Game Developers Choice Awards 2015

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The 2015 Game Developers Choice Awards celebrate the best games of 2014.

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The fifteenth annual Choice Awards were held on March 4, 2015 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California during the Game Developers Conference. The host for the 2014 GDC Awards was Tim Schafer (Person).

Personal Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

Presented by: Margaret Robertson

• Hironobu Sakaguchi (Person)

Pioneer Award

Presented by: Ben Cousins (Person)

• David Braben (Person)

Ambassador Award

Presented by: Warren Spector (Person)

• Brenda Romero (Person)

Game of the Year

===Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor=== Developer: Monolith Productions Publisher: WB Games (Company) Runners-Up Alien: Isolation - The Creative Assembly (Company) / Sega (Company) Bayonetta 2 (Game) - PlatinumGames (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Destiny - Bungie (Company) / Activision (Company) Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blizzard Entertainment (Company) Honorable Mentions Dragon Age: Inquisition - BioWare (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Far Cry 4 (Game) - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Super Smash Bros. for Wii U - Sora (Company) & Bandai Namco/ Nintendo (Company) Titanfall (Game) - Respawn Entertainment (Company) / Electronic Arts Valiant Hearts: The Great War - Ubisoft Montpellier/ Ubisoft||

Innovation Award

===Monument Valley (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: USTWO Runners-Up Bounden (Game) - Game Oven (Company) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Monolith Productions / WB Games (Company) This War of Mine (Game) - 11 Bit Studios (Company) The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (Game) - The Astronauts (Company) Honorable Mentions Crypt of the NecroDancer (Game) - Brace Yourself Games (Company) Extrasolar (Game) - Lazy 8 Studios (Company) Elite: Dangerous - Frontier Developments Elegy for a Dead World (Game) - Dejobaan Games (Company) 80 Days - inkle (Company)||

Best Audio

===Alien: Isolation=== Developer: The Creative Assembly (Company) Publisher: Sega (Company) Runners-Up Destiny - Bungie (Company) / Activision (Company) Hohokum (Game) - Honeyslug (Company) / SCEA Transistor (Game) - Supergiant Games (Company) The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (Game) - The Astronauts (Company) Honorable Mentions Child of Light (Game) - Ubisoft Far Cry 4 (Game) - Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die - Access Games (Company) Bayonetta 2 (Game) - PlatinumGames (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Crypt of the NecroDancer (Game) - Brace Yourself Games (Company)||

Best Debut

===Stoic Studio (Company) for The Banner Saga (Game)=== Runners-Up The Astronauts (Company) for The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (Game) Respawn Entertainment (Company) for Titanfall (Game) Upper One Games (Company) for Never Alone (Game) Yacht Club Games (Company) for Shovel Knight (Game) Honorable Mentions Dynamighty (Company) for CounterSpy (Game) Hinterland Studio for The Long Dark (Game) Hipster Whale (Company) for Crossy Road (Game) MachineGames (Company) for Wolfenstein: The New Order Senri (Company) for Leo's Fortune||

Best Design

===Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft=== Developer/Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment (Company) Runners-Up Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker - Nintendo EAD Tokyo Group No.2 / Nintendo (Company) Dragon Age: Inquisition - BioWare (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Monolith Productions / WB Games (Company) Shovel Knight (Game) - Yacht Club Games (Company) Honorable Mentions Alien: Isolation - The Creative Assembly (Company) / Sega (Company) Destiny - Bungie (Company) / Activision (Company) Far Cry 4 (Game) - Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft Mario Kart 8 (Game) - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo Monument Valley (Game) - USTWO||

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

===Monument Valley (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: USTWO Runners-Up 80 Days - inkle (Company) Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Blizzard Entertainment (Company) Super Smash Bros. for 3DS - Sora (Company) & Bandai Namco/ Nintendo (Company) Threes! - Sirvo Honorable Mentions Bounden (Game) - Game Oven (Company) Bravely Default (Game) - Silicon Studio (Company) / Square Enix (Company) Fantasy Life - Level-5/ Nintendo Desert Golfing (Game) - Captain Games (Company) Velocity 2X (Game) - FuturLab (Company)||

Best Narrative

===Kentucky Route Zero: Episode 3=== Developer/Publisher: Cardboard Computer (Company) Runners-Up 80 Days - inkle (Company) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Monolith Productions / WB Games (Company) This War of Mine (Game) - 11 Bit Studios (Company) The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (Game) - The Astronauts (Company) Honorable Mentions D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die - Access Games (Company) Dragon Age: Inquisition - BioWare (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Hatoful Boyfriend (Game) - PigeoNation Tales from the Borderlands (Game) - Telltale Games (Company) / 2K Games (Company) Valiant Hearts: The Great War - Ubisoft Montpellier/ Ubisoft||

Best Technology

===Destiny=== Developer: Bungie (Company) Publisher: Activision (Company) Runners-Up Elite: Dangerous - Frontier Developments Far Cry 4 (Game) - Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Monolith Productions / WB Games (Company) Wolfenstein: The New Order - MachineGames (Company) / Activision Honorable Mentions Alien: Isolation - The Creative Assembly (Company) / Sega (Company) Assassin's Creed Unity - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft inFamous: Second Son - Sucker Punch (Company) / SCEA The Last of Us: Remastered - Naughty Dog / SCEA Sunset Overdrive (Game) - Insomniac Games (Company) / Microsoft Studios||

Best Visual Arts

===Monument Valley (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: USTWO Runners-Up Alien: Isolation - The Creative Assembly (Company) / Sega (Company) Bayonetta 2 (Game) - PlatinumGames (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Child of Light (Game) - Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft Hohokum (Game) - Honeyslug (Company) & SCE Santa Monica Studio / SCEA Honorable Mentions Broken Age (Game) - Double Fine Productions Destiny - Bungie (Company) / Activision (Company) Never Alone (Game) - Upper One Games (Company) Transistor (Game) - Supergiant Games (Company) The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (Game) - The Astronauts (Company)||

Audience Award

Elite: Dangerous

• Developer/Publisher: Frontier Developments

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• Alien: Isolation (Game)
• Destiny (Game)
• Elite: Dangerous (Game)
• Hearthstone (Game)
• Kentucky Route Zero (Game)
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Game)
• Monument Valley (Game)
• The Banner Saga (Game)

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Game Developers Choice Awards 2015

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GDC Awards 2015

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• Alien: Isolation (Game)
• Destiny (Game)
• Elite: Dangerous (Game)
• Hearthstone (Game)
• Kentucky Route Zero (Game)
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Game)
• Monument Valley (Game)
• The Banner Saga (Game)
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• Has locations: California (Location), San Francisco (Location)

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• Has related concepts: D.I.C.E. Awards 2015 (Concept), Game Developers Choice Awards (Concept), Game Developers Conference (Concept)