The Game Awards 2014 ceremony, which honored the best video games of 2014, took place at

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on December 5, 2014. The show was produced and hosted by

Geoff Keighley Geoff Keighley () is a Canadian video game journalist and television presenter. He was most known for hosting the video game show '' GameTrailers TV'', and for co-hosting the now-defunct '' G4tv.com''. Keighley is also a freelance writer whose ...

. The ceremony was the first for

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, which replaced the Keighley-hosted

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(VGX in 2013) that were discontinued after the 2013 show. '' Dragon Age: Inquisition'' won the shows's Game of the Year award.

Premieres

This year's ceremony featured premieres of

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's ''

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'', '' Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.'' and '' The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'',

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's '' Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain'',

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's '' Battlefield Hardline'',

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's ''

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'',

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's ''

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'',

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's '' The Order: 1886'',

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's ''

Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris ''Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris'' is an action-adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix's European subsidiary for Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia and Nintendo Switch. It is the sequel to the 2 ...

'',

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's '' The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt'';

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's ''

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'', Three One Zero's '' Adrift'' and Natsume's ''

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''. There were other premieres including

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's ''

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'',

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's ''

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'', Fullbright's '' Tacoma'', Robotoki's ''

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'' and

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's ''

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''. The

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saw a total viewership of about 1.9 million.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for The Game Awards 2014 were announced on November 20, 2014. Candidate games must have a release date of November 25, 2014 or earlier in order to be eligible. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on December 5, 2014. Winners are shown first in bold, and indicated with a double-dagger (‡).

Jury-voted awards

Fan-voted awards

Honorary awards

Games with multiple nominations and awards

References

External links

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