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Game Developer's Choice And Independent Games Festival Awards Results

Published Thu, 02 Mar 2017 14:45:33 -0600

by Madeline Ricchiuto

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It's that season, and the Game Developer's Choice Awards went out out last night, so we've got the results below for those at home. Unsurprisingly, Overwatch took home the Game of the Year title here as well as at DICE last week. The Independent Games Festival awards also went out, those results are below, but the top award went to Quadrilateral Cowboy. Uncharted 4 and Pokémon Go also took home titles. Inside got a decent bit of recognition at both award shows.

The GDC Awards results are below:

Ambassador Award: Mark Deloura
Pioneer Award: Jordan Mechner
Lifetime Achievement Award: Tim Sweeney
Best Technology: Uncharted 4
Best Audio: Inside
Best Narrative: Firewatch
Best Visual Art: Inside
Best VR/AR Game: Job Simulator
Best Handheld/Mobile Game: Pokémon Go
Best Game Design: Overwatch
Best Debut: Campo Santo
Innovation Award: No Man's Sky
Audience Award: Battlefield 1
Game of the Year – Overwatch

The Independent Game Festival results are below:

Excellence In Visual Art: Inside
Excellence In Audio: GoNNER
Alt.CTRL.GDC Award: Fearsphere
Excellence In Design: Quadrilateral Cowboy
Excellence In Narrative: Ladykiller In A Bind
Nuovo Award: Okiospiel, Book 1
Best Student Game: Un Pas Fragile
Audience Award: Hyper Light Drifter
Seumas McNally Grand Prize: Quadrilateral Cowboy

If you want to see how these results stack up to the 20th annual DICE Awards, those results are here.

If you want to catch up with the latest news on Game of the Year Overwatch: PS4 players have lost Capture The Flag due to bugs, players got a Game Browser function, and we're still not sure who the new character will be but we have some new hints.

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