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The Game Audio Network Guild announced the full list of its 19th annual G.A.N.G. Awards winners for 30 categories in music, sound design, dialogue, mixing and more.

Co-hosted by composers Rachel Robison and Cody Matthew Johnson, the virtual event was streamed live on Twitch.tv for the second year in a row. “The Last of Us Part II” took home the most awards of the night with eight wins including audio of the year, followed by “Ghost of Tsushima” with five wins. Composer Gordy Haab, who won the music of the year award for his work on “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order,” received the titular prize for the second year in a row for composing the score for “Star Wars: Squadrons.” With three wins, “Hades” was the indie game to take home the most awards.

See the full list of winners below:

Audio of The Year

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The Game Awards are back to celebrate the best titles of the year. Taking place in three studio locations — Los Angeles, Tokyo, and London — the event is hosted once again by executive producer and presenter Geoff Keighley, with special guest appearances from Brie Larson, Christopher Nolan, Gal Gadot, Keanu Reeves, Tom Holland, John David Washington, Reggie Fils-Amie, and more.

And of course, the ceremony wouldn’t be complete without some Huge announcements regarding upcoming games. Last year’s event brought us the reveal of the Xbox Series X. How will The Game Awards top itself this year? Fans will just have to wait and see!

Gamers can watch the festivities live in the stream below:

Favorites at this year’s award ceremony include The Last of Us Part II (11 nominations), Hades (9 nominations), Ghost of Tsushima (8 nominations), Doom Eternal (5 nominations), Fall Guys (4 nominations), Half-Life: Alyx (4 nominations), and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles...

Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards has revealed nominations for the annual celebration of video games. Among the top nominees are The Last of Us II, Hades and Ghost of Tsushima.

Neil Druckmann’s sequel leads nominations with a total of 10, while Hades and Ghost of Tsushima follow with eight and seven noms, respectively.

The Game Awards will celebrate 95 video game titles and the accomplishments of gaming individuals and teams across genres and platforms. The annual show will also feature a gender-neutral Best Performance category, where a diverse number of actors will compete for the honor. Those vying for the award are The Last of Us Part II‘s Ashely Johnson and Laura Bailey, Ghost of Tsushima‘s Daisuke Tsuji, Hades‘ Logan Cunningham, and Nadji Jeter of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Doom Eternal and Final Fantasy VII Remake join Ghost of Tsushima, Hades and The...

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It’s not every day you get to sit down with a seasoned composer of the industry, and it was with great pleasure I got the chance to talk to Jason Graves, the man behind Far Cry Primal’s composition, as well as many other prolific games such as Dead Space, Tomb Raider’s 2013 reboot and Until Dawn, to name but three.

Primal itself is Ubisoft’s prominent left-turn from the otherwise modern setting the franchise had been routed in to this point. By literally having the game with an onscreen graphic rewinding time from 2016 all the way back to 10,000 BC, it required the team to reevaluate every game mechanic and ability, reworking them for an entirely new time period.

Honestly, whilst the game itself seems to be coming under fire for reusing too many of the same aspects as Far Cry 4, it’s become a personal early highlight of the year,...

Amplitude, Harmonix’s long-awaited sequel to the original rhythm action games released for the PlayStation 2, has finally been given a release date. The game will see a full release on January 5th, 2016, but those who pledged $40 or more to the title’s Kickstarter campaign will get early access on December 23.

But why, after all this time, has the studio decided that now’s a good time to resurrect the long-gestating series? Well, a statement on Amplitude‘s Kickstarter page says it all, really.

With the advancements in technology and the huge creative leaps forward our studio has taken, we believe we can rebuild Amplitude for current consoles and make it an even more amazing experience than before. We’re aiming to deliver an updated soundtrack, incredible visuals, and fine-tuned controls. These improvements will be layered on top of the core mechanics and hallmark difficulty that made both FreQuency and Amplitude...

If anything has become clearer to me, it’s that the release of Bastion on the PlayStation 4 shows just how far independent video game development has come over the past few years. When it originally released back in 2011, Bastion was one of the few indie games that was able to make any headway on the Xbox Live Arcade, mostly in part due to its heavy promotion on the Summer of Arcade promotion. Nowadays, indie games have a much easier time getting a release on consoles, with Sony in particular embracing the independent game community with open arms.

Now, I’ll be the first to admit that when it was announced that Bastion would be re-released, I was probably more enthused than your average gamer. You see, like Braid and Journey, Bastion is one of the (many) indie titles that took me by surprise, and subsequently, kept me coming back for years to come.

Welcome back Inside the Gaming Studio. There has been a bit of a gap since the series launch, but that is because I have been busy lining up some incredible guests. But today I bring you something a little special.

Since the inception of this series, I have wanted to talk to a composer. Game Soundtracks are a form of scoring where I consistently find new and adapted ideas. Creating music for a space where it interacts directly with an audience member is quite unique to the medium. I find thatrather stirring and beautiful. So imagine the pace at which I contacted Austin Wintory once I heard his score had been nominated for Best Soundtrack at the Grammys.

It of course isn’t the first time Video Games have been to the Grammys. In fact, Chris Tin was our mediums first taste of Grammy gold back in 2011 with Baba Yetu...

Tonight the BAFTA Video Game Awards are being held in London and the list of nominees shows the breadth of talent being celebrated and you can watch along live with us.

BAFTA’s push to educate people about the importance of gaming and to celebrate the very best in this medium is commendable and they are best placed to do this with access to the top names in the industry.

The titles being celebrated tonight include the annual editions of the most popular franchises but there’s a lot of innovation on show; the latest version of Call of Duty, Portal 2, Super Mario 3D Land and the internet-conquerinig Skyrim are all up for awards tonight along with many more.

The IGN stream will go live from 20.15 and you can watch along below,

Here’s the feed, enjoy!

The 2012 BAFTA Game Award nominees are below,

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Assassin’s Creed Revelations - Martin Schelling,...

Last week it was all about the 2012 BAFTA Film Awards, and now sees our attention turn to gaming with the announcement of the nominees for the BAFTA Video Game Awards 2012. We were there last year and hope to be covering it again this year. But in the meantime here’s the full list of nominees, featuring the cream of the crop of video gaming.

Personally I hope Uncharted 3 sweeps the board in all the categories its nominated in, and – being a Mario fan – I hope Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 pick up awards… although Dead Space iOS could give them a run for the money in the handheld categories!

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Assassin’s Creed Revelations – Martin Schelling, Darby McDevitt, Raphael Lacoste / Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Batman: Arkham City – Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill, Adam Doherty / Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Development Team / Infinity Ward...

Last week was all about the movie awards but now BAFTA keep up the momentum by announcing the nominations for the 2012 Video Game Awards. Batman: Arkham City and L.A. Noire come in strong but we’ve got the full list for you below.

Let us know in the comments section below which you want to win and what’s missing from the list.

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Assassin’s Creed Revelations - Martin Schelling, Darby McDevitt, Raphael Lacoste / Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Batman: Arkham City – Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill, Adam Doherty / Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Development Team / Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Jean-Francois Dugas, Antoine Thisdale / Eidos Montreal/Ubisoft Portal 2 – Development Team / Valve/Valve Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Evan Wells, Christophe Balestra, Amy Henni g/Naughty Dog/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe

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Batman: Arkham City – Jamie Walker,...

As we hurtle toward a promising 2012, 2011 has arguably been one of the most impressive years for the industry since, well, 2010. It’s a good time be playing games.

A saturation of semicolons is indicative of a continued franchise offensive by the major publishers and, if Spike TV’s Video Game Awards are anything to go by, it’s really paying off.

Warner Bros. Interactive led the way with a total of seven wins from its three strongest games – Bastion, Batman: Arkham City and Mortal Kombat. Bastion bagged Best Downloadable Game, as well Original Score and Best Song, whilst Arkham City came away with an impressive 4 wins over 11 categories.

Nintendo came out on top in some pretty big categories, bagging wins for Skyward Sword in Best Wii, Handheld and Motion Game.

However, coming away with top prize of Game of the Year, Bethesda seem to have finally nailed the open...

Bethesda Game Studios’ fantasy role-playing game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim won the top prize at Spike’s eight annual Video Game Awards on Saturday, topping such titles as Batman: Arkham City, Portal 2, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Still, Portal 2 led the field with four total awards, including Best PC Game and Best Multi-player Game. Check out the complete list of winners below:

Game of the Year

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Studio of the Year

Bethesda Game Studios

Video Game Hall of Fame Award

The Legend of Zelda

Gamer God Award...

...and we're all done with this year's VGAs. But they're not done with us. In case you missed it, we've got all of the winners in our handy list below. I say now what I said on Twitter: Mark Hamill was robbed.

Game of the Year

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (xbox 360, PS3, PC)

Studio of the Year

Bethesda Game Studios

Character of the Year

The Joker, Batman: Arkham City

Best Xbox 360 Game

Batman: Arkham City, Rocksteady Studios, WB Interactive

Best PS3 Game

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Naught Dog

Best Wii Game

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Nintendo

Best PC Game

Portal 2, Valve

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

Super Mario 3D Land, Nintendo 3Ds

Best Action Adventure Game

Batman: Arkham City, PC, PS3, Xbox 360

Best Shooter

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Xbox 360, PC, PS3

Best RPG

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Xbox 360, PC, PS3

Best Multiplayer

Portal...