The 15th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards honoring the best games of 2014 were presented March 4 in San Francisco.
Game of the Year
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Innovation Award
- Monument Valley (Ustwo)
Best Audio
- Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
Best Debut
- The Banner Saga (Stoic Studio)
Best Design
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard)
Best Handheld/Mobile Game
- Monument Valley (Ustwo)
Best Narrative
- Kentucky Route Zero: Episode 3 (Cardboard Computer)
Best Technology
- Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
Best Visual Arts
- Monument Valley (Ustwo)
Lifetime Achievement Winner
- Hironobu Sakaguchi
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the career and achievements of a developer who has made an indelible impact on the craft of game development and games as a whole.
Pioneer Award Winner
- David Braben
The Pioneer Award (formerly known as the First Penguin Award) celebrates those individuals who developed a breakthrough technology, game concept, or gameplay design at a crucial juncture video game history – paving the way for the myriads who followed them.
Ambassador Award Winner
- Brenda Romero
The Ambassador Award honors an individual or individuals who have helped the game industry advance to a better place, either through facilitating a better game community from within, or by reaching outside the industry to be an advocate for video games and help further the art.
Audience Award Winner
- Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments)