'' No Man 's Sky '' won the Innovation Award and was nominated for the Best Technology Award for the 2017 Game Developers Choice Awards . Murray and other members of Hello Games had attended the Game Developers Conference , but had not expected to win anything given the game 's reputation by that point , and opted to go elsewhere for dinner when they were named the winners of the Innovation Award . The game was nominated for the Excellence in Technical Achievement for the 2017 SXSW Gaming Awards . The title was also named for the British Game award for the 13th British Academy Games Awards . '' PC Gamer '' named '' No Man 's Sky '' its Best Ongoing Game award in 2017 , and Shacknews considered it the Best Comeback in 2017 , both praising the updates added in the year since its launch that had improved how one interacted with the game . The game was nominated for " Best Co-operative Game " and " Xbox Game of the Year " with '' No Man 's Sky Next '' at the 2018 Golden Joystick Awards , and for " Best Ongoing Game " at The Game Awards 2018 , and won the award for " Most Evolved Game " at the 2019 SXSW Gaming Awards . At the Italian Video Game Awards , it was nominated for " Best Evolving Game "
13th British Academy Games Awards
13th British Academy Games Awards
No Man's Sky