For this year’s Game Developers Choice Award, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was adjudged as the Game of the Year. Zelda’s Breath of the Wild also walked off with the Best Audio and Best Design awards, respectively.
Other nominees in the Game of the Year category were PUBG, Nier: Automata, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Super Mario Odyssey.
Both the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Horizon: Zero Dawn were reportedly leading the six nominations. The annual GDC awards night was hosted by a game design professor at UC Santa Cruz in person of Robin Hunicke. He is also the founder of Funomena.
Another popular game Cuphead won the Best Visual Art and Best Debut awards. While a puzzle game developed by Jason Roberts called the Gorogoa grabbed the Innovation Award and Best Mobile game title. In case you don’t know, Gorogoa was published by Annapurna Interactive.
During the award’s night, Nier: Automata was also adjudged as the Audience Award. Also, the Ambassador Award was given to Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail and the Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Tim Schafer.
Check below the complete list of winners of the recently-concluded 18th annual Game Developers Choice Awards.
2018 GDC Award Winners
Game of the Year
” The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Audio
” The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Debut
” StudioMDHR (Cuphead)
Best Design
” The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Innovation Award
” Gorogoa
Best Mobile Game
” Gorogoa
Best Narrative
” What Remains of Edith Finch
Best Technology
” Horizon Zero Dawn
Best Visual Art
” Cuphead
Best VR/AR Game
” Superhot VR
