Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor vince il titolo di Game of the Year al Game Developers Conference 2015, battendo Alien Isolation, Bayonetta 2, Destiny e Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraf.
Ecco la lista di tutti i vincitori delle varie catorie:
Game of the Year: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Innovation Award: Monument Valley
Best Debut: Stoic Studio (The Banner Saga)
Best Design: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Best Handheld/Mobile Game: Monument Valley
Best Visual Art: Monument Valley
Best Narrative: Kentucky Route Zero: Episode 3
Best Audio: Alien: Isolation
Best Technology: Destiny
Anche l’Independent Games Festival ha distribuito i premi per i migliori giochi indipendenti del 2015:
Excellence in Visual Art: Metamorphabet (Patrick Smith)
Excellence in Narrative: 80 Days (inkle Studios)
Excellence in Design: Outer Wilds (Team Outer Wilds)
Excellence in Audio: Ephemerid: A Musical Adventure (SuperChop Games)
Nuovo Award: Tetrageddon Games (Nathalie Lawhead)
Seumas McNally Grand Prize: Outer Wilds (Team Outer Wilds)