Most Hated Award for most hated game of the year

  • 1st. Dragon Age: Inquisition
  • 2nd. Watch_Dogs
  • 3rd. Assassin's Creed: Unity
  • 4th. The Elder Scrolls Online
  • 5th. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
  • 6th. Thief (2014), 7th. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!, 8th. Destiny, 9th. Goat Simulator, 10th. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, 11th. Five Nights at Freddy's, 12th. Dark Souls II

Least Worst Award for least worst game of the year

  • 1st. Bayonetta 2
  • 2nd. Super Smash Bros for 3DS & Wii U
  • 3rd. Shovel Knight
  • 4th. South Park: The Stick of Truth
  • 5th. Artificial Academy 2
  • 6th. Dark Souls 2, 7th. Mario Kart 8, 8th. Divinity: Original Sin, 9th. Alien Isolation, 10th. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, 11th. Wolfenstein: The New Order, 12th. Hyrule Warriors

Press X To Win The Award for worst gameplay

  • 1st. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
  • 2nd. Watch_Dogs
  • 3rd. Dragon Age: Inquisition
  • 4th. Goat Simulator
  • 5th. Assassin's Creed: Unity
  • 6th. The Elder Scrolls Online, 7th. Five Nights at Freddy's, 8th. Destiny, 9th. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, 10th. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

"Actually Kind of Fun" Award for best gameplay

  • 1st. Bayonetta 2
  • 2nd. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS & Wii U
  • 3rd. Shovel Knight
  • 4th. Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes
  • 5th. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
  • 6th. Divinity: Original Sin, 7th. Wolfenstein: The New Order, 8th. Far Cry 4, 9th. Sunset Overdrive

"Not Important" Award for worst character

  • 1st. Sera
  • 2nd. Iron Bull
  • 3rd. Sonic Boom cast
  • 4th. Aiden Pearce
  • 5th. Lightning
  • 6th. Dark Pit

Silent Protagonist Award for best character

  • 1st. Snake
  • 2nd. Bayonetta
  • 3rd. Butters
  • 4th. Bigby Wolf
  • 5th. Kenny
  • 6th. Pagan Min, 7th. Amanda Ripley

Deja Vu Award for milking your cash cow dry

  • 1st. Assassin's Creed: Unity
  • 2nd. The Last of Us Remastered
  • 3rd. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
  • 4th. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
  • 5th. Elder Scrolls Online
  • 6th. Five Nights at Freddy's 2, 7th. Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

Not Another Rehash Award for best sequel

  • 1st. Bayonetta 2
  • 2nd. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS & Wii U
  • 3rd. Mario Kart 8
  • 4th. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
  • 5th. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
  • 6th. Dark Souls II, 7th. Wasteland 2, 8th. Far Cry 4, 9th. Octodad: Dadliest Catch

Pixels Are Art 2 for most pretentious indie game

  • 1st. Broken Age
  • 2nd. Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey
  • 3rd. Goat Simulator
  • 4th. This War Of Mine
  • 5th. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
  • 6th. Five Nights at Freddy's, 7th. Transistor, 8th. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, 9th. Shovel Knight

New Challenger Award for best new IP

  • 1st. Shovel Knight
  • 2nd. Transistor
  • 3rd. Freedom Wars
  • 4th. D4
  • 5th. The Evil Within
  • 6th. This War of Mine, 7th. Sunset Overdrive, 8th. Five Nights at Freddy's

Citizen Kane of Gaming Award for worst writing/story

  • 1st. Dragon Age: Inquisition
  • 2nd. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!
  • 3rd. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
  • 4th. Watch_Dogs
  • 5th. Destiny
  • 6th. Thief, 7th. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, 8th. Titanfall, 9th. Far Cry 4, 10th. Dark Souls 2

Journal Update Award for best writing/story

  • 1st. South Park: The Stick of Truth
  • 2nd. The Wolf Among Us
  • 3rd. Divinity: Original Sin
  • 4th. The Walking Dead: Season 2
  • 5th. Transistor
  • 6th. Wasteland 2, 7th. Wolfenstein: The New Order, 8th. D4

Beta's Alpha Award for worst early access game

  • 1st. Broken Age
  • 2nd. DayZ
  • 3rd. Starbound
  • 4th. Spacebase DF-9
  • 5th. Rust
  • 6th. Paranautical Activity, 7th. Planetary Annihilation, 8th. The Forest, 9th. Overgrowth

Jet Set Award for best soundtrack

  • 1st. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS & Wii U
  • 2nd. Bayonetta 2
  • 3rd. Bravely Default
  • 4th. Shovel Knight
  • 5th. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
  • 6th. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, 7th. Transistor, 8th. Mario Kart 8, 9th. Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd, 10th. Destiny

Plot and Backstory Award for best representation of women

  • 1st. Bayonetta 2
  • 2nd. Artificial Academy 2
  • 3rd. Senran Kagura: Bon Appétit!
  • 4th. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
  • 5th. Alien Isolation
  • 6th. Super Smash Bros for 3DS & Wii U , 7th. Hyrule Warriors, 8th. Transistor, 9th. The Walking Dead Season 2, 10th. Wolfenstein: The New Order, 11th. The Legend of Korra

IP Twist Award for best new implementation of an old franchise

  • 1st. South Park: The Stick of Truth
  • 2nd. Alien: Isolation
  • 3rd. Hyrule Warriors
  • 4th. Wolfenstein: The New Order
  • 5th. Divinity: Original Sin
  • 6th. Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, 7th. Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, 8th. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, 9th. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Seal of Quality Award for biggest technical blunder

  • 1st. Assassin's Creed Unity
  • 2nd. Watch_Dogs
  • 3rd. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
  • 4th. The Elder Scrolls Online
  • 5th. Halo: The Master Chief Collection
  • 6th. The Evil Within

Niche Award for best game nobody played

  • 1st. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
  • 2nd. Nidhogg
  • 3rd. Lethal League
  • 4th. Mercenary Kings
  • 5th. Freedom Planet
  • 6th. 1001 Spikes, 7th. Towerfall Ascension, 8th. Heavy Bullets, 9th. Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones

Eyesore Award for worst graphics

  • 1st. Rambo: The Video Game
  • 2nd. Watch_Dogs
  • 3rd. The Elder Scrolls Online
  • 4th. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
  • 5th. Goat Simulator
  • 6th. Five Nights at Freddy's, 7th. Destiny (360/PS3), 8th. Dark Souls 2

Eye Candy Award for best visual aesthetics

  • 1st. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
  • 2nd. Alien: Isolation
  • 3rd. Super Smash Bros for 3DS & Wii U
  • 4th. Mario Kart 8
  • 5th. Metro Redux
  • 6th. South Park: The Stick of Truth, 7th. Transistor, 8th. Wolfenstein: The New Order, 9th. Sunset Overdrive, 10th. Destiny

Shareholder's Award for crimes against gaming

  • 1st. Ubisoft
  • 2nd. EA
  • 3rd. Double Fine
  • 4th. Retailer Censorship
  • 5th. Zenimax Media
  • 6th. Valve Software

Hyperbole Award for best trailer

  • 1st. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
  • 2nd. The Witcher 3
  • 3rd. Silent Hills
  • 4th. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS & Wii U
  • 5th. Splatoon
  • 6th. Final Fantasy XV, 7th. Bloodborne, 8th. Overwatch, 9th. The Legend of Zelda: WII U, 10th. Dead Island 2, 11th. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, 12th. Sunset Overdrive

Please Don't Suck Award for the 2015 game that we hope won't suck

  • 1st. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
  • 2nd. The Witcher 3
  • 3rd. The Legend of Zelda Wii U
  • 4th. Persona 5
  • 5th. Bloodborne
  • 6th. Hotline Miami 2, 7th. Just Cause 3, 8th. Splatoon, 9th. Final Fantasy XV, 10th. Xenoblade Chronicles X, 11th. Killing Floor 2, 12th. Evolve, 13th. Mortal Kombat X

20/20 Hindsight Award for the worst /v/GA presentation

  • 1st. 2015 Vidya Gaem Awards
  • 2nd. 2014 Vidya Gaem Awards
  • 3rd. 2013 Vidya Gaem Awards
  • 4th. 2012 Vidya Gaem Awards
  • 5th. 2011 Vidya Gaem Awards

The results shown above are the same as those shown during the show and are based only on the votes from /v/. For more details, including vote counts and votes that we filtered out, see the detailed results and pairwise comparison pages.