Game Developers Choice Awards 2018

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The 2018 Game Developers Choice Awards celebrate the best games of 2017.

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The eighteenth annual Choice Awards were held on March 21, 2018 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California during the Game Developers Conference and hosted by Robin Hunicke (Person).

Personal Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

Presented by: Geoff Keighley (Person)

• Tim Schafer (Person)

Ambassador Award

Presented by: ?

• Rami Ismail (Person)

Pioneer Award

The 2018 Pioneer Award was originally going to be presented to Nolan Bushnell (Person), the founder of Atari (Company). But, after many people online brought up Bushnell's past, alleged transgressions regarding women that worked at Atari at the time, GDC pulled the award and released this statement:

The Game Developers Choice Awards Advisory Committee, who vote on the Special Award winners for each show, have made the decision not to give out a Pioneer Award for this year’s event, following additional feedback from the community. They believe their picks should reflect the values of today’s game industry and will dedicate this year’s award to honor the pioneering and unheard of voices of the past.

Game of the Year

===The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild=== Developer: Nintendo EPD (Company) Publisher: Nintendo (Company) Runners-Up Horizon Zero Dawn (Game) - Guerrilla Games (Company) / SIEA NieR:Automata - PlatinumGames (Company) / Square Enix (Company) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - Bluehole Studio (Company) Super Mario Odyssey (Game) - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo Honorable Mentions Cuphead (Game) - Studio MDHR (Company) Divinity: Original Sin II - Larian Studios (Company) Gorogoa (Game) - Jason Roberts (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company) Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Ninja Theory (Company) Night in the Woods (Game) - Infinite Fall (Company) / Finji (Company) Persona 5 (Game) - P Studio (Company) / Atlus (Company) What Remains of Edith Finch (Game) - Giant Sparrow (Company) / Annapurna Interactive||

Best Audio

===The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild=== Developer: Nintendo EPD (Company) Publisher: Nintendo (Company) Runners-Up Cuphead (Game) - Studio MDHR (Company) Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Ninja Theory (Company) Horizon Zero Dawn (Game) - Guerrilla Games (Company) / SIEA NieR:Automata - PlatinumGames (Company) / Square Enix (Company) Honorable Mentions Destiny 2 (Game) - Bungie (Company) / Activision (Company) Night in the Woods (Game) - Infinite Fall (Company) / Finji (Company) Persona 5 (Game) - P Studio (Company) / Atlus (Company) Resident Evil 7 biohazard (Game) - Capcom (Company) Star Wars Battlefront II (Game) - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Super Mario Odyssey (Game) - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo||

Best Debut

===Studio MDHR (Company) for Cuphead (Game)=== Runners-Up Infinite Fall (Company) for Night in the Woods (Game) Jason Roberts (Company) for Gorogoa (Game) Sidebar Games (Company) for Golf Story (Game) Team Cherry (Company) for Hollow Knight (Game) Honorable Mentions Game Grumps (Company) for Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator Lizardcube (Company) for Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap Team Salvato (Company) for Doki Doki Literature Club (Game) Terrible Toybox (Company) for Thimbleweed Park (Game)||

Best Design

===The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild=== Developer: Nintendo EPD (Company) Publisher: Nintendo (Company) Runners-Up Horizon Zero Dawn (Game) - Guerrilla Games (Company) / SIEA NieR:Automata - PlatinumGames (Company) / Square Enix (Company) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - Bluehole Studio (Company) Super Mario Odyssey (Game) - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo Honorable Mentions Cuphead (Game) - Studio MDHR (Company) Divinity: Original Sin II - Larian Studios (Company) Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy (Game) - Bennett Foddy (Person) Gorogoa (Game) - Jason Roberts (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company) Prey - Arkane Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) What Remains of Edith Finch (Game) - Giant Sparrow (Company) / Annapurna Interactive||

Innovation Award

===Gorogoa (Game)=== Developer: Jason Roberts (Company) Publisher: Annapurna Interactive (Company) Runners-Up Everything (Game) - David O'Reilly / Double Fine Productions The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo EPD (Company) / Nintendo (Company) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - Bluehole Studio (Company) What Remains of Edith Finch (Game) - Giant Sparrow (Company) / Annapurna Interactive Honorable Mentions Cuphead (Game) - Studio MDHR (Company) Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Ninja Theory (Company) Horizon Zero Dawn (Game) - Guerrilla Games (Company) / SIEA Pyre (Game) - Supergiant Games (Company) Super Mario Odyssey (Game) - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo Tacoma (Game) - Fullbright (Company)||

Best Mobile Game

===Gorogoa (Game)=== Developer: Jason Roberts (Company) Publisher: Annapurna Interactive (Company) Runners-Up Bury me, my Love - Pixel Hunt / Playdius Hidden Folks (Game) - Adriaan de Jongh (Company) & Sylvain Tegroeg (Company) Monument Valley II (Game) - USTWO Reigns: Her Majesty - Nerial (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company) Honorable Mentions Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp - Nintendo EPD (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Fire Emblem Heroes (Game) - Intelligent Systems (Company) & Nintendo EPD / Nintendo Flipflop Solitaire (Game) - stfj Gnog (Game) - KO-OP Mode / Double Fine Productions Old Man's Journey - Broken Rules (Company)||

Best Narrative

===What Remains of Edith Finch (Game)=== Developer: Giant Sparrow (Company) Publisher: Annapurna Interactive (Company) Runners-Up Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Ninja Theory (Company) Horizon Zero Dawn (Game) - Guerrilla Games (Company) / SIEA Night in the Woods (Game) - Infinite Fall (Company) / Finji (Company) Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - MachineGames (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Honorable Mentions Divinity: Original Sin II - Larian Studios (Company) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo EPD (Company) / Nintendo (Company) NieR:Automata - PlatinumGames (Company) / Square Enix (Company) Tacoma (Game) - Fullbright (Company) Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - Naughty Dog / SIEA||

Best Technology

===Horizon Zero Dawn (Game)=== Developer: Guerrilla Games (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Assassin's Creed Origins - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Destiny 2 (Game) - Bungie (Company) / Activision (Company) Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Ninja Theory (Company) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo EPD (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Honorable Mentions NieR:Automata - PlatinumGames (Company) / Square Enix (Company) Resident Evil 7 biohazard (Game) - Capcom (Company) Star Wars Battlefront II (Game) - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - Naughty Dog / SIEA Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - MachineGames (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)||

Best Visual Art

===Cuphead (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: Studio MDHR (Company) Runners-Up Horizon Zero Dawn (Game) - Guerrilla Games (Company) / SIEA The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo EPD (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Night in the Woods (Game) - Infinite Fall (Company) / Finji (Company) Persona 5 (Game) - P Studio (Company) / Atlus (Company) Honorable Mentions Assassin's Creed Origins - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Destiny 2 (Game) - Bungie (Company) / Activision (Company) Gorogoa (Game) - Jason Roberts (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company) Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Ninja Theory (Company) Star Wars Battlefront II (Game) - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Super Mario Odyssey (Game) - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo||

Best VR/AR Game

===Superhot VR (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: SUPERHOT Team (Company) Runners-Up The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR - Bethesda Game Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Lone Echo (Game) - Ready at Dawn Studios / Oculus Studios (Company) Resident Evil 7 biohazard (Game) - Capcom (Company) Star Trek: Bridge Crew - Red Storm Entertainment / Ubisoft Honorable Mentions Doom VFR (Game) - id Software (Company) / Bethesda Softworks Farpoint (Game) - Impulse Gear (Company) / SIEA Gnog (Game) - KO-OP Mode / Double Fine Productions Luna (Game) - Funomena (Company) Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality - Owlchemy Labs (Company) / Adult Swim Games (Company) Robo Recall (Game) - Epic Games (Company)||

Audience Award Winner

• NieR:Automata

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• Cuphead (Game)
• Gorogoa (Game)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Game)
• NieR:Automata (Game)
• Superhot VR (Game)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Game)
• What Remains of Edith Finch (Game)

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Game Developers Choice Awards 2018

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GDC Awards 2018

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• Cuphead (Game)
• Gorogoa (Game)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Game)
• NieR:Automata (Game)
• Superhot VR (Game)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Game)
• What Remains of Edith Finch (Game)
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