Maaliskuussa järjestettävän Game Developers Choice Awards -palkintogaalan ehdokkaat on julkistettu.

Listan kärjessä ratsastaa Red Dead Redemption 2, joka on ehdokkaana yhteensä seitsemässä eri kategoriassa. Heti perässä seuraavat kuitenkin kirveet olalla ja seitit suhisten God of War sekä Marvel’s Spider-Man, jotka molemmat nappasivat kuusi ehdokkuutta.

GDCA-gaala pidetään 20. maaliskuuta 2019 San Franciscossa.

Aiemmin julkistetut Independent Games Festival Awards -ehdokkaat voi kurkata täältä.

Ehdokkaat:

Paras ääniraita:

• Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• God of War (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Tetris Effect (Monstars and Resonair / Enhance)

Kunniamaininnat: Beat Saber (Beat Games), Wandersong (Greg Lobanov / Humble Bundle), Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909), Battlefield V (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games and Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)

Paras debyyttipeli:

• Polyarc (Moss)
• Mountains (Florence)
• Nomada Studio (Gris)
• Villa Gorilla (Yoku's Island Express)
• Sabotage (The Messenger)

Kunniamaininnat: Beat Games (Beat Saber), Digital Sun (Moonlighter), Two Point Studios (Two Point Hospital), Okomotive (Far: Lone Sails)

Paras suunnittelu:

• Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
• Into the Breach (Subset Games)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• God of War (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Kunniamaininnat: Frostpunk (11 bit studios), Minit (Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman, Jukio Kallio & Dominik Johann / Devolver Digital), Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909), Astro Bot Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)

Paras mobiilipeli:

• Alto's Odyssey (Snowman)
• Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
• Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Devolver Digital)
• Holedown (Grapefrukt Games)
• Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)

Kunniamaininnat: Furistas Cat Cafe (Runaway), The Room: Old Sins (Fireproof Studios), Pocket Run Pool (Zach Gage), Alphabear 2 (Spry Fox), Twinfold (Kenny Sun)

Innovaatiopalkinto:

• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
• Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Tetris Effect (Monstars and Resonair / Enhance)
• Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909)

Kunniamaininnat: Minit (Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman, Jukio Kallio & Dominik Johann / Devolver Digital), Celeste (Matt Makes Games), God of War (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Astro Bot Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Moss (Polyarc), A Way Out (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)

Paras tarinankerronta:

• Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
• God of War (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Kunniamaininnat: Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft), Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Celeste (Matt Makes Games), Life is Strange 2 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix), Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (Dim Bulb Games and Serenity Forge / Good Shepherd Entertainment)

Paras teknologia:

• Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
• Forza Horizon 4 (Turn 10 Studios and Playground Games / Microsoft Studios)
• God of War (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Kunniamaininnat: Sea of Thieves (Rare / Microsoft Studios), Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft), Battlefield V (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909)

Paras visuaalinen ilme:

• Gris (Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital)
• Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• God of War (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Kunniamaininnat: Battlefield V (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), Tetris Effect (Monstars and Resonair / Enhance), Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works / Bandai Namco Entertainment), Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft), Below (Capybara Games)

Paras VR/AR-peli

• Budget Cuts (Neat Corporation)
• Beat Saber (Beat Games)
• Tetris Effect (Monstars and Resonair / Enhance)
• Moss (Polyarc)
• Astro Bot Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Kunniamaininnat: Jurassic World Alive (Ludia), In Death (Sólfar Studios), Tendar (Tender Claws), Firewall Zero Hour (First Contact Entertainment / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Deracine (FromSoftware / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Vuoden peli:

• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909)
• Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
• God of War (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Kunniamaininnat: Tetris Effect (Monstars and Resonair / Enhance), Super Smash Bros Ultimate (Bandai Namco Studios & Sora / Nintendo), Into the Breach (Subset Games), Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft), Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive), Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)