Wie im letzten Jahr, gewinnt auch Nintendo in diesem Jahr keinen der begehrten Game Developer Choice Awards. Die diesjährige Auszeichnung wurde ausgewertet und die folgenden Gewinnerspiele enthüllt, wobei die Awards eher nahezu zwischen Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 und Blue Prince aufgeteilt wurden:
Best Audio
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)Rift of the NecroDancer (Brace Yourself Games, Tic Toc Games / Klei Publishing)South of Midnight (Compulsion Games / Xbox Game Studios)
Best Debut
BALL X PIT (Kenny Sun & Friends / Devolver Digital)Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)Dispatch (Adhoc Studio)
Best Design
BALL X PIT (Kenny Sun & Friends / Devolver Digital)Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)
Innovation Award
BALL X PIT (Kenny Sun & Friends / Devolver Digital)Baby Steps (Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, Bennett Foddy / Devolver Digital)Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Best Narrative
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)Despelote (Julián Cordero, Sebastián Valbuena / Panic)Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)
Best Technology
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)
Best Visual Art
Absolum (Guard Crush Games, Dotemu, Supamonks / Dotemu)Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)Hades II (Supergiant Games)Keeper (Double Fine Productions / Xbox Game Studios)
Social Impact
And Roger (TearyHand Studio / Kodansha)Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia)Despelote (Julián Cordero, Sebastián Valbuena / Panic)Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
Game of the Year
Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)Überrascht euch ein Spiel aus der Liste, welches ihr ganz oben gesehen hättet?
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