It was a big night for Arkane with the Lyon studio picking up the award for best new IP, as well as the headline Develop Star Award for studio director Dinga Bakaba.
Also taking home multiple awards were Guerrilla for Horizon Forbidden West (Best Visual Art, Best Game) and Sumo (Best Studio, Recruitment Star). Other notable winners included Life is Strange: True Colors (Best Narrative), d3t (Best Creative Provider), Keywords Studios (Best QA & Localisation Provider) and Unpacking (Best Game Design). Among the individual awards, Interior Night’s Charu Desodt was the deserving winner of Diversity Star, while Charmie Kim was crowned Tomorrow’s Star.