Just a few days after taking home the title at the 2016 Games Developer Conference Awards, CD Projekt Red's The Witcher 3 has done it again, picking up the award for Game of the Year at the 2016 SXSW Gaming Awards on Sunday (March 20).
Her Story was named Mobile Game of the Year, while Pandemic Legacy was awarded the same in the Table Top category.
The Witcher 3 was the big winner at the event, also picking up wins for Excellence in Narrative and Excellence in Technical Achievement.
Bloodborne and Rise of the Tomb Raider followed The Witcher with two wins each in Excellence in Art and Excellence and Design, and Excellence in Animation and Most Enduring Character for Lara Croft respectively.
Other winners at the event included Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which won the award for Excellence in Gameplay, and Star Wars Battlefront, which brought home the win for Excellence in SFX.
The full list of winners from the SXSW Gaming Awards are below:
- Video Game of the Year: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Mobile Game of the Year: Her Story
- Table Top Game of the Year: Pandemic Legacy
- Excellence in Gameplay: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Excellence in Art: Bloodborne
- Excellence in Animation: Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Excellence in Technical Achievement: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Excellence in Visual Achievement: The Order: 1886
- Excellence in Narrative: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Excellence in Design: Bloodborne
- Excellence in SFX: Star Wars Battlefront
- Excellence in Musical Score: Ori and the Blind Forest
- Excellence in Multiplayer: Rocket League
- Excellence in Convergence: Batman: Arkham Knight
- Most Enduring Character: Lara Croft, Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Most Valuable Esports Team: Evil Geniuses
- Most Entertaining Online Personality: Greg Miller
- Most Promising New Intellectual Property: Splatoon
- Most Fulfilling Crowdfunded Game: Undertale
- Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award: Undertale
- Gamer's Voice Award in Singleplayer: Superhot
- Gamer's Voice Award in Multiplayer: Gang Beasts
