'Red Dead Redemption 2' Leads List of GDC 2019 Awards Nominees

Today, the organizers of the 19th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards announced this year's nominees.

Leading the pack with seven nominations is Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption 2, followed by Sony Interactive Entertainment's God of War and Marvel's Spider-Man with six each.

Other titles receiving multiple nominations include: Celeste, Return of the Obra Dinn, Tetris Effect, and Florence from Mountains.

As always, any video game that released and was made publicly available during 2018, irrespective of platform or delivery medium, is eligible for nominations. Both nominees and winners are selected by the Game Developers Choice Awards-specific International Choice Awards, which is an invitation-only organization, said to be described by leading game creators across the industry. There's no public voting at all.

That all said, here are this year's nominees:

GAME OF THE YEAR

• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909)
• Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
• God of War (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

BEST AUDIO

• Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• God of War (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Tetris Effect (Monstars and Resonair / Enhance)

BEST DEBUT

• Polyarc (Moss)
• Mountains (Florence)
• Nomada Studio (Gris)
• Villa Gorilla (Yoku's Island Express)
• Sabotage (The Messenger)

BEST DESIGN

• Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
• Into the Breach (Subset Games)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• God of War (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

BEST MOBILE GAME

• Alto's Odyssey (Snowman)
• Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
• Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Devolver Digital)
• Holedown (Grapefrukt Games)
• Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)

INNOVATION AWARD

• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
• Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Tetris Effect (Monstars and Resonair / Enhance)
• Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909)

BEST NARRATIVE

• Florence (Mountains/Annapurna Interactive)
• God of War (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

BEST TECHNOLOGY

• Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
• Forza Horizon 4 (Turn 10 Studios and Playground Games / Microsoft Studios)
• God of War (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

BEST VISUAL ART

• Gris (Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital)
• Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• God of War (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

BEST VR/AR GAME

• Budget Cuts (Neat Corporation)
• Beat Saber (Beat Games)
• Tetris Effect (Monstars and Resonair / Enhance)
• Moss (Polyarc)
• Astro Bot Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

The GDC 2019 Awards are poised to commence on March 20, 2019.