GDC 2019 Award Nominations Revealed - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 January 2019 / 2,280 Views
GDC 2019 doesn't start until March 18, however, the nominations for the GDC Awards have been announced. Red Dead Redemption 2 leads the way with seven nominations, followed by God of War and Marvel’s Spider-Man with six each.
GDC 2019 runs from March 18 to 22 in San Francisco. The GDC Awards will be held on March 20 at 6:30pm.
Check out the nomimations below:
BEST AUDIO
- 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)
BEST DEBUT
- Polyarc (Moss)
- Mountains (Florence)
- Nomada Studio (Gris)
- Villa Gorilla (Yoku’s Island Express)
- Sabotage (The Messenger)
BEST DESIGN
- 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)
BEST MOBILE GAME
- Alto’s Odyssey (Snowman)
- Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
- Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Devolver Digital)
- Holedown (Grapefrukt Games)
- Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
INNOVATION AWARD
- 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)
BEST NARRATIVE
- 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)
BEST TECHNOLOGY
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
- Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games and Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
- God of War (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
BEST VISUAL ART
- 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)
BEST VR/AR GAME
- 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)
GAME OF THE YEAR
- 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)
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Lets see if spiderman can at least earn one award this time.
So game devs who are actually making our games think RDR2 is the best game this year with it's 7 nominations? Way more important than what critics think
yeah no thats not how it works... GOW is winning the GOTY award in more places than RDR2 so that is fact not opinion
@ResilientFighter Really? Becasue this is a games developer conference not a shity publications outing from critics who don't know shit about games. Also RDR2 is up for innovation of the year award. GoW isn't. Guess devs can tell that it's just a Naught Dog game doing nothing new or note worthy.
Those critics know more than you and all the crying rdr2 kids who didn't get their way and are having tantrums over the real GOTY winning the most awards. Rdr2 is good but repetitive and full of bullshit mechanics and bugs and has fake HDR, GOW is a far superior product in graphics, game play, and story. You think deva consider Rdr2 the best game only because it has 1 nominated category more than GOW? Is that a joke or really your logic
What a narrow and repeating list. Nothing more for anything other than a few AAA games and the odd indie title. What about Frostpunk, KCD and Two Point Hospital?.
Let rdr2 have game of the year, GOW already got it.
so out of pity??
Pity + one of the best games released in a long time ofcourse :p
RDR2 deserves an oscar. game and picture of the year.
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