The annual Game Developers Conference returns in February, together with the Game Developers Choice Awards.
GDC organizers despatched over the listing of nominees and honorable mentions right now, noting that Firewatch, Uncharted four: A Thief’s End, Dishonored 2, Inside, and Overwatch have been all up for Game of the Year.
Along with the aforementioned, different titles have been nominated for a number of classes. DOOM has three nominations as does Pokemon GO.
Battlefield 1 is up for 2 awards alongside The Witness, Oxenfree, Thumper, The Last Guardian and No Man’s Sky.
The video games which have been nominated for every class needed to have been launched and made publicly out there in the course of the 2016 calendar yr.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was named sport of the yr on the 2016 GDC Awards and likewise took home the award for best technology.
The full listing of nominees, together with honorable mentions, for the 17th annual Game Developers Choice Awards are listed beneath.
Best Audio
- Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts)
- Thumper (Drool)
- DOOM (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
- Inside (Playdead)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
Honorable Mentions: Uncharted four: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Rez Infinite (Monstars / Enhance Games), Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine), Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic), Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks), The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
Best Debut
- Heart Machine (Hyper Light Drifter)
- Campo Santo (Firewatch)
- ConcernedApe (Stardew Valley)
- Drool (Thumper)
- Night School Studio (Oxenfree)
Honorable Mentions: SUPERHOT Team (SUPERHOT), Numinous Games (That Dragon, Cancer), Giant Squid Studios (Abzu), Ghost Town Games (Overcooked), iNK Stories (1979 Revolution: Black Friday)
Best Design
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
- The Witness (Thekla)
- Inside (Playdead)
- DOOM (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
Honorable Mentions: Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts), Uncharted four: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Dark Souls III (From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment), Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic), Hitman (IO Interactive / Square Enix)
Best Mobile/Handheld Game
- Super Mario Run (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Clash Royale (Supercell)
- Pokémon Go (Niantic)
- Reigns (Nerial / Devolver Digital)
- Pokémon Sun/Moon (Game Freak / The Pokémon Company)
Honorable Mentions: Mini Metro (Dinosaur Polo Club), Severed (DrinkBox Studios), Deus Ex: Go (Square Enix Montreal / Square Enix), Fire Emblem Fates (Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD / Nintendo), Imbroglio (Michael Brough), Swap Sword (AP Thomson and Diego Garcia)
Innovation Award
- The Witness (Thekla)
- Inside (Playdead)
- No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
- Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
- Pokemon Go (Niantic)
Honorable Mentions: That Dragon, Cancer (Numinous Games), The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), SUPERHOT (SUPERHOT Team), Thumper (Drool), Quadrilateral Cowboy (Blendo Games)
Best Narrative
- The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Oxenfree (Night School Studio)
- Uncharted four: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Inside (Playdead)
- Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
Honorable Mentions: That Dragon, Cancer (Numinous Games), Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks), The Witcher three: Blood & Wine (CD Projekt RED / CD Projekt), Kentucky Route Zero – Act IV (Cardboard Computer), Mafia III (Hangar 13 / 2K Games)
Best Technology
- Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts)
- No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
- DOOM (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
- Uncharted four: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Honorable Mentions: Inside (Playdead), Pokemon Go (Niantic), The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks), The Witness (Thekla)
Best Visual Art
- Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
- The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Uncharted four: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Inside (Playdead)
Honorable Mentions: The Witness (Thekla), Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), Abzu (Giant Squid Studios), Thumper (Drool), DOOM (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
Best VR/AR Game
- Rez Infinite (Monstars / Enhance Games)
- Superhot VR (SUPERHOT Team)
- Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives (Owlchemy Labs)
- Pokémon Go (Niantic)
- Fantastic Contraption (Radial Games / Northway Games)
Honorable Mentions: Thumper (Drool), Superhypercube (Kokoromi / Polytron Corporation), Batman Arkham VR (Rocksteady Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment), Space Pirate Trainer (I-Illusions), The Lab (Valve)
Game of the Year
- Uncharted four: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Inside (Playdead)
- Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
- Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
Honorable Mentions: DOOM (id Software / Bethesda Softworks), The Witness (Thekla), Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
GDC 2017 takes place February 27 by March three in San Francisco. Winners of the Game Developers Choice Awards shall be introduced alongside the Independent Games Festival Awards on Wednesday, March 1 at 6.30pm PT/9.30pm ET/2am UK.
Double Fine founder Tim Schafer will return as host of the awards present for his sixth time.
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