{"id":33837,"date":"2016-12-05T17:52:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T10:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/?p=33837"},"modified":"2016-12-06T09:11:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T02:11:46","slug":"tga-game-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/tga-game-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"TGA Game of the Year award goes to Overwatch!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Game Awards (TGA) 2016 was held a few days ago. There were many talking points, but the highlights of the event were, of course, the awards, especially the TGA Game of the Year!<\/strong><\/p><div style=\"float: none; display: block; margin: 0 -10px; text-align: center;\"><!-- ph_pricepony_article_top_desktop -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4796993490224996\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"8052937650\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maxresdefault-1-1-e1480935138258.webp \"  type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/maxresdefault-1-1-e1480935138258.jpg\" height=\"250\" width=\"444\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33860 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"tga game of the year\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture><\/p>\n<h3>TGA Game of the Year award goes to Overwatch!<\/h3>\n<p>At the TGA 2016, Hideo Kojima finally received his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/hideo-kojima-finally-gets-game-award\/\" target=\"_blank\">long-awaited but deserved rewards<\/a>, and Telltale announced their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/guardians-of-the-galaxy-game\/\" target=\"_blank\">Guardians of the Galaxy game<\/a>. Those were special, but none can top the highlight of the event: the awards. There were many awards handed to deserving winners. However, one award was the main attraction: the TGA Game of the Year. This year, that honor goes to Overwatch! The Blizzard game had beaten out the likes of Doom, Inside, Titanfall 2, and Uncharted 4 to take the crown.<\/p>\n<p>To be considered, games must have been released between November 24 last year and November 24 this year. When accepting the award, Blizzard&#8217;s Ray Gresko said that they are &#8220;very happy with how the game has been received&#8221;, and also &#8220;proud that this game and the world that we\u2019re building has a message and it\u2019s a message about heroism&#8221;. The game is about diversity, a bright future full of hope. The company believes that is what everyone needs a little bit of right now.<\/p><div style=\"float: none; display: block; margin: 0 -10px; text-align: center;\"><!-- ph_pricepony_article_incontent_1 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4796993490224996\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"7528541080\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<!-- ph_pricepony_article_incontent_2 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4796993490224996\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2964262507\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/game-awards-e1480935168597.webp \"  type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/game-awards-e1480935168597.jpg\" height=\"250\" width=\"444\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33861 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"tga game of the year\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture><\/p>\n<p>Apart from the TGA Game of the Year, Overwatch also won Best Multiplayer Game, Best Esports Game, and Best Game Direction. This year has been a massive success for Overwatch, and Blizzard as well. There were other notable awards and winners as well. Pokemon GO snatched two awards: Best Mobile and Handheld Game, and Best Family Game. Best Action-Adventure Game goes to Dishornored 2, while Best Action Game goes to Doom. Best Fighting Game and Best RPG are Street Fighter V and The Witcher 3 &#8211; Wild Hunt respectively. Civilization 6 is the Best Strategy Game, while the Most Anticipated Game is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.<\/p>\n<h3>TGA winners: All deserving of the titles!<\/h3>\n<p>Overall, this year&#8217;s TGA managed to delivered, and the winners were regarded as deserving. The event made full use of their promise on making the event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/game-awards-focus-depth\/\" target=\"_blank\">more about depth<\/a>. 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