The Independent Games Festival Awards and the Game Developers Choice Awards have just finished, and the winners are in. The Witcher 3 and Her Story won big, but many other games were recognized as well. See the full GDC 2016 Awards winners list below:
IGF Awards Winners
Excellence in Visual Art
OXENFREE – Night School Studio
Excellence in Narrative
Her Story – Sam Barlow
Excellence in Design
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes – Steel Crate Games
Excellence in Audio
Mini Metro – Dinosaur Polo Club
Nuovo Award
Cibele – Star Maid Games
Best Student Game
Beglitched – Jenny Jiao Hsia & Alec Thomson
Seamus McNally Grand Prize
Her Story – Sam Barlow
Audience award
UNDERTALE – Toby Fox
GDC Awards Winners
Best Technology
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt RED
Audience Award
Life is Strange - DONTNOD
Best Audio
Crypt of the NecroDancer - Brace Yourself Games
Best Narrative
Her Story - Sam Barlow
Best Visual Art
Ori and the Blind Forest - Moon Studios
Best Handheld/Mobile Game
Her Story - Sam Barlow
Best Design
Rocket League - Psyonix
Best Debut
Moon Studios for Ori and the Blind Forest
Innovation Award
Her Story - Sam Barlow
Game of the Year
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt RED
Ambassador Award
Tracy Fullerton
Pioneer Award
Markus Persson
Lifetime Achievement Award
Todd Howard
So what do you think? Do you agree with the winners of the awards show? What was your best game of 2015? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
