Horizon Zero Dawn en Zelda domineren GDCA-nominaties

De nominaties voor de 18e Game Developer Choice Awards zijn bekend. Horizon Zero Dawn en The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild domineren de nominaties. Beide zijn zes keer genomineerd in verschillende categorieën, waaronder Game of the Year. De andere genomineerden in deze categorie bestaan uit PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Nier: Automata en Super Mario Odyssey.

Net als bij de Academy Awards voor films zijn de nominaties voor de Game Developer Choice Awards geselecteerd door een jury van professionals uit de industrie.

De genomineerde games, evenals de eervolle vermeldingen in elke categorie, zijn hieronder te vinden:

Best Audio

• Cuphead (StudioMDHR)


• Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix)


• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)


• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)


• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Eervolle vermeldingen: Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo), Star Wars: Battlefront II (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom), Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision), Persona 5 (P-Studio / Atlus), Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall / Finji)

Best Debut

• Team Cherry (Hollow Knight)


• Sidebar Games (Golf Story)


• StudioMDHR (Cuphead)


• Infinite Fall (Night in the Woods)


• Jason Roberts / Buried Signal (Gorogoa)

Eervolle vermeldingen: Game Grumps (Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator), Terrible Toybox (Thimbleweed Park), Team Salvato (Doki Doki Literature Club!), Lizardcube(Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap)

Best Design

• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)


• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)


• PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Corporation)


• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)


• Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix)

Eervolle vermeldingen: Cuphead (StudioMDHR), Gorogoa (Jason Roberts / Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive), What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive), Divinity: Original Sin 2 (Larian Studios), Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy (Bennett Foddy), Prey (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)

Best Mobile Game

• Reigns: Her Majesty (Nerial / Devolver Digital)


• Hidden Folks (Adriaan de Jongh and Sylvain Tegroeg)


• Monument Valley 2 (ustwo games)


• Gorogoa (Jason Roberts / Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive)


• Bury Me, My Love (The Pixel Hunt / Figs / ARTE France / Playdius)

Eervolle vermeldingen: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo), Fire Emblem Heroes (Intelligent Systems and Nintendo EPD / Nintendo), Old Man's Journey (Broken Rules), Flipflop Solitaire (Zach Gage), Gnog (KO_OP / Double Fine Productions)

Innovation Award

• Gorogoa (Jason Roberts / Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive)


• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)


• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)


• Everything (David OReilly / Double Fine Productions)


• PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Corporation)

Eervolle vermeldingen: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory), Cuphead (StudioMDHR), Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix), Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo), Tacoma (Fullbright), Pyre (Supergiant Games)

Best Narrative

• Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall / Finji)


• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)


• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)


• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)


• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda Softworks)

Eervolle vermeldingen: Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix), Tacoma (Fullbright), Persona 5 (P-Studio / Atlus), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo), Divinity: Original Sin 2 (Larian Studios), Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Technology

• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)


• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)


• Assassin's Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)


• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)


• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Eervolle vermeldingen: Star Wars Battlefront II (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda Softworks), Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix), Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)

Best Visual Art

• Persona 5 (P-Studio / Atlus)


• Cuphead (StudioMDHR)


• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)


• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)


• Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall / Finji)

Eervolle vermeldingen: Gorogoa (Jason Roberts / Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive), Star Wars Battlefront II (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), Assassin's Creed Origins (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft), Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision), Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory), Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best VR/AR Game

• Superhot VR (SUPERHOT Team)


• Star Trek: Bridge Crew (Red Storm Entertainment / Ubisoft)


• Lone Echo (Ready at Dawn / Oculus Studios)


• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)


• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)

Eervolle vermeldingen: Farpoint (Impulse Gear / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (Owlchemy Labs / Adult Swim Games), Luna(Funomena), Robo Recall (Epic Games), Gnog (KO_OP/ Double Fine Productions), Doom VFR (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)

Game of the Year

• PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Corporation)


• Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix)


• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)


• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)


• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Eervolle vermeldingen: Cuphead (StudioMDHR), What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive), Persona 5 (P-Studio / Atlus), Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory), Gorogoa (Jason Roberts / Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive), Divinity: Original Sin 2 (Larian Studios), Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall / Finji)