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Gamescom 2014 Nominees and Winners


The results are in for the awards section of GamesCom 2014. Highlights include massive recognition for futuristic co-op hunting shooter Evolve, which garnered the ‘best game’, ‘best action game’, ‘best online multiplayer’ ‘best PC game’ and ‘best Xbox game’ awards.

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Also, multiple nominations were made for the upcoming open world shooter Far Cry 4, plus the ‘most wanted’ award went to the highly anticipated Super Smash Bros. For Wii U.

Here’s the entire results listing for the GamesCom Awards 2014.

Best of Gamescom Award:
Winner — Evolve (Take-Two Interactive/2K)

Most Wanted Consumer Award
Winner — Super Smash Bros. For Wii U

Best Console Game Sony PlayStation:
Winner — The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks/ZeniMax)
Evolve (Take-Two Interactive/2K)
Dying Light (Techland)
Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

Best Console Game Microsoft Xbox:
Winner — Evolve (Take-Two Interactive/2K)
The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks/ZeniMax)
Assassin’s Creed Rogue (Ubisoft)
Sunset Overdrive (Microsoft)
Ori and the Blind Forest (Microsoft)

Best Console Game Nintendo Wii:
Winner — Splatoon (Nintendo)
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Super Smash Bros. For Wii U (Nintendo)

Best Role Playing Game:
Winner — Risen 3 (Deep Silver/Koch Media)
Skylanders Trap Team (Activision Blizzard)
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX (Square Enix)

Best Action Game:
Winner — Evolve (Take-Two Interactive/2K)
The Order: 1886 (Sony)
Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)
Ori and the Blind Forest (Microsoft)
Super Smash Bros. For Wii U (Nintendo)

Best Simulation Game:
Winner — Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call (Square Enix)
World of Warships (Wargaming)

Best Sports Game:
Winner — PES 2015 (Konami)
FIFA 15 (Electronic Arts)
Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)

Best Family Game:
Winner — LittleBigPlanet 3 (Sony)
Skylanders Trap Team (Activision Blizzard)
Silence (Daedalic Entertainment)
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Yoshi’s Woolly World (Nintendo)

Evolve scored big at the awards at GamesCom 2014.

Best PC Game:
Winner — Evolve (Take-Two Interactive/2K)
Heroes of the Storm (Blizzard Entertainment)
The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks/ZeniMax)
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (Take-Two Interactive/2K)
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

Best Mobile Game
Winner — Super Smash Bros. For 3DS (Nintendo)
Darkblade (NetEase, Inc.)
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call (Square Enix)

Best Social / Casual / Online Game:
Winner — LittleBigPlanet 3 (Sony)
Orcs Must Die! Unchained (Gameforge)
Dance Central Spotlight (Microsoft)
SingStar (Sony)
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

Best Online Multiplayer Game:
Winner — Evolve (Take-Two Interactive/2K)
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
Heroes of the Storm (Blizzard Entertainment)
FIFA 15 (Electronic Arts)
Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)

Best Hardware (including peripherals):
Winner — Oculus Rift DK 2 (Oculus VR)
Virtualizer (Cyberith)
Project Morpheus (Sony)
Amiibo (Nintendo)
SHIELD Tablet and SHIELD Wireless Controller (NVIDIA)

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As you can see, Evolve wasn’t the only game to win multiple awards, with Little Big Planet 3 also scooping the ‘best social/casual/online game’ and ‘best family game’ awards. Check out full coverage on the GamesCom website at the source link below.

Source: GamesCom

Via: GameSpot