These Were the Big Winners of Our 2019 GOTY Season

Over the month of December Twinfinite has been looking back at some of the best releases of 2019 across a wide variety of categories, genres and other feats, including of course our Game of the Year for 2019.

There was a lot going on with our awards this year, and it was spread out over a number of weeks; so you’d be forgiven if you missed some of it.

We got you though! We’re going to run through all of our biggest winners, the games that took in the most awards and mentions throughout our GOTY/Award process, and also run down all of the overall category winners.

Let’s not waste any time then shall we? Here are Twinfinite’s favorite games of 2019!

The Winners

Game of the Year: Resident Evil 2

Best Shooter: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Best Action-Adventure: Resident Evil 2

Best Adventure/Visual Novel: The Walking Dead: The Final Season

Best Horror Game: Resident Evil 2

Best Strategy/Simulation: Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Best Platformer: Super Mario Maker 2

Best Sports/Racing: MLB The Show 19

Best VR Game: Blood and Truth

Best DLC/Expansion: Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

Best Ongoing Support: Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

Most Innovative: Death Stranding

Best Voice Actor: Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff in Death Stranding

Best Sequel: Kingdom Hearts 3

Best Story & Writing: A Plague’s Tale: Innocence

Best New IP: Death Stranding

Best Fighting Game: Mortal Kombat 11

Best RPG: Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Best Soundtrack: Death Stranding

Most Beautiful: Death Stranding

Best Remake/Remaster: Resident Evil 2

Best Console Exclusive: Death Stranding

Best PC Exclusive: Disco Elysium

Best Indie Game: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Most Mentioned & Nominations

1. Death Stranding
   • 11 Total Mentions
     • 5 Category Wins (Console Exclusive, Soundtrack, Most Beautiful, New IP, Most Innovative)
     • 2 Runner-ups (GOTY, Action-Adventure)
2. The Outer Worlds
   • 6 Total Mentions
     • 3 Runner-ups (GOTY, Story & Writing, New IP)
3. Resident Evil 2
   • 5 Total Mentions
     • 4 Category Wins (GOTY, Action-Adventure, Horror, Remake/Remaster)
4. Gears 5
   • 4 Total Mentions
     • 1 Category Win (Co-op Game)
     • 3 Runner-ups (Shooter, Sequel, Most Beautiful)
5. Kingdom Hearts 3
   • 4 Total Mentions
     • 1 Category Win (Sequel)
     • 1 Runner-up (Most Beautiful)
6. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
   • 4 Total Mentions
     • 1 Runner-up (Best Action-Adventure)
7. Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
   • 3 Total Mentions
     • 2 Category Wins (Expansion/DLC, Ongoing Development)
     • 1 Runner-up (Soundtrack)
8. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
   • 3 Total Mentions
     • 2 Category Wins (Best RPG, Strategy & Simulation)
9. Disco Elysium
   • 3 Total Mentions
     • 1 Category Win (PC Exclusive)
     • 1 Runner-up (Indie Game)
10. Borderlands 3
    • 3 Total Mentions
      • 2 Runner-ups (Co-op, Shooter)
11. Control
    • 3 Total Mentions
      • 2 Runner-ups (Horror, Innovative)
12. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
    • 3 Total Mentions
      • 1 Category Win (Indie Game)
      • 1 Runner-up (Platformer)
13. Pokemon Sword & Shield
    • 3 Total Mentions
      • 2 Runner-ups (RPG, Console Exclusive)
14. Judgment
    • 3 Total Mentions
      • 2 Runner-ups (Console Exclusive, Story & Writing)

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