The organizers of the Game Developers Conference have announced the nominees for the 2017 Game Developers Choice Awards, which will be held on March 1 at 9:30 (Eastern Time). Playdead’s Inside tallied six nominations, including “Game of the Year,” “Best Narrative,” “Best Design,” “Best Visual Art,” “Best Audio,” and the “Innovation Award.”
Competing with Inside for “Game of the Year” honors this year is Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, Blizzard’s Overwatch, Arkane’s Dishonored 2, and Campo Santo’s Firewatch.
Double Fine’s Tim Schafer will host the GDC Awards this year for the sixth time. He previously hosted the ceremony in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015.
The full list of nominees, and a huge number of Honorable Mentions, can be found after the break.
Game of the Year
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Inside (Playdead)
- Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
- Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
Honorable Mentions
Doom (id Software / Bethesda Softworks), The Witness (Thekla), Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), The Last Guardian (Sony Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)Innovation Award
- The Witness (Thekla)
- Inside (Playdead)
- No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
- Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
- Pokemon Go (Niantic)
Honorable Mentions
That Dragon, Cancer (Numinous Games), The Last Guardian (Sony Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Superhot (Superhot Team), Thumper (Drool), Quadrilateral Cowboy (Blendo Games)Best Debut
- Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine)
- Firewatch (Campo Santo)
- Stardew Valley (ConcernedApe)
- Thumper (Drool)
- Oxenfree (Night School Studio)
Honorable Mentions
Superhot (Superhot Team), That Dragon, Cancer (Numinous Games), Abzu (Giant Squid Studios), Overcooked (Ghost Town Games), 1979 Revolution: Black Friday (iNK Stories)Best Design
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
- The Witness (Thekla)
- Inside (Playdead)
- Doom (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
Honorable Mentions
Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts), Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Dark Souls III (From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment), Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic), Hitman (IO Interactive / Square Enix)Best Mobile/Handheld Game
- Super Mario Run (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Clash Royale (Supercell)
- Pokemon Go (Niantic)
- Reigns (Nerial / Devolver Digital)
- Pokemon Sun/Moon (Game Freak / The Pokemon Company)
Honorable Mentions
Mini Metro (Dinosaur Polo Club), Severed (DrinkBox Studios), Deus Ex Go (Square Enix Montreal / Square Enix), Fire Emblem Fates (Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD / Nintendo), Imbroglio (Michael Brough), Swap Sword (AP Thomson and Diego Garcia)Best VR/AR Game
- Rez Infinite (Monstars / Enhance Games)
- Superhot VR (Superhot Team)
- Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives (Owlchemy Labs)
- Pokemon Go (Niantic)
- Fantastic Contraption (Radial Games / Northway Games)
Honorable Mentions
Thumper (Drool), SuperHyperCube (Kokoromi / Polytron Corporation), Batman Arkham VR (Rocksteady Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment), Space Pirate Trainer (I-Illusions), The Lab (Valve)Best Visual Art
- Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
- The Last Guardian (Sony Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Inside (Playdead)
Honorable Mentions
The Witness (Thekla), Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), Abzu (Giant Squid Studios), Thumper (Drool), Doom (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)Best Narrative
- The Last Guardian (Sony Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Oxenfree (Night School Studio)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Inside (Playdead)
- Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
Honorable Mentions
That Dragon, Cancer (Numinous Games), Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks), The Witcher 3: Blood & Wine (CD Projekt RED / CD Projekt), Kentucky Route Zero: Act IV (Cardboard Computer), Mafia III (Hangar 13 / 2K Games)Best Audio
- Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts)
- Thumper (Drool)
- Doom (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
- Inside (Playdead)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
Honorable Mentions
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Rez Infinite (Monstars / Enhance Games), Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine), Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic), Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks), The Last Guardian (Sony Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)Best Technology
- Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts)
- No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Doom (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Honorable Mentions
Inside (Playdead), Pokemon Go (Niantic), The Last Guardian (Sony Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks), The Witness (Thekla)
