Alex Sigsworth’s Selections: The First Mage Academy Awards

Who will win?

via “The 1st Annual Mage Academy Awards” —

The Well-Red Mage, the community-run blog to-which I primarily contribute now, is holding its first annual game awards ceremony. The finalists have been determined by the Mage Academy’s contributing writers, and now, it’s time for the readers to vote in comments for the winners, which will be announced in a future post. I proposed what became The 1st Annual Mage Academy Awards as a way of celebrating 500 posts. Think of me as the team’s ideas guy.

 

Game of the Year:

Horizon Zero Dawn

 

Best Developer:

Guerrilla Games

 

Best Protagonist:

Aloy, Horizon Zero Dawn

 

Best Antagonist:

Calamity Ganon, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

 

Best Supporting Character:

Gold Mario, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

 

Best Score/Soundtrack:

Joris de Man, The Flight and Niels van der Leest, Horizon Zero Dawn

 

Best New IP:

Horizon Zero Dawn

 

Best Indie:

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

 

Best Storyline:

Horizon Zero Dawn

 

Best Art Direction:

Jan-Bart van Meek, Horizon Zero Dawn

 

Best Mobile Game:

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

 

Best Handheld Game:

Ever Oasis

 

Best Console:

PlayStation 4

 

Best Exclusive Title:

Horizon Zero Dawn

 

Best of Nintendo:

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

 

Best of Xbox:

Forza Motorsport 7

 

Best of PlayStation:

Horizon Zero Dawn

 

Best of PC:

Hollow Knight

 

Best Port/Remake:

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

 

Best RPG:

Horizon Zero Dawn

 

Best Action/Adventure:

Horizon Zero Dawn

 

Best Platformer:

Super Mario Odyssey

 

Best Strategy:

INVERSUS Deluxe

 

Best Shooter:

Nex Machina

 

Best Fighting:

Pokken Tournament DX

 

Best Multiplayer:

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

 

Best Family Friendly:

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

 

Most Anticipated:

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

 

Worst Game of the Year:

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas