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Skyrim Bags Another Game Of The Year Award

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by Matt Bertz on March 08, 2012 at 07:17 AM

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Though Portal 2 dominated the Game Developers Choice Awards, The Elder Scrolls V swooped down like Alduin to steal the most prestigious honor.

Shutout for most of the evening, Bethesda Games Studio followed up its IAA award with yet another game of the year award. This is the second straight game the studio created that has won the highest honor at the Game Developers Choice Awards (the other being Fallout 3). Portal 2 and Bastion also had great evenings, winning three and two awards respectively.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Audio: Portal 2
Best Debut: Supergiant Games (Bastion)
Best Narrative: Portal 2
Best Visual Arts: Uncharted 3
Best Downloadable Game: Bastion
Best Game Design: Portal 2
Best Technology: Battlefield 3
Best Handheld/Mobile Game: Sword & Sworcery
Innovation Award: Johann Sebastian Joust
Ambassador Award: Ken Doroshow/Paul M. Smith (the legal council who won the U.S. Supreme Court Case Brown vs. Entertainment Merchants Assn.)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Warren Spector
Pioneer Award: Dave Theurer
Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Right before this event took place, the Independent Game Festival award winners were also announced:

Best Student Game: Way
Technical Excellence: Antichamber
Excellence In Design: Spelunky
Best Mobile Game: Beat Sneak Bandit
Excellence in Visual Art: Dear Esther
Excellence in Audio: Botanicula
Audience Award: Frozen Synapse
Nuovo Award: Storyteller
Seumus McNally Grand Prize: Fez

Congratulations to all the winners.

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Filed under: News, Valve, portal 2, bastion, Bethesda Game Studios, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Supergiant Games

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by new traditionalist Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 07:29 AM

cool. another stack of awards for bethesda. those seem to come by the truck load.
by BioshockLegend Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 07:31 AM

Heh. I had a feeling. Skyrim is just like Fallout 3 in that sense; it's difficult to choose one or two aspects that make it great, but the whole game is just brilliant.

Congrats to Portal; I've never played it (though I have it laying around somewhere), but it looks good. And congrats to Warren Spector!

And let me just do a *fist pump* for Uncharted 3 nabbing Best Visual Arts. It'd be a crime for it not to win.
by ImpactedWorld Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 07:37 AM

I'm happy that both Portal 2 and Skyrim got these awards there both amazing games, and i'm stuck like 3/4's through Portal 2 lol. Its a great game so far with more to come and not to mention co-op, it deserved the awards.
by Morgacht Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 07:49 AM

I feel bad for Epic and Gears 3. It was so good, but there were soooo many excellent games this year. Congrats to Bethesda and Skyrim.
by shooterboy23 Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 07:49 AM

Skyrim wins another award....also the sky is blue on sunny days.
by osirishawk Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 07:57 AM

whooo! skyrim proves yet again its one of the best games ever !!
by Arkhamfan Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 07:57 AM

Skyrim is so bad... I'm not even trolling. IO dont see why anybody would like this game. I got it for xmas, and played it for maybe a week. After that, sold it.
by 2pacalypse Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 08:05 AM

FUS ROH DAH!
by The End117 Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 08:06 AM

I state yet again Skyrim should NOT be GOTY because of all the BUGS!! GoTY should be flawless and Skyrim is NOT that.
by Warrior Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 08:09 AM

How in the Hell is Sword and Sworcery the best Handheld/Mobile game? That's flipping crazy! That ticks me off so much. There are wayy better HANDHELD games than Sword and Sworcery! I would know cuz I am a handheld fanatic! Sykrim won, huh? Okay good for them.
by CosmicChaos Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 08:19 AM

I'm glad Skyrim got GOTY. It deserves it, it's an amazing game. A lot of hard work was put into it.
by Bluecoat09 Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 08:26 AM

It's a great game and that's a great award to recieve from your peers
by The Great Gonzo Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 08:31 AM

Assassins Creed Revelations, Minecraft, and NCAA:11 didn't get any love.
by ynoT0312Taz Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 08:44 AM

Again, good for skyrim.
by Mothra Focker Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 08:46 AM

Skyrim. Hm. Never heard of it.
by ThisFreakinGuy Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 09:07 AM

Well. That's grand.
by GreenHawk99 Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 09:14 AM

Portal 2 was close... But Skyrim is better.
by Boyzby Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 09:20 AM

Didn't Spelunky come out years ago? I watched someone play through it 3 years ago.
by slickvicXLII Thursday, March 08, 2012 at 09:20 AM

Still no love for Zelda. ah well, at least these games are deserving. congratulations to all the winners!