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GDC08 Award winners, Portal and BioShock clean up in San Fran
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GDC08 Award winners, Portal and BioShock clean up in San Fran | GDC08 Award winners, Portal and BioShock clean up in San Fran |
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| 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.Featured Whitepaper
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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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