With 2020 well underway, we wanted to put a bow on our celebration of 2019 with the winners of each categorical award from both our editors and readers. The editor picks below are the results from days of discussions and arguments with the full Game Informer editorial staff, while more than 13,000 of you helped determine the winners for each category on the reader side of things.
Check out the results from both perspectives below and let us know which winners you agree and disagree with!
Best Remastered/Remade Game
Editors’ and Readers’ Choice – Resident Evil 2
Best Strategy Game
Editors’ and Readers’ Choice – Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Best Sports Game
Editors’ Choice – MLB The Show 19
Readers’ Choice – Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 2020
Best Shooting Game
Editors’ Choice – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Readers’ Choice – Borderlands 3
Best VR Game
Editors’ Choice – Pistol Whip
Readers’ Choice – Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
Best MMO
Editors’ and Readers’ Choice – Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
Best Role-Playing Game
Editors’ and Readers’ Choice – The Outer Worlds
Best Platforming Game
Editors’ and Readers’ Choice – Super Mario Maker 2
Best Racing Game
Editors’ Choice – Dirt Rally 2.0
Readers’ Choice – Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled
Best Fighting Game
Editors’ and Readers’ Choice – Mortal Kombat 11
Best Adventure Game
Editors’ and Readers’ Choice – Life is Strange 2
Best Puzzle Game
Editors’ Choice – Untitled Goose Game
Readers’ Choice – Tetris 99
Best Action Game
Editors’ and Readers’ Choice – Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Best Cooperative Multiplayer
Editors’ Choice – The Division 2
Readers’ Choice – Borderlands 3
Best Competitive Multiplayer
Editors’ and Readers’ Choice – Apex Legends
Best Ongoing/Games-As-Service Game
Editors’ Choice – Fortnite
Readers’ Choice – Path of Exile
Best Mobile Exclusive
Editors’ Choice – Grindstone
Readers’ Choice – Call of Duty: Mobile
Best PC Exclusive
Editors’ and Readers’ Choice – Disco Elysium
Best Microsoft Exclusive
Editors’ and Readers’ Choice – Gears 5
Best Sony Exclusive
Editors’ Choice – Dreams
Readers’ Choice – Death Stranding
Best Nintendo Exclusive
Editors’ and Readers’ Choice – Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Game of the Year
Editors’ Choice – Control
Readers’ Choice – Resident Evil 2
Source: Game Informer Game Informer Editor And Reader Best Of 2019 Awards