Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor takes Game of the Year at GDC Awards 2015
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And the winner is: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor.
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor beat out Alien: Isolation, Bayonetta 2, Destiny, and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft to win Game of the Year at the Game Developer's Choice Awards 2015.
Elsewhere in the awards, Ustwo's mobile hit Monument Valley was a stand-out favourite, with wins in the Innovation, Best Mobile/Handheld and Best Visual Art categories.
Here's the full list of winners:
- GDC Awards 2015
- Game of the Year: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
- Innovation Award: Monument Valley
- Best Debut: Stoic Studio (The Banner Saga)
- Best Design: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
- Best Handheld/Mobile Game: Monument Valley
- Best Visual Art: Monument Valley
- Best Narrative: Kentucky Route Zero: Episode 3
- Best Audio: Alien: Isolation
- Best Technology: Destiny
Meanwhile, the 2015 Independent Games Festival was dominated by a handful of repeat titles in the nominations for all categories. Outer Wilds, which took home the Seumas McNally Grand Prize, also received Best Design, making it the only multi-award winner.
Here's the full list of winners:
- Excellence in Visual Art: Metamorphabet (Patrick Smith)
- Excellence in Narrative: 80 Days (inkle Studios)
- Excellence in Design: Outer Wilds (Team Outer Wilds)
- Excellence in Audio: Ephemerid: A Musical Adventure (SuperChop Games)
- Nuovo Award: Tetrageddon Games (Nathalie Lawhead)
- Seumas McNally Grand Prize: Outer Wilds (Team Outer Wilds)