Game Developers Choice Awards 2016

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The 2016 Game Developers Choice Awards celebrate the best games of 2015.

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The sixteenth annual Choice Awards were held on March 16, 2016 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California during the Game Developers Conference. The host for the 2015 GDC Awards was Robin Hunicke (Person).

Personal Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

Presented by: Pete Hines (Person)

• Todd Howard (Person)

Pioneer Award

Presented by: Alexander Bruce (Person)

• Markus Persson (Person)

Ambassador Award

Presented by: Jenova Chen (Person) & Kellee Santiago (Person)

• Tracy Fullerton (Person)

Game of the Year

===The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt=== Developer: CD Projekt RED Publisher: CD Projekt Runners-Up Bloodborne (Game) - FromSoftware / SCEA Fallout 4 (Game) - Bethesda Game Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Kojima Productions (Company) / Konami (Company) Rocket League (Game) - Psyonix Studios (Company) Honorable Mentions Her Story (Game) - Sam Barlow (Company) Life Is Strange (Game) - DONTNOD/ Square Enix (Company) Splatoon (Game) - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Super Mario Maker (Game) - Nintendo EAD / Nintendo Undertale (Game) - Toby Fox||

Innovation Award

===Her Story (Game)=== Developer: Sam Barlow (Company) Runners-Up The Beginner's Guide - Everything Unlimited Splatoon (Game) - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Super Mario Maker (Game) - Nintendo EAD / Nintendo Undertale (Game) - Toby Fox Honorable Mentions Cibele (Game) - Star Maid Games (Company) Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (Game) - Steel Crate Games (Company) Life Is Strange (Game) - DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix (Company) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Kojima Productions (Company) / Konami (Company) Rocket League (Game) - Psyonix Studios (Company)||

Best Debut

===Moon Studios (Company) for Ori and the Blind Forest (Game)=== Runners-Up Moppin (Company) for Downwell (Game) Steel Crate Games (Company) for Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (Game) Studio Wildcard (Company) for ARK: Survival Evolved Toby Fox for Undertale (Game) Honorable Mentions Asteroid Base (Company) for Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (Game) Dinosaur Polo Club (Company) for Mini Metro (Game) MidBoss for Read Only Memories Question Games (Company) for The Magic Circle (Game) Thomas Happ Games for Axiom Verge (Game)||

Best Design

===Rocket League (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: Psyonix Runners-Up Bloodborne (Game) - FromSoftware / SCEA Fallout 4 (Game) - Bethesda Game Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Kojima Productions (Company) / Konami (Company) Splatoon (Game) - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Honorable Mentions Her Story (Game) - Sam Barlow (Company) Ori and the Blind Forest (Game) - Moon Studios (Company) / Microsoft Studios Super Mario Maker (Game) - Nintendo EAD / Nintendo Undertale (Game) - Toby Fox The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt RED / CD Projekt|| http://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/ignore_jpg_scale_small/6/66643/2764383-8004960431-image

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

===Her Story (Game)=== Developer: Sam Barlow (Company) Runners-Up Alphabear (Game) - Spry Fox (Company) Downwell (Game) - Moppin (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company) Fallout Shelter (Game) - Bethesda Game Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Her Story (Game) - Sam Barlow (Company) Lara Croft Go (Game) - Square Enix Montreal / Square Enix (Company) Honorable Mentions Pac-Man 256 - Hipster Whale (Company) & 3 Sprockets (Company) / Bandai Namco Prune (Game) - Joel McDonald (Person) The Room Three (Game) - Fireproof Games (Company) Sage Solitaire (Game) - stfj SteamWorld Heist (Game) - Image andamp;amp;amp;amp; Form Subterfuge (Game) - Ron Carmel (Person) & Noel Llopis (Person) You Must Build A Boat (Game) - EightyEight Games (Company)||

Best Visual Art

===Ori and the Blind Forest (Game)=== Developer: Moon Studios (Company) Publisher: Microsoft Studios Runners-Up Bloodborne (Game) - FromSoftware / SCEA Splatoon (Game) - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Star Wars: Battlefront - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt RED / CD Projekt Honorable Mentions Batman: Arkham Knight - Rocksteady Studios/ WB Games (Company) Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - The Chinese Room (Company) / SCEA Fallout 4 (Game) - Bethesda Game Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Kojima Productions (Company) / Konami (Company) The Order: 1886 - Ready at Dawn/ SCEA Rise of the Tomb Raider (Game) - Crystal Dynamics (Company) / Square Enix (Company)||

Best Narrative

===Her Story (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: Sam Barlow (Company) Runners-Up The Beginner's Guide - Everything Unlimited Life Is Strange (Game) - DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix (Company) Undertale (Game) - Toby Fox The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt RED / CD Projekt Honorable Mentions Cibele (Game) - Star Maid Games (Company) Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - The Chinese Room (Company) / SCEA Fallout 4 (Game) - Bethesda Game Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) SOMA (Game) - Frictional Games (Company) Until Dawn (Game) - Supermassive Games (Company) / SCEA||

Best Audio

===Crypt of the NecroDancer (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: Brace Yourself Games (Company) Runners-Up Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - The Chinese Room (Company) / SCEA Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Kojima Productions (Company) / Konami (Company) Ori and the Blind Forest (Game) - Moon Studios (Company) / Microsoft Studios Star Wars: Battlefront - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Honorable Mentions Bloodborne (Game) - FromSoftware / SCEA Fallout 4 (Game) - Bethesda Game Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Life Is Strange (Game) - DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix (Company) SOMA (Game) - Frictional Games (Company) Splatoon (Game) - Nintendo EAD Tokyo Group No.2 / Nintendo (Company) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt RED/ CD Projekt||

Best Technology

===The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt=== Developer: CD Projekt RED Publisher: CD Projekt Runners-Up Fallout 4 (Game) - Bethesda Game Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Just Cause 3 (Game) - Avalanche Studios (Company) / Square Enix (Company) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Kojima Productions (Company) / Konami (Company) Star Wars: Battlefront - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Honorable Mentions Batman: Arkham Knight - Rocksteady Studios/ WB Games (Company) Halo 5: Guardians - 343 Industries / Microsoft Studios Rise of the Tomb Raider (Game) - Crystal Dynamics (Company) / Square Enix Splatoon (Game) - Nintendo EAD Tokyo Group No.2 / Nintendo (Company) Super Mario Maker (Game) - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo||

Audience Award

Life Is Strange (Game)

• Developer: DONTNOD
• Publisher: Square Enix (Company)

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• Crypt of the NecroDancer (Game)
• Her Story (Game)
• Life Is Strange (Game)
• Ori and the Blind Forest (Game)
• Rocket League (Game)

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• Crypt of the NecroDancer (Game)
• Her Story (Game)
• Life Is Strange (Game)
• Ori and the Blind Forest (Game)
• Rocket League (Game)
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