Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild and Horizon Zero Dawn will go head-to-head at the GDC Awards.
The GDC Awards take place on March 21, 2018. It takes place during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Horizon Zero Dawn both have six nominations each.
This includes the Game of the Year category, which also features PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Nier: Automata and Super Mario Odyssey.
Zelda and Horizon are also nominated in the audio, design, visual and tech categories.
Elsewhere, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is up for the innovation award, while Horizon is nominated for best narrative.
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