The following is all opinions by Alpha. Any game released from 11/19/16 and on will be counted for my 2017 list.
All winners are bold and will be italicized.
Game of the Year
- Bound by Plasticdemo & Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Inside by PlayDead
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End by Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Ratchet & Clank by Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- TitanFall 2 by Respawn/Electronic Arts
Best Studio
- Plasticdemo & Santa Monica Studio for Bound
- Guerrilla Games for RIGS: Mechanized Combat League
- Insomniac Games for Ratchet & Clank
- Naughty Dog for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
- Respawn for TitanFall 2
Best PlayStation Exclusive
- RIGS: Mechanized Combat League by Guerrilla Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End by Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Ratchet & Clank by Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Bound by Plasticdemo & Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- MLB: The Show 16 by San Diego Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best Windows Exclusive
- Gears of War 4 by The Coalition/Microsoft Studios
- Forza Horizon 3 by Playground Games/Microsoft Studios
- ReCore by Concept & Armature Studio/Microsoft Studios
Best RPG
- Dark Souls III by FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Entertainment
- World of Final Fantasy by Square Enix
- Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth by Media.Vision/Bandai Namco Entertainment
- World of Warcraft: Legion by Blizzard Entertainment
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided by Eidos Montreal/Square Enix
Best Shooter
- Watch Dogs 2 by Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
- TitanFall 2 by Respawn/Electronic Arts
- Battlefield 1 by DICE/Electronic Arts
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End by Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- DOOM by id Software/Bethesda
Best Action/Adventure Game
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End by Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Ratchet & Clank by Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Dishonored 2 by Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks
- Hitman by IO Interactive/Square-Enix
- Bound by Plasticdemo & Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best Narrative
- Inside by PlayDead
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End by Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- That Dragon, Cancer by Numinous Games
- Firewatch by Campo Santo
- Ratchet & Clank by Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best Sports/Racing Game
- Forza Horizon 3 by Playground Games/Microsoft Studios
- MLB: The Show 16 by San Diego Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- NBA 2K17 by Visual Concepts/2K Sports
- FIFA 17 by EA Canada/EA Sports
- TrackMania Turbo by Nadeo/Ubisoft
Best Family Game
- Dragon Quest Builders by Square Enix
- Ratchet & Clank by Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens by TT Fusion/WBIE
- Bound by Plasticdemo & Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Skylanders: Imaginators by Toys for Bob/Activision
Best Art Direction
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End by Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Ratchet & Clank by Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Abzu by Giant Squid/505 Games
- Bound by Plasticdemo & Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Dragon Quest Builders by Square Enix
Best Multiplayer Game
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare by Infinity Ward/Activision
- RIGS: Mechanized Combat Leauge by Guerrilla Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Battlefield 1 by DICE/Electronic Arts
- Overwatch by Blizzard Entertainment
- TitanFall 2 by Respawn/Electronic Arts
Best Performance
- Nolan North as Nathan Drake, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
- Kit Harington as Admiral Salen Kotch, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Emily Rose as Elena, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
- Troy Baker as Sam Drake, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
- Mark Hamill as The Joker, Batman: Arkham VR
Best VR Game
- RIGS: Mechanized Combat Leauge by Guerrilla Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Here They Lie by Tangentlemen & Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Thumper by Drool
- Job Simulator by Owlchemy Labs
- Rez Infinite by Enhance Games
Best Independent Game
- Inside by PlayDead
- Darkest Dungeon by Red Hook Games
- Abzu by Giant Squid/505 Games
- Stardew Valley by ConcernedApe/Chucklefish Games
- The Witness by Thelko, Inc.
Best Soundtrack
- Bound by Plasticdemo & Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End by Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Rez Infinite by Enhance Games
- DOOM by id Software/Bethesda
- Thumper by Drool
My Previous GOTYs (up to 5 years ago)
2011 – Batman: Arkham City by Rocksteady/WBIE
2012 – Journey by ThatGameCompany & Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
2013 – The Last of Us by Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
2014 – Sunset Overdrive by Insomniac Games/Microsoft Studios
2015 – BloodBorne by Japan Studio & FromSoftware/Sony Interactive Entertainment
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