TEMPO.CO, Austin - Para pemenang untuk 2017 SXSW Gaming Awards telah diumumkan. SXSW Gaming Awards adalah penghargaan yang diberikan kepada video game selama South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) yang diselenggarakan di Austin, Texas, biasanya pada bulan Maret.
Game bikinan Naughty Dog, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, membawa pulang penghargaan Game of the Year. Penghargaan itu diterima karena para pemilih memutuskan permainan itu "menggambarkan keunggulan secara keseluruhan dan menciptakan pengalaman gaming yang berbeda di semua platform dan genre."
Dishonored 2, Doom, Overwatch, dan Titanfall 2 juga dinominasikan untuk Game of the Year.
Ada 23 kategori yang diperebutkan dalam SXSW Gaming Awards. Penghargaan Mobile Game of the Year jatuh ke Pokemon Go. Overwatch memenangkan Esports Game of The Year, Excellence untuk game Multiplayer dan Trending Game of the Year. The Fan Creation of The Year jatuh kepada Brutal Doom 64 mod.
Berikut daftar pemenang semua kategori SXSW Gaming Award.
Video Game of the Year: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - produksi Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog Mobile Game of the Year: Pokemon Go - Niantic Tabletop Game of the Year: Arkham Horror: The Card Game - Fantasy Flight Games Esports Game of the Year: Overwatch - Blizzard Entertainment Trending Game of the Year: Overwatch - Blizzard Entertainment Fan Creation of the Year: Brutal Doom 64 - Sergeant_Mark_IV Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation: That Dragon, Cancer - Numinous Games Excellence in Narrative: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog Excellence in Design: Dishonored 2 - Bethesda Softworks / Arkane Studios Excellence in Gameplay: Doom - Bethesda Softworks / id Software Most Fulfilling Community-Funded Game: Starbound - Chucklefish Games Most Promising New Intellectual Property: Overwatch - Blizzard Entertainment Most Memorable Character: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Nathan Drake Excellence in Multiplayer: Overwatch - Blizzard Entertainment Excellence in Convergence: Batman: Arkham VR - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Rocksteady Studios Excellence in Art: Firewatch - Panic Inc. / Campo Santo Excellence in Animation: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog Excellence in Visual Achievement: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog Excellence in Technical Achievement: Battlefield 1 - Electronic Arts / EA DICE Excellence in Musical Score: Doom - Bethesda Softworks / id Software Excellence in SFX: Battlefield 1 - Electronic Arts / EA DICE