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Winners: 2010 IGF And GDC Awards

The dual Game Developer Conference award shows just ended and we've got the list of big winners. Check out the roster of lucky developers below, highlighted in red among their peers.

2010 Independent Games Festival Awards

Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Joe Danger (Hello Games)
Monaco (Pocketwatch Games)
Rocketbirds: Revolution! (Ratloop Asia)
Trauma (Krystian Majewski)
Super Meat Boy! (Team Meat)

Excellence In Visual Art
Shank (Klei Entertainment)
Owlboy (D-Pad Studios)
Trauma (Krystian Majewski)
Limbo (Playdead)
Rocketbirds: Revolution! (Ratloop Asia)

Excellence In Design

Miegakure (Marc Ten Bosch)
Star Guard (Sparky)
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! -- A Reckless Disregard For Gravity (Dejobaan Games)
Monaco (Pocketwatch Games)
Cogs (Lazy 8 Studios)

Excellence In Audio
Super Meat Boy! (Team Meat)
Shatter (Sidhe)
Closure (Closure Team)
Rocketbirds: Revolution! (Ratloop Asia)
Trauma (Krystian Majewski)

Technical Excellence
Closure (Closure Team)
Limbo (Playdead)
Heroes Of Newerth (S2 Games)
Joe Danger (Hello Games)
Vessel (Strange Loop Games)

Nuovo Award
Today I Die (Daniel Benmergui)
A Slow Year (Ian Bogost)
Tuning (Cactus)
Closure (Closure Team)
Enviro-Bear 2000 (Justin Smith)

Audience Award
Heroes of Newerth

Direct to Drive Award
Max & The Magic Marker

 

2010 Game Developer Choice Awards

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)

Best Game Design
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios)
Assassin's Creed II (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 Productions)
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)

Special Honors
Lifetime Achievement Award: John Carmack
Pioneer Award: Gabe Newell
Ambassador Award: Penny Arcade Trio

How do you think the winners stack up? Any big surprises?

Be sure to check out the GDC 2010 hub page for quick access to more news and hands-on impressions from the event.

Comments
  • Congrats to all winners.

    I'll have to watch the video of it tomorrow.

  • Joe Danger looks ridiculous. And fun.

  • Wow, Naughty Dog cleaned house.  Good for them and Uncharted 2.

  • Uncharted 2 deserved each and every award it was nominated for. No matter how amazing the other games were.

  • Yay for Limbo! Can't wait to get my hands on it.

  • I tip my hat to Naughty Dog, well done my good man.

  • Uncharted 2 for the win. Nuff said.

  • Wow, Uncharted just keeps racking them up.

  • naughty dog pretty much wrecked that place

  • Uncharted Rules

  • I can't say I'm all that surprised with any of the selections at the Game Developers Choice Awards, though some might argue that Arkham Assylum edging out Uncharted 2 on design was a minor upset. Really though, a game as excellent as Arkham Assylum shouldn't walk away empty-handed, and a bit of 'award trading' like they do at the Oscars isn't such a terrible thing if that was the case.

  • Im gona have to disagree with the game of the year selection.  Dragon age was an amazing game and I really thing it deserved it.  I have uncharted and I don't really think its as good as people give it credit it obe

  • I wish farmville would die! It's called Harvest Moon people!! Post this on you friend's farmville status you might convert them and bring bag pandemic. But I agree with everything else

  • Wow, Flower beat Shadow Complex? Surprise much?

  • Go SCRIBBLENAUTS

  • Congratulations to the winners.

  • SCRIBBLENAUTS.....I have to get that game someday.

  • Woot! Brutal Legend won something. I'm hoping that this betters the chances of a squel.

  • Uncharted 2 really did clean house.  I was surprised Brutal Legend or Dragon Age didn't grab a couple of those awards.

  • Uncharted wrecked shop.

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