"Monument Valley" wins big at the GDC Awards

[dropcap style=”style1″]M[/dropcap]onument Valley wins big at both the International Mobile Gaming Awards and the Game Developers Choice Awards (GDC) were held this week.

Vietgame.asia – They both took place in San Francisco too. Plus, stylish puzzler Monument Valley came out with big awards from both of them (four altogether).You can see the full line-up of award winners at the IGMAs below. Then, immediately below that list, there’s another that details the mobile game winners at the GDC Awards.

IMGA 2015 Winners:

Grand Prix: Monument Valley
Jury’s Honorable Mention: Threes
People’s Choice Award: Vainglory
Guilty Pleasure: 2048
Best Quickplay Game: Crossy Road
Best Meaningful Play: Papers, Please
Excellence in Storytelling: 80 Days
Best Multiplayer Game: Soccer Physics
Excellence in Gameplay: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Best Technical Achievement: Vainglory
Excellence in Audio, Visual, Art & Design Award: Tengami
Best Upcoming Games: Prune
Excellence in Innovation: Bounden

GDC Award Winners (mobile-only):

Game of the Year: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Best Debut: Stoic Studio (The Banner Saga)
Innovation Award: Monument Valley (ustwo)
Best Technology: Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
Best Audio: Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
Best Visual Art: Monument Valley (ustwo)
Best Narrative: Kentucky Route Zero: Act III (Cardboard Computer)
Best Design: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard)
Best Handheld/Mobile Game: Monument Valley (ustwo)
Audience Award: Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments)
Pioneer Award: David Braben
Ambassador Award: Brenda Romero
Lifetime Achievement Award: Hironobu Sakaguchi

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