The Game Awards 2014
| The Game Awards 2014 | |
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| Date | December 5, 2014 |
| Venue | The AXIS, Las Vegas, United States |
| Country | United States |
| Hosted by | Geoff Keighley |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | |
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| Game of the Year | Dragon Age: Inquisition |
| Industry Icon Award | Ken and Roberta Williams (Sierra Entertainment) |
| Website | thegameawards.com |
| Viewership | 1.9 million |
The Game Awards 2014 ceremony, which honored the best video games of 2014, took place at The AXIS in Las Vegas on December 5, 2014. The show was produced and hosted by Geoff Keighley. The ceremony was the first for The Game Awards, which succeeded the Keighley-hosted Spike Video Game Awards (VGX in 2013) that were discontinued after the 2013 show. Dragon Age: Inquisition won the shows's Game of the Year award.
Premieres
[edit | edit source]This year's ceremony featured premieres[1] of Nintendo's Super Mario Maker, Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Kojima Productions's Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Visceral Games's Battlefield Hardline, FromSoftware's Bloodborne, Supermassive Games's Until Dawn, Ready at Dawn's The Order: 1886, Crystal Dynamics's Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, CD Projekt's The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt; The Odd Gentlemen's King's Quest, Three One Zero's Adrift and Natsume Atari's Godzilla. There were other premieres including Facepunch Studios's Before, Stoic's The Banner Saga 2, Fullbright's Tacoma, Robotoki's Human Element and Hello Games's No Man's Sky.
The broadcast saw a total viewership of about 1.9 million.[2]
Winners and nominees
[edit | edit source]The nominees for The Game Awards 2014 were announced on November 20, 2014. Candidate games must have a release date of November 25, 2014 or earlier in order to be eligible.[3]
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on December 5, 2014.[3] Winners are shown first in bold, and indicated with a double-dagger (‡).[4]
Jury-voted awards
[edit | edit source]Fan-voted awards
[edit | edit source]| Most Anticipated Game | Esports Player of the Year |
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| Esports Team of the Year | Trending Gamer |
| Best Fan Creation | |
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Honorary awards
[edit | edit source]| Industry Icon Award |
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Games with multiple nominations and awards
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External links
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