Death Stranding Success Becomes Game Of The Year
The presence of Hideo Kojima’s newest game, Death Stranding, has certainly caused a stir in the world’s video game industry. This is evidenced by the many interesting features offered by this game. In addition, the gameplay and the quality of the game is unquestionable.
Hideo Kojima seems to have done a good job, although he does get some unpleasant comments. This is because the game has received negative reviews from players.
Even so, there is one thing we should appreciate about this game, namely Kojima’s efforts to present various surprises and Death Stranding cameos. One of them is the presence of various famous figures whose faces take part in the games they work on.
The game made by Hideo Kojima received a lot of praise thanks to the gameplay and good story plot. Naturally, if Death Stranding entered into a number of nominations at The Game Awards. Although it did not become Game of the Year (GOTY), Death Stranding was still able to win awards in several nominations.
Despite not being a GOTY at The Game Awards, in fact Death Stranding managed to become a GOTY at the PlayStation Blog event. This is evidenced by the success of Death Stranding in winning several titles. Here’s the full list of PlayStation Blog’s award winners.
PlayStation Blog Award Winner List
Best Narrative
- DEATH STANDING
- Gold: Days Gone
- Silver: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Bronze: Kingdom Hearts III
- Honorable Mentions: FFXIV: Shadowbringers, The Outer Worlds, A Plague Tale: Innocence
Best Graphical Showcase
- DEATH STANDING
- Gold: Resident Evil 2
- Silver: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Bronze: Devil May Cry 5
- Honorable Mentions: Days Gone, MHW: Iceborne, Mortal Kombat 11
Best Soundtrack
- DEATH STANDING
- Gold: Kingdom Hearts III
- Silver: Devil May Cry 5
- Bronze: Days Gone
- Honorable Mentions: FFXIV: Shadowbringers, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, MHW: Iceborne
Best PlayStation Console Exclusive
- DEATH STANDING
- Gold: Days Gone
- Silver: MediEvil
- Bronze: Judgment
- Honorable Mentions: Concrete Genie, MLB The Show 19, Blood & Truth
Best PS4 Games
- DEATH STANDING
- Gold: Resident Evil 2
- Silver: Kingdom Hearts III
- Bronze: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Honorable Mentions: Days Gone Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order FFXIV: Shadowbringers
Best Art Direction
- SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE
- Gold: Devil May Cry 5
- Silver: Control
- Bronze: Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
- Honorable Mentions: The Outer Worlds, CTR: Nitro-Fueled, MHW: Iceborne
Best Multiplayer
- CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE
- Gold: Apex Legends
- Silver: FFXIV: Shadowbringers
- Bronze: Death Stranding
- Honorable Mentions: Borderlands 3, MHW: Iceborne, CTR: Nitro-Fueled
Best Role-Playing Game
- KINGDOM HEARTS III
- Gold: The Outer Worlds
- Silver: Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
- Bronze: Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
- Honorable Mentions: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III, Path of Exile, Dragon Quest Builders 2
Best Action Games
- SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE
- Gold: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Silver: Devil May Cry 5
- Bronze: Resident Evil 2
- Honorable Mentions: CoD: Modern Warfare, Days Gone, Death Stranding
Best Sports Games
- CRASH TEAM RACING: NITRO-FUELED
- Gold: FIFA 20
- Silver: NBA 2K20
- Bronze: MLB The Show 19
- Honorable Mentions: eFootball PES 2022 Madden NFL 20 F1 2022
Best Ongoing Game
- FINAL FANTASY XIV
- Gold: Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
- Silver: Rainbow Six Siege
- Bronze: No Man’s Sky
- Honorable Mentions: Fortnite, Destiny 2, Apex Legends
Best Independent Game
- A PLAGUE TALE: INNOCENCE
- Gold: Outer Wilds
- Silver: Indivisible
- Bronze: The Messenger
- Honorable Mentions: Slay the Spire, Sayonara Wild Hearts, Frostpunk
Best Performance
- NORMAN REEDUS / SAM PORTER BRIDGES | DEATH STANDING
- Gold: Mads Mikkelsen / Cliff | Death Stranding
- Silver: Sam Witwer / Deacon St. John | Days Gone
- Bronze: Claudia Doumit / Farah | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Honorable Mentions: Melissa Hutchinson, Ashly Burch, Tommie Earl Jenkins
Gaming Moment Of The Year
- RESIDENT EVIL 2: MR X ENCOUNTERS
- Gold: Death Stranding: Getting caught by BTs for the first time
- Silver: Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order: “That scene” near the end
- Bronze: Sekiro: Guardian Ape Surprise
- Honorable Mentions: CoD Modern Warfare: The flashback sequence, Days Gone: Taking down your first horde, Control: Ashtray Maze
Best PS VR Experience
- NO MAN’S SKY BEYOND
- Gold: Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
- Silver: LA Noire: The VR Case Files
- Bronze: Blood & Truth
- Honorable Mentions: Concrete Genie, Trover Saves the Universe, Everybody’s Golf VR
Most Anticipated Game
- CYBERPUNK 2077
- Gold: Final Fantasy VII Remake
- Silver: Ghost of Tsushima
- Bronze: Marvel’s Avengers
- Honorable Mentions: Persona 5: Royal, Elden Ring, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
Studio Of The Year
- KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS
- Gold: Capcom
- Silver: Square Enix
- Bronze: Respawn
- Honorable Mentions: Bend Studio, Obsidian, Infinity Ward
When viewed from several awards, Death Stranding managed to get awards in 8 categories at once. Although 3 of them are not the first.
In addition, the production house of the Death Stranding game, Kojima Productions, also won the title of Studio Of The Year. With this achievement, it seems very appropriate if we consider that Death Stranding is one of the most successful new games in the gaming industry.