Most Hated Award for most hated game of the year

  • 1st. Gone Home
  • 2nd. DmC: Devil May Cry
  • 3rd. SimCity
  • 4th. Aliens: Colonial Marines
  • 5th. BioShock Infinite
  • 6th. Call of Duty: Ghosts, 7th. Beyond: Two Souls, 8th. Total War: Rome II, 9th. Dead Space 3, 10th. The Last of Us, 11th. Knack, 12th. Tomb Raider

Least Worst Award for least worst game of the year

  • 1st. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
  • 2nd. Papers, Please
  • 3rd. Dragon's Crown
  • 4th. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
  • 5th. Fire Emblem: Awakening
  • 6th. Grand Theft Auto V, 7th. The Wonderful 101, 8th. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, 9th. Super Mario 3D World, 10th. Pokémon X and Y, 11th. Metro: Last Light, 12th. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, 13th. The Last of Us

Press X To Win The Award for worst gameplay

  • 1st. Gone Home
  • 2nd. Beyond: Two Souls
  • 3rd. Ryse: Son of Rome
  • 4th. BioShock Infinite
  • 5th. Aliens: Colonial Marines
  • 6th. The Stanley Parable, 7th. Ride to Hell: Retribution, 8th. DmC: Devil May Cry, 9th. Call of Duty: Ghosts, 10th. Knack, 11th. Sonic Lost World, 12th. Tomb Raider

"Actually Kind of Fun" Award for best gameplay

  • 1st. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
  • 2nd. The Wonderful 101
  • 3rd. Dragon's Crown
  • 4th. Papers, Please
  • 5th. Grand Theft Auto V
  • 6th. Super Mario 3D World, 7th. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, 8th. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, 9th. Rayman Legends, 10th. Metro: Last Light, 11th. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, 12th. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

Fanfiction Award for most atrocious writing

  • 1st. Gone Home
  • 2nd. DmC: Devil May Cry
  • 3rd. BioShock Infinite
  • 4th. Beyond: Two Souls
  • 5th. Call of Duty: Ghosts
  • 6th. Deadpool, 7th. Dead Space 3, 8th. Tomb Raider, 9th. The Last of Us, 10th. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Reading Rainbow Award for best writing

  • 1st. Monster Girl Quest: Chapter 3
  • 2nd. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
  • 3rd. Papers, Please
  • 4th. The Wolf Among Us - Episode 1
  • 5th. The Stanley Parable
  • 6th. Grand Theft Auto V, 7th. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, 8th. The Last of Us, 9th. Metro: Last Light, 10th. BioShock Infinite

You're Waifu Award for worst character

  • 1st. Donte
  • 2nd. Jodie Holmes
  • 3rd. Elizabeth
  • 4th. Booker DeWitt
  • 5th. Ellie
  • 6th. Lara Croft

Doomguy Award for best character

  • 1st. Senator Armstrong
  • 2nd. Jorji Costava
  • 3rd. Luigi
  • 4th. Clementine
  • 5th. Trevor Phillips
  • 6th. Rex "Power" Colt, 7th. Wonder Red, 8th. Bigby Wolf, 9th. Joel, 10th. Elizabeth

Blunder of the Year for setting a new standard for failure

  • 1st. SimCity
  • 2nd. Aliens: Colonial Marines
  • 3rd. DmC: Devil May Cry
  • 4th. Total War: Rome II
  • 5th. BioShock Infinite
  • 6th. Call of Duty: Ghosts, 7th. Knack

Not in Another Castle Award for a great sequel

  • 1st. Monster Girl Quest: Chapter 3
  • 2nd. Grand Theft Auto V
  • 3rd. Pokémon X and Y
  • 4th. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
  • 5th. Super Mario 3D World
  • 6th. Rayman Legends, 7th. Metro: Last Light, 8th. Pikmin 3, 9th. Shin Megami Tensei IV, 10th. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, 11th. Saints Row IV

"We're Sorry®" Award for most egregious technical problem

  • 1st. SimCity
  • 2nd. Aliens: Colonial Marines
  • 3rd. Grand Theft Auto Online
  • 4th. Battlefield 4
  • 5th. Total War: Rome II
  • 6th. X Rebirth

Hyperbole Award for best trailer

  • 1st. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
  • 2nd. The Witcher 3
  • 3rd. Cyberpunk 2077
  • 4th. Dark Souls II
  • 5th. Super Smash Bros.
  • 6th. Grand Theft Auto V, 7th. No Man's Sky

Pixels Are Art Award for most pretentious indie game

  • 1st. Gone Home
  • 2nd. The Stanley Parable
  • 3rd. Thomas Was Alone
  • 4th. The Novelist
  • 5th. Slender: The Arrival
  • 6th. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, 7th. Antichamber, 8th. The Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures, 9th. Papers, Please

/v/irgin Award for best new IP

  • 1st. Dragon's Crown
  • 2nd. The Wonderful 101
  • 3rd. Papers, Please
  • 4th. The Wolf Among Us
  • 5th. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
  • 6th. Risk of Rain, 7th. The Last of Us, 8th. Tearaway, 9th. Guacamelee!

4chan Pass Award for biggest cashgrab

  • 1st. Ouya
  • 2nd. Broken Age
  • 3rd. Mighty No. 9
  • 4th. Starbound
  • 5th. Star Citizen

Golden Voice Award for best voice acting performance

  • 1st. Nolan North
  • 2nd. Steven Ogg
  • 3rd. Kevan Brighting
  • 4th. Troy Baker
  • 5th. Stephen Stanton

Challenger Award for the worst console launch

  • 1st. Ouya
  • 2nd. Xbox One
  • 3rd. Wii U
  • 4th. Playstation 4

Cranky Kong Award for best soundtrack

  • 1st. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
  • 2nd. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
  • 3rd. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
  • 4th. Grand Theft Auto V
  • 5th. Fire Emblem: Awakening
  • 6th. Super Mario 3D World, 7th. Anarchy Reigns, 8th. Mighty Switch Force! 2, 9th. Ys: Memories of Celceta, 10th. The Last of Us

Precipitation Award for biggest emotional impact

  • 1st. Monster Girl Quest: Chapter 3
  • 2nd. Papers, Please
  • 3rd. The Walking Dead: Season 2: Episode 1
  • 4th. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
  • 5th. The Wolf Among Us
  • 6th. Fire Emblem Awakening, 7th. The Last of Us, 8th. BioShock Infinite

IP Twist Award for best new implementation of an old franchise

  • 1st. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
  • 2nd. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
  • 3rd. XCOM: Enemy Within
  • 4th. Fire Emblem Awakening
  • 5th. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
  • 6th. DuckTales: Remastered, 7th. Dota 2, 8th. Shadow Warrior, 9th. Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien, 10th. Tomb Raider

Plot & Backstory Award for the best representation of women

  • 1st. Dragon's Crown
  • 2nd. Monster Girl Quest: Chapter 3
  • 3rd. Senran Kagura Burst
  • 4th. Dead Or Alive 5 Ultimate
  • 5th. Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory
  • 6th. Killer Is Dead, 7th. Long Live the Queen, 8th. Tomb Raider, 9th. The Last of Us

Eye Candy Award for best visual aesthetics

  • 1st. Dragon's Crown
  • 2nd. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
  • 3rd. Metro: Last Light
  • 4th. Rayman Legends
  • 5th. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
  • 6th. Pikmin 3, 7th. Super Mario 3D World, 8th. Killer Is Dead, 9th. Crysis 3, 10th. BioShock Infinite, 11th. Tearaway, 12th. Guacamelee!

Shareholder's Award for betraying your own industry

  • 1st. Microsoft
  • 2nd. EA
  • 3rd. Geoff Keighley
  • 4th. Adam Sessler
  • 5th. Dina Abou Karam
  • 6th. Sony

SammyClassicSonicFan Award for least cancerous vidya personality

  • 1st. Hideki Kamiya
  • 2nd. Hideo Kojima
  • 3rd. Gabe Newell
  • 4th. Reggie Fils-Aime
  • 5th. Joel McHale
  • 6th. Ryan Davis, 7th. Heavy01

/v/ Grammy Award for the best song from /v/ - The Musical

  • 1st. CisFire
  • 2nd. I'll Make A Journalist Out Of You
  • 3rd. The Elegy of the Ogre
  • 4th. It's Misogyny
  • 5th. Mountain Dewrito
  • 6th. Friends In The Industry, 7th. It's Tough to be the Press, 8th. Ave Maria (RIP Xbone), 9th. Pirate My Game, 10th. Keighley's Lament

The results shown above are the same as those shown during the show and are based only on the votes from /v/. For more details, including vote counts and votes that we filtered out, see the detailed results and pairwise comparison pages.