2018 Nominees for the Game Developers Conference Choice Awards Revealed

The 18th annual Game Developers Conference Choice Awards has announced the nominees for the 2018 award ceremony. 

The awards honor the biggest achievements in game design from the past year and include some impressive titles. Ahead of the ceremony taking place on 21st March, 2018 there are a number of titles nominated for a number of awards. Horizon Zero Dawn and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild have six nominations each with NieR: Automata, Cuphead and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds also nominated for multiple awards. 

You can see the complete list of nominees for this year's GDC Choice Awards below.

BEST AUDIO

• Cuphead (StudioMDHR)
• Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix)
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

BEST DEBUT

• Team Cherry (Hollow Knight)
• Sidebar Games (Golf Story)
• StudioMDHR (Cuphead)
• Infinite Fall (Night in the Woods)
• Jason Roberts / Buried Signal (Gorogoa)

BEST DESIGN

• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corporation)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix)

BEST MOBILE GAME

• Reigns: Her Majesty (Nerial / Devolver Digital)
• Hidden Folks (Adriaan de Jongh and Sylvain Tegroeg)
• Monument Valley 2 (ustwo games)
• Gorogoa (Jason Roberts / Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive)
• Bury Me, My Love (The Pixel Hunt / Figs / ARTE France / Playdius)

INNOVATION AWARD

• Gorogoa (Jason Roberts / Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)
• Everything (David OReilly / Double Fine Productions)
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corporation)

BEST NARRATIVE

• Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall / Finji)
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda Softworks)

BEST TECHNOLOGY

• Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)
• Assassin’s Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

BEST VISUAL ART

• Persona 5 (P-Studio / Atlus)
• Cuphead (StudioMDHR)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall / Finji)

BEST VR/AR GAME

• Superhot VR (SUPERHOT Team)
• Star Trek: Bridge Crew (Red Storm Entertainment / Ubisoft)
• Lone Echo (Ready at Dawn / Oculus Studios)
• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)

GAME OF THE YEAR

• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corporation)
• Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)