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The Witcher 3 Wins the 2015 Video Game Awards

This a great day for The Witcher 3 fans, The game just won the 2015 video game awards!; it won 3 awards such as best role playing game, developer of the year and game of the year 2015, this was kinda unexpected in the face of really amazing game nominees such as Fallout 4, Bloodborne, Metal Gear solid 5 and Super Mario Maker, but with it’s amazing story, great attention to detail, and killer gameplay, it wins the 2015 game of the year awards.

The game received universal acclaims from almost every gaming website, aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic ranked the game at 93% based on 20 reviews and 93/100 based on 28 reviews; it certainly was the biggest surprise of the year.

Here is the video of the announcement for The Witcher 3 winning the video game awards

Here is a list of the award winners in all categories:

BEST FAMILY GAME
Super Mario Maker (Nintendo EAD Group No. 4/Nintendo)

BEST FIGHTING GAME
Mortal Kombat X (NetherRealm Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME
Splatoon (Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo)

BEST MOBILE/HANDHELD GAME
Lara Croft Go (Square Enix Montreal/Square Enix)

ESPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR
OpTic Gaming

ESPORTS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kenny “KennyS” Schrub (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive/Team EnVyUs)

ESPORTS GAME OF THE YEAR
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)

MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

BEST NARRATIVE
Her Story (Sam Barlow)

TRENDING GAMER
Greg Miller

BEST INDIE GAME
Rocket League (Psyonix)

BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME
Rocket League (Psyonix)

GAMES FOR IMPACT
Life is Strange (Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix)

BEST FAN CREATION
Portal Stories: Mel (Prism Studios)

DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR
CD Projekt Red (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)

BEST ART DIRECTION
Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios/Microsoft Studios)

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions/Konami)

BEST SCORE/SOUNDTRACK
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (Ludvig Forssell, Justin Burnett, Daniel James/Kojima Productions)

BEST PERFORMANCE
Viva Seifert (Her Story)

GAME OF THE YEAR
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt Red/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

Source – Polygon

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