Game Developers Choice Awards 2019

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The 2019 Game Developers Choice Awards celebrate the best games of 2018.

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The nineteenth annual Choice Awards were held on March 20, 2019 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California during the Game Developers Conference and hosted by Tim Schafer (Person).

Personal Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

Presented by: Mark Cerny (Person)

• Amy Hennig (Person)

Pioneer Award

Presented by: Brandon Sheffield (Person)

• Reiko Kodama (Person)

Game of the Year

===God of War=== Developer: SIE Santa Monica Studios Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment America Runners-Up Celeste - Matt Makes Games Marvel's Spider-Man - Insomniac Games (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America Red Dead Redemption II (Game) - Rockstar Games (Company) Return of the Obra Dinn (Game) - Lucas Pope (Company) / 3909 LLC (Company) Honorable Mentions Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Ubisoft Quebec (Company) / Ubisoft Florence (Game) - Mountains (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company) Into the Breach (Game) - Subset Games (Company) Monster Hunter: World - Capcom (Company) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Game) - Bandai Namco & Sora (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Tetris Effect (Game) - Monstars & Resonair (Company) / Enhance (Company)||

Best Audio

===Celeste=== Developer: Matt Makes Games Runners-Up God of War - SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Marvel's Spider-Man - Insomniac Games (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America Red Dead Redemption II (Game) - Rockstar Games (Company) Tetris Effect (Game) - Monstars & Resonair (Company) / Enhance (Company) Honorable Mentions Beat Saber (Game) - Beat Games (Company) Battlefield V (Game) - EA DICE / Electronic Arts (Company) Forza Horizon 4 (Game) - Playground Games (Company) & Turn 10 Studios (Company) / Microsoft Studios Return of the Obra Dinn (Game) - Lucas Pope (Company) / 3909 Wandersong (Game) - Greg Lobanov (Person) / Humble Bundle||

Best Debut

===Mountains (Company) for Florence (Game)=== Runners-Up Nomada Studio (Company) for Gris (Game) Polyarc Games (Company) for Moss (Game) Sabotage (Company) for The Messenger Villa Gorilla (Company) for Yoku's Island Express Honorable Mentions Beat Games (Company) for Beat Saber (Game) Digital Sun (Company) for Moonlighter (Game) Okomotive (Company) for FAR: Lone Sails Two Point Studios (Company) for Two Point Hospital (Game)||

Best Design

===Into the Breach (Game)=== Developer: Subset Games (Company) Nominees Celeste - Matt Makes Games God of War - SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Marvel's Spider-Man - Insomniac Games (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America Red Dead Redemption II (Game) - Rockstar Games (Company) Honorable Mentions Astro Bot Rescue Mission (Game) - SIE Japan Studio (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Frostpunk (Game) - 11 Bit Studios (Company) Minit (Game) - Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman, Jukio Kallio, Dominik Johann / Devolver Digital (Company) Monster Hunter: World - Capcom (Company) Return of the Obra Dinn (Game) - Lucas Pope (Company) / 3909 LLC (Company)||

Best Mobile Game

===Florence (Game)=== Developer: Mountains (Company) Publisher: Annapurna Interactive (Company) Nominees Alto's Odyssey - Snowman (Company) Donut County (Game) - Ben Esposito (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company) Holedown (Game) - Grapefrukt Games (Company) Reigns: Game of Thrones - Nerial (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company) Honorable Mentions Alphabear 2 - Spry Fox (Company) Furistas Cat Cafe - Runaway Pocket Run Pool - Zach Gage (Company) The Room: Old Sins - Fireproof Studios (Company) Twinfold - Kenny Sun (Company)||

Innovation Award

===Nintendo Labo=== Developer: Nintendo EPD (Company) Publisher: Nintendo (Company) Nominees Florence (Game) - Mountains (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company) Red Dead Redemption II (Game) - Rockstar Games (Company) Return of the Obra Dinn (Game) - Lucas Pope (Company) / 3909 LLC (Company) Tetris Effect (Game) - Monstars Inc. & Resonair (Company) / Enhance Games Honorable Mentions Astro Bot Rescue Mission (Game) - SIE Japan Studio (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Celeste - Matt Makes Games God of War - SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America Minit (Game) - Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman, Jukio Kallio, and Dominik Johann / Devolver Digital (Company) Moss (Game) - Polyarc Games (Company) A Way Out (Game) - Hazelight (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)||

Best Narrative

===Return of the Obra Dinn (Game)=== Developer: Lucas Pope (Company) Publisher: 3909 LLC (Company) Nominees Florence (Game) - Mountains (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company) God of War - SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Marvel's Spider-Man - Insomniac Games (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America Red Dead Redemption II (Game) - Rockstar Games (Company) Honorable Mentions Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Ubisoft Quebec (Company) / Ubisoft Celeste - Matt Makes Games Detroit: Become Human - Quantic Dream (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America Life Is Strange 2 (Game) - DONTNOD Entertainment / Square Enix (Company) Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (Game) - Dim Bulb Games (Company) & Serenity Forge (Company) / Good Shepherd Entertainment (Company)||

Best Technology

===Red Dead Redemption II (Game)=== Developer: Rockstar Games (Company) Nominees Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Ubisoft Quebec (Company) / Ubisoft Forza Horizon 4 (Game) - Turn 10 Studios (Company) & Playground Games (Company) / Microsoft Studios God of War - SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Marvel's Spider-Man - Insomniac Games (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America Honorable Mentions Battlefield V (Game) - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Detroit: Become Human - Quantic Dream (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America Far Cry 5 (Game) - Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft Return of the Obra Dinn (Game) - Lucas Pope (Company) / 3909 LLC (Company) Sea of Thieves (Game) - Rare / Microsoft Studios||

Best Visual Art

===Gris (Game)=== Developer: Nomada Studio (Company) Publisher: Devolver Digital (Company) Nominees God of War - SIE Santa Monica Studio (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Marvel's Spider-Man - Insomniac Games (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America Red Dead Redemption II (Game) - Rockstar Games (Company) Return of the Obra Dinn (Game) - Lucas Pope (Company) / 3909 LLC (Company) Honorable Mentions Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Ubisoft Quebec (Company) / Ubisoft Battlefield V (Game) - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Below (Game) - Capy (Company) Dragon Ball FighterZ (Game) - Arc System Works / Bandai Namco Tetris Effect (Game) - Monstars Inc. & Resonair (Company) / Enhance Games|| https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/ignore_jpg_scale_small/13/135472/3041946-7902973577-dwJD0oxW

Best VR / AR Game

===Beat Saber (Game)=== Developer: Beat Games (Company) Nominees Astro Bot Rescue Mission (Game) - SIE Japan Studio (Company) / Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) Budget Cuts (Game) - Neat Corporation (Company) Moss (Game) - Polyarc Games (Company) Tetris Effect (Game) - Monstars Inc. & Resonair (Company) / Enhance Games Honorable Mentions Déraciné - FromSoftware / Sony Interactive Entertainment America Firewall Zero Hour (Game) - First Contact Entertainment (Company) - Sony Interactive Entertainment America In Death (Game) - Solfar Studios (Company) Jurassic World: Alive - Ludia Inc. Tendar - Tendar Claws||

Audience Award

Beat Saber (Game)

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• Beat Saber (Game)
• Celeste (Game)
• Florence (Game)
• God of War (Game)
• Gris (Game)
• Into the Breach (Game)
• Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit (Game)
• Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 02: Robot Kit (Game)
• Red Dead Redemption II (Game)
• Return of the Obra Dinn (Game)

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Game Developers Choice Awards 2019

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GDC Awards 2019

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• Beat Saber (Game)
• Celeste (Game)
• Florence (Game)
• God of War (Game)
• Gris (Game)
• Into the Breach (Game)
• Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit (Game)
• Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 02: Robot Kit (Game)
• Red Dead Redemption II (Game)
• Return of the Obra Dinn (Game)
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