Shadow of Mordor Wins GOTY at GDC 2015

<p>You should already know what <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;bagogames-staff-picks-game-of-the-year-2014&sol;">our games of the year are<&sol;a> and now we know just what games the finest folks in the industry liked most last year too at this year&&num;8217&semi;s 15th annual Game Developers Conference&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A lot of indie love characterized this year&&num;8217&semi;s conference&comma; with Ustwo&&num;8217&semi;s mobile darling <em>Monument Valley<&sol;em> took home three prizes&comma; for best visual art&comma; the innovation award&comma; and best handheld&sol;mobile game&period; The Game of the Year award however&comma; went to Monolith&&num;8217&semi;s Productions&&num;8217&semi;<em> Shadow of Mordo<&sol;em>r which we were rather <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;pass-middle-earth-shadow-mordor-review&sol;">fond of too<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wizardry designer Brenda Romero took home an Ambassador Award and the annual Pioneer Award went to Dave Braben&period; Final Fantasy creator&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;gdc-2015-honor-man-behind-final-fantasy&sol;">Hironobu Sakaguchi<&sol;a>&comma; meanwhile&comma; took home a Lifetime Achievement Award as was announced last month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The full list of game winners can be found below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• Best Technology&colon; <em>Destiny<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Best Audio&colon;<em> Alien&colon; Isolation<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Best Narrative&colon; <em>Kentucky Route Zero<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Best Visual Art&colon; <em>Monument Valley<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Best Handheld&sol;Mobile Game&colon; <em>Monument Valley<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;Best Game Design&colon;<em> Hearthstone&colon; Heroes of Warcraft<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Best Debut&colon; <em>The Banner Saga<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;Innovation Award&colon; <em>Monument Valley<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Audience Award&colon; <em>Elite&colon; Dangerous<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Game of the Year&colon; <em>Middle-earth&colon; Shadow of Mordor<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Before the Choice Awards&comma; Capybara Games president Nathan Vella took the stage for the second year in a row to hand out the separate Independent Game Festival awards&comma; including <em>This War of Mine – <&sol;em>a game we <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ah-ah-ah-ah-staying-alive-staying-alive-war-mine-review&sol;">thought very highly of<&sol;a> ourselves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• Excellence In Visual Art&colon; <em>Metamorphabet<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Excellence In Audio&colon; <em>Ephemerid<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Excellence In Design&colon;<em> Outer Wilds<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Excellence In Narrative&colon; <em>80 Days<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Nuovo Award&colon; <em>Tetrageddon Games<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Best Student Game&colon; <em>Close Your<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Audience Award&colon; <em>This War of Mine<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;• Seumas McNally Grand Prize&colon; <em>Outer Wilds<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamasutra&period;com&sol;view&sol;news&sol;237930&sol;Shadow&lowbar;of&lowbar;Mordor&lowbar;takes&lowbar;top&lowbar;prize&lowbar;at&lowbar;Game&lowbar;Developers&lowbar;Choice&lowbar;Awards&period;php">Gematsu<&sol;a> &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gameinformer&period;com&sol;b&sol;news&sol;archive&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;04&sol;x-takes-home-top-prize-at-15th-annual-game-developers-choice-awards&period;aspx">Game Informer<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;