From Overwatch to Firewatch: the best video games of 2016 - chosen by developers

We asked 50 game makers what they thought was the best game of 2016. Here are their often surprising responses

It may have been a difficult year for the wider world, but 2016 did at least see a lot of excellent video games, from the glossy action movie thrills of Uncharted 4 to the agenda-setting multiplayer fun of Overwatch and the solemn dystopian vision of Inside.

But we wanted to know what the industry itself thinks were the best games to come out in the past 12 months. To find out, we asked 50 of our favourite developers, including 30-year veterans, Bafta award winners and rising indie stars. Here's what they decided.