For those of you who were lucky enough to go to GDC 2014 (Game Developers Conference), then I hope you are enjoying the event. It is also time for the GDC 14th Annual Award ceremony, and many Microsoft and Sony titles have been nominated. However, XBL would like to congratulate those who were nominated for an award and those who are winners. Naughty Dog were one of the winners who won ‘Best Design’, ‘Best Narrative’ and ‘Game of the Year’ for their title, The Last of Us.
Thanks to the Game Developers Choice Awards, here are a list of the nominations and winners:
Game of the Year
Winner: The Last Of Us — Naughty Dog/Sony
Finalists:
Gone Home — The Fullbright Company
Grand Theft Auto V — Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
Super Mario 3D World — Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo
Tomb Raider — Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix
Innovation Award
Winner: Papers, Please — Lucas Pope
Finalists:
DEVICE 6 — Simogo
Gone Home — The Fullbright Company
Tearaway — Media Molecule/Sony
The Stanley Parable — Galactic Cafe
Best Debut
Winner: The Fullbright Company — Gone Home
Finalists:
Blue Manchu — Card Hunter
Galactic Cafe — The Stanley Parable
Squad — Kerbal Space Program
Undead Labs — State Of Decay
Best Design
Winner: The Last Of Us — Naughty Dog/Sony
Finalists:
Grand Theft Auto V — Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds — Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
Super Mario 3D World — Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo
Tomb Raider — Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix
Best Handheld/Mobile Game
Winner: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds — Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
Finalists:
DEVICE 6 — Simogo
Fire Emblem: Awakening — Intelligent Systems/Nintendo
Ridiculous Fishing — Vlambeer
Tearaway — Media Molecule/Sony
Best Visual Art
Winner: BioShock Infinite –Irrational Games/2K Games
Finalists: DmC — Ninja Theory/Capcom
The Last Of Us — Naughty Dog/Sony
Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch — Level 5/Namco Bandai
Tearaway — Media Molecule/Sony
Best Narrative
Winner: The Last Of Us — Naughty Dog/Sony
Finalists:
Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons — Starbreeze/505 Games
Gone Home — The Fullbright Company
Tomb Raider — Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix
The Stanley Parable — Galactic Cafe
Best Audio
Winner: BioShock Infinite — Irrational Games/2K Games
Finalists:
Forza Motorsport 5 — Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Games
Grand Theft Auto V — Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
Saints Row IV — Volition/Deep Silver
Tearaway — Media Molecule/Sony
Best Downloadable Game
Winner: Papers, Please — Lucas Pope
Finalists:
Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons — Starbreeze/505 Games
Gone Home — The Fullbright Company
Resogun — Housemarque/Sony
The Stanley Parable — Galactic Cafe
Best Technology
Winner: Grand Theft Auto V — Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
Finalists:
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag — Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
The Last Of Us — Naughty Dog/Sony
Killzone: Shadow Fall — Guerrilla Games/Sony
Tearaway — Media Molecule/Sony
Audience Award
Winner: Kerbal Space Program
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