Indie titles from small team also struck it big with nominations or honorable mentions in all categories but one. Note the increased presence of Nintendo titles with Smash Bros, Captain Toad and Bayonetta 2 earning major recognition. The Audience Award for the Choice Awards – open to all finalists for this year – will also return and will open for online voting in February. The Game Developers Choice Awards also gives out three Special Awards yearly: the Pioneer, Ambassador and Lifetime Achievement awards, all of which will be announced in the near future.
Honorable Mentions: Assassin's Creed Unity (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft), The Last of Us: Remastered (Naughty Dog/Sony), Sunset Overdrive (Insomniac Games/Microsoft), Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega), Infamous: Second Son (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony)
Wolfenstein: The New Order (MachineGames/Bethesda)
Honorable Mentions: Child of Light (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft), Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft), D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die (Access Games/Microsoft), Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo), Crypt of the Necrodancer (Brace Yourself Games) Honorable Mentions: Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare/Electronic Arts), Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft), Tales From The Borderlands: Episode 1 (Gearbox Software/Telltale Games), D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die (Access Games/Microsoft), Hatoful Boyfriend (Mediatonic/Devolver Digital) Best Audio Kentucky Route Zero: Episode 3 (Cardboard Computer) Honorable Mentions: Never Alone (Upper One Games/E-Line Media), The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts), Transistor (Supergiant Games), Broken Age: Act 1 (Double Fine Productions), Destiny (Bungie/Activision) Best Narrative Hohokum (Honeyslug and Sony Santa Monica/Sony)Ĭhild of Light (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft) Honorable Mentions: Bounden (Game Oven), Bravely Default (Silicon Studio and Square Enix/Nintendo and Square Enix), Desert Golfing (Blinkbat Games), Velocity 2X (FuturLab), Fantasy Life (Level-5/Nintendo) Best Visual Art Honorable Mentions: Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo), Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega), Destiny (Bungie/Activision), Monument Valley (Ustwo), Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft) Honorable Mentions: Dynamighty (CounterSpy), Hinterland Games (The Long Dark), 1337 & Senri (Leo's Fortune), MachineGames (Wolfenstein: The New Order), Hipster Whale (Crossy Road) Best Designĭragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare/Electronic Arts)Ĭaptain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo EAD Tokyo and 1-Up Studio/Nintendo) The Astronauts (The Vanishing of Ethan Carter) Honorable Mentions: Crypt of the Necrodancer (Brace Yourself Games), Extrasolar (Lazy 8 Studios), Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments), Elegy For A Dead World (Dejobaan Games), 80 Days (Inkle Studios) Best Debut The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts) and BANDAI NAMCO/Nintendo) Innovation Award Honorable Mentions: Titanfall (Respawn/Electronic Arts), Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft), Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft), Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare/Electronic Arts), Super Smash Bros. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard)Īlien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros.