The winners of IGN Australia’s sixth annual Select Awards were revealed during a huge special event at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney on Friday, February 16.
Some 225 Media & Game Publishers alongside 320 IGN Community Gamers attended the annual event. 2017 was absolutely crammed with terrific games and several categories were extremely tightly-contested.
The top three games in each category and the winners, as voted by IGN users, are listed below:
Best Ongoing Game: Overwatch
Runners-up: Grand Theft Auto Online, Rocket League
Best Visual Design: Cuphead
Runners-up: Horizon Zero Dawn, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Audio Design: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Runners-up: Cuphead, Horizon Zero Dawn
Best Game Design: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Runners-up: Horizon Zero Dawn, Assassin’s Creed Origins
Best Storytelling: Horizon Zero Dawn
Runners-up: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Persona 5
Best Online/Multi: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Runners-up: Destiny 2, Splatoon 2
Best Original Game: Horizon Zero Dawn
Runners-up: Cuphead, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Editor’s Choice: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Runners-up: Horizon Zero Dawn, Assassin’s Creed Origins
James Whitehead, general manager of Ziff Davis Australia commented, “Thanks to everyone who voted for their favourite games of 2017, and a huge thanks also to everyone who attended on the night! Cheers to you all and thanks for your support of the IGN Australia Select Awards!”
