With the award season in full swing, and most of it broadcasting live, there are bound to be some mishaps
Meme-worthy moments happen at every award show, like Ellen's selfie that broke the Internet, Steve Harvey and Faye Dunaway announcing the wrong winner at Miss World and the Oscars respectively and, now, the winner not showing up at all. No Man's Sky developer, Hello Games, won the award for innovation at this year’s Game Developers Choice Awards, but they were no where to be found.
When they were announced winners, the team was eating dinner elsewhere.
After the reception No Man's Sky received after launch though, who can blame them. Hello Games’ Sean Murray said that they did not hear from the event's organisers about their apparent win. Hey, maybe the winner is Moonlight after all.
In case you missed it, here's a full rundown of GDC and IGF winners, regardless of whether they claimed their award or not:
GDC award winners:
- Best Debut
Firewatch - Campo Santo
- Best Audio
Inside - Playdead
- Innovation Award
No Man’s Sky - Hello Games
- Best Technology
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End - Naughty Dog
- Best VR/AR
Job Simulator - Owlchemy Labs
- Best Visual Art
Inside - Playdead
- Best Narrative
Firewatch - Campo Santo
- Best Design
Overwatch - Blizzard Entertainment
- Best Mobile/Handheld Game
Pokémon Go - Niantic
- Audience Award
Battlefield 1 - EA/DICE
- Game of the Year
Overwatch - Blizzard Entertainment
IGF award winners:
- Best Student Game
Un Pas Fragile
- Excellence in Visual Art
Hyper Light Drifter
- Excellence in Audio
Gonner
- Alt.Ctrl.GDC Award
Fear Sphere
- Nuovo Award
Oikospiel Book I
- Excellence in Design
Quadrilateral Cowboy
- Excellence in Narrative
Ladykiller in a Bind
- Audience Award
Hyper Light Drifter
- Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Quadrilateral Cowboy
