Five nominations each
The Game Developers Choice Awards, the gaming industry’s premiere peer-based awards show, has revealed its nominees across the ceremony’s ten categories. Leading the way with five nominations a piece areThe Last of Us,Tearaway, andGone Home.
The GDC Awards has an open nomination process for industry professionals to determine the finalists. The winners are chosen by an invitation-only group of top game creators. The complete list, as seen below, is made up of everything from tiny indie projects to the biggest of triple-A games.
The awards show, which is in its fourteenth year, will be held on March 19 at 9:30 p.m. during the 2014 Game Developers Conference.
Game of the Year
Honorable Mentions:The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds(Nintendo EAD/Nintendo),Papers, Please(Lucas Pope),The Stanley Parable(Galactic Cafe),Tearaway(Media Molecule/Sony).
Innovation Award
Honorable Mentions:Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons(Starbreeze/505 Games),Candy Box(Aniwey),Kerbal Space Program(Squad),The Last Of Us(Naughty Dog/Sony),Proteus(Ed Key/David Kanaga).
Best Debut
Honorable Mentions: Facepalm Games (The Swapper), Frogmind Games (Badland), Grinding Gear Games (Path Of Exile), Suspicious Developments (Gunpoint), Warner Bros. Games Montreal (Batman: Arkham Origins).
Best Design
Honorable Mentions:DOTA 2(Valve)Pokemon X & Y(Game Freak/Nintendo),Rogue Legacy(Cellar Door Games),The Stanley Parable(Galactic Cafe),SteamWorld Dig(Image & Form),TowerFall(Matt Thorson/Miniboss/Alec Holowka).
Best Handheld/Mobile Game
Honorable Mentions:Animal Crossing: New Leaf(Nintendo EAD/Nintendo),868-HACK(Michael Brough),Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon(Next Level Games/Nintendo),Plants Vs. Zombies 2(PopCap/Electronic Arts),The Room Two(Fireproof Games),SteamWorld Dig(Image & Form).
Best Visual Art
Honorable Mentions:Don’t Starve(Klei Entertaintment),Grand Theft Auto V(Rockstar North/Rockstar Games),Papers, Please(Lucas Pope),Puppeteer(SCE Japan/Sony),Ryse: Son Of Rome(Crytek/Microsoft),Wonderful 101(Platinum Games/Nintendo).
Best Narrative
Honorable Mentions:Attack Of The Friday Monsters(Millennium Kitchen/Level 5),BioShock Infinite(Irrational Games/2K Games),The Cave(DoubleFine Games),Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch(Level 5/Namco Bandai),Shadowrun Returns(Harebrained Schemes).
Best Audio
Honorable Mentions:Animal Crossing: New Leaf(Nintendo EAD/Nintendo),Battlefield 4(DICE/Electronic Arts), Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon(Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft),Gone Home(The Fullbright Company),Metro: Last Light(4A Games/Deep Silver).
Best Downloadable Game
Honorable Mentions:Guacamelee(DrinkBox Studios),Gunpoint(Suspicious Developments),State Of Decay(Undead Labs),SteamWorld Dig(Image & Form),TowerFall(Matt Thorson/Miniboss/Alec Holowka),The Wolf Among Us(Telltale Games).
Best Technology
Honorable Mentions:Battlefield 4(DICE/Electronic Arts),DOTA 2(Valve),Forza Motorsport 5(Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Games),Metro: Last Light(4A Games/Deep Silver),Tomb Raider(Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix).
