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Shadow of Mordor Takes Home Top Prize At 15th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards
In a year where Game Informer had its most heated game of the year discussions in recent memory, a dark horse candidate surprised the field to take home three awards at the Game Developers Choice Awards.
Ustwo's mobile darling Monument Valley took home three prizes, for best handheld/mobile, best visual art, and the innovation award. The grand prize, however, went to Monolith's Shadow of Mordor.
Here is the full list of winners:
- Ambassador Award: Brenda Romero
- Pioneer Award: Dave Braben
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Hironobu Sakaguchi
- Best Technology: Destiny
- Best Audio: Alien: Isolation
- Best Narrative: Kentucky Route Zero
- Best Visual Art: Monument Valley
- Best Handheld/Mobile Game: Monument Valley
- Best Game Design: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
- Best Debut: The Banner Saga
- Innovation Award: Monument Valley
- Audience Award: Elite: Dangerous
- Game of the Year: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Before the Choice Awards, Capybara Games president Nathan Vella took the stage for the second year in a row to hand out the Independent Game Festival awards. Here is the complete list of winners:
- Excellence In Visual Art: Metamorphabet
- Excellence In Audio: Ephemerid
- Excellence In Design: Outer Wilds
- Excellence In Narrative: 80 Days
- Nuovo Award: Tetrageddon Games
- Best Student Game: Close Your
- Audience Award: This War of Mine
- Seumas McNally Grand Prize: Outer Wilds
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