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GDC08 Award winners, Portal and BioShock clean up in San Fran E-mail
by Mike Bantick   
Saturday, 23 February 2008
The Game Developers Conference has announced awards for the past years efforts of their members.  The innovative Portal and the creepy adventure of BioShock have caught the judges eye.

Garnishing the recognition of peers would be one of the best feelings in any industry.  Respect is a powerful emotion and deep down all creative people strive for.

Imagine how the respective camps of Valve (Portal) and 2K Games (BioShock) must feel right now as those particular developers were the stand-out winners of this years Annual Game Developers Choice Awards.

The full results of the 8th annual awards were:

Best Game Design - Portal (Valve) Kim Swift, Realm Lovejoy, Paul Graham
Best Visual Art - BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia / 2K Games) Scott Sinclair, Shawn Robertson, Andrew James
Best Technology - Crysis (Crytek/Electronic Arts) Cevat Yerli, Douglas Binks, Timur Davidenko, Martin Mittring
Best Writing - BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia / 2K Games) Ken Levine, Emily Ridgway, Joe McDonagh, Susan O'Connor
Best Audio - BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia / 2K Games) Eric Brosius, Pat Balthrop, Emily Ridgway, Justin Mullins
Best Debut - Crackdown (Real Time Worlds / Microsoft Game Studios) Ramon Gonzalez, Violetta Sanchez, Rafael Diaz, Jose Guerra
Innovation - Portal (Valve) Kim Swift, Erik Wolpaw
Best Handheld Game - The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo / Nintendo) Eiji Aonuma
Best Downloadable Game - fl0w (thatgamecompany / Sony Computer Entertainment) Kellee Santiago, Jenova Chen, Martin Middleton, Hao Cui, John Edwards, Nick Clark
Game of the Year - Portal (Valve) Kim Swift, Erik Wolpaw

Recipients for the evening's special awards were: Lifetime Achievement Award Sid Meier, Pioneer Award Ralph Baer, Ambassador Award Jason Della Rocca


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