Melina Juergens, Hellblade (as Senua)

Winner of Best Fighting Game: Injustice 2

Winner of Best Game Direction: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Winner of Best Action/Adventure Game: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Winner of Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Winner of Best Multiplayer Game: PlayerUnknown's BattleGrounds

 

[Silent_Buddha]

Twitch is much smoother for me than YouTube. I'd recommend that if anyone is having issues with YouTube. They don't offer a 4k option, however. But even at 480p on YouTube, it was choppy and had frequent frame drops.

Regards,
SB

 

[Silent_Buddha]

Wolfenstein 2? Ugh, all the other nominees were far more deserving.

Regards,
SB

 

[BRiT]

Agreed. Wolf 2 seemed rather blah compared to the others. I thought maybe Prey would have got it. I guess the voters just wanted more of the same meh.

 

[Silent_Buddha]

Yay, Cuphead for best art direction. Persona V I would have cheered for as well.

Regards,
SB

 

[bunge]

Yay, Cuphead for best art direction. Persona V I would have cheered for as well.

Regards,
SB

I’m in love with Cuphead.

 

[iroboto]

I don’t see any 4K streams anywhere.

 

[Malo]

I've never understood why people bother chatting with thousands at the same time when it's just a constant fast stream of garbage.

 

[Silent_Buddha]

I don’t see any 4K streams anywhere.

YouTube still has a 4k option for me. But as I mentioned, YouTube streaming is pretty bad (drops frames even at 480p) for me.

Regards,
SB

 

[Silent_Buddha]

Oh wow, Carol Shaw created my favorite video game on the Atari 2600, River Raid. Awesome.

Regards,
SB

 

[BRiT]

Cuphead for best debut indie too.

 

[Silent_Buddha]

Best Indie that was a tough one. I also would have been ecstatic for Hollow Knight, but kudos to Cuphead again.

Regards,
Sb

 

[Silent_Buddha]

Also, mentioned but no presentation.

Best Strategy game - Mario + Rabbids.
Most anticipated game - Last of Us 2.

The new Mario game won something but don't remember the category. And something else mentioned that I don't remember now.

Regards,
SB

 

[BRiT]

Yeah, there were some awards during the preshow, but from the 15 minutes I saw they were for streamers etc... I guess they maybe announced some of the winners before?

 

[Silent_Buddha]

This was announced on the show right before Cuphead winning Indie Game.

Regards,
SB

 

[Silent_Buddha]

Not into survival games, but Fade to Silence looks interesting.

Weird phrasing. Next year, it'll also be available on all the next gen consoles.

Regards,
SB

 

[BRiT]

This is dragging... The pace seems slow between awards.

As for those 4 winners announced during the show, I saw that but thought maybe they had a bigger deal about it during the preshow.

 

[Malo]

Weird phrasing. Next year, it'll also be available on all the next gen consoles.

Yeah we're a few years into nextgen, they've been current gen for awhile now

 

[Silent_Buddha]

Oooh, not only Bayonetta ports coming to switch but a NEW Bayonetta also? Ooooooh.

Regards,
SB