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- The Game Developers Choice Awards
- Posted 10 months, 2 weeks ago by HeyKidNiceRobot
Wow, today was packed. Not only did we see some amazing announcements this morning, but we got treated to two, yes two, awards shows this evening. The 10th Annual Independent Games Festival, and The 8th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards.
I would have loved to have been able to post the winners live as they were announced, but because it was being held in this bunker of a ballroom, I was once again without internet. So here are the award winners in the order of which they were announced.
The 10th Annual Independent Games Festival Award Winners:
The Student Showcase: Synaesthete
Award For Technical Excellence: World Of Goo
Award For Excellence In Visual Art: Fez
Award For Design Innovation: World Of Goo
Award For Excellence In Audio: Audio Surf
Best Web Browser Game: Iron Dukes
The “Gleemie” Award (A shameless Gleemax Sponsored Award):
Bronze: Quadradius
Silver: Skyrates
Grand Prize: Desktop Tower Defense
The Audience Award: Audio Surf
Seumas McNally Grand Prize: Crayon Physics Deluxe
The 8th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards:
Game Design Award: Portal
Best Debut Game: Crackdown (Announced as “Cracktime”; oops, slip of the tongue?)
Best Audio: BioShock
Best Downloadable Game: flOw
The Best Technology Award: Crysis
Ambassador Award: Jason Della Rocca “And here I thought being called a jack-ass on national television by Jack Thompson was reward enough.”
The Innovation Award: Portal
The Visual Arts Award: BioShock
Pioneer Award: Ralph Baer “If I had listened to everyone 40 years ago and stopped the nonsense, we might not all be here.”
Best Handheld Game: The Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Best Writing: BioShock
Lifetime Achievement Award: Sid Meier
Game Of The Year Award: Portal
Watch Valve's acceptance speech here.
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It's nice to see that Portal got the recognition it deserves.
Wow, Portal winning "Game of the Year". Great game but its not a full game, if you listen to the directors commentary when you play through additional times, you hear them talk about how they are looking to apply this type of gameplay to a full-length game. My pics would have been Bioshock or Mass Effect because they are complete games, but there truly is a special place in my heart for Portal. Its seems that for Valve the cake isn't a lie and they actually get to enjoy it.