GDC Awards 2017, svelate le nomination
Svelate le nomination per i GDC Awards 2017. I vincitori delle singole categorie saranno svelati l’1 marzo a San Francisco nel corso dei Game Developers Choice. L’evento sarà trasmesso in diretta streaming sul canale Twitch dell’organizzazione.
Tra i giochi che concorrono per il titolo di Gioco dell’Anno troviamo Uncharted 4, Overwatch, Inside, Dishonored 2 e Firewatch.
Tim Schafer, fondatore di Double Fine Productions, tornerà come presentatore dei premi per la sesta volta avendo precedentemente presentato gli Choice Awards nel 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 e 2015.
Tra i più nominati troviamo, forse un po’ a sorpresa, Inside, il puzzle platform 2d di Playdead studio danese famoso per Limbo. Inside è nominato ben 6 volte. Una in meno per Overwatch, l’fps online di Blizzard, e per Firewatch, l’avventura in prima persona di Campo Santo che fa il suo esordio nell’industria proprio con questo titolo.
Ecco l’elenco, categoria per categoria.
Game of the Year
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Inside (Playdead)
- Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
- Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
Best Audio
- Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts)
- Thumper (Drool)
- DOOM (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
- Inside (Playdead)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
Best Debut
- Heart Machine (Hyper Light Drifter)
- Campo Santo (Firewatch)
- ConcernedApe (Stardew Valley)
- Drool (Thumper)
- Night School Studio (Oxenfree)
Best Design
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
- The Witness (Thekla)
- Inside (Playdead)
- DOOM (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
Best Mobile/Handheld Game
- Super Mario Run (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Clash Royale (Supercell)
- Pokemon GO (Niantic)
- Reigns (Nerial / Devolver Digital
- Pokemon Sun/Moon (Game Freak / The Pokemon Company)
Innovation Award
- The Witness (Thekla)
- Inside (Playdead)
- No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
- Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
- Pokemon GO (Niantic)
Best Narrative
- The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Oxenfree (Night School Studio)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Inside (Playdead)
- Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
Best Technology
- Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts)
- No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
- DOOM (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Visual Art
- Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
- The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Inside (Playdead)
Best VR/AR Game
- Rez Infinite (Monstars / Enhance Games)
- Superhot VR (SUPERHOT Team)
- Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives (Owlchemy Labs)
- Pokemon GO (Niantic)
- Fantastic Contraption (Radial Games / Northway Games).