The Last of Us Part II takes Game of the Year at The Game Awards

The Last of Us Part II swept many of the honors at The Game Awards tonight, including Game of the Year. It’s a fitting result for an ambitious game from the Naughty Dog studio, where hundreds of developers labored to make the sequel to 2013’s The Last of Us.

The Game Awards, organized by Geoff Keighley, have become the biggest night for gaming of the year, with last year’s audience hitting 50 million viewers. That’s more than enough to overshadow the Academy Awards, and it brings to mind game developer Josef Fares’ words in 2017: “F*** the Oscars.” The award for Sony’s exclusive game on the PlayStation 4 is timely, as it will remind everyone that Sony has led the charge for story-based single-player games that take the art form to a new level. That’s an important feather in Sony’s cap as it launches the PlayStation 5 in competition against the Microsoft Xbox Series X/S.