Gli Italian Video Game Awards, che hanno raccolto l’eredità del Drago d’Oro, sono la manifestazione in cui vengono premiati i prodotti più apprezzati entro i confini nazionali. Tanti gli award assegnati nel corso della serata, presentata dalla coppia formata da Lucilla Agosti e Rocco Tanica, anche se quelli più attesi erano senza dubbio Best Italian Game, Best Italian Debut Game, People’s Choice e Game of the Year.
Best Art Direction
- Cuphead
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Nier Automata
- Persona 5
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Game Design
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
- Nier Automata
- Super Mario Odyssey
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Narrative
- Hellblade
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Prey
- What Remains of Edith Finch
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Best Character
- Senua (Hellblade)
- Aloy (Horizon: Zero Dawn)
- Cappy (Super Mario Odyssey)
- Nadine (Uncharted: L’eredità perduta)
- Blazkowicz (Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus)
Best Audio
- Cuphead
- Destiny 2
- Hellblade
- Nier Automata
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Family Game
- ARMS
- Knack 2
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Sonic Mania
Innovation Award
- ARMS
- Hellblade
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
- Star Trek: Bridge Crew
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Indie Game
- Cuphead
- Hellblade
- Pyre
- Thimbleweed Park
- What Remains of Edith Finch
Best Mobile Game
- Fire Emblem Heroes
- Framed 2
- Monument Valley 2
- Old Man’s Journey
- Super Mario Run
Best Evolving Game
- Destiny 2: La maledizione di Osiride
- Final Fantasy Stormblood
- GTA Online
- Horizon: Zero Dawn Frozen Wilds
- XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
Game Beyond Entertainment
- Bury me, my Love
- Hellblade
- Last Day of June
- Life is strange: Before the storm
- What Remains of Edith Finch
Radio 105 eSports Game of the Year
- Counterstrike: Global Offensive
- Dota 2
- League of Legends
- Overwatch
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Best Italian Game
- Don’t Make Love
- Father.io
- forma.8
- Last Day of June
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Best Italian Debut Game
- Downward
- Father.io
- GRIDD: Retroenhanced
- Laika 2.0
- The Wardrobe
People’s Choice
- FIFA 18
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
- Gran Turismo Sport
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Assassin’s Creed: Origins
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands
- Destiny 2
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Uncharted: L’eredità perduta
- For Honor
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
- Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
- Lego Worlds
- F1 2017
- NBA 2K18
- Need For Speed Payback
- La Terra di Mezzo: l’Ombra della Guerra
- Pokémon Ultrasole
- Tekken 7
- Forza Motorsport 7
- Football Manager 2018
Game of the Year
- Assassin’s Creed: Origins
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
- Nier Automata
- Persona 5
- Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
- Super Mario Odyssey
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- What Remains of Edith Finch
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
E dunque gli Italian Video Game Awards si concludono con un trionfante The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, che esce vincitore da un 2017 ricco di uscite. Per essere sempre aggiornati sul mondo dei videogame, e non solo, continuate a rimanere sintonizzati sulle pagine di VMAG.