Because healers are the real winners.
The Game Developer’s Choice Awards took place recently, and you’ll be shocked to learn Overwatch won “Game of the Year.” But there were other awards too, because there are other games. There are games besides Overwatch you guys.
The GDC Awards are voted on by folks in the industry, so the nominees and winners always come from an interesting perspective. Here’s the list of winners, via Gamasutra:
Best Audio
Inside (Playdead)
Best Debut
Campo Santo (Firewatch)
Best Design
Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
Best Mobile/Handheld Game
Pokemon Go (Niantic)
Innovation Award
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Best Narrative
Firewatch (Campo Santo)
Best Technology
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog)
Best Visual Art
Inside (Playdead)
Best VR/AR Game
Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives (Owlchemy Labs)
Audience Award
Battlefield 1 (EA DICE)
Game of the Year
Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
Pioneer Award
Jordan Mechner
Ambassador Award
Mark DeLoura
Lifetime Achievement Award
Tim Sweeney
No Man’s Sky winning the Innovation Award makes sense, but it seems the game’s own developers were taken by surprise:
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