Thousands game developers, players, and enthusiasts from around the world tune into GDC Twitch every year for the Independent Games Festival Awards and Game Developers Choice Awards. This year, we're taking things to the next level. In addition to our own livestream, please welcome our official co-streaming partners for GDC 2025!
For the first time, GDC is partnering with content creators to co-stream the awards shows live, starting at 6:30pm PT on Wednesday, March 19. Several of them will also be co-streaming the Main Stage: A Developer's Concert, taking place earlier in the day at 12:30pm PT. We're excited for our inaugural group of eight content creators, several of whom are current or aspiring game developers themselves.
Here's a video highlighting this year's amazing GDCA and IGF Awards finalists.
The IGF Awards are part of the longest-running festival, summit, and showcase celebrating independent games their creators. This year, Jenny Jiao Hsia's Consume Me, a darkly humorous personal game about Jenny's relationship with food, leads with five nominations. Consume Me is followed by Julián Cordero and Sebastian Valbuena's slice-of-life adventure Despelote, Odd Meter's INDIKA, and Freehold Games' Caves of Qud.
The Game Developers Choice Awards are the premier accolades for peer recognition in the digital games industry. This year's nominations are led by Astro Bot (Team ASOBI / Sony Interactive Entertainment) and Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science), receiving seven nominations each. Both are finalists for the highly coveted Game of the Year Award, alongside Balatro (LocalThunk / Playstack), Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios / PlayStation Publishing LLC), Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix), and Metaphor: ReFantazio (ATLUS / SEGA / Studio Zero).
Check out their channels, then sit back and enjoy the show!
Radderss
"Hi, I'm Radderss. I started streaming after becoming disabled in late 2013, I have ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, POTs and Sjogren's. I have a strong passion for accessibility, and chaos.
I decided to create content after finding I adored the community feeling I got from hanging out in other people's streams. Illness is isolating and I didn't want to feel isolated anymore. So I worked on getting my health a little more stable, and once I had the energy to play video games and talk to others, I started streaming.
I adore Twitch, video games, my community and raising money for charity. If you're curious about my disability and how it affects my ability to stream/work/live then go here."
PlanoPlaysGames
"Fan of video games and other good stuff. I primarily play games on PC, but also play on Xbox, PlayStation and Switch."
JoeyPrink
"Johanna "JoeyPrink" Pirker is researching and teaching game design and development... and of course playing games."
S5Flare
"I'm Floyd A.K.A @S5Flare (Man Of Awesome) I'm not a streamer I just play video games online I'm about them chill vibes and helping each other get better and whatever we are playing."
AshSlayGG
"Hey I'm Ash! I'm been a Senior Producer in the games industry for ten years - I've worked on popular IPs like; Diablo, Sims Mobile, LEGO, Scrabble and collaborated with publishers; Universal Studios, Illumination, and Wizards of the Coast. | Cozy, TB&HBShooters, Battle Royale, Simulations, RP."
RareDecember
"Pronouns: She/Her and Dump/Truck. A DC hottie who loves to play games and cackle all day long. This channel is a safe, positive place for EVERYONE! Mainly plays DBD but sometimes WWZ, Evil Dead, Plate Up, Phasmophobia, Demonologist, Among US, and more. Glad to have you here!"
Ekate (Spanish)
"Si te gustan los dibujos satíricos, Bob esponja, ganarte juegos indies y jugar juegos entre amigos ¡este es el canal para ti! date una vuelta los martes y sábados a las 9pm."
(translated) "If you like satirical drawings, Spongebob Squarepants, win indie games and play games with your friends, this is your channel! Come by Tuesdays and Saturdays at 9PM."
lyksaber (English & Filipino)
"Join the Lykside and enjoy some relaxed gaming (except when I play horror games)! I play mostly FPS (Apex, R6, Overwatch, Marvel Rivals) and horror games (Phasmo and other indie games) occasionally. :) Opinions are my own."
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