And the Gamescom 2014 Award Winner for the Best Sports Game is… PES 2015

 

Everyone was expecting to see FIFA 15 winning the Gamescom 2014 Award Winner for the Best Sports Game. But they didn’t. PES 2015 got the title.

 
 

Gamescom 2014 Award Winner for the Best Sports Game

The FIFA team announced a ton of new features at Gamescom 2014 in Cologne, Germany for FIFA 15. They showed the most authentic FIFA ever made. But it was not enough to win the best sports game award like they did last year.

PES 2015 was the big winner of the the Best Sports Game Award at Gamescom 2014. Even knowing that PES 2015 is much better than PES 2014, it was a huge surprise. FIFA 15 was also nominated for the Best Online Multiplayer Game but the winner was Evolve that also won the award for the best game.

 

 
 

Here is the list of all Gamescom 2014 Awards winners:

Best of Gamescom Award
Evolve (Take-Two Interactive GmbH/2K)

Most Wanted Consumer Award
Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo of Europe GmbH)

Best Console Game Sony PlayStation 4
The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks/ZeniMax Germany GmbH)

Other Nominees:
Dying Light (Techland sp. z o.o.)
Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft GmbH)
Mittelerde: Mordors Schatten (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Evolve (Take-Two Interactive GmbH/2K)

Best Console Game Microsoft Xbox One
Evolve (Take-Two Interactive GmbH/2K)

Other Nominees:
The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks/ZeniMax Germany GmbH)
Assassin’s Creed Rogue (Ubisoft GmbH)
Sunset Overdrive (Microsoft Corporation)
Ori and the Blind Forest (Microsoft Corporation)

Best Console Game Nintendo Wii U
Splatoon (Nintendo of Europe GmbH)

Other Nominees:
LEGO Batman 3: Jenseits von Gotham (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Splatoon (Nintendo of Europe GmbH)
Super Smash Bros. For Wii U (Nintendo of Europe GmbH)

Best Role Playing Game
Risen 3 (Deep Silver / Koch Media GmbH)

Other Nominees
Skylanders Trap Team (Activision Blizzard Deutschland GmbH)
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX (Square Enix GmbH)

Best Action Game
Evolve (Take-Two Interactive GmbH/2K)

Other Nominees
The Order: 1886 (Sony Computer Entertainment Deutschland GmbH)
Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft GmbH)
Ori and the Blind Forest (Microsoft Corporation)
Super Smash Bros. For Wii U (Nintendo of Europe GmbH)

Best Simulation Game
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call (Square Enix GmbH)

Other Nominees
World of Warships (Wargaming Europe S.A.S.)

Best Sports Game
PES 2015 (Konami Digital Entertainment B.V.)

Other Nominees
FIFA 15 (Electronic Arts)
Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft Corporation)

Best Family Game
LittleBigPlanet 3 (Sony Computer Entertainment Deutschland GmbH)

Other Nominees
Skylanders Trap Team (Activision Blizzard Deutschland GmbH)
Silence (Daedalic Entertainment GmbH)
LEGO Batman 3: Jenseits von Gotham (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Yoshi’s Woolly World (Nintendo of Europe GmbH)

Best PC Game
Evolve (Take-Two Interactive GmbH/2K)

Other Nominees
Heroes of the Storm (Blizzard Entertainment)
The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks/ZeniMax Germany GmbH)
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (Take-Two Interactive GmbH/2K)
Mittelerde: Mordors Schatten (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

Best Mobile Game
Super Smash Bros. für 3DS (Nintendo of Europe GmbH)

Other Nominees
Darkblade (NetEase, Inc.)
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call (Square Enix GmbH)

Best Social / Casual / Online Game
LittleBigPlanet 3 (Sony Computer Entertainment Deutschland GmbH)

Other Nominees
Orcs Must Die! Unchained (Gameforge)
Dance Central Spotlight (Microsoft Corporation)
SingStar (Sony Computer Entertainment Deutschland GmbH)
LEGO Batman 3: Jenseits von Gotham (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

Best Online Multiplayer Game
Evolve (Take-Two Interactive GmbH/2K)

Other Nominees
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision Blizzard Deutschland GmbH)
Heroes of the Storm (Blizzard Entertainment)
FIFA 15 (Electronic Arts)
Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft Corporation)

Best Hardware
Oculus Rift DK2 (Oculus VR)

Other Nominees
Virtualizer (Cyberith)
Project Morpheus (Sony Computer Entertainment Deutschland GmbH)
Amiibo (Nintendo of Europe GmbH)
SHIELD Tablet and SHIELD Wireless Controller (NVIDIA GmbH)