While The Game Awards aren’t until December 1st, the Canadian Video Game Awards winners have been announced– with big winner Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.
On November 15th, in Montreal’s Palais de Congres, more than 50 games developed in Canada were up for 20 different awards. From the CVGA: “A body of industry experts from across the country voted on the winners in each category. Members of the general public voted online to determine the winners in the Fans’ Choice: Best Canadian-Made Game and Fans’ Choice: Best International Game categories.”
As last year’s CVGA was made available on Twitch after it was streamed, we can expect the same for this year’s CVGA in the future. Finalists are below, with the winner in bold:
Game of the Year
- Dead by Daylight (Behaviour Digital)
- Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
- Eagle Flight (Ubisoft Montreal)
- Far Cry Primal (Ubisoft Montreal)
- NHL 17 (EA Canada)
- Severed (Drinkbox Studios)
- Stories: The Path of Destinies (Spearhead Games)
- The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal)
Best Console Game
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
- Far Cry Primal (Ubisoft Montreal)
- Jotun: Valhalla Edition (Thunder Lotus Games)
- NHL 17 (EA Canada)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal)
Best Mobile/Handheld Game
- Alone With You (Benjamin Rivers Inc.)
- Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
- Leap of Fate (Clever-Plays)
- LOUD on Planet X (Pop Sandbox Inc.)
- Severed (Drinkbox Studios)
Best PC Game
- Dead by Daylight (Behaviour Digital)
- Death Road to Canada (Madgarden)
- Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (Massive Damage, Inc.)
- Moon Hunters (Kitfox Games)
- Stories: The Path of Destinies (Spearhead Games)
Best Virtual Reality Game
- Eagle Flight (Ubisoft Montreal)
- Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (Steel Crate Games)
- Modbox (Alientrap)
- The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)
- Waddle Home (Archiact Interactive Ltd.)
Best Animation
- Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
- Far Cry Primal (Ubisoft Montreal)
- NHL 17 (EA Canada)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal)
- UFC 2 (EA Canada)
Best Art Direction
- Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
- Eagle Flight (Ubisoft Montreal)
- Jotun: Valhalla Edition (Thunder Lotus Games)
- Severed (Drinkbox Studios)
Best Audio
- Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
- Far Cry Primal (Ubisoft Montreal)
- NHL 17 (EA Canada)
- The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)
Best Debut Game
- Friday Night Bullet Arena (Red Nexus Games Inc.)
- Jotun: Valhalla Edition (Thunder Lotus Games)
- Leap of Fate (Clever-Plays)
- Oz: Broken Kingdom (This Game Studio)
- The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)
Best Educational Game
- Modbox (Alientrap)
- Porta-Pilots: Plunging Through Time (Hibernum)
- Scattergories (Magmic)
Best Game Design
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
- Eagle Flight (Ubisoft Montreal)
- NHL 17 (EA Canada)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal)
- Ultimate Chicken Horse (Clever Endeavour Games)
Best Game Innovation
- Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
- Eagle Flight (Ubisoft Montreal)
- Modbox (Alientrap)
- The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)
- Ultimate Chicken Horse (Clever Endeavour Games)
Best Indie Game
- Alone With You (Benjamin Rivers Inc.)
- Jotun: Valhalla Edition (Thunder Lotus Games)
- Severed (Drinkbox Studios)
- Stories: The Path of Destinies (Spearhead Games)
- The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)
Best Musical Score
- Alone With You (Benjamin Rivers Inc.)
- Dead by Daylight (Behaviour Digital)
- Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
- Severed (Drinkbox Studios)
Best Narrative
- Alone With You (Benjamin Rivers Inc.)
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
- FIFA 17 (EA Canada)
- Moon Hunters (Kitfox Games)
- Severed (Drinkbox Studios)
Best New Character
- Dead by Daylight (Behaviour Digital) – The Trapper
- Jotun: Valhalla Edition (Thunder Lotus Games) – Thora
- Leap of Fate (Clever-Plays) – Mukai
- Severed (Drinkbox Studios) – Sasha
- Stories: The Path of Destinies (Spearhead Games) – Reynardo
Best Performance
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
- OK K.O! Lakewood Plaza Turbo (Double Stallion Games)
- Porta-Pilots: Plunging Through Time (Hibernum)
- Tappy Toes (rikkir inc)
- The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)
Best Technology
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
- Eagle Flight (Ubisoft Montreal)
- Modbox (Alientrap)
- The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal)
Fans’ Choice Award: Best Canadian-Made Game
- Alone With You (Benjamin Rivers Inc.)
- Dead by Daylight (Behaviour Digital)
- Deus Ex GO (Square Enix Montreal)
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos-Montreal)
- FIFA 17 (EA Canada)
- Jotun: Valhalla Edition (Thunder Lotus Games)
- NHL 17 (EA Canada)
- Severed (Drinkbox Studios)
- Stories: The Path of Destinies (Spearhead Games)
- The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Cloudhead Games)
Fans’ Choice Award: Best International Game
- Battlefield 1 (EA DICE)
- Dark Souls 3 (FromSoftware)
- Doom (id Software)
- Inside (Playdead)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Rise of the Tomb Raider (Crystal Dynamics)
- Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (Firaxis Games)
- The Witness (Thekla, Inc)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog)
- XCOM 2 (Firaxis Games)