Game of the Year 2017: PlayStation 4 game of the year

Welcome to the DDNet Awards of 2017! We have 16 categories this year, representing the full gamut of creativity and artistry that games represent. 2017 has been an incredible year for videogames, and is without a doubt one of the best years for games ever, and that has made this year's award particularly difficult to decide on.

As always, our voting period for the "year" runs from late November the year before through to late November this year. So if you see a game released in December last year in the awards winners, that's why.

For many of us at DDNet, the PlayStation 4 is our console of choice, and there's good reason for that; as fans of Japanese games (especially JRPGs) and indies, the PlayStation 4 has had a lock down on those kinds of games all through the year - it really felt like not a week went by without something essential released. Naturally that make this award the hardest of all to judge, but all three of these winners are beyond highlights of just 2017; they are some of the finest games ever produced.

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