Os organizadores do evento Game Developers Conference (GDC) anunciaram os indicados à 17ª edição anual do Game Developers Choice Awards, a cerimônia nobre de reconhecimento de pares celebrando os melhores jogos, estúdios e desenvolvedores da indústria.

Tim Schafer, fundador da Double Fine Productions, retornará como o apresentador da cerimônia de prêmios pela sexta vez, tendo apresentado o Choice Awards em 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 e 2015.

Veja as categorias e os indicados:

MELHOR ÁUDIO

1. Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts)
2. Thumper (Drool)
3. DOOM (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
4. Inside (Playdead)
5. Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)

Menções Honrosas: 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 (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)

MELHOR ESTRÉIA

1. Heart Machine (Hyper Light Drifter)
2. Campo Santo (Firewatch)
3. ConcernedApe (Stardew Valley)
4. Drool (Thumper)
5. Night School Studio (Oxenfree)

Menções Honrosas: SUPERHOT Team (SUPERHOT), Numinous Games (That Dragon, Cancer), Giant Squid Studios (Abzu), Ghost Town Games (Overcooked), iNK Stories (1979 Revolution: Black Friday)

MELHOR DESIGN

1. Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
2. Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
3. The Witness (Thekla)
4. Inside (Playdead)
5. DOOM (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)

Menções Honrosas: 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)

MELHOR JOGO MOBILE/PORTÁTIL

1. Super Mario Run (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
2. Clash Royale (Supercell)
3. Pokémon Go (Niantic)
4. Reigns (Nerial / Devolver Digital)
5. Pokémon Sun/Moon (Game Freak / The Pokémon Company)

Menções Honrosas: 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)

INOVAÇÃO

1. The Witness (Thekla)
2. Inside (Playdead)
3. No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
4. Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
5. Pokemon Go (Niantic)

Menções Honrosas: That Dragon, Cancer (Numinous Games), The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), SUPERHOT (SUPERHOT Team), Thumper (Drool), Quadrilateral Cowboy (Blendo Games)

MELHOR NARRATIVA

1. The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
2. Oxenfree (Night School Studio)
3. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
4. Inside (Playdead)
5. Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)

Menções Honrosas: 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)

MELHOR TECNOLOGIA

1. Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts)
2. No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
3. Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
4. DOOM (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
5. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Menções Honrosas: Inside (Playdead), Pokemon Go (Niantic), The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks), The Witness (Thekla)

MELHOR ARTE VISUAL

1. Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic
2. The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
3. Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
4. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
5. Inside (Playdead)

Menções Honrosas: The Witness (Thekla), Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), Abzu (Giant Squid Studios), Thumper (Drool), DOOM (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)

MELHOR JOGO DE REALIDADE VIRTUAL/AUMENTADA

1. Rez Infinite (Monstars / Enhance Games)
2. Superhot VR (SUPERHOT Team)
3. Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives (Owlchemy Labs)
4. Pokémon Go (Niantic)
5. Fantastic Contraption (Radial Games / Northway Games)

Menções Honrosas: Thumper (Drool), Superhypercube (Kokoromi / Polytron Corporation), Batman Arkham VR (Rocksteady Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment), Space Pirate Trainer (I-Illusions), The Lab (Valve)

JOGO DO ANO (GOTY)

1. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
2. Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
3. Inside (Playdead)
4. Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
5. Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)

Menções Honrosas: DOOM (id Software / Bethesda Softworks), The Witness (Thekla), Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)

Cada ano, a Game Developers Choice Awards também reconhecem três indivíduos com as três categorias de Special Awards: Pioneiro, Embaixador e Lifetime Achievement. Os recipientes dessas premiações especiais vão ser anunciados em um futuro próximo. A categoria The Audience Award, que será livre para todos os finalistas do Choice Award, será aberta para voto online no fim de Janeiro.