Overwatch Wins Game Of The Year At The 2016 Game Awards

Overwatch just took top honors as Game of the Year at this year’s The Game Awards. It beat Doom, Inside, Titanfall 2, and Uncharted 4. Eligible games had to have been out after November 24 of last year and before November 24 of this year.

While accepting the award, Blizzard’s Ray Gresko said, “While we’ve been very happy with how the game has been received, we’re also extremely proud that this game and the world that we’re building has a message and it’s a message about heroism. It’s a message about diversity. It’s a message about a bright and positive and hopeful future. And these are all things that we really believe everyone needs a little bit of right now.”

The Game Awards’ other winners were:

Best Mobile and Handheld Game: Pokemon GO

Best Family Game: Pokemon GO

Games For Impact Award: That Dragon Cancer

Best Independent Game: Inside

Best Multiplayer Game: Overwatch

Best Esports Game: Overwatch

Best Action-Adventure Game: Dishonored 2

Best Action Game: Doom

Best VR Game: Rez Infinite

Best Fighting Game: Street Fighter V

Best RPG: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood & Wine