The 2019 Game Developers Choice Awards hasrevealedits nominated games, and to no surprise, leading the way areRed Dead Redemption 2,God of War, andSpider-Man.
For the2018 GDC Awards,The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildfor the Nintendo Switch andHorizon Zero Dawnfor the PlayStation 4 were the frontunners with six nominations each, including Game of the Year. The latestThe Legend of Zeldaentry was the big winner with three awards, namely Game of the Year, Best Audio, and Best Design.
Red Dead Redemption 2,God of War, andSpider-Manwill hope to replicate the success ofThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildin the 19th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards.
Red Dead Redemption 2received seven nominations, whileGod of WarandSpider-Man, both PlayStation 4 exclusives, received six nominations each. All three games are vying for the coveted Game of the Year award, alongsideReturn of the Obra DinnandCeleste, which received four and three nominations, respectively.
Interestingly, four of the five Game of the Year award nominees, excludingCeleste, were alsonominatedfor the Best Narrative award, joined byFlorencewhich was given an Honorable Mention for Game of the Year.
The 2019 GDC Awards will also hand out the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Pioneer Award. Amy Hennig, creative director and writer for Naughty Dog’sUnchartedfranchise, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. The winner of the Pioneer Award, meanwhile, will be announced at a later date.
The nominees and the winners of the Game Developers Choice Awards are selected by the International Choice Awards Network, which is an invitation-only organization of video game developers from all part of the industry. All games released within 2018 are eligible for eligible for the 2019 GDC Awards.
The winners of the 19th Annual GDC Awards will be announced during this year’s Game Developers Conference, which will be held on March 20 at the San Francisco Moscone Center in conjunction with the Independent Games Festival Awards.
This year’s GDC Awards will bring back as its host Tim Schafer, the founder of Double Fine productions, which is hard at work on the highly anticipatedPsychonauts 2.
Here’s the full list of nominees:
Best Audio
Best Debut
Best Design
Best Mobile Game
Innovation Award
Best Narrative
Best Technology
Best Visual Art
Best VR/AR Game
Game of the Year
