Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice wins top prize at Game of the Year awards

An incredibly difficult but extremely rewarding experience.

Video games can be tricky. In some cases, they make you want to hurl your controller into the sun itself. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, released in March of 2019, is one such game. If you're unfamiliar, you play as a battle-hardened and very stoic ninja who is blessed/cursed with the ability to resurrect himself. That's handy, because you will die many, many, many times while playing Sekiro, given that the game comes from the creator of Dark Souls and Bloodborne. In tandem with its punishing difficulty curve, the satisfaction you feel when you do finally take down bosses and mini-bosses is legitimately incredible. Perhaps it was that element above all else that saw Sekiro rewarded with the honour of being named Game of the Year at the, er, Game of the Year Awards on Thursday. There's Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez doing the honours below. https://twitter.com/thegameawards/status/1205347040772812800 Well deserved. In the end, Sekiro beat out competition from Death Stranding, Resident Evil 2, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Control and The Outer Worlds to take the top prize. What does JOE reckon for the games of the year, you ask? Just click right here to find out. As for the other major winners at Thursday night's Game of the Year Awards, well, they look like this: Best Action Game Devil May Cry 5 Best Action/Adventure Game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Best RPG Disco Elysium Best Fighting Game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Best Independent Game Disco Elysium Best Mobile Game Call of Duty: Mobile Best Ongoing Game Fortnite Best Performance Mads Mikkelsen - Death Stranding Best Game Direction Death Stranding Best Art Direction Control Best Score/Music Death Stranding