Untitled Goose Game Wins “Game of the Year” at 2019-2020 GDC Awards

The 2020 Game Developers Conference isn’t happening in San Francisco this year due to global health concerns, but the event’s organizers still put together a a pre-recorded version of the Game Developers Choice Awards, and House House’s Untitled Goose Game won “Game of the Year.”

In addition to The Goose running away with yet another “Game of the Year” award, the rest of the indie world had a pretty good night as well.

Hempuli’s Baba Is You collected statuettes for “Best Design” and the “Innovation Award,” ZA/UM’s Disco Elysium danced away with “Best Debut” and “Best Narrative,” and thatgamecompany’s Sky: Children of the Light claimed the “Audience Award.”

But the most-decorated game of the night was Remedy’s Control, which won in three categories. The mindbending action-adventure game was honored with awards for “Best Visual Art,” “Best Audio,” and “Best Technology.”

A full list of winners, nominees, and Honorable Mentions from the 2019-2020 Game Developers Choice Awards, as well as a video replay of the show, can be found after the break.

Game of the Year

• WINNER: Untitled Goose Game
• Death Stranding
• Control
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Outer Wilds

Honorable Mentions
Apex Legends, Disco Elysium, The Outer Worlds, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Best Mobile Game

• WINNER: What the Golf?
• Sayonara Wild Hearts
• Grindstone
• Sky: Children of the Light
• Call of Duty: Mobile

Honorable Mentions
Archero, Assemble with Care, Card of Darkness, Mini Motorways, Mutazione, Pilgrims,

Best VR/AR Game

• WINNER: Vader Immortal
• Blood & Truth
• Asgard’s Wrath
• Boneworks
• Pistol Whip

Honorable Mentions
Falcon Age, Ghost Giant, Stormland, Trover Saves the Universe, Vacation Simulator

Best Design

• WINNER: Baba Is You
• Outer Wilds
• Death Stranding
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Untitled Goose Game

Honorable Mentions
Apex Legends, Control, Disco Elysium, Luigi’s Mansion 3, The Outer Worlds, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Best Visual Art

• WINNER: Control
• Death Stranding
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Sayonara Wild Hearts
• Disco Elysium

Honorable Mentions
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Outer Wilds, Untitled Goose Game, Void Bastards

Best Narrative

• WINNER: Disco Elysium
• Control
• Death Stranding
• The Outer Worlds
• Outer Wilds

Honorable Mentions
Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Heaven’s Vault, Mutazione, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Telling Lies

Best Audio

• WINNER: Control
• Death Stranding
• Sayonara Wild Hearts
• Untitled Goose Game
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Honorable Mentions
Ape Out, Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer, Disco Elysium, Outer Wilds, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Best Technology

• WINNER: Control
• Death Stranding
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Apex Legends
• Noita

Honorable Mentions
Gears 5, Manifold Garden, Outer Wilds, The Outer Worlds, Resident Evil 2, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Innovation Award

• WINNER: Baba Is You
• Untitled Goose Game
• Disco Elysium
• Death Stranding
• Outer Wilds

Honorable Mentions
Control, Hypnospace Outlaw, Kind Words, Ring Fit Adventure, Wattam

Best Debut

• WINNER: Disco Elysium
• Outer Wilds
• Manifold Garden
• Knights and Bikes
• Neo Cab

Audience Award

• WINNER: Sky: Children of the Light

Pioneer Award

• WINNER: Roberta Williams

Ambassador Award

• WINNER: Kate Edwards