The Witcher 3, Her Story and Ori and the Blind Forest stood out among this year’s GDC Award winners.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was named game of the year at the 2016 GDC Awards. The CD Projekt RED RPG was also honoured with best technology.

• Best Design
  Rocket League – Psyonix
• Best Handheld/Mobile Game
  Her Story – Sam Barlow
• Best Visual Art
  Ori and the Blind Forest – Moon Studios
• Best Narrative
  Her Story – Sam Barlow
• Best Audio
  Crypt of the NecroDancer – Brace Yourself Games
• Best Technology
  The Witcher 3 – CD Projekt RED
• Innovation Award
  Her Story – Sam Barlow
• Best Debut
  Moon Studios (Ori and the Blind Forest)
• Game of the Year
  The Witcher 3 – CD Projekt RED

The competition was fierce and so, TheTech52 congrats all the winners.

Todd Howard, director of Bethesda Game Studios was honoured with a lifetime achievement award while Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson took home a pioneer award.