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The Witcher 3 Is Up for Another Game of the Year Award

And the nominees are...

By Mat Paget on January 25, 2016 at 5:01PM PST

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt won GameSpot's Game of the Year for 2015 and People's Choice Award. And now, it's up for another. This time, it's at the SXSW Gaming Awards alongside Bloodborne, Fallout 4, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and Undertale.

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The 2016 SXSW Gaming Awards finalists have been announced and some of the awards available include Most Valuable Esports Team, Most Fulfilling Crowdfunded Game, and the Tabletop Game of the Year. There are also more traditional categories like Excellence in Gameplay, Excellence in Art, and Excellence in Multiplayer.

The event will take place in Austin, Texas on March 19. It will be hosted by esports host Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico and YouTuber Sean "Jacksepticeye" William McLoughlin.

Here is the full list of awards. For more, including each award's description, you can visit SXSW's website:

Game of the Year

Bloodborne – Sony Computer Entertainment / From Software
Fallout 4 – Bethesda Softworks / Bethesda Game Studios
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – Konami / Kojima Productions
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – CD Projekt / CD Projekt RED
Undertale – Toby Fox / Toby Fox

Tabletop Game of the Year

Above and Below - Red Raven Games
Blood Rage - CoolMiniOrNot
Codenames - Czech Games
Lanterns: The Harvest Festival - Renegade Game Studios
Pandemic Legacy - Z-Man Games

Mobile Game of the Year

Downwell - Devolver Digital / Moppin
Fallout Shelter- Bethesda Softworks / Bethesda Game Studios
Her Story - Sam Barlow / Sam Barlow
Lara Croft GO - Square Enix / Square Enix Montreal
SteamWorld Heist - Image and Form International AB / Image and Form International AB

Excellence in Gameplay

Bloodborne - Sony Computer Entertainment / FromSoftware
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Konami / Kojima Productions
Rocket League - Psyonix / Psyonix
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt / CD Projekt RED
Undertale - Toby Fox / Toby Fox

Excellence in Art

Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Ubisoft / Ubisoft Quebec
Bloodborne - Sony Computer Entertainment / FromSoftware
Ori & the Blind Forest - Microsoft Studios / Moon Studios
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt / CD Projekt RED
Yoshi's Woolly World - Nintendo / Good-Feel

Excellence in Animation

Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Ubisoft / Ubisoft Quebec
Batman: Arkham Knight - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Rocksteady Studios
Ori & the Blind Forest - Microsoft Studios / Moon Studios
Rise of the Tomb Raider - Square Enix / Crystal Dynamics
The Order: 1886 - Sony Computer Entertainment / Ready at Dawn

Excellence in Technical Achievement

Fallout 4 - Bethesda Softworks / Bethesda Game Studios
Just Cause 3 - Square Enix / Avalanche Studios
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Konami / Kojima Productions
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt / CD Projekt RED
Until Dawn - Sony Computer Entertainment / Supermassive Games

Excellence in Visual Achievement

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - Sony Computer Entertainment / The Chinese Room
Rise of the Tomb Raider - Square Enix / Crystal Dynamics
Star Wars Battlefront - Electronic Arts / EA DICE
The Order: 1886 - Sony Computer Entertainment / Ready at Dawn
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt / CD Projekt RED

Excellence in Narrative

Her Story - Sam Barlow / Sam Barlow
Life Is Strange - Square Enix / Dontnod Entertainment
SOMA - Frictional Games / Frictional Games
Tales from the Borderlands - Telltale Games / Telltale Games
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt / CD Projekt RED

Excellence in Design

Bloodborne - Sony Computer Entertainment / FromSoftware
Fallout 4 - Bethesda Softworks / Bethesda Game Studios
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Konami / Kojima Productions
Rocket League - Psyonix / Psyonix
Super Mario Maker - Nintendo / Nintendo

Excellence in SFX

Bloodborne - Sony Computer Entertainment / FromSoftware
Rise of the Tomb Raider - Square Enix / Crystal Dynamics
Star Wars Battlefront - Electronic Arts / EA DICE
The Order: 1886 - Sony Computer Entertainment / Ready at Dawn
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - Ubisoft / Ubisoft Montreal

Excellence in Musical Score

Crypt of the NecroDancer - Klei Entertainment / Brace Yourself Games
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - Sony Computer Entertainment / The Chinese Room
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Konami / Kojima Productions
Ori & the Blind Forest - Microsoft Studios / Moon Studios
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt / CD Projekt RED

Excellence in Multiplayer

Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Activision / Treyarch
Halo 5: Guardians - Microsoft Studios / 343 Industries
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime - Asteroid Base / Asteroid Base
Rocket League - Psyonix / Psyonix
Splatoon - Nintendo / Nintendo

Excellence in Convergence

Batman: Arkham Knight - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Rocksteady Studios
Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition - Disney Interactive Studios / Avalanche Software
Guitar Hero Live - Activision - FreeStyle Games
Rock Band 4 - Mad Catz / Harmonix
Star Wars Battlefront - Electronic Arts / EA DICE

Most Enduring Character

Geralt - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Hannah Smith - Her Story
Joker - Batman: Arkham Knight
Lara Croft - Rise of the Tomb Raider
Ori - Ori & the Blind Forest

Most Valuable Esports Team

Cloud9
Counter Logic
Evil Geniuses
Team Archon
Team EnVyUs

Most Entertaining Online Personality

Angry Joe - The Angry Joe Show
Greg Miller - Kinda Funny
Markiplier
PewDiePie
Tim Schafer - Double Fine Adventure Documentary Series

Most Fulfilling Crowdfunded Game

Broken Age - Double Fine Productions / Double Fine Productions
Kerbal Space Program - Squad / Squad
Kingdom Death: Monster - Kingdom Death
Pillars of Eternity - Paradox Interactive / Obsidian Entertainment
Undertale - Toby Fox / Toby Fox

Most Promising New Intellectual Property

Bloodborne - Sony Computer Entertainment / FromSoftware
Life Is Strange - Square Enix / Dontnod Entertainment
Ori & the Blind Forest - Microsoft Studios / Moon Studios
Splatoon - Nintendo / Nintendo
Undertale - Toby Fox / Toby Fox

Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award

Emily is Away - Kyle Seeley / Kyle Seeley
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - The Chinese Room / Sony Computer Entertainment
Her Story - Sam Barlow / Sam Barlow
Life Is Strange - Square Enix / Dontnod Entertainment
Undertale - Toby Fox / Toby Fox

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Torn between Bloodborne and The Witcher 3. But overall, The Witcher feels more complete.

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Bloodborne not on the best soundtrack list? 'The First Hunter' craps on every other track in that list alone.

And what exactly is the technical achievement Fallout 4 can win with its Morrowind engine?

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I really don't know what to think about the Narrative part. Witcher 3 narrative was (obviously - it's an Open World game) not as well-paced as Life is Strange, but Life is Strange's ending was absolute shit. On the flipside Witcher 3 ending was EXACTLY the type of ending narrative-focused games should have - a summary of your journey, instead of a last minute button press, that delivers a satisfying conclusion adapting to your personal preferences about aspects of the game world.

I think either game deserves that particular award, but I am still a bit sore after Life is Strange's unsatisfying and disappointing ending, so I am kinda leaning towards Witcher 3 in that regard.

That also puts the new IP category under question - Life is Strange could be a great IP based on how good the main characters are and an interesting gameplay mechanic, but the ending destroyed all possible continuity of that as a franchise.

Other than that every category seems to be a rather obvious choice.

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TW3 is hands-down GOTY... I've played every game on that list -- and I'm a die-hard, series-long Fallout fan & huge Souls series fan -- and TW3 absolutely decimated everything else.

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I really don't understand people, who say that TW3 combat is terrible. It definitely isn't the best system ever created, but seriously there are plenty of games that have much, much worse combat.

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@Vojtass: haven't played an RPG with worse mechanics save for Witcher 2...and this was worse than that, this was clunky and loose...I have never swung over someone's head so much in my life. It's just not its strength....at all.

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@Daelusca: maybe ur just a bad gamer since I had no problems at all.

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Witcher 3 was a fantastic game. Being a PC gamer (No Bloodborne or stuff...) I specifically remember saying "at long last... a game truly worth playing!'

The most remarkable aspect of Witcher games is the art. Assassins of Kings was masterfully made and every one of the environments (The castle at the beginning, Flotsam, fields of Aedirn, Loc Muinne) were alive. The combat was enjoyable and the RPG elements were great.

Wild Hunt took the well-received formula of Assassins of Kings and added the magic of open world to it. The scale of story is massive and every quest you embark on is cleverly attached to the other storylines. From story to characterization and gameplay mechanics, Witcher 3 deserves all the applause and appreciation it can get. At least that's IMO!

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'Online personalities'. Its all about games, not popular contest on the internet /facepalm. This shouldnt even exist. And about these awards.... whats so special about them that you make a whole article on it ?

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Damn people's asses are sore that Witcher 3 is on the list, kinda funny as I read more comments lol

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@zakhaev1: No, I think Witcher should absolutely be on the shortlist, but only a massive fanboy thinks it's handsdown the GOTY.....objectively, it had too many flaws to be far above FO or TR (not even listed as they're clearly a PS group)....each of the great games from this year had their strengths and weaknesses...for me, Tomb Raider was the most complete game.

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I just want to know when The Witcher 3 is going to get its much-deserved Most Awful Combat System of the Year award.

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@blackx114: what? I speak for most people when I say I didn't have a problem with it, in fact I thought it was pretty damn awesome

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@connorman01: lol...you speak for most casuals that have played few other RPGs?

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@blackx114: Add Most Retarded Horse of the Year award as well. It is an excellent game and worthy of a best story award but the combat and horse are ridiculous.

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@pornadius: Red Dead Redemption set the standard for horse controls 5 years ago you'd think they get better not worse.

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@pornadius: yeah the horse needs to be put down

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@pornadius: The combat "dance" is both excellent and pinpoint-accurate to the books. Play on Death March difficulty if you think it's too easy.

Roach, however... They need to add the ability to decapitate him.

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@Pyrosa: Death March made no difference...axii, roll, slash, slash, roll, repeat.....it was not hard, it was bad.

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Such an overrated game. Some of the worst most boring combat ever. Has nothing on Bloodborne.

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@Jawehawk-DK: tw3 is better than blood borne in almost every way

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@Jawehawk-DK: Look, NOTHING compares to the combat of a Souls game. But Bloodborne can't hold a candle to Witcher's plot, dialogue, quests, depth, and stories -- and that's coming from a fan of all Souls games.

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the witcher 3 deservers it, such a great game, the only sad thing is that a witcher 4 is years.... and years... and years away... the sad realization... but hey i hope we get cyberpunk this year!

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lmfao....a GOTY that excludes RoTR is an abysmal joke...forget that it actually includes the mess that was MGSV, no TR....lol...is this a PS convention? Only way that makes any sense whatsoever.

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@Daelusca: what is RoTR?

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@Daelusca: Rise of the Tomb Raider is gorgeous, perfectly acted (again), and very engrossing -- but it's no GOTY candidate. The basic gameplay loop is too simplistic, although very enjoyable.

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@Pyrosa: Odd our perception of things; in what exact way is the "gameplay loop" in Witcher better than Tomb Raider; I find that an odd contention. Tomb Raider had far more ways to approach combat than Witcher did and was the only game that came close to matching Witcher's atmosphere. My only real gripe with TR was the continued existance of the QTE!!!! I spent about the same amount of time in both worlds to 100% the games....imo Tomb Raider is the better game, albeit not by much...I would put Witcher 4th among equals this year, behind TR, Divinity and Fallout.

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@Daelusca: RotR? Rock on the Range? That's not a game, sorry.

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Witcher 3 = Best video game of all time

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@novaxy: Mediocre gameplay and godawful mechanics, not to mention the worse horse controls there have ever been, best game of all time? Continue sucking your pipe.

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@novaxy: Best game with the worst downgrade.

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@novaxy: best game ever made

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@novaxy: lol....a game that required almost 200 fixes in the first 2 weeks after launch (that was already delayed a year to fix bugs) should not ever be uttered alongside GOAT. Great game, no question, but that was in spite of its many, many objective failures.

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@Daelusca: would you have rathered it been released with all the bugs? And would you prefer them to not fix problems after launch and not give free DLC? I don't understand what you expected

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@connorman01: I don't expect a game that was delayed several times for a year to be riddled with known glitches that impact the player's experience. Unity got a well deserved beating for being released glitchy....Witcher got relatively little with more actual glitches. I don't mind a game that has known glitches that could not be patched before release,as long as there is a day 1 patch....Witcher had several patches in a 2 week span, none of which helped a true fan that played day 1......unacceptable to anyone but a fanboy.

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@zero_juice: I have never heard anyone suggest Fallout was a GOAT...you making that up? Like Witcher it was a great game, I liked FO slightly more. The mechanics in FO were far superior to Witcher, but none of the stories was engaging, to me, in the least. The bugs in huge games like Bethesda makes appear to be unavoidable as there are so many moving parts; Witcher is a relatively large world but not remotely close to as detailed or sophisticated as either Bethesda titles....and their bugs are not game breaking (for most of us). Witcher combat was atrocious; movement in general was.....skiing down mountains on your feet and half-piping at the end was just 1 examples of the bad mechanics.

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@Daelusca: I'm just under 200hrs into Fallout4, and have done 2-3 full playthroughs of every other Fallout game (bought each on release day, even the horrible action game), and Fallout 4 still doesn't beat TW3. Yes, the main quest is excellent, the Minecraft-like settlements are fun for ~10 hours, and a SMALL handful of side quests are deeply engrossing (Constitution & Valentine FTW).

..and yes, Fallout 3, Vegas, and 4 each had game-breaking bugs upon release. Tactics had a pretty bad one, but the structure pretty much required structured saves so it wasn't too crippling.

Fallout 4's radiant quests becoming MANDATORY was a soul-crushing step backwards; settlements should be able to take care of their damned selves when all 20 settlers are equipped to the gills and there are 200 points of turrets in each.

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@Pyrosa: Still not addressing the issue....I think FO is a great game...this started with a comment about Witcher being the greatest all-time...I don't consider it the best this year, let alone one of the best all-time...that's a joke.

As to Fallout, I didn't like the settlements, I didn't like the storylines (any of them) and I still thought it was a slightly better game as it is a true masterpiece in sandbox gameplay....the vast majority of gamers will barely scratch the surface of Fallout....my first playthrough clocked at 100 hours and I couldn't believe how much I missed going through the 2nd time. Some people just get captivated by a narrative and need one to really enjoy a game.

PS. The radiant quests in Fallout are absolutely not mandatory......200 hours in and you are still completing the beginning quests over and over.....how did you ever finish the game?

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@zero_juice: Yet they still haven't fixed the broken combat system...

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@blackx114: it's not broken in the least. You just have to not be a whiny bitch

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@novaxy: Looks darn good, I bought for the PC, not sure when I can get to it, still trying to finish Fallout New Vegas so I could get to Fallout 4, so I can get to this. To many games not enough time.

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This award will.be special

I expect the next awards will be sponsored by my gasoline station...it will be so cool.

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@sladakrobot: LOL,

Yes I love when beautiful, rich, white, pampered stars meet freq each year to pat themselves on the back. They just do not get enough recognition for all they do - like the promotion of a vegan diet in Ethiopia, after all you shouldstill be globally responsible while your are starving to death.

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I hate articles that never explain what the acronym is used in a news headline. Curious, I looked it up. SXSW is South by South West - basically a Southern Texas award show for music, film, dog catchers, etc etc etc, by a company called SXSW , that plans and executes conferences, trade shows, festivals, and other events. This makes me laugh. So basically SXNW is a shitty award show put on by a company SXSW that professionally puts on award/conference/trade shows. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_by_Southwest#History

If you are like me and have never heard of this " gaming awards event " (heavy use of air quotes there) That is because this particular event, that started out as a 'local music festival' has over the years commercialized into a -give an award for anything event. Best known for showing lots of movies before giving awards for those movies that B listers would only bother to pick up, it is Austin's biggest festival draw. They have over the years added about every kind of award for what ever happens to be popular that year, 'best hover board on fire award', I think is this year's. They added video games (changed from arcade games), in 2013 because that is what those kids are into these days, in order to make it more hip. Feel free to give as little shit about this award show as CdRed would, if they win.

No context is given to this little known award show mentioned in the article by gamespot. Even though they copy/pasted a ton of shit from the web site to make it look more bona fide. Just chalk it up to a slow news month and gamespot news, heavy use of copy/paste from other sources instead of writing anything on their own.

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@jenovaschilld: ..never even knew it was an award show or they did all that. Its been a pretty big deal for music for awhile now though.

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@michael-ibbett: I think like you mentioned, if they would simply stick with music it would be more impact-ful/ thoughtful.

Another frequent criticism of the SXSW festival is that it has become overly commercialized. In 2013, NPR writer Andrea Swensson wrote that she had decided to stop attending the festival, writing, "I can't help but feel that it has strayed far away from its original premise as a grassroots gathering place for new, undiscovered talent and increasingly feels like a big ol' Times Square billboard-sized commercial."

Link above.

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