{"id":10414,"date":"2019-12-31T13:12:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T18:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/?p=10414"},"modified":"2019-12-31T14:33:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T19:33:38","slug":"the-steam-awards-the-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/2019\/12\/31\/the-steam-awards-the-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"The Steam Awards &#8212; The Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Final Games Blog post of 2019! And as promised, the winners have been announced of this year&#8217;s Steam Awards. Over 35 million votes were cast, of 4+ million users voting.<br \/>\nAnd the winners are&#8230; upsetting (as only ONE game that I voted for, won something).<br \/>\nBut, the gamers have spoken.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WINNER of<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Outstanding Visual Style&#8217;.<\/em>&#8230; GRIS<br \/>\n<em>My vote<\/em>&#8230; ASTRONEER (this game still wins a place in my heart)<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\n<strong>WINNER of<\/strong>\u00a0<em>&#8216;Best Game You Suck At<\/em><em>&#8216;<\/em>&#8230; Mortal Kombat 11<br \/>\n<em>My vote<\/em>&#8230; Mortal Kombat 11 (the only one I voted for that won)<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\n<strong>WINNER of<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Outstanding St0ry-Rich Game&#8217;<\/em>&#8230; A Plaque Tale: Innocence<br \/>\n<em>My vote&#8230;<\/em> Far Cry New Dawn (just because it&#8217;s part of the Far Cry series)<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\n<strong>WINNER of<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Most Innovative Gameplay&#8217;<\/em>&#8230; My Friend Pedro<br \/>\n<em>My vote&#8230;<\/em> Baba is You<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\n<strong>WINNER of<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Better With Friends&#8217;<\/em>&#8230; DayZ<br \/>\n<em>My vote&#8230;<\/em> Risk of Rain 2 (kind of a surprise there this didn&#8217;t win)<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\n<strong>WINNER of<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Labor of Love&#8217;<\/em>&#8230; Grand Theft Auto 5 (WTF&#8230;!?)<br \/>\n<em>My vote&#8230;<\/em> Warframe<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WINNER of 2019&#8217;s &#8216;VR Game of The Year&#8217;<\/strong>&#8230; Beat Saber<\/span> (I assume for the new 90 and 360 modes)<br \/>\n<em>My vote&#8230;<\/em> Blade &amp; Sorcery (would had been BONEWORKS if it came out sooner)<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WINNER of 2019&#8217;s &#8216;Game of The Year&#8217;<\/strong>&#8230; Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice<\/span><br \/>\n<em>My vote&#8230;<\/em> Destiny 2<br \/>\n==<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it, folks.. the winners of 2019&#8217;s Steam Awards! Let&#8217;s give a rounding applause to the winners (and hope they weren&#8217;t voted on by bots or Russian hackers, as that would jeopardize our Democracy)!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/images\/a57d30c5f1694e89422a7c132b62d84f\/tenor.gif\" alt=\"Slow Clap GIF - Slow Clap StephenColbert GIFs\" width=\"290\" height=\"275.5\" \/><br \/>\nWhat a crappy Steam Awards this was&#8230; at least Beat Saber&#8217;s not going to be voted on again in 2020. And seriously, GTA5?! Should&#8217;ve been nominated for &#8216;Better With<br \/>\nFriends&#8217; instead, because that&#8217;s literally all it is anymore &#8212; a multiplayer DLC game!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Final Games Blog post of 2019! And as promised, the winners have been announced of this year&#8217;s Steam Awards. Over 35 million votes were cast, of 4+ million users voting. 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