Στο περιθώριο του Game Developers Conference, διεξήχθησαν τα Game Developers Choice Awards και τα Independent Game Festival Awards.
Όπως ήταν λογικό, Game of the Year ανακηρύχθηκε το The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, αφήνοντας πίσω του τα Fallout 4, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Bloodborne και Rocket League.
Παρακάτω μπορείτε να βρείτε τους νικητές ανά κατηγορία:
Game Developers Choice Awards
Game of the Year: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Audience Award: Life is Strange
Innovation Award: Her Story
Best Debut: Moon Studios (Ori and the Blind Forest)
Best Design: Rocket League
Best Handheld/Mobile Game: Her Story
Best Visual Art: Ori and the Blind Forest
Best Narrative: Her Story
Best Audio: Crypt of the Necrodancer
Best Technology: The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt
Ambassador Award: Tracy Fullerton
Lifetime Achievement Award: Todd Howard
Pioneer of the Year: Marcus Persson
Independent Game Festival Awards
Seumas McNally Gand Prize: Her Story
Excellence in Narrative: Her Story
Excellence in Audio: Mini Metro
Excellence in Design: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Excellence in Visual Art: Oxenfree
ID@Xbox Rising Star Award: Girls Make Games
Nuovo Award: Cibele
Best Student Game: Beglitched
Audience Award: Undertale
