The 16th annual Game Developers Choice Awards were handed out last night as
part of the ongoing Game Developers Conference, and
this
press release announces all the winners.
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt took
home game of the year honors, and CD Projekt RED's RPG sequel was also honored
for Best Technology. The most awards went to
Her Story, which won for
Innovation, Best Narrative, and Best Handheld/Mobile. Her Story was also the
most honored game at the 18th annual Independent Games Festival Awards, taking
home the Seumas McNally Grand Prize, and
this
announcement has all the details on those awards. For those interested in the
presentations and the speeches, they are recorded for posterity in
this Twitch stream, which
warns that portions of the audio are muted over possible copyright concerns,
because lawyers. The ceremony also included the awarding of the previously announced Pioneer
award for Markus "Notch" Persson and Lifetime Achievement award for
Bethesda's Todd Howard.