Epic Games and Microsoft Game
Studios' already award winning Xbox 360 shooter Gears of War, has won some more awards at the Game Developers Conference this week - perhaps the most important awards a game can get because these were chosen by fellow developers. Gears of War was the recipient of three honors
including Best Game at the 7th annual Game Developers Choice Awards. The
blockbuster hit game also received the awards for Technology and Visual
Arts.
Following close behind with two awards each were Clover Studios and
Capcom Entertainment's Okami and Nintendo's Wii Sports. The ceremony,
produced and hosted by the Game Developers Conference (GDC) and presented
by the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), is the only
peer-based, open nomination awards program in the industry where honors are
bestowed to developers by developers.
Nominations were free of charge and open to all IGDA members, ensuring
that the nominees reflect the international development community's
opinions. The IGDA membership voted on the finalists.
The recipients for the 7th annual Game Developers Choice Awards are:
Best Game:
Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Cliff Bleszinski, Michael Capps, Rod Fergusson
Audio:
Guitar Hero II (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane)
- Jeff Allen, Eric Brosius, Izzy Maxwell
Character Design:
Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
- Mari Shimazaki, Sawaki Takeyasu, Kenichirou Yoshimura
Game Design:
Wii Sports (Nintendo)
- Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshiaki Yamashita
Technology:
Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Michael Capps, Ray Davis, Tim Sweeney, Daniel Vogel
Visual Arts:
Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Jerry O'Flaherty, Chris Perna
Writing:
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
- Kyogoku Aya, Nate Bihldorff, Mitsuhiro Takano
New Studio:
Iron Lore Entertainment (Titan Quest)
- Paul Chieffo, Jeff Goodsill, Brian Sullivan
Innovation:
Line Rider
- Bostjan Cadez
Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
- Atsushi Inaba, Hideki Kamiya
Wii Sports (Nintendo)
- Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshiaki Yamashita
Recipients for the evening's special awards were:
Lifetime Achievement:
Shigeru Miyamoto
First Penguin:
Alexey Pajitnov
Maverick:
Greg Costikyan
Community Contribution:
George "The Fat Man" Sanger
For more information about the awards and all the recipients,
visit
www.gamechoiceawards.com
.
