19 Jan

With Spike’s VGA awards out of the way, the Game Developers Choice Awards are in full swing. Instead of awards voted on by the public, a group of 500 selected game creators will announce their picks for the best of 2009 on March 11th. The nominees and award categories are as follows:

Best Game Design:

  • Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady)
  • Assassin’s Creed 2 (Ubisoft Montreal)
  • Flower (Thatgamecompany)
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
  • Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap)

Best Visual Art:

  • Borderlands (Gearbox Software)
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
  • Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal)
  • Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward)
  • Flower (Thatgamecompany)

Best Technology:

  • Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward)
  • Red Faction: Guerrilla (Volition)
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
  • Killzone 2 (Guerrilla Games)
  • Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal)

Best Writing:

  • Brutal Legend (Double Fine)
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios)
  • Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare)
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
  • Halo 3: ODST (Bungie)

Best Audio:

  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
  • Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare)
  • Rock Band: The Beatles (Harmonix)
  • Flower (Thatgamecompany)
  • Brutal Legend (Double Fine Productions)

Innovation:

  • Scribblenauts (5th Cell)
  • Flower (Thatgamecompany)
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
  • Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap)
  • Demon’s Souls (From Software)

Best Debut:

  • The Maw (Twisted Pixel)
  • League Of Legends (Riot Games)
  • Spider: The Secret Of Bryce Manor (Tiger Style)
  • Torchlight (Runic Games)
  • Zeno Clash (ACE Team)

Best Downloadable Game:

  • Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap)
  • Trials HD (RedLynx)
  • PixelJunk Shooter (Q Games)
  • Shadow Complex (Chair Entertainment)
  • Flower (Thatgamecompany)

Best New Social/Online Game:

  • Restaurant City (Playfish)
  • Farmville (Zynga)
  • Dungeon Fighter Online (Neople/Nexon)
  • Free Realms (Sony Online Entertainment San Diego)
  • Bejeweled Blitz (PopCap)

Best Handheld Game:

  • Scribblenauts (5th Cell)
  • Flight Control (Firemint)
  • Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Rockstar Leeds/Rockstar North)
  • Spider: The Secret Of Bryce Manor (Tiger Style)
  • Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo EAD)

Game of the Year:

  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
  • Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare)
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios)
  • Demon’s Souls (From Software)
  • Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal)

Feel free to give us your own unofficial votes below, Elder-Geeks!

3 thoughts on “GDC Award Nominations”

  1. A list I would agree with, this is much better than the VGAs. How can you give best performance by a human female to Megan Fox in a crappy game, when Claudia Black hit it out of the park as Chloe in UC2, and Nolan North not winning best human male, he has been in a ton of game over the year.

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