20th Game Developers Choice Awards
20th Game Developers Choice Awards | |
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Date | March 18, 2020 |
Venue | Online |
Hosted by | Kim Swift |
Highlights | |
Most awards | Control (3) |
Most nominations | Death Stranding (7) |
Ambassador Award | Kate Edwards |
Pioneer Award | Roberta Williams |
Game of the Year | Untitled Goose Game |
The 20th Game Developers Choice Awards was an annual awards ceremony by
Kate Edwards, former head of the International Game Developers Association and current head of the Global Game Jam, will receive the Ambassador Award for her past and current work in the industry.[3]
Following from a similar event with The Game Awards 2019, Geoff Keighley worked with several of the games featured in the Awards as well as other indie developers to present forty game demos to be available from March 18 to March 23 through Steam as part of the Steam Game Festival - Spring Edition. Keighley planned to offer further events throughout the year to tie to other award shows and game conferences.[4] In addition to games that were featured as part of the GDC and IGF, the Steam Game Festival also featured demos from other GDC-sponsored events that had been affected by the pandemic such as the Indie Megabooth and the Day of the Devs.[5]
Winners and Nominees
Nominees were announced on January 8, 2020,[3] and winners (in bold below) named on March 18, 2020.[6]
Game of the Year
- Untitled Goose Game (House House/Panic)
Best Audio
Best Debut Developer
- ZA/UM (Disco Elysium)
- Mobius Digital (Outer Wilds)
- William Chyr Studios(Manifold Garden)
- Foam Sword Games (Knights and Bikes)
- Chance Agency (Neo Cab)
Best Design
- Baba Is You (Hempuli)
- Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive)
- Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision)
- Untitled Goose Game (House House/Panic)
Best Mobile Game
- What the Golf? (Triband Productions/The Label Limited)
Innovation Award
- Baba Is You (Hempuli)
- Untitled Goose Game (House House/Panic)
- Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
- Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive)
Best Narrative
- Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
Best Technology
Best Visual Art
Best VR/AR Game
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- Blood & Truth (SCEE Studio London/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Oculus Studios)
- Boneworks (Stress Level Zero)
- Pistol Whip(Cloudhead Games)
Audience Award
Pioneer Award
Ambassador Award
In Memorandum
The ceremony honored the following individuals that died over the prior year:
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References
- Venture Beat. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- Gamasutra. March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- ^ Gamasutra. January 8, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ Bailey, Dustin (March 17, 2020). "Geoff Keighley brings 40 free game demos to Steam amid cancelled trade shows". PCGamesN. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ Statt, Nick (March 18, 2020). "Steam's new indie festival lets you try 40 upcoming games for free". The Verge. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- Gamasutra. March 18, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- Gamasutra. February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.