Thursday evening saw all the biggest names in the gaming industry flock to Los Angeles to honor the industry's most prominent figures as well as some promising newcomers, for the 2017 "Game Awards." Fans from all around the world tuned in to witness their idols receive the recognition they deserve for all their hard work.

So who were the big winners for the evening? Did your favorite game take out any awards? Checkout our list of all the winners below.

Award winners

Game of the Year and Best Action/Adventure: "The Legend Of Zelda: Breath of the Wild."

Best Direction: Nintendo

Best Role Playing Game: "Persona 5"

Best Narrative: "What Remains of Edith Finch"

Best Action Game: "Wolfenstein 2: the New Colussus"

Best Fighting Game: "Injustice 2"

Industry Icon Award: Carol Shaw

Best Family Game: "Super Mario Odyssey"

Best Student Game: "Level Squared"

Best Ongoing: "Overwatch"

Best Music: "Nier - Automata"

Best Audio Design and Best for Impact: "Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice"

Best Performance: Melina Juergens as Senua from "Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice"

Best Handheld: "Metroid: Samus Returns"

Best Mobile Game: "Monument Valley 2"

Best VR/AR: "Resident Evil 7: Biohazard."

Best Strategy: "Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle."

Best Sports: "Forza Motorsport 7"

Best Multiplayer: "Playerunknown's Battlegrounds"

Best Art Direction, Best Debut Indie and Best Independent: "Cuphead"

New announcements

The game awards also saw trailers for some incredible looking games make their world premiere.

Developers like Owlchemy lab, Nintendo and Campo Santo among those causing excitement for gamers everywhere. There were seventeen trailers in total, and we absolutely cannot wait to play every single one of the games.

Here are the games whose trailers made their world premiere:

  • World War Z (Saber Interactive)
  • Vacation Simulator (Owlchemy Lab)
  • Accounting +
  • Fromsoftware's mystery title
  • In the Valley of Gods (Campo Santo)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - the Champions' Ballad (Nintendo)
  • Soulcalibur 6 (Bandai Namco)
  • Fortnite: Battle Royale's new 50-versus-50 team mode (Epic Games)
  • Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2 for Switch (Nintendo)
  • Bayonetta 3 (Nintendo)
  • Death Stranding (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Witchfire (The Astronauts)
  • Sea of Thieves (Rare)
  • Dreams (Media Molecule)
  • GTFO (10 Chambers Collective)
  • Metro: Exodus (4A Games)
  • PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Corporation)

These trailers are just a small taste of what we are going to see from the gaming industry in 2018 and beyond. If their trailers are anything to go by, we will definitely see them snapping up the awards at next year's ceremony.
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