Although there aren’t many categories, the game has been nominated in almost all of them, which is impressive.

Similar to the DICE Awards, the GDC Awards are voted on exclusively by game developers and industry professionals. As with the DICE Awards and all other major gaming award galas, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads the field with the most nominations, including in the Game of the Year category. It has been nominated in almost every category. There are nine categories in total, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been nominated in eight of them, which is impressive and shows how respected and loved the game is in the industry. The only category in which it has not been nominated is the social impact category.

Ghost of Yōtei is in second place among the games with multiple nominations, with five nominations. Blue Prince, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Split Fiction received four nominations each. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Dispatch received three nominations each. The GDC Awards differ from other award ceremonies in that they list honorable mentions alongside the nominees in each category. Arc Raiders did not receive any nominations but received three honorable mentions. Unlike in previous years when both awards ceremonies were held on the same day during GDC, the GDC Awards will be held on March 12, one day after the IGF Awards.

Best Audio:

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Rift of the NecroDancer (Brace Yourself Games, Tic Toc Games / Klei Publishing)
• South of Midnight (Compulsion Games / Xbox Game Studios)

Honourable Mentions: Arc Raiders (Embark Studios), Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo), DOOM: The Dark Ages (id Software / Bethesda Softworks), Lumines Arise (Enhance / Monstars Inc.), To a T (Uvula LLC / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Debut:

• Ball X Pit (Kenny Sun & Friends / Devolver Digital)
• Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Dispatch (Adhoc Studio)

Honourable Mentions: Arc Raiders (Embark Studios), Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia), Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry), The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy (Too Kyo Games, Media. Vision Inc. / Aniplex), The Roottrees are Dead (Evil Trout Inc.)

Best Design:

• Ball X Pit (Kenny Sun & Friends / Devolver Digital)
• Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)

Honourable Mentions: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios / Deep Silver), The Alters (11 Bit Studios)

Innovation Award:

• Ball X Pit (Kenny Sun & Friends / Devolver Digital)
• Baby Steps (Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, Bennett Foddy / Devolver Digital)
• Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Honourable Mentions: CloverPit (Panik Arcade / Future Friends Games), Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia), REPO (Semiwork Studios), Sunderfolk (Secret Door / Dreamhaven), To a T (Uvula LLC / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Narrative:

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Despelote (Julián Cordero, Sebastián Valbuena / Panic)
• Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
• Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)

Honourable Mentions: Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Don’t Nod Montréal / Don’t Nod), South of Midnight (Compulsion Games / Xbox Game Studios), The Outer Worlds 2 (Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios), The Séance of Blake Manor (Spooky Doorway / Raw Fury)

Best Technology:

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony I nteractive Entertainment)
• Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)

Honourable Mentions: Arc Raiders (Embark Studios), Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios / Electronic Arts), Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry), Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (Warhorse Studios / Deep Silver), Peak (Team Peak / Aggro Crab, Landfall)

Best Visual Art:

• Absolum (Guard Crush Games, Dotemu, Supamonks / Dotemu)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Keeper (Double Fine Productions / Xbox Game Studios)

Honourable Mentions: Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry), South of Midnight (Compulsion Games / Xbox Game Studios), Sword of the Sea (Giant Squid), The Midnight Walk (MoonHood / Fast Travel Games)

Social Impact:

• And Roger (TearyHand Studio / Kodansha)
• Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia)
• Despelote (Julián Cordero, Sebastián Valbuena / Panic)
• Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)

Honourable Mentions: Herdling (Okomotive / Panic), Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Don’t Nod Montréal / Don’t Nod), Peak (Team Peak / Aggro Crab, Landfall), To a T (uvula LLC / Annapurna Interactive)

Game of the Year:

• Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)
• Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)

Honourable Mentions: Absolum (Guard Crush Games, Dotemu, Supamonks / Dotemu), Ball X Pit (Kenny Sun & Friends / Devolver Digital), Hades II (Supergiant Games)

Source: WCCFTech