Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as soon as once more dominates the award nominations on the Recreation Builders Alternative Awards, receiving nominations for all however one award.
The group introduced its GDC Awards nominations in the present day, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 successful probably the most awards ever, nominated for eight of the 9 awards, together with Recreation of the 12 months. The one award I wasn’t nominated for was the Social Influence Award.
In reality, a number of video games have appeared in fairly a number of classes this yr. βThe Ghost of Yoteiβ obtained 5 nominations and one honorable point out, whereas βBlue Princeβ and βDonkey Kong Bananzaβ obtained 4 nominations every.
The Recreation Builders Alternative Awards shall be held on Thursday, March twelfth on the Recreation Builders Convention in San Francisco. In contrast to earlier years, the Impartial Video games Pageant awards ceremony, which often takes place on the identical day because the GDC awards ceremony, will now be held the day earlier than, on Wednesday, March eleventh.
There was some public debate about whether or not Clair Obscur qualifies as an “indie” sport, but it surely didn’t obtain a nomination on the IGF. Maybe it wasn’t eligible or the studio did not submit it for consideration within the first place. Child Steps was probably the most nominated sport at this yr’s IGF with 5 nominations, together with the Seumas McNally Grand Prize.
greatest audio
- Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
- Demise Stranding 2: On the Seashore (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
- Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
- Rift of the NecroDancer (Brace Your self Video games, Tic Toc Video games / Klei Publishing)
- Midnight South (Compulsion Video games / Xbox Recreation Studios)
Honorable point out:
ARC Raiders (Embark Studios), Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo), Doom: The Darkish Ages (id Software program / Bethesda Softworks), Lumines Come up (Improve / Monstars Inc.), To a T (uvula LLC / Annapurna Interactive)
Greatest debut work
- BALL X PIT (Kenny Solar & Associates / Devolver Digital)
- Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Uncooked Fury)
- Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
- Dispatch (advert hoc studio)
Honorable point out:
ARC Raiders (Embark Studios), Eat Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia), Hole Knight: Silksong (Workforce Cherry), The Hundred Line: Final Protection Academy (Too Kyo Video games, Media.Imaginative and prescient Inc. / Aniplex), The Roottrees are Useless (Evil Trout Inc.)
Greatest design award
- BALL X PIT (Kenny Solar & Associates / Devolver Digital)
- Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Uncooked Fury)
- Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
- Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Cut up Fiction (Hazelight Studio/Digital Arts)
Honorable point out:
Demise Stranding 2: On the Seashore (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Leisure), Ghost of Youte (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Leisure), Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios / Deep Silver), The Alters (11 Bit Studios)
innovation award
- BALL X PIT (Kenny Solar & Associates / Devolver Digital)
- Child Steps (Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, Bennett Foddy / Devolver Digital)
- Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Uncooked Fury)
- Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
- Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Honorable point out:
CloverPit (Panik Arcade / Future Associates Video games), Eat Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia), REPO (Semiwork Studios), Sunderfolk (Secret Door / Dreamhaven), To a T (uvula LLC / Annapurna Interactive)
greatest narrative
- Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
- Desperote (Julian Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena / Panic)
- Dispatch (advert hoc studio)
- Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
- Cut up Fiction (Hazelight Studio/Digital Arts)
Honorable point out:
Misplaced Information: Bloom & Rage (DON’T NOD MontrΓ©al, DON’T NOD), South of Midnight (Compulsion Video games / Xbox Recreation Studios), The Outer Worlds 2 (Obsidian Leisure / Xbox Recreation Studios), The SΓ©ance of Blake Manor (Spooky Doorway / Uncooked Fury)
greatest know-how
- Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
- Demise Stranding 2: On the Seashore (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
- Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
- Cut up Fiction (Hazelight Studio/Digital Arts)
Honorable point out:
ARC Raiders (Embark Studios), Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios / Digital Arts), Hole Knight: Silksong (Workforce Cherry), Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (Warhorse Studios / Deep Silver), PEAK (Workforce PEAK / Aggro Crab, Landfall)
Greatest Visible Artwork Award
- Absolum (Guard Crush Video games, Dotem, Spa Monks/Dotem)
- Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
- Demise Stranding 2: On the Seashore (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
- Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
- Hades II (Supergiant Video games)
- Keeper (Double Tremendous Productions / Xbox Recreation Studios)
Honorable point out:
Hole Knight: Silksong (Workforce Cherry), South of Midnight (Compulsion Video games / Xbox Recreation Studios), Sword of the Sea (Large Squid), The Midnight Stroll (MoonHood / Quick Journey Video games)
social impression
- And Roger (Tearly Hand Studio/Kodansha)
- Eat Me (Jenny Zhaoxia)
- Desperote (Julian Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena / Panic)
- Dispatch (advert hoc studio)
Honorable point out:
Herdling (Okomotive / Panic), Misplaced Information: Bloom & Rage (DON’T NOD MontrΓ©al, DON’T NOD ), PEAK (Workforce PEAK / Aggro Crab, Landfall), To a T (Uvula LLC / Annapurna Interactive)
sport of the yr
- Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Uncooked Fury)
- Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
- Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
- Hole Knight: Silk Track (Workforce Cherry)
- Cut up Fiction (Hazelight Studio / Digital Arts)
Honorable point out:
Absolum (Guard Crush Video games, Dotemu, Supamonks / Dotemu), BALL X PIT (Kenny Solar & Associates / Devolver Digital), Hades II (Supergiant Video games)
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