Grand Theft Auto wins big at this year’s European Game Awards

Europe’s largest independent audience awards, the European Game Awards, announced its annual winners, with Rockstar Games taking home the big one. Grand Theft Auto V, the critically acclaimed, best selling video game of 2013 was named Best European Game. The open world action adventure game that has sold 32.5 million units worldwide also won for Best European Action Game and Best European Sound.

The other big winner of the night was Ubisoft, who was named Best European Publisher. The award comes after the release of its fourth installment of the Assassin’s Creed series and the highly anticipated game Watch Dogs, set for release in May.

The public, who voted online for 15 different categories, chose the winners.

The full list of winners:

Best European Action Game – Grand Theft Auto V
Best Art Direction – Battlefield 4
Best European Publisher – Ubisoft
Best European Adventure Game – Beyond: Two Souls
Best European Sound – Grand Theft Auto V
Best European Studio – Goodgame Studios
Best European Strategy Game – Total War: Rome 2
Best European Game Design – Crysis 3
Personality Award – Victor Kislyi (Wargaming)
Best European Mobile Game – Empire: Four Kingdoms
Best European Console Game – World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition
Best European Browser Game – Goodgame Empire
Best European Multiplayer Game – Battlefield 4
Best European Indie Game – Reus
Best European Game – Grand Theft Auto V

Cameron Da Silva