Sono state annunciate le nomination ai Game Developers Choice Awards, evento che si terrà al Moscone Convention Center di San Francisco, durante la Game Developers Conference 2017. A condurre i GDC Awards 2017, trasmessi in streaming su Twitch, ci sarà Tim Schafer, fondatore di Double Fine Production. Di seguito ecco le nomination:

Miglio Audio

• Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts)
• Thumper (Drool)
• DOOM (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)

Miglior Debutto

• Heart Machine (Hyper Light Drifter)
• Campo Santo (Firewatch)
• ConcernedApe (Stardew Valley)
• Drool (Thumper)
• Night School Studio (Oxenfree)

Miglior Design

• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
• The Witness (Thekla)
• Inside (Playdead)
• DOOM (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)

Miglior gioco mobile / portatile

• Super Mario Run (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Clash Royale (Supercell)
• Pokémon Go (Niantic)
• Reigns (Nerial / Devolver Digital)
• Pokémon Sun/Moon (Game Freak / The Pokémon Company)

Premio per l’Innovazione

• The Witness (Thekla)
• Inside (Playdead)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
• Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
• Pokemon Go (Niantic)

Miglior Narrativa

• The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Oxenfree (Night School Studio)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)

Miglior Tecnologia

• Battlefield 1 (EA DICE / Electronic Arts)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• DOOM (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Miglior Visual

• Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)
• The Last Guardian (JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Inside (Playdead)

Miglior Titolo VR

• Rez Infinite (Monstars / Enhance Games)
• Superhot VR (SUPERHOT Team)
• Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives (Owlchemy Labs)
• Pokémon Go (Niantic)
• Fantastic Contraption (Radial Games / Northway Games)

Gioco dell’Anno

• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Inside (Playdead)
• Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
• Firewatch (Campo Santo / Panic)

All’evento verranno inoltre assegnati i premi di Pioniere, Ambasciatore e Lifetime Achievement, le cui nomination saranno annunciate a breve.