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    The eighth annual Game of the Year awards from Giant Bomb.

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    Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2015 last edited by Marino on 11/01/23 04:09PM View full history

    Overview

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    Giant Bomb's Game of the Year Awards celebrates 2015's best and worst in the world of video games.

    With the crew having to move their entire studio to the first floor of the CBS Interactive building in December, there was no studio to produce GOTY videos. This left each staff member on their own to produce content for the daily recap videos. Alex did ASMR, Austin built gunpla, Vinny did guitar tutorials on YouTube, Jeff did grocery hauls... all totally normal stuff.

    Keep punchin' those waterfalls, kids.

    Deliberations

    Daily Recap Videos

    Articles

    The Awards

    Game of the Year

    1. Super Mario Maker
    2. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
    3. Rocket League
    4. Kerbal Space Program
    5. Splatoon
    6. Rise of the Tomb Raider
    7. Undertale
    8. Grow Home
    9. Invisible Inc.
    10. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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    Incremental / Idle Experience of the Year

    Runners-Up

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    Animal of the Year

    Runners-Up

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    Best Use of FMV

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    Best Story

    Runners-Up

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    Worst Game of the Year

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    Please Stop

    • Real Money Card Packs / One-Time Use Items
    • Article

    Runners-Up

    • Still Shipping Broke-Ass Games
    • Extremely Forced eSports
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    Best Styyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyle

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    Best Moment or Sequence

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    Best Multiplayer

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    Hottest Mess

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    Best Debut

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    Best New Character

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    Best Short-Time Game

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    Most Disappointing Game

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    Best Music

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    Best-Looking Game

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    Least Necessary HD Remaster

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    Best Surprise

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    2015's Old Game of the Year

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    Staff Picks

    Links in names go to each staff members' written breakdown.

    Jeff Gerstmann

    1. Super Mario Maker
    2. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
    3. Axiom Verge
    4. Nuclear Throne
    5. Hacknet
    6. Cities: Skylines
    7. Rise of the Tomb Raider
    8. Splatoon
    9. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
    10. Rocket League
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    Vinny Caravella

    1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
    2. Kerbal Space Program
    3. Life Is Strange
    4. Contradiction: Spot the Liar!
    5. The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
    6. Cradle
    7. Until Dawn
    8. Hacknet
    9. Undertale
    10. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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    Brad Shoemaker

    1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
    2. Destiny: The Taken King
    3. Dying Light
    4. Grow Home
    5. Sri and the Blind Forest
    6. Rise of the Tomb Raider
    7. SOMA
    8. Bloodborne
    9. Rocket League
    10. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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    Drew Scanlon

    1. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
    2. Downwell
    3. Super Mario Maker
    4. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
    5. Lara Croft Go
    6. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
    7. Her Story
    8. DiRT Rally
    9. Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
    10. Rise of the Tomb Raider
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    Alex Navarro

    1. Splatoon
    2. Rocket League
    3. SOMA
    4. Life Is Strange
    5. Her Story
    6. Until Dawn
    7. Undertale
    8. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
    9. Rise of the Tomb Raider
    10. Super Mario Maker
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    Dan Ryckert

    1. Super Mario Maker
    2. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
    3. Rocket League
    4. Axiom Verge
    5. Splatoon
    6. Bloodborne
    7. Fallout 4
    8. Pac-Man 256
    9. Undertale
    10. Grow Home
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    Jason Oestreicher

    1. Rocket League
    2. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
    3. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
    4. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
    5. Sri and the Blind Forest
    6. Rise of the Tomb Raider
    7. Bloodborne
    8. Mortal Kombat X
    9. Batman: Arkham Knight
    10. Ronin
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    Austin Walker

    1. Invisible, Inc.
    2. Undertale
    3. Galak-Z: The Dimensional
    4. Fallout 4
    5. Wheels of Aurelia
    6. Grow Home
    7. Elite: Dangerous
    8. Dragon Ball XenoVerse
    9. Cibele
    10. Her Story
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    Matt Rorie

    • Bloodborne
    • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
    • Fallout 4
    • World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
    • Assassin's Creed Syndicate

    (in no particular order)

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    Guest Lists

    Community

    1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
    2. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
    3. Bloodborne
    4. Rocket League
    5. Fallout 4
    6. Super Mario Maker
    7. Undertale
    8. Life Is Strange
    9. Undertale
    10. Until Dawn
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