Halo: Spartan Strike Wins at the 14th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards
Halo: Spartan Strike won "Best Handheld Audio" honors at the 14th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Award at GDC 2016. It was a stunning victory, and a celebration of true AAA quality across multiple screens and endpoints. The complete list of winners is as follows:
Audio of the Year
Winner Ori and the Blind Forest
Finalists Battlefield Hardline Destiny: The Taken King Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture Ori and the Blind Forest StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Until Dawn
Music of the Year
Winner Star Wars Battlefront
Finalists Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture Ori and the Blind Forest Star Wars Battlefront Tearaway Unfolded
Sound Design of the Year
Winner Star Wars Battlefront
Finalists Battlefield Hardline Destiny: The Taken King Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture Just Cause 3 StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void STAR WARS Battlefront
Best Original Soundtrack Album
Winner Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Finalists Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture Ori and the Blind Forest Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Call of Duty: Black Ops III Star Wars Battlefront
Best Interactive Score
Winner Star Wars Battlefront
Finalists Star Wars Battlefront Fallout 4 Gathering Sky Destiny: The Taken King Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Best Handheld Audio
Winner Halo: Spartan Strike
Finalists Halo: Spartan Strike Broken Age Gathering Sky Honor of Kings Nova-111
Best Cinematic/Cut-Scene Audio
Winner StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
Finalists Star Wars Battlefront Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void Ori and the Blind Forest The Order: 1886 Destiny: The Taken King
Best Dialogue
Winner Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Finalists Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void The Order: 1886 Grim Fandango Remastered Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture Assassins Creed Syndicate
Best Original Instrumental
Winner Ori and the Blind Forest Main Theme
Finalists Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – “The Assassin’s Two Step” Star Wars Battlefront – “Sullust, Born from the Ash and into War” “The Chosen” – Main Theme from Revelation Online Ori and the Blind Forest – “Main Theme” The Order: 1886 – “The Knights’ Theme”
Best Original Vocal Song – Choral
Winner Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture – “The Light We Cast”
Finalists Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture – “The Light We Cast” The Order: 1886 – “The Knighthood” Heroes of the Storm – “The Battle Begins” DOTA 2 – “Reborn” Bloodborne – “Terror”
Best Original Vocal Song – Pop
Winner Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture – “The Mourning Tree”
Finalists
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”
Best Audio for an Indie Game
Winner Gathering Sky
Finalists Gathering Sky SOMA Broken Age Prune Nova-111
Best Game Audio Article, Publication or Broadcast
Winner Gathering Sky – Audio Journals 1-3 – Dren McDonald
Finalists The Essential Guide to Recording Weapon Sound Effects – Watson Wu Gathering Sky – Audio Journals 1-3 – Dren McDonald Sound, Sensation, and Spatialization: A Postmortem of “Fixing Incus” How to Design Supreme Sci-Fi Weapon Sound Effects A Sound Effect
Best Audio Mix
Winner Ori and the Blind Forest Star Wars Battlefront
Finalists Ori and the Blind Forest Battlefield Hardline Star Wars Battlefront Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void Rise of the Tomb Raider Panoramical
Best Sound Design in a Casual/Social Game
Winner Gathering Sky
Finalists Gathering Sky The League of Explorers: A Hearthstone Adventure Star Wars Uprising Spirit Lords Jiu Long Zhan
Best Music in a Casual/Social Game
Winner Honor of Kings
Finalists Gathering Sky The League of Explorers: A Hearthstone Adventure Plants vs. Zombies 2 Prune Honor of Kings
Best Game Music Cover/Remix
Winner Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Peter Hollens
Finalists Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – “Underground” Fallout 4: “Vault 111″ Secret of Mana: “Into the Thick of It” Final Fantasy 7: “Of Cosmos and Seto” Smooth McGroove Remixed
Rookie of the Year
Gareth Coker
G.A.N.G. Recognition Award
Penka Kouneva
Distinguished Service Award
Savina Ciaramella Chance Thomas
Lifetime Achievement Award
Marty O’Donnell
