Control and Outer Wilds have the second most
Just like The Game Awards a month ago, Hideo Kojima’sDeath Strandingwill have the most chances to stack precious cargo on its back at the GDC Awards in March. At The Game Awards, it took homethree of the nine awardsit was nominated for. Will it fare better at a show voted on by industry creators?
Yesterday, we learned about theIndependent Games Festival finalists, the first half of the awards show that eventually leads into the GDC Awards. Now we have the nominees for the hardware that will go to the biggest names in games.Death Strandinghas seven nominations, including Game of the Year, Best Design, and Best Narrative. There are only 10 categories andDeath Strandingis present in 70 percent of them. It’s only omitted from Best Debut, Best Mobile Game, and Best VR/AR Game — three categories it’s unqualified to run for.
Trailing Kojima’s newest areControlandThe Outer Wilds, each represented in five categories. All three help make up Game of the Year, which is comprised of:Control,Death Stranding,The Outer Wilds,Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, andUntitled Goose Game.
Here are all the categories and nominees for the 2020 GDC Awards:
Best Audio:
Honorable Mentions:Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring the Legend of Zelda(Brace Yourself Games/Nintendo),Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order(Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts),Disco Elysium(ZA/UM),Ape Out(Gabe Cuzzillo, Bennett Foddy, Matt Boch/Devolver Digital),Outer Wilds(Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive)
Best Design:
Honorable Mentions:Disco Elysium(ZA/UM),Control(Remedy Entertainment/505 Games),Apex Legends(Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts),The Outer Worlds(Obsidian Entertainment/Private Division),Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order(Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts),Luigi’s Mansion 3(Next Level Games/Nintendo)
Innovation Award:
Honorable Mentions:Control(Remedy Entertainment/505 Games),Hypnospace Outlaw(Tendershoot, ThatWhichIs Media/No More Robots),Kind Words(Popcannibal),Ring Fit Adventure(Nintendo EPD/Nintendo),Wattam(Funomena/Annapurna Interactive)
Best Mobile Game:
Honorable Mentions:Mutazione(Die Gute Fabrik/Akupara Games),Assemble with Care(ustwo),Pilgrims(Amanita Design),Archero(Habby),Card of Darkness(Choice Provisions),Mini Motorways(Dinosaur Polo Club)
Best Narrative:
Honorable Mentions:Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order(Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts),Fire Emblem: Three Houses(Intelligent Systems, Koei Tecmo Games/Nintendo),A Plague Tale: Innocence(Asobo Studio/Focus Home Interactive),Heaven’s Vault(inkle),Mutazione(Die Gute Fabrik/Akupara Games),Telling Lies(Drowning a Mermaid Productions, Furious Bee/Annapurna Interactive)
Best Technology:
Honorable Mentions:Gears 5(The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios),Resident Evil 2(Capcom),Manifold Garden(William Chyr Studios),Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice(FromSoftware/Activision),The Outer Worlds(Obsidian Entertainment/Private Division),Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order(Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts),Outer Wilds(Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive)
Best Visual Art:
Honorable Mentions:Outer Wilds(Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive),Untitled Goose Game(House House/Panic),The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening(Grezzo/Nintendo),Luigi’s Mansion 3(Next Level Games/Nintendo),Void Bastards(Blue Manchu/Humble Bundle)
Best VR/AR Game:
Honorable Mentions:Trover Saves the Universe(Squanch Games),Falcon Age(Outerloop Games),Ghost Giant(Zoink),Vacation Simulator(Owlchemy Labs),Stormland(Insomniac Games/Oculus Studios)
Game of the Year:
Honorable Mentions:Disco Elysium(ZA/UM),The Outer Worlds(Obsidian Entertainment/Private Division),Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order(Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts),Apex Legends(Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts)
