Game Developers Choice Awards 2020

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The 20th annual Game Developers Choice Awards celebrate the best games of 2019.

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The twentieth annual Choice Awards were broadcast on March 18, 2020. Intended to be a presentation at the Moscone Center in San Francisco (Location) during the Game Developers Conference, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus. The recorded presentation was still hosted by Kim Swift (Person).

Personal Awards

Pioneer Award

• Roberta Williams (Person)

Ambassador Award

• Kate Edwards (Person)

Game of the Year

===Untitled Goose Game (Game)=== Developer: House House (Company) Publisher: Panic (Company) Runners-Up Control (Game) (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games (Company)) Death Stranding (Game) (Kojima Productions / SIEA) Outer Wilds (Game) (Mobius Games (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company) Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware / Activision (Company)) Honorable Mentions Apex Legends (Game) (Respawn Entertainment (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)) Disco Elysium (Game) (ZA/UM Studio) The Outer Worlds (Game) (Obsidian Entertainment (Company) / Private Division (Company)) Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts||

Best Audio

===Control (Game)=== Developer: Remedy Entertainment Publisher: 505 Games (Company) Runners-Up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)) Death Stranding (Game) (Kojima Productions / SIEA) Sayonara Wild Hearts (Game) (Simogo (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company)) Untitled Goose Game (Game) (House House (Company) / Panic (Company)) Honorable Mentions Ape Out (Game) (Gabe Cuzzillo (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company)) Cadence of Hyrule – Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda (Brace Yourself Games (Company) / Nintendo (Company)) Disco Elysium (Game) (ZA/UM Studio) Outer Wilds (Game) (Mobius Games (Company) / Annapurna Interactive) Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company))||

Best Debut

===Disco Elysium (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: ZA/UM Studio Runners-Up Chance Agency (Company) for Neo Cab (Game) Foam Sword Games (Company) for Knights and Bikes (Game) Mobius Games (Company) for Outer Wilds (Game) Willy Chyr for Manifold Garden (Game)||

Best Design

===Baba Is You (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: Hempuli Oy (Company) Runners-Up Death Stranding (Game) (Kojima Productions / SIEA) Outer Wilds (Game) (Mobius Games (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company)) Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware / Activision (Company)) Untitled Goose Game (Game) (House House (Company) / Panic (Company)) Honorable Mentions Apex Legends (Game) (Respawn Entertainment (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)) Control (Game) (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games (Company)) Disco Elysium (Game) (ZA/UM Studio) Luigi's Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo (Company)) The Outer Worlds (Game) (Obsidian Entertainment (Company) / Private Division (Company))||

Innovation Award

===Baba Is You (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: Hempuli Oy (Company) Runners-Up Death Stranding (Game) (Kojima Productions / SIEA) Disco Elysium (Game) (ZA/UM Studio) Outer Wilds (Game) (Mobius Games (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company)) Untitled Goose Game (Game) (House House (Company) / Panic (Company)) Honorable Mentions Control (Game) (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games (Company)) Hypnospace Outlaw (Game) (Tendershoot (Company) / No More Robots (Company)) Kind Words (Popcannibal (Company)) Ring Fit Adventure (Game) (Nintendo EPD (Company) / Nintendo (Company)) Wattam (Game) (Funomena (Company) / Annapurna Interactive)||

Best Mobile Game

===What the Golf?=== Developer: Triband (Company) Publisher: The Label Runners-Up Call of Duty: Mobile (Timi Studio / Activision (Company)) Grindstone (Game) (Capy (Company)) Sayonara Wild Hearts (Game) (Simogo (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company)) Sky: Children of the Light (thatgamecompany (Company)) Honorable Mentions Archero (Game) (Habby (Company)) Assemble with Care (Game) (USTWO) Card of Darkness (Game) (Choice Provisions (Company)) Mini Motorways (Game) (Dinosaur Polo Club (Company)) Mutazione (Game) (Die Gute Fabrik (Company) / Akupara Games (Company)) Pilgrims (Game) (Amanita Design (Company))||

Best Narrative

===Disco Elysium (Game)=== Developer/Publisher: ZA/UM Studio Runners-Up Control (Game) (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games (Company)) Death Stranding (Game) (Kojima Productions / SIEA) Outer Wilds (Game) (Mobius Games (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company)) The Outer Worlds (Game) (Obsidian Entertainment (Company) / Private Division (Company)) Honorable Mentions Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems (Company) & Koei Tecmo (Company) / Nintendo (Company)) Heaven's Vault (inkle (Company)) Mutazione (Game) (Die Gute Fabrik (Company) / Akupara Games (Company)) A Plague Tale: Innocence (Asobo Studio (Company) / Focus Home Interactive) Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)) Telling Lies (Game) (Sam Barlow (Company) / Annapurna Interactive)||

Best Technology

===Control (Game)=== Developer: Remedy Entertainment Publisher: 505 Games (Company) Runners-Up Apex Legends (Game) (Respawn Entertainment (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)) Death Stranding (Game) (Kojima Productions / SIEA) Noita (Game) (Nolla Games (Company)) Honorable Mentions Gears 5 (Game) (The Coalition (Company) / Xbox Game Studios (Company)) Manifold Garden (Game) (Willy Chyr) Outer Wilds (Game) (Mobius Games (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company) The Outer Worlds (Game) (Obsidian Entertainment (Company) / Private Division (Company)) Resident Evil 2 (Capcom (Company)) Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware / Activision) Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)||

Best Visual Art

===Control (Game)=== Developer: Remedy Entertainment Publisher: 505 Games (Company) Runners-Up Death Stranding (Game) (Kojima Productions / SIEA) Disco Elysium (Game) (ZA/UM Studio) Sayonara Wild Hearts (Game) (Simogo (Company) / Annapurna Interactive (Company) Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware / Activision (Company)) Honorable Mentions The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Grezzo (Company) / Nintendo (Company)) Luigi's Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo (Company)) Outer Wilds (Game) (Mobius Games (Company) / Annapurna Interactive) Untitled Goose Game (Game) (House House (Company) / Panic (Company)) Void Bastards (Game) (Blue Manchu (Company) / Humble Bundle)||

Best VR/AR Game

===Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series=== Developer: ILMxLAB Publisher: Disney Interactive (Company) Runners-Up Asgard's Wrath (Sanzaru Games (Company) / Oculus Studios (Company)) Blood andamp;amp;amp;amp; Truth (SIE London Studio (Company) / SIEA) Boneworks (Game) (Stress Level Zero (Company)) Pistol Whip (Game) (Cloudhead Games (Company)) Honorable Mentions Falcon Age (Game) (Outerloop Games (Company)) Ghost Giant (Game) (Zoink Games (Company)) Stormland (Game) (Insomniac Games (Company) / Oculus Studios) Trover Saves the Universe (Game) (Squanch Games (Company)) Vacation Simulator (Game) (Owlchemy Labs (Company))||

Audience Award

Sky: Children of the Light

• Developer/Publisher: thatgamecompany (Company)

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• Baba Is You (Game)
• Control (Game)
• Disco Elysium (Game)
• Sky: Children of the Light (Game)
• Untitled Goose Game (Game)
• Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series (Game)
• What the Golf? (Game)

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Game Developers Choice Awards 2020

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GDC Awards 2020

Games

• Baba Is You (Game)
• Control (Game)
• Disco Elysium (Game)
• Sky: Children of the Light (Game)
• Untitled Goose Game (Game)
• Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series (Game)
• What the Golf? (Game)
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• Has locations: California (Location), San Francisco (Location)

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• Has related concepts: 23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards (Concept), Game Developers Choice Awards (Concept), Game Developers Conference (Concept)