With the Game Developers Conference wrapping up tomorrow, the Game Developer Choice Awards have gone out, giving developers more titles to add to their game. On top of the GDC Awards going oout, the Independent Game Festival (IGF) awarded some indie games with awards too!
During the GDC Award ceremony, No Man's Sky was awarded the 'Innovation Award,' however, no one was present to accept the award. It turns out that the Hello Games team was busy "eating dinner," because they didn't believe they would win the award.
In addition to No Man's Sky, Naughty Dog's Uncharted 4 took an award for 'Best Technology,' Battlefield 1 won the 'Audience Award,' and Overwatch got the 'Game of the Year' award.
Check out all the winners below:
GDC AWARD WINNERS
Best Debut
- Firewatch – Campo Santo
Best Audio
- Inside – Playdead
Innovation Award
- No Man’s Sky – Hello Games
Best Technology
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog
Best VR/AR
- Job Simulator – Owlchemy Labs
Best Visual Art
- Inside – Playdead
Best Narrative
- Firewatch – Camp Santo
Best Design
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
Best Mobile/Handheld Game
- Pokémon Go – Niantic
Audience Award
- Battlefield 1 – EA/DICE
Game of the Year
- Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
IGF (Independent Games Festival) AWARD WINNERS
Best Student Game
- Un Pas Fragile
Excellence in Visual Art
- Hyper Light Drifter
Excellence in Audio
- Gonner
Alt.Ctrl.GDC Award
- Fear Sphere
Nuovo Award
- Oikospiel Book I
Excellence in Design
- Quadrilateral Cowboy
Excellence in Narrative
- Ladykiller in a Bind
Audience Award
Hyper Light Drifter
Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Quadrilateral Cowboy
