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GDC 2016、GOTYは「ウィッチャー3」が受賞!
日本勢は無冠に終わる。インディー作「Her Story」が高評価を獲得
(2016/3/17 15:32)
GDC恒例の賞イベント「16th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards」が開催された。
最高賞にあたるGame of the Yearを獲得したのは、「ウィッチャー3 ワイルドハント(The Witcher 3)」。Game of the Yearには「METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN(Metal Gear Solid V)」、「Bloodborne」、「Fallout 4」などがノミネートされていたが、これら強豪を押しのけての受賞となった。
ほかに日本タイトルとしては、「Bloodborne」(Best Design、Best Visual Art)、「スーパーマリオメーカー」(Innovation Award)、「Splatoon(スプラトゥーン)」(Innovation Award、Best Design、Best Visual Art)、そして「Downwell」(Best Handheld/Mobile Game)もノミネートされていたが、いずれも受賞ならなかった。
一方のインディーゲーム部門「2016 Independent Games Festival」の大賞となったのは、「Her Story」。「Her Story」はインディー賞の「Excellence in Narrative」、GDCAの「Innovation Award」、「Best Narrative」、さらには「Best Handheld/Mobile Game」でも受賞しており、そのストーリーの斬新な語り口が高く評価された。以下にはノミネート作品と受賞作を一挙に紹介する。
16th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards(受賞作に★)
Game of the Year
Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
★The Witcher 3 (CD Projekt RED / CD Projekt)
Metal Gear Solid V (Kojima Productions / Konami)
Bloodborne (FromSoftware / Sony Computer Entertainment)
Rocket League (Psyonix)
Innovation Award
★Her Story (Sam Barlow)
Super Mario Maker (Nintendo EAD Group No. 4 / Nintendo)
UNDERTALE (Toby Fox)
Splatoon (Nintendo EAD Group No. 2 / Nintendo)
The Beginner's Guide (Everything Unlimited Ltd.)
Best Debut
Studio Wildcard (ARK: Survival Evolved)
Toby Fox (UNDERTALE)
★Moon Studios (Ori and the Blind Forest)
Moppin (Downwell)
Steel Crate Games (Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes)
Best Design
★Rocket League (Psyonix)
Metal Gear Solid V (Kojima Productions / Konami)
Bloodborne (FromSoftware / Sony Computer Entertainment)
Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios/ Bethesda Softworks)
Splatoon (Nintendo EAD Group No. 2 / Nintendo)
Best Handheld/Mobile Game
Lara Croft: GO (Square Enix Montreal / Square Enix)
Fallout Shelter (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
Downwell (Moppin / Devolver Digital)
★Her Story (Sam Barlow)
AlphaBear (Spry Fox)
Best Visual Art
★Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios / Microsoft Studios)
The Witcher 3 (CD Projekt RED / CD Projekt)
Star Wars Battlefront (DICE / Electronic Arts)
Bloodborne (FromSoftware / Sony Computer Entertainment)
Splatoon (Nintendo EAD Group No. 2 / Nintendo)
Best Narrative
★Her Story (Sam Barlow)
The Witcher 3 (CD Projekt RED / CD Projekt)
Life is Strange (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
UNDERTALE (Toby Fox)
The Beginner's Guide (Everything Unlimited Ltd.)
Best Audio
Star Wars Battlefront (DICE / Electronic Arts)
Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios / Microsoft Studios)
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (The Chinese Room / Sony Computer Entertainment)
Metal Gear Solid V (Kojima Productions / Konami)
★Crypt of the NecroDancer (Brace Yourself Games)
Best Technology
Metal Gear Solid V (Kojima Productions / Konami)
★The Witcher 3 (CD Projekt RED / CD Projekt)
Star Wars Battlefront (DICE / Electronic Arts)
Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
Just Cause 3 (Avalanche Studios / Square Enix)
Audience Award
★Life Is Strange
2016 Independent Games Festival(受賞作に★)
Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Darkest Dungeon
★Her Story
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Mini Metro
SUPERHOT
UNDERTALE
Excellence in Visual Art
Armello
Darkest Dungeon
GNOG
Mini Metro
★OXENFREE
PANORAMICAL
Excellence in Design
Her Story
Infinifactory
★Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Kingdom
Mini Metro
SUPERHOT
Excellence in Audio
Darkest Dungeon
Lumini
★Mini Metro
PANORAMICAL
That Dragon, Cancer
UNDERTALE
Excellence in Narrative
Black Closet
★Her Story
That Dragon, Cancer
The Beginner's Guide
The Magic Circle
UNDERTALE
Nuovo Award
★Cibele
Fantastic Contraption
Her Story
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
orchids to dusk
PANORAMICAL
Progress
The Beginner's Guide
Best Student Game
Ape Out
★Beglitched
Chambara
Circa Infinity
orchids to dusk
Pitfall Planet
Audience Award
★UNDERTALE