The Game Awards 2015

The Game Awards 2015
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Date	December 3, 2015
Venue	Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Hosted by	Geoff Keighley
Highlights
Most awards	Her Story; Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain; Rocket League; Splatoon; The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt; (2 awards each);
Most nominations	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (6)
Game of the Year	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Developer of the Year	CD Projekt Red
Industry Icon Award	Brett Sperry and Louis Castle (Westwood Studios)
Viewership	2.3 million
	← 2014; The Game Awards; 2016 →;

The Game Awards 2015 was an award show that honored the best video games of 2015. It was produced and hosted by Geoff Keighley at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on December 3, 2015.

Premieres[]

The ceremony featured 10 game premieres,^[1] including Telltale Games's Batman: The Telltale Series and The Walking Dead: Michonne, Double Fine Productions's Psychonauts 2 and Harmonix's Rock Band VR. There were also new trailers for upcoming games as well including Ubisoft's Far Cry Primal, Naughty Dog's Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Remedy Entertainment's Quantum Break and Cloud Imperium Games's Star Citizen. Ports and remasters were also announced including an Xbox One port for Psyonix's Rocket League and a remastered version of Chair Entertainment's Shadow Complex.

The broadcast saw a total viewership of about 2.3 million.^[2]

Winners and nominees[]

The nominees for The Game Awards 2015 were announced on November 13, 2015. Candidate games must have a commercial release date on or before November 24, 2015, in order to be eligible.^[3]

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on December 3, 2015.^[3] Winners are shown first in bold.^[4]

Jury-voted awards[]

Game of the Year	Developer of the Year
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – developed by CD Projekt Red Bloodborne – developed by FromSoftware Fallout 4 – developed by Bethesda Game Studios Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – developed by Kojima Productions Super Mario Maker – developed by Nintendo	CD Projekt Red Bethesda Game Studios FromSoftware Kojima Productions Nintendo
Best Independent Game	Best Mobile/Handheld Game
Rocket League – developed by Psyonix Axiom Verge – developed by Tom Happ Her Story – developed by Sam Barlow Ori and the Blind Forest – developed by Moon Studios Undertale – developed by Toby Fox	Lara Croft Go – developed by Square Enix Montréal Downwell – developed by Moppin Fallout Shelter – developed by Bethesda Game Studios and Behaviour Interactive Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – developed by Capcom Pac-Man 256 – developed by Hipster Whale
Best Narrative	Best Art Direction
Her Story – written by Sam Barlow Life Is Strange – written by Christian Divine and Jean-Luc Cano Tales from the Borderlands – written by Pierre Shorette, Adam Hines, Jeremy Breslau, Chuck Jordan, Eric Stirpe, Anthony Burch, and Zack Keller The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – written by Marcin Blacha and Borys Pugacz-Muraszkiewicz Until Dawn – written by Graham Reznick and Larry Fessenden	Ori and the Blind Forest – developed by Moon Studios Batman: Arkham Knight – developed by Rocksteady Studios Bloodborne – developed by FromSoftware Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – developed by Kojima Productions The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – developed by CD Projekt Red
Best Score/Soundtrack	Best Performance
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – composed by Ludvig Forssell, Justin Burnett, and Daniel James Fallout 4 – composed by Inon Zur Halo 5: Guardians – composed by Kazuma Jinnouchi Ori and the Blind Forest – composed by Gareth Coker The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – composed by Marcin Przybyłowicz, Mikolai Stroinski, and Percival	Viva Seifert as Hannah Smith – in Her Story Ashly Burch as Chloe Price – in Life Is Strange Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft – in Rise of the Tomb Raider Doug Cockle as Geralt of Rivia – in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Mark Hamill as the Joker – in Batman: Arkham Knight
Games for Impact	Best Shooter
Life Is Strange – developed by Dontnod Entertainment Cibele – developed by Star Maid Games Her Story – created by Sam Barlow Sunset – developed by Tale of Tales Undertale – developed by Toby Fox	Splatoon – developed by Nintendo Call of Duty: Black Ops III – developed by Treyarch Destiny: The Taken King – developed by Bungie Halo 5: Guardians – developed by 343 Industries Star Wars Battlefront – developed by EA Digital Illusions CE
Best Action/Adventure	Best Role Playing Game
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – developed by Kojima Productions Assassin's Creed Syndicate – developed by Ubisoft Quebec Batman: Arkham Knight – developed by Rocksteady Studios Ori and the Blind Forest – developed by Moon Studios Rise of the Tomb Raider – developed by Crystal Dynamics	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – developed by CD Projekt Red Bloodborne – developed by FromSoftware Fallout 4 – developed by Bethesda Game Studios Pillars of Eternity – developed by Obsidian Entertainment Undertale – developed by Toby Fox
Best Fighting Game	Best Family Game
Mortal Kombat X – developed by NetherRealm Studios Guilty Gear Xrd –SIGN– – developed by Arc System Works Team Red Rise of Incarnates – developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment Rising Thunder – developed by Radiant Entertainment	Super Mario Maker – developed by Nintendo Disney Infinity 3.0 – developed by Avalanche Software with additional work by Ninja Theory, Studio Gobo, Sumo Digital and United Front Games Lego Dimensions – developed by Traveller's Tales Skylanders: SuperChargers – developed by Vicarious Visions and Beenox Splatoon – developed by Nintendo
Best Sports/Racing Game	Best Multiplayer
Rocket League – developed by Psyonix FIFA 16 – developed by EA Canada Forza Motorsport 6 – developed by Turn 10 Studios NBA 2K16 – developed by Visual Concepts Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 – developed by PES Productions	Splatoon – developed by Nintendo Call of Duty: Black Ops III – developed by Treyarch Destiny: The Taken King – developed by Bungie Halo 5: Guardians – developed by 343 Industries Rocket League – developed by Psyonix

Fan's choice awards[]

Most Anticipated Game	ESports Player of the Year
No Man's Sky – in development by Hello Games Horizon Zero Dawn – in development by Guerrilla Games Quantum Break – in development by Remedy Entertainment The Last Guardian – in development by genDESIGN and SCE Japan Studio Uncharted 4: A Thief's End – in development by Naughty Dog	*Kenny "KennyS" Schrub (Team EnVyUs – Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)* Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (SK Telecom T1 – League of Legends) Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer (Fnatic – Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) Peter "ppd" Dager (Evil Geniuses – Dota 2) Syed Sumail "Suma1L" Hassan (Evil Geniuses – Dota 2)
ESports Team of the Year	ESports Game of the Year
OpTic Gaming Evil Geniuses Fnatic SK Telecom T1 Team SoloMid	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve Corporation Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – developed by Sledgehammer Games Dota 2 – developed by Valve Corporation Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – developed by Blizzard Entertainment League of Legends – developed by Riot Games
Trending Gamer	Best Fan Creation
Greg Miller TotalBiscuit Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles Markiplier PewDiePie	Portal Stories: Mel – by Prism Studios GTA V – Targets – by Hoodoo Operator Real GTA – by Corridor Digital Twitch Plays Dark Souls – by Twitch Community

Honorary awards[]

Industry Icon Award
Brett Sperry and Louis Castle (Westwood Studios)

Games with multiple nominations and awards[]

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Games that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Game
6	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
4	Her Story
	Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
	Ori and the Blind Forest
3	Batman: Arkham Knight
	Bloodborne
	Fallout 4
	Halo 5: Guardians
	Life Is Strange
	Rocket League
	Splatoon
	Undertale
2	Call of Duty: Black Ops III
	Destiny: The Taken King
	Rise of the Tomb Raider
	Super Mario Maker