Game Developers Choice Award for Best Visual Art

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The Game Developers Choice Award for Best Visual Art is one of the video game awards presented at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), the largest annual gathering of professional video game developers. The conference, usually held in or around March in San Francisco, presents the award as part of the Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA), a series of awards honoring outstanding achievements in video game design for games released during the previous calendar year.

Established in 2001 and first awarded to games released the previous year, the award is given to video games which excelled in art direction, animation or computer modelling.

List of winners

2000s

Note: From 2000 to 2003 the award was titled Excellence in Visual Arts. Years listed represent calendar years for which the awards were given. Ceremonies are usually held in March the following year.

Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2000
(1st) 		Jet Set Radio Smilebit Sega [1]
American McGee's Alice Rogue Entertainment Electronic Arts
Dead or Alive 2 Team Ninja Tecmo
Sacrifice Shiny Entertainment Interplay Entertainment
Spyro: Year of the Dragon Insomniac Games Sony Computer Entertainment
2001
(2nd) 		Ico Team Ico Sony Computer Entertainment [2]
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec Polyphony Digital Sony Computer Entertainment
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee Oddworld Inhabitants Infogrames
Rez United Game Artists Sega / Sony Computer Entertainment
2002
(3rd) 		Kingdom Hearts Square Square [3]
Freedom Force Irrational Games Electronic Arts / Crave Entertainment
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus Sucker Punch Productions Sony Computer Entertainment
Syberia Microïds Microïds
The Mark of Kri San Diego Studio Sony Computer Entertainment
2003
(4th) 		The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Nintendo EAD Nintendo [4]
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Silent Hill 3 Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Konami
Tron 2.0 Monolith Productions Buena Vista Interactive
Viewtiful Joe Capcom Production Studio 4 Capcom
2004
(5th) 		World of Warcraft Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment [5]
Doom 3 iD Software Activision
Half-Life 2 Valve Valve
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Intelligent Systems Nintendo
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
2005
(6th) 		Shadow of the Colossus Team Ico Sony Computer Entertainment [6]
God of War Santa Monica Studio Sony Computer Entertainment
Project Gotham Racing 3 Bizarre Creations Microsoft Game Studios
Resident Evil 4 Capcom Production Studio 4 Capcom
We Love Katamari Namco Namco
2006
(7th) 		Gears of War Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios [7]
Final Fantasy XII Square Enix Square Enix
Ōkami Clover Studio Capcom
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
Viva Piñata Rare Microsoft Game Studios
2007
(8th) 		BioShock 2K Boston / 2K Australia 2K Games [8]
Assassin's Creed Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Team Fortress 2 Valve Valve
Crysis Crytek Electronic Arts
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment
2008
(9th) 		Prince of Persia Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft [9]
Fallout 3 Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
Metal Gear Solid 4 Kojima Productions Konami
LittleBigPlanet Media Molecule Sony Computer Entertainment
Gears of War 2 Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios
2009
(10th) 		Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment [10]
Assassin's Creed II Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Borderlands Gearbox Software 2K Games
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Infinity Ward Activision
Flower Thatgamecompany Sony Computer Entertainment

2010s

Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2010
(11th) 		Limbo Playdead Playdead [11]
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Call of Duty: Black Ops Treyarch Activision
God of War III Santa Monica Studio Sony Computer Entertainment
Red Dead Redemption Rockstar San Diego Rockstar Games
2011
(12th) 		Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment [12]
Battlefield 3 EA DICE Electronic Arts
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron Ignition Tokyo UTV Ignition Entertainment
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
Rayman Origins Ubisoft Montpellier Ubisoft
2012
(13th) 		Journey Thatgamecompany Sony Computer Entertainment [13]
Borderlands 2 Gearbox Software 2K Games
Dishonored Arkane Studios Bethesda Softworks
Far Cry 3 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Halo 4 343 Industries Microsoft Studios
2013
(14th) 		BioShock Infinite Irrational Games 2K Games [14]
DmC: Devil May Cry Ninja Theory Capcom
The Last Of Us Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Level-5 Namco Bandai
Tearaway Media Molecule Sony Computer Entertainment
2014
(15th) 		Monument Valley Ustwo Games Ustwo Games [15]
Alien: Isolation Creative Assembly Sega
Bayonetta 2 PlatinumGames Nintendo
Child of Light Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Hohokum Honeyslug and Santa Monica Studio Sony Computer Entertainment
2015
(16th) 		Ori and the Blind Forest Moon Studios Microsoft Studios [16]
Bloodborne FromSoftware Sony Computer Entertainment
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt CD Projekt Red CD Projekt
Star Wars Battlefront EA DICE Electronic Arts
Splatoon Nintendo EAD Group No. 2 Nintendo
2016
(17th) 		Inside Playdead Playdead [17][18]
Firewatch Campo Santo Panic
The Last Guardian Japan Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment
Overwatch Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Naughty Dog Sony Interactive Entertainment
2017
(18th) 		Cuphead StudioMDHR StudioMDHR [19]
Horizon Zero Dawn Guerrilla Games Sony Interactive Entertainment
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Nintendo EPD Nintendo
Night in the Woods Infinite Fall Finji
Persona 5 P-Studio Atlus

See also

References

  1. ^ "1st Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  2. ^ "2nd Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  3. ^ "3rd Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  4. ^ "4th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  5. ^ "5th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  6. ^ "6th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  7. ^ "7th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  8. ^ "8th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  9. ^ "9th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  10. ^ "10th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  11. ^ "11th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  12. ^ "12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  13. ^ "13th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  14. ^ "14th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  15. ^ "15th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  16. ^ "16th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards". GameChoiceAwards.com. Game Developer Conference. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  17. ^ "Inside, Overwatch & Firewatch lead GDC 2017 Choice Awards nominees". Gamasutra. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  18. ^ Makuch, Eddie; Imms, Jason (March 1, 2017). "Watch The Game Developers Choice Awards Right Here Tonight". GameSpot. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  19. ^ McWhertor, Michael (January 5, 2018). "Zelda, Horizon lead 2018 Game Developers Choice Award nominees". Polygon. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
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