Balaatro's Lochetunk, developed by PlayStack, was considered as a royal flow because it crowned the year game at the twenty -fifth game developers awards ceremony. It was distributed on Wednesday at the Moscow Center in San Francisco, Patro He also triumphed over the best design, the best appearance for the first time and the innovation award.
Among the other winners Astro BotWhich won the Best Voice Award and Best Technology. Final Fantsy VII new birth He won the audience award while the best novel went to Metaphor. Black Legend: Wonding and Astro Bot He came to the ceremony with seven nominations for each of them. Portal Portal 3 The GDC Awards dominated last year, where he received three awards, including the game of the year.
This year game developer selection prizes honored Indie Lucas Pope developer known as Hit Cult Please leaves and Obra Dinn returnWith a pioneering prize.
Another honor also included the Creative Director of Remedy Entertainment Sam Lake, who won many victory in the industry in order to praise Alan Week IIWith the Achievement Award for Life. Thinking about his three decades in this industry, he advised his colleagues from his peers and gaming developers in training.
“It is important to find your team, and your unique voice is to stand out and go to where your passion takes you. Trust your vision. Be patient with this, but continue, continue to move forward, but you are always a player in the team. Always listen to good ideas from talented people around you and find secret ways.” “Art is what makes you excited, what gives you joy and what makes you proud. You roll with punches when you face an obstacle and you have to change your thoughts, and take them to mean that you are now giving an opportunity to reach something more cold and better.
Below are the 2025 GDC Awards winners:
The best sound
Astro Bot (Team Asobi / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Honor: Patro (LOCALTHUNK / PlayStack), Laureli and laser eyes (Simogo / Annapurna Inacive), Metaphor (ATLUS / Sega / Studio Zero), Niva (Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital), Silent Hill 2 (Bloober SA / Konami) teams
Best for the first time
Patro (LOCALTHUNK / Playstack)
Honor: Manor princes (Slavic magic / convincing horse), MADJACK (Hammer95 / Epopeia Games), Squire Squire (Devolver Digital), Small ice (Light Save)
Best design
Patro (LOCALTHUNK / Playstack)
Honor: Final Fantsy VII new birth (Square Enix), Heldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios / Playstation Pubishing LLC), Satisfaction (Coffee Stain Studios / Coffee Stain Publishing), Zelda legend: echoes of wisdom (Grezzo, Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development / Nintendo), UFO 50 (Seasoning)
Innovation Award
Patro (LOCALTHUNK / Playstack)
Honor: Heldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios / Playstation Pubishing LLC), Laureli and laser eyes (Simogo / Annapurna Inactive), R.Hank is good here! (Coal dinner /panic), Squire Squire (Devolver Digital), Small ice (Light Save)
The best narration
Metaphor (ATLUS / Sega / Studio Zero)
Honor: Final Fantsy VII new birth (Square Enix), Frostpunk 2 (11 bits studios), Strange life: double exposure (Nine Games / Square Enix), Niva (Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital), Senua's Saga: Hellblade II (Xbox Game Studios theory)
The best technology
Astro Bot (Team Asobi / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Honor: Good (Bigmode), Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Threyarch, Raven Software, Benox, High Moon Studios, Activision Shanghai, Sledgehammer Games, Infinity Ward, Demonware /Activision), Dragon era: The Veilguard (Biological / electronic arts), Satisfaction (Coffee Stain Studios / Coffee Stain Publishing), Tekin 8 (Bandai Namco Studios Inc / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Best optical art
Black Legend: Wonding (Game Science)
Honor: Patro (LOCALTHUNK / PlayStack), Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSOFTWARE Inc. / Bandai Namco Entertainment), Senua's Saga: Helblade II (Ninja Theory / Xbox Game Studios), Small ice (Light Light), Ultros (hadoque / Kepler Inacive)
Social influence
Strange life: double exposure (Deck nine games / EnIX games)
Honor: Closer (Isziah Studios / Skybound Games), Remote flower (Ember Trail / Kina Brave), Dragon era: The Veilguard (Biological / electronic arts), Kenzira Tales: Zao (Specialist studios / electronic arts)
General game
Patro (LOCALTHUNK / Playstack)
Honor: Good (Bigmode), Heldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios / Playstation Pubishing LLC), Like a dragon: an infinite wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio / Sega), Satisfaction (Coffee Stain Studios / Coffee Stain Publishing), UFO 50 (Seasoning)
