The Game Awards 2019 has wrapped up, and there were a few notable surprises. Nobody really anticipated Xbox to drop the design and name of their next generation console, nor did anyone expect the announcement for a sequel to Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. In an evening filled with surprises (for South Africans, the wee hours of the morning), we anxiety awaited the ultimate Game of the Year winner. With Hideo Kojima swiping Best Game Direction, many expected Death Stranding to take the top prize, but as it turns out - From Software retaliated.

READ MORE: Nexus Game of the Year Awards 2019

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was announced as 2019's Game of the Year at The Game Awards - best of all, it was announced by Vin Diesel. Game director Hidetaka Miyazaki took the stage to accept the award on behalf of From Software. Sekiro also took home Best Action/Adventure Game as well. In case you missed it, Sekiro also won the majority vote in Nexus' own Game of the Year Awards.

Here's your full list of winners from The Game Awards 2019:

Game of The Year
Control
Death Stranding
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
The Outer Worlds

Best Game Direction
Control
Death Stranding
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Outer Wilds

Best Narrative
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Control
Death Stranding
Disco Elysium
The Outer Worlds

Best Art Direction
Control
Death Stranding
Gris
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

Best Audio Design
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Control
Death Stranding
Gears 5
Resident Evil 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Best Score/Music
Cadence of Hyrule
Death Stranding
Devil May Cry 5
Kingdom Hearts III
Sayonara Wild Hearts

Best Performance
Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb – The Outer Worlds
Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden – Control
Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz – Gears 5
Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff – Death Stranding
Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges – Death Stranding
Matthew Porretta as Dr. Casper Darling – Control

Best Ongoing Game
Apex Legends
Final Fantasy XIV
Destiny 2
Fortnite
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Best Community Support
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Games for Impact
Concrete Genie
Gris
Kind Words
Life is Strange 2
Sea of Solitude

Best Independent Game
Baba Is You
Disco Elysium
Katana ZERO
Outer Wilds
Untitled Goose Game

Best Mobile Game
Call of Duty: Mobile
GRINDSTONE
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sky: Children of Light
What the Golf?

Best VR/AR Game
Asgard’s Wrath
Blood & Truth
Beat Saber
No Man’s Sky
Trover Saves the Universe

Best Action Game
Apex Legends
Astral Chain
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Devil May Cry 5
Gears 5
Metro Exodus

Best Action/Adventure Game
Borderlands 3
Control
Death Stranding
Resident Evil 2
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Best RPG
Disco Elysium
Final Fantasy XIV
Kingdom Hearts III
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
The Outer Worlds

Best Fighting Game
Dead or Alive 6
Jump Force
Mortal Kombat 11
Samurai Showdown
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Best Family Game
Luigi’s Mansion 3
Ring Fit Adventure
Super Mario Maker 2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Yoshi’s Crafted World

Best Strategy Game
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Anno 1800
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Total War: Three Kingdoms
Tropico 6
Wargroove

Best Sports/Racing Game
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
DiRT Rally 2.0
eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020
F1 2019
FIFA 20

Best Multiplayer Game
Apex Legends
Borderlands 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Tetris 99
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2

Fresh Indie Game
ZA/UM for Disco Elysium
Nomada Studio for Gris
DeadToast Entertainment for My Friend Pedro
Mobius Digital for Outer Wilds
Mega Crit for Slay the Spire
House House for Untitled Goose Game

Content Creator of the Year
Jack “Courage” Dunlop
Benjamin “Dr. Lupo” Lupo
Soleil “Ewok” Wheeler
David “Grefg” Martínez
Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek

Best Esports Game
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
DOTA2 (Valve)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
League of Legends (Riot Games)
Overwatch (Blizzard)

Best Esports Player
Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf (Immortals, Fortnite)
Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (SK Telecom, League of Legends)
Luka “Perkz” Perkovic (G2 Esports, League of Legends)
Oleksandr “S1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, CSGO)
Jay “Sinatraa” Won (SF Shock, Overwatch)

Best Esports Team
Astralis (CS:GO)
G2 Esports (LOL)
OG (DOTA2)
San Francisco Shock (OWL)
Team Liquid (CS:GO)

Best Esports Event
2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals
EVO 2019
Fortnite World Cup
IEM Katowice 2019
League of Legends World Championship 2019
The International 2019

Best Esports Host
Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
Alex “Machine” Richardson
Paul “Redeye” Chaloner
Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
Duan “Candice” Yu-Shuang

Best Esports Coach
Eric ‘adreN’ Hoag – (Team Liquid, CS:GO)
Nu-ri ‘Cain’ Jang – (Team Liquid, LOL)
Fabian ‘GrabbZ’ Lohmann – (G2 Esports, LOL)
Kim ‘Kkoma’ Jeong-gyun – (SK Telecom T1, LOL)
Titouan ‘Sockshka’ Merloz – (OG, DOTA2)
Danny ‘Zonic’ Sørensen – (Astralis, CSGO)

If you missed all the action, the full awards show can be found below: