Tyler's Choice Awards: 2016 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Game of the Year

Inside (Mads Wibroe & Forest Swartout Large)
The Last Guardian (Kazunobu Sato & Fumito Ueda)
Overwatch (Carlos Guerrero & Lee Sparks)
Pokémon Go (Tatsuo Nomura & Steve Wang)
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Evan Wells & Christophe Balestra)
(Honourable Mentions: Dark Souls III, Dishonored 2, Firewatch, Stardew Valley, Titanfall 2)

Best Action/Adventure Game

Firewatch (Sean Vanaman & Olly Moss)
The Last Guardian (Fumito Ueda)
Overwatch (Jeffrey Kaplan & Chris Metzen)
Titanfall 2 (Steve Fukuda)
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Bruce Straley & Neil Druckmann)
(Honourable Mentions: Battlefield 1, Doom, Gears of War 4, Inside, Ratchet & Clank)

Best Game Design

Dishonored 2 (Christophe Carrier)
Inside (Jeppe Carlsen)
The Last Guardian (Masanobu Tanaka, Suchol Lee & Satoru Yamabe)
Overwatch (Jeremy Craig, Michael Elliott & Scott Mercer)
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Kurt Margenau, Emilia Schatz & Anthony Newman)
(Honourable Mentions: Battlefield 1, Dark Souls III, Forza Horizon 3, I Expect You to Die, Titanfall 2)

Best Family/Casual Game

Dragon Quest Builders (Kazuya Niinou)
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Jamie Eden, Peter Gomer & Rob Hewson)
Overcooked (Kevin Carthew)
Pokémon Go (Tatsuo Nomura)
Ratchet & Clank (Brian Allgeier)
(Honourable Mentions: Owlboy, Pokémon Sun and Moon, Rock Band Rivals, Skylanders: Imaginators, Super Mario Run)

Best Sport/Racing Game

FIFA 17 (Scott Murray & Greg Palstra)
Forza Horizon 3 (Ralph Fulton)
MLB '16: The Show (Chris Gill, Jody Kelsey & Jason Villa)
NBA 2K17 (Jeffrey J. Thomas & Mike Wang)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 (Manorito Hosoda)
(Honourable Mentions: Dirt Rally, Driveclub VR, Madden NFL 17, NHL 17, Steep)

Best Technical Innovation

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (David Gallardo, Daniel Letendre & Sébastien Michel)
No Man's Sky (Charles Tongora, Daniel Armesto Gutiérrez, Innes McKendrick & Stewart Lynch)
Overwatch (Mike Elliott)
Pokémon Go (Robert Giusti & Niniane Wang)
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Christian Gyrling, Vincent Marxen, Travis McIntosh & Jason Gregory)
(Honourable Mentions: Batman: Arkham VR, Firewatch, Inside, That Dragon, Cancer, Titanfall 2)

Best Multiplayer

Best Strategy/Simulation Game

The Banner Saga 2 (Lance James)
Civilization VI (Sid Meier & Dennis Shirk)
Fire Emblem Fates (Kouhei Maeda & Genki Yokota)
Stardew Valley (Eric Barone)
XCOM 2 (Jacob Solomon)
(Honourable Mentions: Deus Ex Go, Overcooked, Planet Coaster, Starbound, Total War: Warhammer)

Best Audio Design

Battlefield 1 (Bence Pajor, Andreas Almström, Steve Bigras & Mari Saastamoinen-Minto)
The Last Guardian (Hirokazu Matsushita, Keiichi Kitahara & Tsubasa Ito)
Overwatch (Russell Brower, Paul Lackey, Chris De La Pena & Scott Lawlor)
Titanfall 2 (Erik Kraber, Rick Hernandez, Steve Johnson & Tyler Parsons)
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Phillip A. Kovats, Shannon Potter, Neil Uchitel & Robert Krekel)
(Honourable Mentions: Dishonored 2, Doom, Inside, Quantum Break, Tom Clancy's The Division)

Best Music

Abzû (Austin Wintory)
Doom (Mick Gordon)
Inside (Martin Stig Andersen & Søs Gunver Ryberg)
The Last Guardian (Takeshi Furukawa)
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Henry Jackman)
(Honourable Mentions: Dishonored 2, Overwatch, Ratchet & Clank, Titanfall 2, Virginia)

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

Dragon Quest Builders (Kazuya Niinou)
Fire Emblem Fates (Kouhei Maeda & Genki Yokota)
Kirby: Planet Robobot (Shinya Kumazaki)
Pokémon Go (Tatsuo Nomura)
Pokémon Sun/Moon (Shigeru Ohmori)
(Honourable Mentions: The Banner Saga 2, Clash Royale, Monster Hunter Generations, Reigns, Severed)

Best Fighting Game

Best Art Direction

Abzû (Matt Nava)
Final Fantasy XV (Tomohiro Hasegawa, Yusuke Naora & Isamu Kamikokuryo)
Firewatch (Jane Ng & Olly Moss)
Inside (Jeremy C. Petreman & Marek Bogdan)
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Erick Pangilinan & Robh Ruppel)
(Honourable Mentions: Battlefield 1, Forza Horizon 3, The Last Guardian, Overwatch, Titanfall 2)

Best Animation

Inside (Andreas Normand Grøntved)
The Last Guardian (Masanobu Tanaka, Tan Se Ri, Keita Usami & Naofumi Ito)
Overwatch (Ryan Denniston, Michael Biancalana, David Gibson & Adam York)
Street Fighter V (Hiroyuki Nara, Yuichiro Hiraki & Akihiko Nasu)
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Jeremy Yates, Michael Yosh, Eric Baldwin & Shaun Escayg)
(Honourable Mentions: Abzû, Dishonored 2, Doom, Far Cry Primal, Gears of War 4)

Best Story/Writing

Firewatch (Chris Remo, Jake Rodkin, Olly Moss & Sean Vanaman)
Inside (Arnt Jensen)
The Last Guardian (Fumito Ueda, Masami Tanji & Yuta Kimura)
Oxenfree (Adam Hines)
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Neil Druckmann & Josh Scherr)
(Honourable Mentions: 1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Dishonored 2, Mafia III, Quantum Break, That Dragon, Cancer)

Best Voice-Over Performance

Troy Baker - Uncharted 4: A Thief's End for voicing Sam Drake
Nolan North - Uncharted 4: A Thief's End for voicing Nathan Drake
Emily Rose - Uncharted 4: A Thief's End for voicing Elena Fisher
Rich Sommer - Firewatch for voicing Henry
Cara Theobald - Overwatch for voicing Tracer
(Honourable Mentions: Shawn Ashmore - Quantum Break, Alex Hernandez - Mafia III, Cissy Jones - Firewatch, Erica Luttrell - Dishonored 2, James Arnold Taylor - Ratchet & Clank)

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