ゲーム開発者たちの祭典、GDC(ゲームデベロッパーズ カンファレンス)2016にて、数あるタイトルの中からゲーム開発者自身が優れたタイトルを選出する「16th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards」が開催された。
最優秀賞となるGame of the Yearに輝いたのは、国内外の一般ゲーマーからの評価も高かった『The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt(ウィッチャー3 ワイルドハント)』で、『MGSV:TPP』や『Fallout 4』といった強豪を下しての勝利となった。
CONTENTS
16th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards
- Best Debut: Moon Studios (Ori and the Blind Forest)
- Best Audio: Crypt of the NecroDancer (Brace Yourself Games)
- Innovation Award: Her Story (Sam Barlow)
- Best Technology: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt RED)
- Best Visual Art: Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios)
- Best Narrative: Her Story (Sam Barlow)
- Best Design: Rocket League (Psyonix)
- Best Handheld/Mobile Game: Her Story (Sam Barlow)
- Audience Award: Life is Strange (DONTNOD Entertainment)
- Game of the Year: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt RED)
- Pioneer Award: Markus "Notch" Persson
- Ambassador Award: Tracy Fullerton
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Todd Howard
GOTY以外で目立つのは、革新的な推理アドヴェンチャー『Her Story』(iTunes / Steam / 解説記事)や、5回も壇上に登った2DドットRPG『Undertale』(Steam)などで、これらもユーザーから非常に高い評価を得ている。
日本勢のゲームも任天堂などがノミネートを果たしたものの、残念ながら受賞には至っていない。すべてのノミネート作品と受賞作品は下記のとおり。
Game of the Year
- Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
- 【受賞】The Witcher 3 (CD Projekt RED / CD Projekt)
- Metal Gear Solid V (Kojima Productions / Konami)
- Bloodborne (FromSoftware / Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Rocket League (Psyonix)
Innovation Award
- 【受賞】Her Story (Sam Barlow)
- Super Mario Maker (Nintendo EAD Group No. 4 / Nintendo)
- UNDERTALE (Toby Fox)
- Splatoon (Nintendo EAD Group No. 2 / Nintendo)
- The Beginner's Guide (Everything Unlimited Ltd.)
Best Debut
- Studio Wildcard (ARK: Survival Evolved)
- Toby Fox(UNDERTALE)
- 【受賞】Moon Studios (Ori and the Blind Forest)
- Moppin (Downwell)
- Steel Crate Games (Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes)
Best Design
- 【受賞】Rocket League (Psyonix)
- Metal Gear Solid V (Kojima Productions / Konami)
- Bloodborne (FromSoftware / Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios/ Bethesda Softworks)
- Splatoon (Nintendo EAD Group No. 2 / Nintendo)
Best Handheld/Mobile Game
- Lara Croft: GO (Square Enix Montreal / Square Enix)
- Fallout Shelter (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
- Downwell (Moppin / Devolver Digital)
- 【受賞】Her Story (Sam Barlow)
- AlphaBear (Spry Fox)
Best Visual Art
- 【受賞】Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios / Microsoft Studios)
- The Witcher 3 (CD Projekt RED / CD Projekt)
- Star Wars Battlefront (DICE / Electronic Arts)
- Bloodborne (FromSoftware / Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Splatoon (Nintendo EAD Group No. 2 / Nintendo)
Best Narrative
- 【受賞】Her Story (Sam Barlow)
- The Witcher 3 (CD Projekt RED / CD Projekt)
- Life is Strange (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
- UNDERTALE (Toby Fox)
- The Beginner's Guide (Everything Unlimited Ltd.)
Best Audio
- Star Wars Battlefront (DICE / Electronic Arts)
- Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios / Microsoft Studios)
- Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (The Chinese Room / Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Metal Gear Solid V (Kojima Productions / Konami)
- 【受賞】Crypt of the NecroDancer (Brace Yourself Games)
Best Technology
- Metal Gear Solid V (Kojima Productions / Konami)
- 【受賞】The Witcher 3 (CD Projekt RED / CD Projekt)
- Star Wars Battlefront (DICE / Electronic Arts)
- Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
- Just Cause 3 (Avalanche Studios / Square Enix)
Audience Award
- 【受賞】Life Is Strange
2016 Independent Games Festival
Seumas McNally Grand Prize
- Darkest Dungeon
- 【受賞】Her Story
- Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
- Mini Metro
- SUPERHOT
- UNDERTALE
Excellence in Visual Art
- Armello
- Darkest Dungeon
- GNOG
- Mini Metro
- 【受賞】OXENFREE
- PANORAMICAL
Excellence in Design
- Her Story
- Infinifactory
- 【受賞】Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
- Kingdom
- Mini Metro
- SUPERHOT
Excellence in Audio
- Darkest Dungeon
- Lumini
- 【受賞】Mini Metro
- PANORAMICAL
- That Dragon, Cancer
- UNDERTALE
Excellence in Narrative
- Black Closet
- 【受賞】Her Story
- That Dragon, Cancer
- The Beginner's Guide
- The Magic Circle
- UNDERTALE
Nuovo Award
- 【受賞】Cibele
- Fantastic Contraption
- Her Story
- Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
- orchids to dusk
- PANORAMICAL
- Progress
- The Beginner's Guide
Best Student Game
- Ape Out
- 【受賞】Beglitched
- Chambara
- Circa Infinity
- orchids to dusk
- Pitfall Planet
Audience Award
- 【受賞】UNDERTALE
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Source: GDC
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