The Game Awards 2019 – Predicting the Winners

Below are the predictions Ashley, Ciaran and myself made for each winner of The Game Awards 2019. We made them on last weeks episode of Arcade Couch, which you can listen to and hear why we picked each thing.

Let us know if you think any of us are crazy with any of these picks in the comments below.

The loser of us three this year will have to stream Battleborn, so there’s a lot on the line to be right this year.

VR/AR Game

• Asgards Wrath

• Blood & Truth

  • Beat Saber (Ciaran) (Ashley) (Dylan)

• No Man’s Sky

• Trover Saves The Universe

Strategy Game

• Age of Wonder: Planetfall

• Anno 1800

  • Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Ciaran) (Ashley)

• Total War: Three Kingdoms  (Dylan)

• Tropico 6

• Wargroove

Sports/Racing Game

• • Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Ciaran)

• Dirt Rally 2.0

• Football Pro Evolution Soccer 2020

• F1 2019

• FIFA 20 (Ashley) (Dylan)

Score & Music

• Cadence of Hyrule

  • Death Stranding (Ciaran) (Ashley) (Dylan)

• Devil May Cry 5

• Kingdom Hearts III

• Sayonara Wild Hearts

Role-Playing Game

• • Disco Elysium (Ashley)

• Final Fantasy XIV

• Kingdom Hearts III

• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

• The Outer Worlds (Ciaran) (Dylan)

Best Performance

• Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb in The Outer Worlds

• Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden in Control

• Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz in Gears 5

  • Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff in Death Stranding (Ciaran) (Dylan)

• Matthew Porretta as Dr Casper Darling in Control

• Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges in Death Stranding (Ashley)

Ongoing Game

• Apex Legends

• Destiny 2

• Final Fantasy XIV

  • Fortnite (Ciaran) (Ashley) (Dylan)

• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Best Narrative

• A Plague Tale: Innocence (Dylan)

• Control (Ciaran)

• Death Stranding (Ashley)

  • Disco Elysium

• The Outer Worlds

Multiplayer Game

• • Apex Legends (Ashley) (Dylan)

• Borderlands 3 (Ciaran)

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

• Tetris 99

• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2

Mobile Game

• • Call of Duty: Mobile

• Grindstone (Ashley)

• Sayonara Wildhearts (Ciaran) (Dylan)

• Sky: Children of The Light

• What The Golf?

Best Independent Game

• Baba Is You

  • Disco Elysium (Ashley)

• Katana Zero

• Outer Wilds (Dylan)

• Untitled Goose Game (Ciaran)

Games for Impact

• Concrete Genie (Ciaran) (Ashley)

  • Gris

• Kind Words

• Life is Strange 2 (Dylan)

• Sea of Solitude

Game Direction

• Control

  • Death Stranding (Ciaran) (Ashley) (Dylan)

• Resident Evil 2

• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

• Outer Wilds

Fresh Indie Game Presented by Subway

• • ZA/UM for Disco Elysium

• Nomada Studio for Gris

• Deadtoast Entertainment for My Friend Pedro

• Mobius Digital for Outer Wilds

• Mega Crit for Slay The Spire

• House House for Untitled Goose Game (Ciaran) (Ashley) (Dylan)

Fighting Game

• Dead or Alive 6

• Jump Force

• Mortal Kombat 11 (Dylan)

• Samurai Showdown

  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Ciaran) (Ashley)

Family Game

• • Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Ciaran) (Ashley) (Dylan)

• Ring Fit Adventure

• Super Mario Maker 2

• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

• Yoshi’s Crafted World

Esports Team

• Astrails

  • G2 Esports (Dylan)

• OG (Ciaran)

• San Francisco Shock

• Team Liquid (Ashley)

Esports Player

• • Kyle ‘Bugha’ Giersdorg

• Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-Hyeok (Dylan)

• Luka ‘Perkz’ Perkovic

• Oleksandr ‘S1mple’ Kostylieve

• Jay ‘Sinatraa’ Won (Ashley) (Ciaran)

Esports Host

• • Eefje ‘Sjokz’ Depoortere (Dylan) (Ashley)

• Alex ‘Machine’ Richardson

• Paul ‘Redeye’ Chaloner

• Alex ‘Goldenboy’ Mendez (Ciaran)

• Duan ‘Candice’ Yu-Shuang

Esports Game of The Year

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

• DOTA 2

• Fortnite

  • League of Legends (Dylan)

• Overwatch (Ashley) (Ciaran)

Esports Events

• 2019 Overwatch Grand Finals

• EVO 2019

• Fortnite World Cup (Ashley) (Ciaran)

• IEM Katowice 2019

  • League of Legends Championship 2019

• The International 2019 (Dylan)

Esports Coach

• Eric ‘Adren’ Hoag

• Nu-Ri ‘Cain’ Jang (Ashley)

• Fabian ‘Grabbz’ Lohmann

• Kim ‘KKoma’ Jeog-Gyun

• Titouan ‘Sockshka’ Merloz (Ciaran)

  • Danny ‘Zonic’ Sorensen (Dylan)

Content Creator of The Year

• Courage – Jack Dunlop (Ciaran)

• Dr Lupo – Benjamin Lupo

• Ewok – Soleil Wheeler (Dylan)

• Grefg – David Martinez

  • Shroud – Michael Grzesiek (Ashley)

Community Support

• Apex Legends

  • Destiny 2 (Dylan)

• Final Fantasy XIV

• Fortnite (Ciaran)

• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ashley)

Audio Design

• • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Ashley) (Dylan)

• Control

• Death Stranding

• Gears 5

• Resident Evil 2

• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (Ciaran)

Art Direction

• • Control (Dylan)

• Death Stranding

• Gris (Ashley)

• Sayonara Wild Hearts

• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Ciaran)

Action/Adventure Game

• Borderlands 3

• Control

• Death Stranding (Ashley)

• Resident Evil 2 (Ciaran) (Dylan)

• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Action Game

• Apex Legends

• Astral Chain (Ashley)

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

  • Devil May Cry 5 (Dylan)

• Gears 5 (Ciaran)

• Metro Exodus

Game of The Year

• Control

• Death Stranding (Ciaran) (Ashley) (Dylan)

• Resident Evil 2

  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

• The Outer Worlds