Nintendo’s groundbreaking open-world role-playing game, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, was honored with the prize for Game of the Year at the 18th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) ceremony during the 2018 Game Developers Conference (GDC) at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
The game’s expansive sound and deep, open-ended gameplay also earned The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild the awards for Best Audio and Best Design.
An archive of the award ceremony, as well as the full presentation of the Independent Games Festival Awards (IGF Awards), can be viewed at http://twitch.tv/gdc
The Game Developers Choice Awards winners
Best Audio
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
Best Debut
Studio MDHR (Cuphead)
Best Design
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
Best Mobile Game
Gorogoa (Jason Roberts/Buried Signal)
Innovation Award
Gorogoa (Jason Roberts/Buried Signal)
Best Narrative
What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow)
Best Technology
Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games)
Best Visual Art
Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
Best VR/AR Game
SUPERHOT VR (The SUPERHOT Team)
Audience Award
NieR:Automata (PlatinumGames)
Game of the Year
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
Ambassador Award
Rami Ismail
Lifetime Achievement Award
Tim Schafer
For more information about the 18th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, please visit the official website at http://www.gamechoiceawards.com. For information about the 2018 Game Developers Conference, please visit the official website at http://www.gdconf.com
Well The Legend of Zelda – Breath of the Wild remains a game in a class of it’s own. It is going to be one hell of a challenge for a new Zelda-title to live up to it … and even improve on it. But if one company can amaze, it is sure to be Nintendo!
