GDC Awards 2017: 'Overwatch' Wins Game Of The Year

Overwatch took home the top prize at this year's Game Developers Choice Awards, getting named 2016's Game of the Year. The 2017 Independent Games Festival has also announced the winners for the year, with Quadrilateral Cowboy taking the Seamus McNally Grand Prize. The full list of GDC Award winners can be found below.

GDC Award Winners

Interestingly enough, no one game had the most awards this year. Three games, Firewatch, Overwatch and Inside, tied with two awards apiece, with other games such as Uncharted 4 walking away with a prize as well. The winners are as follows:

Best Debut: Firewatch - Campo Santo

Best Audio: Inside - Playdead

Innovation Award: No Man’s Sky - Hello Games

Best Technology: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End - Naughty Dog

Best VR/AR: Job Simulator - Owlchemy Labs

Best Visual Art: Inside - Playdead

Best Narrative: Firewatch - Camp Santo

Best Design: Overwatch - Blizzard Entertainment

Best Mobile/Handheld Game: Pokémon Go - Niantic

Audience Award: Battlefield 1 - EA/DICE

Game of the Year: Overwatch - Blizzard Entertainment

IGF Award Winners

As for the Independent Games Festival, two games also came out on top: Hyper Light Drifter and Quadrilateral Cowboy. Both games scored two awards, with every other winner being a unique entry. The IGF Award winners are as follows:

Best Student Game: Un Pas Fragile

Excellence in Visual Art: Hyper Light Drifter

Excellence in Audio: Gonner

Alt.Ctrl.GDC Award: Fear Sphere

Nuovo Award: Oikospiel Book I

Excellence in Design: Quadrilateral Cowboy

Excellence in Narrative: Ladykiller in a Bind

Audience Award: Hyper Light Drifter

Seumas McNally Grand Prize: Quadrilateral Cowboy

So what do you think? Are you excited to see Overwatch take home another Game of the Year award? Do you disagree with any of the winners from either awards show? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.