Balatro dominated the Sport Builders Selection Awards final night time, taking dwelling Sport of the 12 months and Greatest Debut alongside Greatest Design and the Innovation award.
Astro Bot gained two awards within the Audio and Expertise classes, whereas Black Delusion: Wukong acquired the accolade for Greatest Visible Artwork.
Studio Zero’s Metaphor: ReFantazio gained Greatest Narrative with Deck 9 Video games’ Life is Unusual: Double Publicity taking dwelling the Social Influence award.
As beforehand reported, Treatment’s artistic director Sam Lake acquired the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was offered by Alan Wake and Management actor Matthew Porretta.
Lucas Pope was given the Pioneer Award for his contributions to recreation growth – each because the creator of Paper’s, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn and his work at Naughty Canine.
The Unbiased Video games Pageant additionally befell yesterday, with Devour Me awarded the Seumas McNally Grand Prize. Developed by Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thompson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, and Ken ‘coda’ Synder, the sport additionally gained the Nuvo and Wings awards.
Freehold Video games’ Caves of Qud gained Excellence in Narrative, Moonloop Video games’ Hauntii took dwelling the Excellence in Visible Arts award, whereas Suspicious Developments’ Tactical Breach Wizards gained Excellence in Design.
Despelote, developed by Julián Cordero and Sebastian Valbuena, gained Excellence in Audio, and Vinny Roca’s Slot Waste gained Greatest Scholar Sport.
Listed below are the total checklist of winners for each ceremonies:
GDCA 2025 winners
- Sport of the 12 months: Balatro (Native Thunk, Playstack)
- Greatest Debut: Balatro
- Greatest Visible Artwork: Black Delusion: Wukong (Sport Science)
- Greatest Audio: Astro Bot (Group Asobi, Sony Interactive Leisure)
- Greatest Narrative: Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero, Atlus, Sega)
- Greatest Expertise: Astro Bot
- Greatest Design: Balatro
- Social Influence Award: Life is Unusual: Double Publicity (Deck 9 Video games, Sq. Enix)
- Innovation Award: Balatro
- Pioneer Award: Lucas Pope
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Sam Lake
IGF 2025 winners
- Seumas McNally Grand Prize: Devour Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thompson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken ‘coda’ Synder)
- Excellence in Visible Artwork: Hauntii (Moonloop Video games, Firestoke)
- Excellence in Audio: Despelote (Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena, Panic)
- Excellence in Design: Tactical Breach Wizards (Suspicious Developments)
- Excellence in Narrative: Caves of Qud (Freehold Video games, Kitfox Video games)
- Nuovo Award: Devour Me
- Wings Award: Devour Me
- Greatest Scholar Sport: Slot Waste (Vinny Roca)
