O prêmio da GDC, porém, é mais famoso por reconhecer os grandes games independentes do ano. O vencedor da vez foi Outer Wilds.
Vale lembrar que o GDC Awards têm caráter mais técnico, sem julgar os games por gênero. Veja abaixo a lista completa de indicados e vencedores do GDC Awards de 2015.
Jogo do Ano --- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner--- Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo) Bros. Interactive Entertainment) Destiny (Bungie/Activision) Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard) Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
Prêmio de Inovação --- Monument Valley (Ustwo) --- Bounden (Game Oven) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) This War of Mine (11 bit studios) The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)
Melhor Estreia --- Stoic Studio (The Banner Saga) --- Yacht Club Games (Shovel Knight) Respawn Entertainment (Titanfall) The Astronauts (The Vanishing of Ethan Carter) Upper One Games (Never Alone)
Melhor Design --- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard) --- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games) Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare/Electronic Arts) Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo EAD Tokyo e 1-Up Studio/Nintendo)
Melhor Jogo para Mobile/Portáteis --- Monument Valley (Ustwo) --- Threes! (Sirvo) Super Smash Bros. 3DS (Sora Ltd. and BANDAI NAMCO/Nintendo) Hearthstone (Blizzard) 80 Days (Inkle Studios)
Melhor Arte Visual --- Monument Valley (Ustwo) --- Hohokum (Honeyslug and Sony Santa Monica/Sony) Child of Light (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft) Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games/Nintendo) Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
Melhor Narrativa --- Kentucky Route Zero: Episode 3 (Cardboard Computer) --- 80 Days (Inkle Studios) This War of Mine (11 bit studios) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)
Melhor Som --- Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega) --- Hohokum (Honeyslug/Sony) Destiny (Bungie/Activision) Transistor (Supergiant Games) The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)
Melhor Tecnologia --- Destiny (Bungie/Activision) --- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) Wolfenstein: The New Order (MachineGames/Bethesda) Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments) Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
Prêmios do Independent Games Festival
Excelência em Arte Visual--- Metamorphabet (Patrick Smith) --- Lumino City (State of Play Games) Else Heart.Break (Niklas Åkerblad, Erik Svedäng, et al.) Memory of a Broken Dimension (XRA) Donut County (Ben Esposito) Oquonie (XXIIVV e Kokorobot)
Excelência em Narrativa--- 80 Days (inkle Studios) --- Coming Out Simulator 2014 (Nicky Case) Ice-Bound: A Novel of Reconfiguration (Down to the Wire) Pry (Tender Claws) This War of Mine (11 Bit Studios) Three Fourths Home ([Bracket]Games)
Excelência em DesignOuter Wilds (Team Outer Wilds) --- 80 Days (inkle Studios) Framed (Loveshack) Invisible Inc. (Klei Entertainment) Killer Queen (Joshua DeBonis & Nikita Mikros) The Talos Principle (Croteam)
Excelência em Som--- Ephemerid: A Musical Adventure (SuperChop Games) --- Phonopath (Kevin Regamey) Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games) The Sailor's Dream (Simogo Games) The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts) Thumper (Drool)
Nuovo Award (Prêmio de Inovação)--- Tetrageddon Games (Nathalie Lawhead) --- Become A Great Artist In Just 10 Seconds (Michael Brough e Andi McClure) Bounden (Game Oven) Desert Golfing (Captain Games) Elegy For A Dead World (Dejobaan Games & Popcannibal) How Do You Do It? (Nina Freeman, Emmett Butler, Jonathan Kittaka e Deckman Coss) Plug & Play (Mario von Rickenbach e Michael Frei/Etter Studio) Rooftop Cop (Stephen Lawrence Clark)
Grande Prêmio Seumas McNally (Melhor Jogo Independente)--- Outer Wilds (Team Outer Wilds) --- 80 Days (Inkle Studios) Invisible Inc. (Klei Entertainment) The Talos Principle (Croteam) Metamorphabet (Patrick Smith) This War of Mine (11 Bit Studios)
