02/05/2023

Death Stranding has been nominated for seven awards at the 2020 Game Developers Choice Awards; it is joined by Sekiro, Untitled Goose Game, Control and Outer Wilds as nominees for Game of the Year

Death Stranding, Control, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Untitled Goose Game, and Outer Wildsare the nominees for Game of the Year at the 20th annual Game Developers Choice Awards, which will be held in March at Game Developers Conference 2020.
The quintet of games each earned nominations in multiple categories, with Death Stranding getting a nod in seven, the most of any game. Death Stranding is up for Best Audio, Best Design, Best Narrative Game, Best Technology, Best Visual Art and the GDCs Innovation Award, in addition to Game of the Year.
Outer Wilds, Polygons Game of the Year for 2019, is tabbed in five categories; so is Control, our runner up. Disco Elysiumis nominated for the Innovation Award, Best Narrative, and Best Visual Art, and studio ZA/UM is nominated for Best Debut for the game, too.
The nominees are selected by the International Choice Awards Network; the winners, also chosen by ICAN, will be revealed on Wednesday, March 18 in a ceremony hosted by Kim Swift, currently a design director for Electronic Arts and also known for her work on Valves Portal, Left 4 Dead, and Left 4 Dead 2.
The full list of nominees and honorable mentions are:
Best Audio

  • Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Sayonara Wild Hearts(Simogo/Annapurna Interactive)
  • Control (Remedy Entertainment/505 Games)
  • Untitled Goose Game (House House/Panic)
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)

Honorable Mentions: Cadence of Hyrule (Brace Yourself Games/Nintendo); Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts); Disco Elysium (ZA/UM); Ape Out (Gabe Cuzzillo, Bennett Foddy, and Matt Boch/Devolver Digital), Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive)
Best Debut

  • ZA/UM (for Disco Elysium)
  • Mobius Digital (Outer Wilds)
  • William Chyr Studios (Manifold Garden)
  • Foam Sword Games (Knights and Bikes)
  • Chance Agency (Neo Cab)

Best Design

  • Baba Is You(Hempuli)
  • Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive)
  • Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision Publishing, FromSoftware)
  • Untitled Goose Game (House House/Panic)

Honorable Mention: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM), Control (Remedy Entertainment/505 Games), Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts), The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment/Private Division), Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts), Luigis Mansion 3 (Next Level Games/Nintendo)
Innovation Award

  • Untitled Goose Game (House House/Panic)
  • Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
  • Baba Is You (Hempuli)
  • Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive)

Honorable Mention: Control (Remedy Entertainment/505 Games), Hypnospace Outlaw (Tendershoot and ThatWhichIs Media/No More Robots), Kind Words (Popcannibal), Ring Fit Adventure(Nintendo EPD/Nintendo), Wattam (Funomena/Annapurna Interactive)
Best Mobile Game

  • Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo/Annapurna Interactive)
  • What the Golf? (Triband Productions/The Label Limited)
  • Grindstone (Capybara Games)
  • Sky: Children of the Light (thatgamecompany)
  • Call of Duty: Mobile (TiMi Studios/Activision)

Honorable Mention: Mutazione (Die Gute Fabrik/Akupara Games), Assemble with Care (ustwo), Pilgrims (Amanita Design), Archero (Habby), Card of Darkness (Choice Provisions), Mini Motorways (Dinosaur Polo Club)
Best Narrative

  • Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
  • Control (Remedy Entertainment/505 Games)
  • Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment/Private Division)
  • Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive)

Honorable Mentions: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts), Fire Emblem: Three Houses(Intelligent Systems, Koei Tecmo Games/Nintendo), A Plague Tale: Innocence (Asobo Studio/Focus Home Interactive), Heavens Vault (inkle), Mutazione (Die Gute Fabrik/Akupara Games), Telling Lies(Drowning a Mermaid Productions, Furious Bee/Annapurna Interactive)
Best Technology

  • Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Control (Remedy Entertainment/505 Games)
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)
  • Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts)
  • Noita (Nolla Games)

Honorable Mentions: Gears 5(The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios), Resident Evil 2 (Capcom), Manifold Garden (William Chyr Studios), Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision), The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment/Private Division), Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts), Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive)
Best Visual Art

  • Control (Remedy Entertainment/505 Games)
  • Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision)
  • Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo/Annapurna Interactive)
  • Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)

Honorable Mentions: Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive), Untitled Goose Game (House House/Panic), The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening (Grezzo/Nintendo), Luigis Mansion 3 (Next Level Games/Nintendo), Void Bastards (Blue Manchu/Humble Bundle)
Best VR/AR Game

  • Vader Immortal (ILMxLAB/Disney)
  • Blood & Truth (SCEE Studio London/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Asgards Wrath (Sanzaru Games/Oculus Studios)
  • Boneworks (Stress Level Zero)
  • Pistol Whip (Cloudhead Games)

Honorable Mentions: Trover Saves the Universe (Squanch Games), Falcon Age (Outerloop Games), Ghost Giant (Zoink), Vacation Simulator (Owlchemy Labs), Stormland (Insomniac Games/Oculus Studios)
Game of the Year

  • Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Control (Remedy Entertainment/505 Games)
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (FromSoftware/Activision)
  • Untitled Goose Game (House House/Panic)
  • Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive)

Honorable Mentions: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM), The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment/Private Division), Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts), Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts)