Ryuu96 on 10 December 2022
Xbox Empire - Game of the Year Awards - 2018 Results
Hosted by Shikamaru317.
| Category | Winner | Runner-Up |
| Best Shooter | Far Cry 5 | Tie - Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 |
| Best Action/Action-Adventure | Red Dead Redemption 2 | Nier Automata |
| Best RPG | Assassin's Creed Odyssey | Valkyria Chronicles 4 |
| Best Platformer | The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories | Celeste |
| Best Fighter | SoulCalibur 6 | DragonBall FighterZ |
| Best Horror | Call of Cthulhu | State of Decay 2 |
| Best Sports/Racing | Forza Horizon 4 | The Crew 2 |
| Best Soundtrack | Nier Automata | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
| Best Art Design | Sea of Thieves | Valkyria Chronicles 4 |
| Best Graphics | Forza Horizon 4 | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
| Best Male Performance | Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2 | Eric Krogh as Vincent in A Way Out |
| Best Female Performance | Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra in Assassin's Creed Odyssey | Camilla Luddington as Lara Kroft in Shadow of the Tomb Raider |
| Best Singleplayer | Red Dead Redemption 2 | Assassin's Creed Odyssey |
| Best Multiplayer | Sea of Thieves | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 |
| Best Story | Red Dead Redemption 2 | Tie - Nier Automata and Assassin's Creed Odyssey |
| Best Games With Gold Release | Forza Horizon 2 | Vanquish |
| Best Backwards Compatibility Release | Panzer Dragoon Orta | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 |
| Best Indie | A Way Out | The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories |
| Best Xbox Console Exclusive | Forza Horizon 4 | Sea of Thieves |
| Overall Xbox Game of the Year | Forza Horizon 4 | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
| Most Anticipated 2019 Multiplat | Kingdom Hearts 3 | Tie - Metro Exodus and Cyberpunk 2077 |
| Most Anticipated 2019 Xbox Console Exclusive | Gears of War 5 | Tie - Halo Infinite, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Crackdown 3 |
