U San Franciscu je jučer održana 15. godišnja Game Developers Choice dodjela nagrada te su proglašeni pobjednici u raznim kategorijama. Uz ove nagrade, podijeljene su i nagrade za neovisne izdavače na Independent Games Festivalu.
Igrom godine je proglašena Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor dok je nagradu najbolje igre od nezavisnog izdavača proglašena Out of Wilds.
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Osvajači Game Developers Choice nagrada
Igra godine:
• Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
• Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
• Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard)
• Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
Posebno priznanje: Titanfall (Respawn/Electronic Arts) Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft), Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft), Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare/Electronic Arts), Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Sora Ltd. and BANDAI NAMCO/Nintendo)
Nagrada za inovaciju:
• Monument Valley (Ustwo)
• Bounden (Game Oven)
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
• This War of Mine (11 bit studios)
• The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)
Posebno priznanje: Crypt of the Necrodancer (Brace Yourself Games), Extrasolar (Lazy 8 Studios), Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments), Elegy For A Dead World (Dejobaan Games), 80 Days (Inkle Studios)
Najbolji debitant:
• Stoic Studio (The Banner Saga)
• Yacht Club Games (Shovel Knight)
• Respawn Entertainment (Titanfall)
• The Astronauts (The Vanishing of Ethan Carter)
• Upper One Games (Never Alone)
Posebno priznanje: Dynamighty (CounterSpy), Hinterland Games (The Long Dark), 1337 & Senri (Leo’s Fortune), MachineGames (Wolfenstein: The New Order), Hipster Whale (Crossy Road)
Najbolji dizajn:
• Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard)
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
• Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games)
• Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare/Electronic Arts)
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo EAD Tokyo and 1-Up Studio/Nintendo)
Posebno priznanje: Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo), Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega), Destiny (Bungie/Activision), Monument Valley (Ustwo), Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
Najbolja handheld/mobilna igra:
• Monument Valley (Ustwo)
• Threes! (Sirvo)
• Super Smash Bros. 3DS (Sora Ltd. and BANDAI NAMCO/Nintendo)
• Hearthstone (Blizzard)
• 80 Days (Inkle Studios)
Posebno priznanje: Bounden (Game Oven), Bravely Default (Silicon Studio and Square Enix/Nintendo and Square Enix), Desert Golfing (Blinkbat Games), Velocity 2X (FuturLab), Fantasy Life (Level-5/Nintendo)
Najbolja vizualna umjetnost:
• Monument Valley (Ustwo)
• Hohokum (Honeyslug and Sony Santa Monica/Sony)
• Child of Light (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
• Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
• Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
Posebno priznanje: Never Alone (Upper One Games/E-Line Media), The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts), Transistor (Supergiant Games), Broken Age: Act 1 (Double Fine Productions), Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
Najbolja naracija:
• Kentucky Route Zero: Episode 3 (Cardboard Computer)
• 80 Days (Inkle Studios)
• This War of Mine (11 bit studios)
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
• The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)
Posebno priznanje: Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare/Electronic Arts), Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft),Tales From The Borderlands: Episode 1 (Gearbox Software/Telltale Games), D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die (Access Games/Microsoft), Hatoful Boyfriend (Mediatonic/Devolver Digital)
Najbolji zvuk:
• Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
• Hohokum (Honeyslug/Sony)
• Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
• Transistor (Supergiant Games)
• The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)
Posebno priznanje: Child of Light (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft), Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft), D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die (Access Games/Microsoft), Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo), Crypt of the Necrodancer (Brace Yourself Games)
Najbolja tehnologija:
• Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
• Wolfenstein: The New Order (MachineGames/Bethesda)
• Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments)
• Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
Posebno priznanje: Assassin’s Creed Unity (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft), The Last of Us: Remastered (Naughty Dog/Sony), Sunset Overdrive (Insomniac Games/Microsoft), Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega), Infamous: Second Son (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony)
Pobjednici 2015 Independent Games Festivala
Izvrsnost u umjetnosti:
• Metamorphabet (Patrick Smith)
• Lumino City (State of Play Games)
• Else Heart.Break (Niklas Åkerblad, Erik Svedäng, et al.)
• Memory of a Broken Dimension (XRA)
• Donut County (Ben Esposito)
• Oquonie (XXIIVV and Kokorobot)
Posebno priznanje: Crawl (Powerhoof); Future Unfolding (Spaces of Play); Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine); Mini Metro (Dinosaur Polo Club); The Sailor’s Dream (Simogo); The Vanishing of Ethan Carter(The Astronauts)
Izvrsnost u naraciji:
• 80 Days (inkle Studios)
• Coming Out Simulator 2014 (Nicky Case)
• Ice-Bound: A Novel of Reconfiguration (Down to the Wire)
• Pry (Tender Claws)
• This War of Mine (11 Bit Studios)
• Three Fourths Home ([Bracket]Games)
Posebno priznanje: Curtain (Llaura, Dreamfeeel); Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) (Upper One Games/E-Line Media); Outer Wilds (Team Outer Wilds); The Fall (Over The Moon); The Sailor’s Dream (Simogo); The Talos Principle (Croteam)
Izvrsnost u dizajnu:
• Outer Wilds (Team Outer Wilds)
• 80 Days (inkle Studios)
• Framed (Loveshack)
• Invisible Inc. (Klei Entertainment)
• Killer Queen (Joshua DeBonis & Nikita Mikros)
• The Talos Principle (Croteam)
Posebno priznanje: Desert Golfing (Captain Games); Dungeon of the Endless (Amplitude Studios); Endless Legend (Amplitude Studios); Helix (Michael Brough); Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (Steel Crate Games); Mini Metro (Dinosaur Polo Club)
Izvrsnost u zvuku:
• Ephemerid: A Musical Adventure (SuperChop Games)
• Phonopath (Kevin Regamey)
• Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games)
• The Sailor’s Dream (Simogo Games)
• The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)
• Thumper (Drool)
Posebno priznanje: Deep Under the Sky (Rich Edwards and Colin Northway); Fotonica (Santa Ragione); Goat Simulator (Coffee Stain Studios); Hotline Miami 2 (Dennaton); Nuclear Throne (Vlambeer); Smash Hit (Mediocre)
Nuovo nagrada:
• Tetrageddon Games (Nathalie Lawhead)
• Become A Great Artist In Just 10 Seconds (Michael Brough and Andi McClure)
• Bounden (Game Oven)
• Desert Golfing (Captain Games)
• Elegy For A Dead World (Dejobaan Games & Popcannibal)
• How Do You Do It? (Nina Freeman, Emmett Butler, Jonathan Kittaka and Deckman Coss)
• Plug & Play (Mario von Rickenbach and Michael Frei / Etter Studio)
• Rooftop Cop (Stephen Lawrence Clark)
Posebno priznanje: Curtain (Llaura, Dreamfeeel); Ice-Bound: A Novel of Reconfiguration (Down to the Wire); International Jetpack Conference (Rob Dubbin and Allison Parrish); Outer Wilds (Team Outer Wiilds); Phonopath (Kevin Regamery); Push Me Pull You (House House)
Seumas McNally Grand Prize:
• Outer Wilds (Team Outer Wilds)
• 80 Days (Inkle Studios)
• Invisible Inc. (Klei Entertainment)
• The Talos Principle (Croteam)
• Metamorphabet (Patrick Smith)
• This War of Mine (11 Bit Studios)
Posebno priznanje: Donut County (Ben Esposito); Endless Legend (Amplitude Studios); Killer Queen (Joshua DeBonis & Nikita Mikros); Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games); The Sailor’s Dream (Simogo Games); The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)