Game Developers Choice Awards 2017

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The 2017 Game Developers Choice Awards celebrate the best games of 2016.

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The seventeenth annual Choice Awards were held on March 1, 2017 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California during the Game Developers Conference. The host for the 2017 GDC Awards was once again Tim Schafer (Person).

Personal Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

Presented by: John Carmack (Person)

• Tim Sweeney (Person)

Pioneer Award

Presented by: Will Wright (Person)

• Jordan Mechner (Person)

Ambassador Award

Presented by: Robin Hunicke (Person) & Chris Melissinos

• Mark DeLoura (Person)

Game of the Year

Overwatch (Game) Developer/Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment (Company) Runners-Up Dishonored 2 (Game) - Arkane Studios SA / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Firewatch (Game) - Campo Santo (Company) / Panic (Company) Inside - Playdead (Company) Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Naughty Dog / SIEA Honorable Mentions Battlefield 1 (Game) - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Doom - id Software (Company) / Bethesda Softworks The Last Guardian (Game) - SIE Japan Studio (Company) / SIEA Titanfall 2 (Game) - Respawn Entertainment (Company) / Electronic Arts The Witness - Thekla|| http://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/ignore_jpg_scale_small/17/174271/2805850-5992486745-latest

Innovation Award

===No Man's Sky=== Developer/Publisher: Hello Games (Company) Runners-Up Firewatch (Game) - Campo Santo (Company) / Panic (Company) Inside - Playdead (Company) Pokémon Go - Niantic Labs The Witness - Thekla Honorable Mentions The Last Guardian (Game) - SIE Japan Studio (Company) / SIEA Quadrilateral Cowboy (Game) - Blendo Games (Company) Superhot (Game) - SUPERHOT Team (Company) That Dragon, Cancer - Numinous Games (Company) Thumper (Game) - Drool (Company)||

Best Debut

===Campo Santo (Company) for Firewatch (Game)=== Runners-Up ConcernedApe (Company) for Stardew Valley (Game) Drool (Company) for Thumper (Game) Heart Machine (Company) for Hyper Light Drifter (Game) Night School Studio (Company) for Oxenfree (Game) Honorable Mentions Ghost Town Games (Company) for Overcooked! Giant Squid (Company) for Abzû iNK stories (Company) for 1979 Revolution: Black Friday Numinous Games (Company) for That Dragon, Cancer SUPERHOT Team (Company) for Superhot (Game)||

Best Design

Overwatch (Game) Developer/Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment (Company) Runners-Up Dishonored 2 (Game) - Arkane Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Doom - id Software (Company) / Bethesda Softworks Inside - Playdead (Company) The Witness - Thekla Honorable Mentions Dark Souls III (Game) - FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment (Company) Firewatch (Game) - Campo Santo (Company) / Panic (Company) Hitman (Game) - IO Interactive (Company) / Square Enix (Company) Titanfall 2 (Game) - Respawn Entertainment (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Naughty Dog / SIEA|| http://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/ignore_jpg_scale_small/17/174271/2805850-5992486745-latest

Best Mobile/Handheld Game

Pokémon Go Developer/Publisher: Niantic Labs Runners-Up Clash Royale (Game) - Supercell (Company) Pokémon Sun/Moon - Game Freak / The Pokémon Company Reigns (Game) - Nerial (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company) Super Mario Run (Game) - Nintendo EPD (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Honorable Mentions Deus Ex Go (Game) - Square Enix Montreal / Square Enix (Company) Fire Emblem Fates (Game) - Intelligent Systems (Company) / Nintendo Imbroglio (Game) - Michael Brough (Person) Mini Metro (Game) - Dinosaur Polo Club (Company) Severed (Game) - DrinkBox Studios (Company) Swap Sword - AP Thomson & Diego Garcia||

Best Visual Art

Inside Developer/Publisher: Playdead (Company) Runners-Up Firewatch (Game) - Campo Santo (Company) / Panic (Company) The Last Guardian (Game) - SIE Japan Studio (Company) / SIEA Overwatch (Game) - Blizzard Entertainment (Company) Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Naughty Dog / SIEA Honorable Mentions Abzû - Giant Squid (Company) Battlefield 1 (Game) - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Doom - id Software (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Thumper (Game) - Drool (Company) The Witness - Thekla||

Best Narrative

Firewatch (Game) Developer: Campo Santo (Company) Publisher: Panic (Company) Runners-Up Inside - Playdead (Company) The Last Guardian (Game) - SIE Japan Studio (Company) / SIEA Oxenfree (Game) - Night School Studio (Company) Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Naughty Dog / SIEA Honorable Mentions Dishonored 2 (Game) - Arkane Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Kentucky Route Zero: Act IV - Cardboard Computer (Company) Mafia III (Game) - Hangar 13 (Company) / 2K Games (Company) That Dragon, Cancer - Numinous Games (Company) The Witcher 3: Blood andamp;amp;amp;amp; Wine - CD Projekt RED / CD Projekt||

Best Audio

===Inside=== Developer/Publisher: Playdead (Company) Runners-Up Battlefield 1 (Game) - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Doom - id Software (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Overwatch (Game) - Blizzard Entertainment (Company) Thumper (Game) - Drool (Company) Honorable Mentions Dishonored 2 (Game) - Arkane Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks Firewatch (Game) - Campo Santo (Company) Hyper Light Drifter (Game) - Heart Machine (Company) The Last Guardian (Game) - SIE Japan Studio (Company) / SIEA Rez Infinite (Game) - Enhance Games Titanfall 2 (Game) - Respawn Entertainment (Company) / Electronic Arts Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Naughty Dog / SIEA||

Best Technology

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Runners-Up Battlefield 1 (Game) - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Doom - id Software (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) No Man's Sky - Hello Games (Company) Overwatch (Game) - Blizzard Entertainment (Company) Honorable Mentions Dishonored 2 (Game) - Arkane Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks Inside - Playdead (Company) The Last Guardian (Game) - SIE Japan Studio (Company) Pokémon Go - Niantic Labs The Witness - Thekla||

Best VR / AR Game

Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives Developer/Publisher: Owlchemy Labs (Company) Runners-Up Fantastic Contraption (Game) - Radial Games (Company) / Northway Games (Company) Pokémon Go - Niantic Labs Rez Infinite (Game) - Enhance Games Superhot VR (Game) - SUPERHOT Team (Company) Honorable Mentions Batman: Arkham VR - Rocksteady Studios / WB Games (Company) The Lab (Game) - Valve Corporation (Company) Space Pirate Trainer (Game) - I-Illusions SuperHyperCube (Game) - Kokoromi (Company) / Polytron (Company) Thumper (Game) - Drool (Company)||

Audience Award

Battlefield 1 (Game)

• Developer: DICE (Company)
• Publisher: Electronic Arts (Company)

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• Battlefield 1 (Game)
• Firewatch (Game)
• Inside (Game)
• Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives (Game)
• No Man's Sky (Game)
• Overwatch (Game)
• Pokémon Go (Game)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Game)

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Game Developers Choice Awards 2017

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GDC Awards 2017

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• Battlefield 1 (Game)
• Firewatch (Game)
• Inside (Game)
• Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives (Game)
• No Man's Sky (Game)
• Overwatch (Game)
• Pokémon Go (Game)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Game)
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• Has locations: California (Location), San Francisco (Location)

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• Has related concepts: D.I.C.E. Awards 2017 (Concept), Game Developers Choice Awards (Concept), Game Developers Conference (Concept)