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.