God of War Wins Game of the Year Award at the 19th Annual GDC Awards

Sony Santa Monica and Sony Interactive Entertainment’s reimagining of the action/adventure series, God of War, was honored with the prize for Game of the Year at last night’s 19th annual Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony during the 2019 Game Developers Conference at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.

The exploration of young love, Florence, earned developer Mountains two awards, for Best Debut and Best Mobile Game. Developer Beat Games also took home two awards for its VR rhythm game Beat Saber, for Best VR/AR Game and the Audience Award.

The full slate of winners of the 2019 GDCAs also includes Best Technology winner Red Dead Redemption 2 by Rockstar Games. Lucas Pope’s 3909 won Best Narrative for Return of the Obra Dinn. 2018 IGF Award winner, Celeste, by developer Matt Makes Games, returned to the awards podium with their win for Best Audio. The platform-adventure game, Gris by Nomada Studio, earned the award for Best Visuals. The Award for Best Design went to Into the Breach developed by Subset Games, and Nintendo’s Labo won the Innovation Award.

An archive of the award ceremony, as well as the full presentation of the Independent Games Festival Awards, can be viewed at http://twitch.tv/gdc.