The end of the year is upon us, and that can mean only one thing — well, actually it means lots of things. The thing that it means in the context of this post, though, is that PlayStation.Blog’s annual Game of the Year awards are upon us!
2016 kept us busy, opening with the long-awaited release of The Witness and ending with the similarly long-awaited launches of Final Fantasy XV and The Last Guardian. The rest of the year was punctuated by hit after hit: Uncharted 4, Ratchet & Clank, Inside, Overwatch, Dark Souls III, Titanfall 2, Doom, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Battlefield 1, Rise of the Tomb Raider… the list goes on!
Anyway, it’s time to make this official. Starting right now, the polls are open for the PlayStation.Blog Game of the Year 2016 awards. We’ll keep them open until the end of the year — that’s 11:59pm Pacific on December 31 — then tally up the votes and present the winners.
Don’t see your pick in our list of nominees? Never fear! There’s a write-in option for each category, so feel free to cast your vote for whichever game you think deserves the Platinum.
But that’s enough from me… let’s vote!
Editor’s note: In years past, we’ve called this category “Best Expansion”… but that felt a bit limiting. This year, we’re expanding the category to recognize all forms of post-release content: DLC & add-ons, in-game special events, new modes, new episodes, new characters, the works. When you vote, take it all into consideration!
Editor’s note: As in previous years, any game that has previously won a “Most Anticipated” award is not eligible to win a Trophy this year. That said, you can still vote for previous winners Horizon Zero Dawn and Persona 5, and we will call them out appropriately in the winners post should they place.
Furthermore, this year we are removing the year from this category. That means you can vote for any game that is currently announced, even if it doesn’t have a release date or year set. Go nuts!
*Previous winner
Voted for Stranger of Sword City for best Vita game and Ni No Kuni 2 for most anticipated.
The Last of Us Part ll for the most anticipated game of the year
Ni no Kuni II cannot come soon enough. So many good games on the way!
There it is!! Thought I’d be about the only one to vote Ni No Kuni. So many great games though, Days Gone, Last of Us II, Persona 5, Spiderman, yes even Spiderman!! and so many others. Ni No Kuni and Level 5 are in a league of their own though.
Same for Ni no Kuni here as well :)
Best Independent Game – Yeah, I am going to have to give that one to Stardew Valley, made by just 1 guy over a long awaited 4 years :D
I agree with the last of us part 2 being the most anticipated. The best studio had to be Naughty Dog Hands down
Ni no kuni II will be epic ❤
I really wait for shenmue!!!
I’m waiting for Nier Automata ita why I love PlayStation Sony have have massive list interesting titles next year and MS only have is fairy stories about Scorpio and no games .
I wrote in Let it Die for best soundtrack.
How is Salt & Sanctuary not under best indie? I know technically Alienation isn’t an indie, but it deserved to be there. Having said that, ENTER THE GUNGEON was the best indie of the yr.
Nier Automata and GT Sport need to be under most anticipated. I wrote in Farpoint.
Rush of Blood should be on the best VR game list. As should Tethered and Bound.
Werewolves Within deserves a nod for most innovative. Let it Die as well.
There should be a best Free to Play section and Let it Die should win. Best Suda game since Shadows.
Can someone point me in the right direction for a good MMO 1st person shooter game.
No Man’s Sky Should Have Been In More Categories (:
It’s very hard to choose a “Most Anticipated game” because almost all of them are AWESOME!!
We need more racing games love and I hope gt sport is good too and oh another Grid 3 anytime soon :)
I didn’t even know that Ni No Kuni II was coming out but as soon as I saw it I knew what to give the vote to. Psyched now!!!!