Swen Vincke of Larian Studios Backs PC Gamer, Names Balatro His Game of the Year as It Dominates at GDC Awards

It’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) season, which means it’s time for industry luminaries from across the globe to descend on San Francisco to talk about, you know, advancements in SpeedTree and what-have-you. It’s also time for a shadowy camarilla of “leading game creators from all parts of the industry” to hand out the Game Developers Choice Awards—trophies for things like Best Debut, Best Visual Art, that kind of thing.

Top gong, of course, is Game Of The Year, and what do you know? This year’s GOTY went to none other than Balatro. You know who else gave a GOTY award to Balatro? A little computer games outlet called PC Gamer.