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The Developer Credit SIG will be making announcements at the IGDA Networking Event at 6pm March 15 in the Children’s Creativity Museum across the street from the Moscone Center South Hall.

On display will be the cumulative nomination estimates for the longest running American awards, with two of the longest running British award groups added next year. Each year, as credit records improve and new years of data are added, the rankings for career nominations by people, games, and companies will be adjusted.

The raw data released so far is available at igda.org/devcredit and you can interact with awards data at charts.navgtr.org to make custom charts and graphs comparing developer track records.

IGDA members can RSVP at https://2016igdagdc.eventbrite.com

In addition to the announcements, as an attendee you will be able to actively participate in video testimonials of your Developer Heroes and caucus on their behalf to make bold predictions for the Game Developer’s Choice Awards (March 16), Game Audio Network Guild Awards (March 17), and National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (March 21).

The following categories will feature live discussion and prediction voting:

GDC BEST NARRATIVE
• Her Story
• The Witcher 3
• Life is Strange
• Undertale
• The Beginner’s Guide

GANG BEST ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTAL
• Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – “The Assassin’s Two Step”
• Star Wars Battlefront – “Sullust, Born from the Ash and into War”
• Revelation Online – “The Chosen”
• Ori and the Blind Forest – “Main Theme”
• The Order: 1886 – “Knights’ Theme”

NAVGTR CONTROL DESIGN, 3D
• Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
• Splatoon
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

GDC BEST DESIGN
• Rocket League
• Metal Gear Solid V
• Bloodborne
• Fallout 4
• Splatoon

NAVGTR GAME DESIGN, NEW IP
• Bloodborne
• Life is Strange
• Pillars of Eternity
• Splatoon
• Undertale

GANG AUDIO OF THE YEAR
• Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
• Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void
• Destiny: The Taken King
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Until Dawn
• Battlefield: Hardline

GDC BEST AUDIO
• Star Wars Battlefront
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
• Metal Gear Solid V
• Crypt of the NecroDancer

GDC GAME OF THE YEAR
• Fallout 4
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain
• Bloodbourne
• Rocket League

GANG BEST ORIGINAL SONG: POP
• Killer Instinct: Season 2 – “I’m Back (to Rise!)”
• Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture – “The Mourning Tree”
• Call of Duty: Black Ops III – “Snakeskin Boots”
• Sword Coast Legends – “The Path of Destiny”
• Devil’s Third – “Bleed Out”

NAVGTR SONG, ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED
• Devil’s Third – “Bleed Out”
• Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture – “The Mourning Tree”
• Fallout 4 – “Good Neighbor”
• Life is Strange – “To All of You”
• Rare Replay – “Opening Number”

GANG BEST CINEMATIC CUTSCENE AUDIO
• Star Wars Battlefront
• Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• The Order: 1886
• Destiny: The Taken King

NAVGTR PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA, LEAD
• Fallout 4 – Brian T. Delaney as “Male Player Character”
• Her Story – Viva Seifert as “Wife”
• The Order: 1886 – Steve West as “Grayson / Sir Galahad”
• Rise Of The Tomb Raider – Camilla Luddington as “Lara Croft”
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Doug Cockle as “Geralt”

NAVGTR PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA, SUPPORTING
• Batman: Arkham Knight – John Noble as “Scarecrow”
• Batman: Arkham Knight – Mark Hamill as “Joker”
• Fallout 4 – Stephen Russell as “Codsworth/Nick Valentine”
• Until Dawn – Brett Dalton as “Mike”
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – William Roberts as “Uncle Vesemir”

NAVGTR USE OF SOUND, NEW IP
• Crypt of the Necrodancer
• Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
• Evolve
• The Order: 1886
• Until Dawn

GANG BEST AUDIO FOR AN INDIE GAME
• Gathering Sky
• SOMA
• Broken Age
• Prune
• Nova-111

Get a preview of the caucus experience at http://tinyurl.com/caucusroars

If you are talented at camera movement and would like to help shoot single camera video, please contact tallen at navgtr dot org.

Please remember in the heat of argument to maintain adherence to the GDC Code of Conduct. We look forward to a vibrant discussion about games and credits!