A. Kategoriegruppe: Genre
Best Hardware (Jury-Kategorie)
- Cybershoes® (Cybershoes GmbH)
- HTC Vive Wireless Adapter (HTC)
- Starlink - Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft)
Best Multiplayer Game (Jury-Kategorie)
- Battlefield V (Electronic Arts)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Activision Blizzard)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo)
Best Virtual Reality Game (Jury-Kategorie)
- Arizona Sunshine - LB VR Edition (Vertigo Games)
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Blood & Truth (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
B. Kategoriegruppe: Best of gamescom
Best of gamescom (Jury-Kategorie)
Den „Best of gamescom award" kann nur ein Spiel oder Produkt gewinnen, das auch eine Kategorie aus den Kategoriegruppen Genre oder Plattform gewonnen hat; Gewinner aus den Kategoriegruppen consumer awards, gamescom global awards, gamescom Indie award oder Best of CAMPUS sowie Spiele-Erweiterungen können ihn nicht gewinnen.
- Anno 1800 (Ubisoft), Gewinner Best PC Game
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Activision Blizzard), Gewinner Best Social/Online Game
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition (Bandai Namco Entertainment), Gewinner Best Role Playing Game
- FIFA 19 (Electronic Arts), Gewinner Best Sports Game
- Forza Horizon 4 (Microsoft), Gewinner Best Racing Game
- Landwirtschafts-Simulator 19 (astragon Entertainment), Gewinner Best Simulation Game
- Marvel's Spider-Man (Sony Interactive Entertainment), Gewinner Best Console Game Sony PlayStation 4
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Microsoft), Gewinner Best Console Game Microsoft Xbox One und Best Puzzle/Skill Game
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (Activision Blizzard), Gewinner Best Action Game
- Shadowgun War Games (MADFINGER Games), Gewinner Best Mobile Game
- Super Mario Party (Nintendo), Gewinner Best Family Game
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo), Gewinner Best Console Game Nintendo Switch
- Team Sonic Racing (Koch Media), Gewinner Best Casual Game
- Total War: Three Kingdoms (Koch Media), Gewinner Best Strategy Game
- Gewinner Best Hardware (tba)
- Gewinner Best Multiplayer Game (tba)
- Gewinner Best Virtual Reality Game (tba)
Best Consumer Experience (Fan-Kategorie)
- Rund 60 Stände in der entertainment area der gamescom stehen den Fans zur Wahl.
Best Queue-Entertainment (Fan-Kategorie)
- Rund 60 Stände in der entertainment area der gamescom stehen den Fans zur Wahl.
Best Streamer/Let's Player (Fan-Kategorie)
- 160 auf der gamescom akkreditierte Streamer*innen und Let's Player*innen stehen den Fans zur Wahl.
gamescom "Most Wanted" Consumer award (Fan-Kategorie)
In dieser Kategorie stehen alle Nominierten der Kategoriegruppen Genre und Plattform zur Wahl.
- Anno 1800 (Ubisoft)
- Arizona Sunshine - LB VR Edition (Vertigo Games)
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft)
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Battlefield V (Electronic Arts)
- Blood & Truth (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Activision Blizzard)
- Cybershoes® (Cybershoes GmbH)
- Destiny 2: Forsaken (Activision Blizzard)
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Dying Light Bad Blood (Techland)
- F1 2018 (Koch Media / Codemasters)
- FIFA 19 (Electronic Arts)
- Forza Horizon 4 (Microsoft)
- HTC Vive Wireless Adapter (HTC)
- Hyperdrome (Travian Games)
- Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
- Landwirtschafts-Simulator 19 (astragon)
- LEGO DC Super-Villains (Warner Bros. Entertainment)
- Life is Strange 2 (Square Enix)
- Man of Medan (Bandai Namco)
- Marvel's Spider-Man (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Metro Exodus (Koch Media)
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Microsoft)
- Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight (Koch Media)
- PES 2019 (Konami)
- Rend (Frostkeep Studios)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (Activision Blizzard)
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Square Enix)
- Shadowgun War Games (MADFINGER Games)
- Starlink - Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft)
- State of Decay 2 Daybreak (Microsoft)
- Super Mario Party (Nintendo)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo)
- Team Sonic Racing (Koch Media)
- Total War: Three Kingdoms (Koch Media)
Best Booth (Jury-Kategorie)
- Knapp 60 Stände in der entertainment area der gamescom stehen der Jury zur Wahl.
- Epic Games (Fortnite)
- From Software (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)
- Insomniac Games (Marvel's Spider-Man)
- Moon Studios (Ori and the Will of the Wisps)
- Ubisoft (Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Starlink - Battle for Atlas)
Best Publisher (Fan-Kategorie)
- Activision Blizzard (Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Destiny 2: Forsaken, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Spyro Reignited Trilogy)
- Microsoft (Forza Horizon 4, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, State of Decay 2 Daybreak)
- Sony Interactive Entertainment (Astro Bot Rescue Mission, Blood & Truth, Firewall: Zero Hour, Marvel's Spider-Man)
- Square Enix (Dragon Quest XI: Streiter des Schicksals, Kingdom Hearts III, Life is Strange 2, Shadow of the Tomb Raider)
- Ubisoft (Anno 1800, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Starlink - Battle for Atlas)
E. Kategoriegruppe: gamescom Indie award
gamescom Indie award (Jury-Kategorie)
- Lonely Mountains: Downhill (Megagon Industries)
- Lost Ember (Mooneye Studios)
- The Sinking City (Frogwares)
- Through the Darkest of Times (Paintbucket Games)
- Witch It (Barrel Roll Games / Daedalic Entertainment)
F. Kategoriegruppe: Best of CAMPUS
Best of CAMPUS (Jury-Kategorie)
- Capra (bm - gesellschaft für bildung in medienberufen mbH - Team No. 5)
- LEDCube (Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Kempten - Adrian Kaul, Hannes Vatter)
- Shock Out (bm - gesellschaft für bildung in medienberufen mbH - Team Coffee)