The Japanese game designer and scenario writer, who is best known as the xo-creator of the Dragon Quest series, gets the lifetime achievement award at the 2022 Game Developers Choice Awards.
The puzzle-roguelike card game by indie developer Daniel Mullins takes the highest honor at the annual Game Developers Choice Awards.
Other noteworthy nominees include Bloodborne, Splatoon and Fallout 4.
Papers, Please also nets a few awards.