The GDC Awards’ 2025 Game of the Year winners are rolling in

While the scale of December’s The Game Awards has given the trailer-heavy show the glow of the gaming industry’s Oscar equivalent, the annual Game Developers Choice Awards and Independent Game Festival Awards, held together each year at GDC, are closer to an Academy Awards-like event. Voted on by artists and craftspeople who make games, the GDC Awards represent a different perspective on “Game of the Year” — even if the winners often align with the TGAs.
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