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JRPGfan on 25 August 2019

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sonys-dreams-wins-best-gamescom-award-1234301

Winners of the 2019 Gamescom Awards

Best of Gamescom
Dreams, Sony Interactive Entertainment

Best VR / AR Game
Marvel’s Iron Man, Sony Interactive Entertainment

Best Hardware / Technology
Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2, Microsoft

Best Multiplayer Game
Borderlands 3, 2K

Best Ongoing Game
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, Capcom Entertainment



Consumer awards

Best Booth
Indie Arena Booth, Super Crowd Entertainment

Best eSports Experience
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate gamescom 2019 Invitational, Nintendo

Best Streamer/Let's Player
PietSmiet

Gamescom "Most Wanted" Consumer Award
Borderlands 3, 2K

Gamescom global awards

Best Games Company
THQ Nordic

HEART OF GAMING Award
Diversity with a focus on accessibility

Gamescom Indie award
El Hijo, Honig Studios

Best of CAMPUS
Super Size Hero, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Previously announced winners:

Best Action Adventure Game
Blacksad: Under the Skin, astragon Entertainment

Best Action Game
DOOM Eternal, Bethesda

Best Family Game
Concrete Genie, Sony Interactive Entertainment

Best Racing Game
Grid, Codemasters

Best Role Playing Game
Wasteland 3, InXile/Deep Silver

Best Simulation Game
Planet Zoo, Frontier

Best Sports Game
Roller Champions, Ubisoft

Best Strategy Game
Desperados III, Mimimi Productions
 
Most Original Game
Dreams, Sony Interactive Entertainment



Platform Awards

Best Microsoft Xbox One Game
Gears 5, Microsoft

Best Nintendo Switch Game
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Nintendo

Best Sony PlayStation 4 Game
Dreams, Sony Interactive Entertainment

Best Mobile Game
Battle Chasers: Nightwar - Mobile Edition, HandyGames

Best PC Game
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Ubisoft

So what stands out?

THQ Nordic getting voted as best games company by fans?  (Darksiders Genesis, Destroy All Humans, Desperados III)
Best family friendly game (there), isnt by Nintendo? (concrete genie)
Best Role-playing game (there), was by a Microsoft studio? (Wasteland 3, InXile/Deep Silver)
Most wanted game (by consumers) was Borderlands 3? (it won best Multiplayer game there too)

Best of gamescom, was won by Dreams?
Appearently fans and reviewers really love playing around with those toolsets, and makeing mini games.

Anything stand out to you guys? Something you heavily disagree with?



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kirby007 on 25 August 2019

Yes borderlands 3 recieving praise like its halflife 3



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JRPGfan on 25 August 2019

To be fair... I can easily understand THQ getting voted as best games studio/company.

They listen to what fans want, buy old (near dead) IP's and then give fans games in those series.
So if your a fan of a "dead" series, and you see suddenly THQ is bring it back to life, your like "hell yeah THQ"



JRPGfan on 25 August 2019
kirby007 said:
Yes borderlands 3 recieving praise like its halflife 3

Borderlands 2 had like a ~90% metacritic score right? Its a strong series.
Sales wise? I dont know... I suspect these games are like 5m+ sellers right? 
But theres a "core" of fans that really love it for what it is.



Replicant on 25 August 2019
JRPGfan said:
kirby007 said:
Yes borderlands 3 recieving praise like its halflife 3

Borderlands 2 had like a ~90% metacritic score right? Its a strong series.
Sales wise? I dont know... I suspect these games are like 5m+ sellers right? 
But theres a "core" of fans that really love it for what it is.

Borderlands 2 alone has sold 22 million copies while the series' total is at 48 million (link).



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COKTOE on 25 August 2019

THQ Nordic, eh? I guess I'm missing out. I buy a fair amount of games, but going through their entire catalog I see I've never played anything they've ever published. I DID buy the Darksiders 1 and 2 remasters though. Just haven't tried them yet.



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Chazore on 25 August 2019

I like how Planet Zoo got something, but massively disappointed that "best" PC game was a multiplat, from a shitty company. Planet Zoo would have better served as an actual PC games, designed for PC, rather than a console franchise, that gets a PC port.



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JRPGfan on 25 August 2019
Replicant said:
JRPGfan said:

Borderlands 2 had like a ~90% metacritic score right? Its a strong series.
Sales wise? I dont know... I suspect these games are like 5m+ sellers right? 
But theres a "core" of fans that really love it for what it is.

Borderlands 2 alone has sold 22 million copies while the series' total is at 48 million (link).

That explains it then.... Borderlands is BIG.
The hype for the series feels that way too.



COKTOE on 25 August 2019
axumblade said:
For me, the shocker is that THQ Nordic have brought the name THQ back from the dead. A few years back, I don't think anyone would have thought that would be possible but they have been pretty decent quality as of lately.

I'm also shocked to see so much praise for Dreams. I could see it topping Playstations list for hype but overall? I guess I need to look more into it.

Dreams really does look like a top shelf product. My main concerns with it are that it will likely have a steep learning curve, and will require a significant time investment to get anything out it. The whole thing seems a bit daunting.



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Replicant on 25 August 2019
COKTOE said:
axumblade said:
For me, the shocker is that THQ Nordic have brought the name THQ back from the dead. A few years back, I don't think anyone would have thought that would be possible but they have been pretty decent quality as of lately.

I'm also shocked to see so much praise for Dreams. I could see it topping Playstations list for hype but overall? I guess I need to look more into it.

Dreams really does look like a top shelf product. My main concerns with it are that it will likely have a steep learning curve, and will require a significant time investment to get anything out it. The whole thing seems a bit daunting.

Same.

Sony and Media Molecule have talked about adding mouse and keyboard support as well as allowing creators to sell their creations as standalone games. I think that's very important for Dreams' long-term success. If they dare to open the gates completely by releasing Dreams for free on console and PC with a 5% royalty on revenue, they could end up with a highly intuitive and highly competitive engine on their hands.