At the largest awards ceremony in the gaming industry the best VR game of the year was declared for the fourth time in a row. What games were nominated for Game Awards 2019?
The list of nominees VR games:
- Asgard’s Wrath from Sanzaru Games
- Blood & Truth from SIE London Studio
- Saber Beat from Beat Games
- No Man’s Sky from Hello Games VR
- Trover Saves The Universe from Squanch Games
The award ceremony was held on December 12 in Los Angeles. Full list of the nominated games are available on the official website.
The award ceremony was broadcasted through Youtube and Facebook, and in VR using the Oculus Venues. More information is available here.
In the end, the best VR game of the year was recognized as the Beat Saber from Studio Beat Games, which was acquired by Facebook.
Previous winners of the award
Below is the list of past nominations and winners (winners are marked in bold).
2018:
- Astro Bot: Rescue Mission from Japan Studio SIE / SIE
- Saber Beat from Beat Games
- Firewall Zero Hour from the First Contact Entertainment / SIE
- Moss from Polyarc Games
- Tetris Effect from Resonair / Enhance
2017:
- VR Superhot from Superhot Team
- Star Trek: Bridge Crew from Red Storm Enterainment
- Lone Echo / Echo Arena from Ready at Dawn
- Farpoint from Impulse Gear / Interactive Studios
- Resident Evil 7 from Capcom
2016:
- Batman: Arkham from Rocksteady Studios VR
- Eve: Valkyrie from CCP
- Job Simulator from Owlchemy Labs
- Rez Infinite from Enhance Games
- Thumper from Drool
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