Lo scorso anno era toccato a Uncharted 4: Fine di un Ladro, stavolta è stato The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild a vincere il premio di gioco dell'anno agli SXSW Gaming Awards.
Il titolo Nintendo si è aggiudicato anche i premi relativi ai migliori gameplay e design, mentre Super Mario Odyssey ha portato a casa l'Excellence in SFX e PlayerUnknown's Battlegroudns i premi per le categorie Excellence in Multiplayer, Trending Game of the Year ed eSport Game of the Year.
SXSW Gaming Awards - Tutti i titoli premiati
Video Game of the Year
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Excellence in SFX
Super Mario Odyssey
Excellence in Musical Score
NieR: Automata
Excellence in Technical Achievement
NieR: Automata
Excellence in Visual Achievement
Horizon Zero Dawn
Excellence in Animation
Cuphead
Excellence in Art
Cuphead
Excellence in Convergence
Star Wars Battlefront II
Excellence in Multiplayer
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Most Promising New Intellectual Property
Horizon Zero Dawn
Most Fulfilling Community-Funded Game
Night in the Woods
Excellence in Gameplay
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Excellence in Design
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Excellence in Narrative
What Remains of Edith Finch
Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Gamer's Voice Award Video Game
Battlesloths 2025: The Great Pizza Wars
Gamer's Voice Award Mobile Game
Tiny Bubbles
Gamer's Voice Award Tabletop Game
Sol: Last Days of a Star
Gamer's Voice Award Virtual Reality Game
SUPERHOT VR
Trending Game of the Year
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Esports Game of the Year
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Tabletop Game of the Year
Gloomhaven
Virtual Reality Game of the Year
Resident Evil 7 biohazard
Mobile Game of the Year
Fire Emblem Heroes