SELECT AWARDS 2016 WINNERS
Congratulations to Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End for winning Game of the Year in IGN Australia’s Select Awards for 2016. It came out on top after a month of voting by you – IGN readers across Australia and New Zealand – and was announced during a special party in Sydney on Friday, February 3, 2017.
You can see the full list of winners and runners-up below and as always, a huge thanks to everyone who voted and attended the event!
BEST VISUAL DESIGN
WINNER: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
RUNNER-UP: Battlefield 1, Overwatch
BEST AUDIO DESIGN
WINNER: Battlefield 1
RUNNER-UP: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, Doom
BEST GAME DESIGN
WINNER: Overwatch
RUNNER-UP: Dark Souls III, Dishonored 2
Best Storytelling
WINNER: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
RUNNER-UP: Firewatch, Final Fantasy XV
Best Online / Multiplayer Game
WINNER: Overwatch
RUNNER-UP: Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2
Best Original Game
WINNER: Overwatch
RUNNER-UP: Firewatch, The Last Guardian
IGN Editor’s Choice
WINNER: Forza Horizon 3
Game of the Year
WINNER: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
RUNNER-UP: Overwatch, Battlefield 1
THE AWARDS STORY
IGN’s Select Awards are a celebration of the best gaming experiences each year, as determined by IGN’s Australian and New Zealand audience. Voting runs for a month from mid-December and the winners are announced at an event in February. The awards night is a chance for IGN’s community to come together with the industry to share a common love of gaming; to look back at the games of the previous year, and to look ahead to some of the most exciting titles on the near horizon.