The 17th Game Developers Choice Awards was an award ceremony honoring outstanding achievements by game developers and video games released in 2016. The event took place on March 1, 2017, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California during the 2017 Game Developers Conference and was hosted by Tim Schafer. It was held alongside the Independent Games Festival awards.
Winners and nominees
Game of the Year Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment) Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks) Firewatch (Campo Santo/Panic) Inside (Playdead) Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Audio Inside (Playdead) Battlefield 1 (EA DICE/Electronic Arts) Doom (id Software/Bethesda Softworks) Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment) Thumper (Drool)
Best Debut Firewatch (Campo Santo/Panic) Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine) Oxenfree (Night School Studio) Stardew Valley (ConcernedApe) Thumper (Drool)
Best Design Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment) Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks) Doom (id Software/Bethesda Softworks) Inside (Playdead) The Witness (Thekla)
Innovation Award No Man's Sky (Hello Games) Firewatch (Campo Santo/Panic) Inside (Playdead) Pokémon Go (Niantic) The Witness (Thekla)
Best Mobile/Handheld Game Pokémon Go (Niantic) Clash Royale (Supercell) Pokémon Sun and Moon (Game Freak/The Pokémon Company) Reigns (Nerial/Devolver Digital) Super Mario Run (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Best Narrative Firewatch (Campo Santo/Panic) Inside (Playdead) The Last Guardian (Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment) Oxenfree (Night School Studio) Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Technology Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment) Battlefield 1 (EA DICE/Electronic Arts) Doom (id Software/Bethesda Softworks) No Man's Sky (Hello Games) Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
Best Visual Art Inside (Playdead) 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)
Best VR/AR Game Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives (Owlchemy Labs) Fantastic Contraption (Radial Games/Northway Games) Pokémon Go (Niantic) Rez Infinite (Monstars/Enhance Games) Superhot VR (Superhot Team)
Audience Award Battlefield 1 (EA DICE/Electronic Arts)
Lifetime Achievement Award Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games
Ambassador Award Mark DeLoura
Pioneer Award Jordan Mechner, video game designer best known for his contributions to the Prince of Persia series
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