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Innovative Ideas Rule IGF Awards, While Nintendo Leaves A Big Impression At GDC Awards
During the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, the game development community got together to recognize indie and AAA games across the Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Choice Awards. The indie awards this year focused on a number of smaller and innovative titles with a mix of fan favorites, while the Choice Awards focused heavily on major titles like Zelda and Horizon.
Rami Ismail was given the Ambassador award for his achievements in outreach and mentorship and Tim Schafer, who broke his award on stage accidentally, was given the Lifetime Achievement award.
IGF Awards
Best Student Game
Baba Is You
Excellence in Visual Art
Chuchel
Excellence in Audio
Uurnog Uurnlimited
Excellence in Design
Babe Is You
Nuovo Award
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Excellence in Narrative
Night in the Woods
Audience Award
Celeste
Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Night in the Woods
Game Developers Choice Awards
Best Debut
Cuphead
Best Mobile Game
Gorogoa
Best Narrative
What Remains of Edith Finch
Best Technology
Horizon Zero Dawn
Best Audio
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Visual Art
Cuphead
Best Design
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best VR/AR Game
Superhot VR
Audience Award
Nier: Automata
Innovation Awards
Gorogoa
Game of the Year
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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