Innovation in Game Design - The shortlist

Our Game Design award covers the fundamentals of game creation: anything which contributes to the end experience of the player. Not necessarily restricted to the realm of gameplay, art or UI, this award also includes areas as diverse as accessibility, control implementation, audio and enabling user­ generated content. The work of coders, character designers and creators of dialogue are all equally at home in this category.

Tearaway
Brothers
Assassin's Creed 4: Naval combat
Papers, please
The Stanley Parable
Clumsy Ninja
Zelda: A Link Between Worlds