Think Services has announced the nominees for the tenth annual Game Developers Choice Awards. The awards show takes place during the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. This year’s ceremony will take place on March 11, 2009. As expected, Uncharted 2 is up for several awards. Once again, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 was completely snubbed (what the hell is wrong with you awards people?!?).
As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this year’s selections. And the nominees are….
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)
I see Uncharted 2 is gonna rack up some more awards.
WTH? No BF 1943 love. Sham!
These are my selections:
Batman AA
UC2
UC2
Brutal Legend
UC2 (could easily be Brutal Legend)
Demon's Souls
Debut (no opinion)
Downloadable (don't care for any of them)
Social game (no opinion)
Scribblenauts
UC2
as long as uncharted 2, batman, scribblenauts, or demon's souls take one award each. i wont be complaining
I foresee farmville winning an award in the near future…and I still am hoping that Plants V Zombies can pull off a win somewhere along the line. It is such a good game that I would like to see it gain some recognition. I am anxiously awaiting it's appearance in the app store later this month, first day buy for me!
I need to get my hands on Demon Souls lol. I'm pleased that Flower got nominated 3 times ^^