Game Developers Choice Awards 2022

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The 22nd annual Game Developers Choice Awards celebrate the best games of 2021.

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The twenty-second annual Choice Awards were held on March 23, 2022 during the Game Developers Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco (Location), California (Location). The event was hosted by Osama Dorias (Person).

Personal Awards

Ambassador Award

Presented by Alanah Pearce (Person)

• Steven Spohn

Lifetime Achievement Award

Presented by Greg Kasavin (Person)

• Yuji Horii (Person)

Game of the Year

===Inscryption (Game)=== Developer: Daniel Mullins Games (Company) Publisher: Devolver Digital (Company) Runners-Up Deathloop (Game) (Arkane Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)) Forza Horizon 5 (Game) (Playground Games (Company) / Xbox Game Studios (Company)) It Takes Two (Game) (Hazelight (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)) Resident Evil Village (Game) (Capcom (Company)) Honorable Mentions Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Greg Lobanov (Company) / Finji (Company)) Death's Door (Acid Nerve (Company) / Devolver Digital) Halo Infinite (Game) (343 Industries / Xbox Game Studios) Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos-Montréal / Square Enix (Company)) Psychonauts 2 (Game) (Double Fine Productions / Xbox Game Studios)||

Best Audio

===Unpacking (Game)=== Developer: Witch Beam (Company) Publisher: Humble Games (Company) Runners-Up Deathloop (Game) (Arkane Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)) Forza Horizon 5 (Game) (Playground Games (Company) / Xbox Game Studios (Company)) Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos-Montréal / Square Enix (Company)) Returnal (Game) (Housemarque (Company) / SIEA) Honorable Mentions Genesis Noir (Game) (Feral Cat Den (Company) / Fellow Traveller (Company)) Halo Infinite (Game) (343 Industries / Xbox Game Studios (Company)) It Takes Two (Game) (Hazelight (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)) Kid A Mnesia: Exhibition (Arbitrarily Good Productions & [namethemachine] / Epic Games (Company)) Resident Evil Village (Game) (Capcom (Company))||

Best Debut

===Valheim (Game)=== Developer: Iron Gate Studios (Company) Publisher: Coffee Stain Studios (Company) Runners-Up The Artful Escape (Game) (Beethoven andamp;amp;amp;amp; Dinosaur / Annapurna Interactive (Company)) Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab (Company)) Sable (Game) (Shedworks (Company) / Raw Fury (Company)) Wildermyth (Game) (Worldwalker Games / WhisperGames (Company)) Honorable Mentions ElecHead (Game) (Tsuyomi (Company) / NamaTakahashi (Company)) Genesis Noir (Game) (Feral Cat Den (Company) / Fellow Traveller (Company)) Unsighted (Game) (Studio Pixel Punk (Company) / Humble Games (Company))||

Best Design

===It Takes Two (Game)=== Developer: Hazelight (Company) Publisher: Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up Deathloop (Game) (Arkane Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)) Halo Infinite (Game) (343 Industries / Xbox Game Studios (Company)) Inscryption (Game) (Daniel Mullins Games (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company)) Psychonauts 2 (Game) (Double Fine Productions / Xbox Game Studios) Honorable Mentions Death's Door (Acid Nerve (Company) / Devolver Digital) Loop Hero (Game) (Four Quarters (Company) / Devolver Digital) Resident Evil Village (Game) (Capcom (Company)) Unpacking (Game) (Witch Beam (Company) / Humble Games (Company))||

Innovation Award

===Unpacking (Game)=== Developer: Witch Beam (Company) Publisher: Humble Games (Company) Runners-Up Deathloop (Game) (Arkane Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)) Inscryption (Game) (Daniel Mullins Games (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company)) It Takes Two (Game) (Hazelight (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)) Wildermyth (Game) (Worldwalker Games / WhisperGames (Company)) Honorable Mentions Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Greg Lobanov (Company) / Finji (Company)) Loop Hero (Game) (Four Quarters (Company) / Devolver Digital) Returnal (Game) (Housemarque (Company) / SIEA)||

Best Narrative

===Psychonauts 2 (Game)=== Developer: Double Fine Productions Publisher: Xbox Game Studios (Company) Runners-Up Deathloop (Game) (Arkane Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)) It Takes Two (Game) (Hazelight (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)) Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos-Montréal / Square Enix (Company)) Unpacking (Game) (Witch Beam (Company) / Humble Games (Company)) Honorable Mentions The Forgotten City (Game) (Modern Storyteller (Company) / Dear Villagers (Company)) Inscryption (Game) (Daniel Mullins Games (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company)) Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab (Company)) Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine Games (Company) / Square Enix) Wildermyth (Game) (Worldwalker Games / WhisperGames (Company))||

Social Impact Award

===Boyfriend Dungeon (Game)=== Developer: Kitfox Games (Company) Publisher: Kitfox Games Runners-Up Before Your Eyes (Game) (GoodbyeWorld Games (Company) / Skybound Games (Company)) Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Greg Lobanov (Company) / Finji (Company)) It Takes Two (Game) (Hazelight (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)) Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine Games (Company) / Square Enix (Company)) Honorable Mentions Forza Horizon 5 (Game) (Playground Games (Company) / Xbox Game Studios (Company))||

Best Technology

===Ratchet andamp;amp;amp; Clank: Rift Apart=== Developer: Insomniac Games (Company) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Forza Horizon 5 (Game) (Playground Games (Company) / Xbox Game Studios (Company)) Halo Infinite (Game) (343 Industries / Xbox Game Studios) Hitman 3 (Game) (IO Interactive (Company)) Returnal (Game) (Housemarque (Company) / SIEA) Honorable Mentions Battlefield 2042 (Game) (DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)) Resident Evil Village (Game) (Capcom (Company))||

Best Visual Art

===Ratchet andamp;amp;amp; Clank: Rift Apart=== Developer: Insomniac Games (Location) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Deathloop (Game) (Arkane Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)) Forza Horizon 5 (Game) (Playground Games (Company) / Xbox Game Studios (Company)) Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab (Company)) Psychonauts 2 (Game) (Double Fine Productions / Xbox Game Studios) Honorable Mentions The Artful Escape (Game) (Beethoven andamp;amp;amp;amp; Dinosaur / Annapurna Interactive (Company)) Genesis Noir (Game) (Feral Cat Den (Company) / Fellow Traveller (Company) Resident Evil Village (Game) (Capcom (Company)) Returnal (Game) (Housemarque (Company) / SIEA) Sable (Game) (Shedworks (Company) / Raw Fury (Company))||

Audience Award

Valheim (Game)

• Developer: Iron Gate Studios (Company)
• Publisher: Coffee Stain Studios (Company)

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• Boyfriend Dungeon (Game)
• Inscryption (Game)
• It Takes Two (Game)
• Psychonauts 2 (Game)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Game)
• Unpacking (Game)
• Valheim (Game)

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Game Developers Choice Awards 2022

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GDC Awards 2022

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• Boyfriend Dungeon (Game)
• Inscryption (Game)
• It Takes Two (Game)
• Psychonauts 2 (Game)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Game)
• Unpacking (Game)
• Valheim (Game)
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