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
Alex Sigsworth 