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SXSW Gaming Conference and Festival<\/a> has announced the winners for the 2017 SXSW Gaming Awards<\/a><\/strong> sponsored by IGN and Imaginary Forces. The winners in 23 different categories, were revealed during the fourth annual Gaming Awards ceremony, which was hosted by WWE\u00ae Superstar Xavier Woods\u00ae and popular gaming broadcaster OMGitsfirefoxx.<\/p>\n Award winner highlights include Game of the Year winner Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End<\/strong> (Sony Computer Entertainment \/ Naughty Dog); Mobile Game of the Year winner Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/strong> (Niantic); Esports Game of the Year winner Overwatch<\/strong> (Blizzard Entertainment); Tabletop Game of the Year winner Arkham Horror: The Card Game<\/strong> (Fantasy Flight Games); Trending Game of the Year winner Overwatch<\/strong> (Blizzard Entertainment); and Fan Creation of the Year winner Brutal Doom 64<\/strong> (Sergeant_Mark_IV).<\/p>\n Finalists for the SXSW Gaming Awards categories were selected and voted on by the SXSW Gaming Advisory Board and select staff, consisting of more than 40 industry experts well-versed in everything gaming and geek culture. Once finalists were revealed, the general public, along with the Advisory Board, were invited to cast their vote on IGN.com to help determine the winners in each category, which were unveiled and honored at tonight\u2019s SXSW Gaming Awards ceremony.<\/p>\n Battlefield 1 – Electronic Arts \/ EA DICE<\/strong><\/p>\n DOOM – Bethesda Softworks \/ id Software<\/strong><\/p>\n Battlefield 1 – Electronic Arts \/ EA DICE<\/strong><\/p>\n Uncharted 4: A Thief\u2019s End – Sony Computer Entertainment \/ Naughty Dog<\/strong><\/p>\n Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment \/ Naughty Dog<\/strong><\/p>\n Firewatch – Panic Inc. \/ Campo Santo<\/strong><\/p>\n Batman: The Telltale Series – Telltale Games<\/strong><\/p>\n Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Nathan Drake<\/strong><\/p>\n Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n Starbound – Chucklefish Games<\/strong><\/p>\n DOOM – Bethesda Softworks \/ id Software<\/strong><\/p>\n Dishonored 2 – Bethesda Softworks \/ Arkane Studios<\/strong><\/p>\n Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment \/ Naughty Dog<\/strong><\/p>\n That Dragon, Cancer – Numinous Games<\/strong><\/p>\n Arena Gods – Supertype<\/strong><\/p>\n Owlboy – D-pad Studio<\/strong><\/p>\n Brutal Doom 64 – Sergeant_Mark_IV<\/strong><\/p>\n Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n Arkham Horror: The Card Game – Fantasy Flight Games<\/strong><\/p>\n Pok\u00e9mon GO – Niantic<\/strong><\/p>\n Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment \/ Naughty Dog<\/strong><\/p>\n The SXSW Gaming Conference & Festival is a unique combination of geek and gaming culture featuring Expos, Awards, and Programming over three days. For the full list of 2017 SXSW Gaming Award winners, visit gaming.sxsw.com\/awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n Congrats to all the winners!<\/p>\n Photo by Dave Pedley\/Getty Images <\/em><\/small><\/p>\n The post Announcing the 2017 SXSW Gaming Awards Winners<\/a> appeared first on SXSW<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: SxSW Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SXSW Gaming Conference and Festival has announced the winners for the 2017 SXSW Gaming Awards sponsored by IGN and Imaginary Forces….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2017\/03\/WireImage-655006956-640x360.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-e8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}2017 SXSW Gaming Awards Winners<\/h3>\n
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Excellence in Visual Achievement<\/h4>\n
Excellence in Animation<\/h4>\n
Excellence in Art<\/h4>\n
Excellence in Convergence<\/h4>\n
Excellence in Multiplayer<\/h4>\n
Most Memorable Character<\/h4>\n
Most Promising New Intellectual Property<\/h4>\n
Most Fulfilling Community-Funded Game<\/h4>\n
Excellence in Gameplay<\/h4>\n
Excellence in Design<\/h4>\n
Excellence in Narrative<\/h4>\n
Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award<\/h4>\n
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Gamer\u2019s Voice Single Player<\/h4>\n
Fan Creation of the Year<\/h4>\n
Trending Game of the Year<\/h4>\n
Esports Game of the Year<\/h4>\n
Tabletop Game of the Year<\/h4>\n
Mobile Game of the Year<\/h4>\n
Video Game of the Year<\/h4>\n