GDC and IGF winners and No Man's Sky crew

GDC and IGF winners recap and No Man's podium

No Man's Sky

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

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