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Game Developers Choice Awards Nominees Announced

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by Matt Helgeson on January 24, 2013 at 08:39 PM
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The nominees annual awards show, which takes placed during the Game Developer's Conference, have been announced. Arkane's Dishonored is among the games nominated for multiple awards.

The Game of the Year nominees include some fresh blood, including Dishonored, Journey, The Walking Dead, and XCOM. Interesting, the controversial Mass Effect 3, which we picked as Game of the Year, is also up for the award. Check out the full list below.

The Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony takes place at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 27.

Source: Destructoid

Best Audio

Journey (Thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment)

Hotline Miami (Dennaton Games/Devolver Digital)

Sound Shapes (Queasy Games/Sony Computer Entertainment)

Assassin's Creed III (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Halo 4 (343 Industries/Microsoft Studios)

Best Debut

Humble Hearts (Dust: An Elysian Tail)

Polytron Corporation (Fez)

Giant Sparrow (The Unfinished Swan)

Subset Games (FTL: Faster Than Light)

Fireproof Games (The Room )

Best Game Design

Dishonored (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)

Mark Of The Ninja (Klei Entertainment/Microsoft Studios)

Spelunky (Derek Yu/Andy Hull)

Journey (Thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment)

XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Firaxis Games/2K Games)

Best Downloadable Game

The Walking Dead (Telltale Games)

Spelunky (Derek Yu/Andy Hull)

Trials: Evolution (RedLynx/Microsoft Studios)

Mark Of The Ninja (Klei Entertainment/Microsoft Studios)

Journey (Thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment)

Best Technology

Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

PlanetSide 2 (Sony Online Entertainment)

Halo 4 (343 Industries/Microsoft Studios)

Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Treyarch/Activision)

Assassin's Creed III  (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

Gravity Rush (SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment)

Hero Academy (Robot Entertainment)

Sound Shapes (Queasy Games/Sony Computer Entertainment)

The Room (Fireproof Games)

Kid Icarus: Uprising (Sora/Nintendo)

Best Narrative

Spec Ops: The Line (Yager Entertainment/2K Games)

Mass Effect 3 (BioWare/Electronic Arts)

Dishonored (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)

The Walking Dead (Telltale Games)

Virtue's Last Reward (Chunsoft/Aksys Games)

Best Visual Arts

Borderlands 2 (Gearbox Software/2K Games)

Journey (Thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment)

Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Dishonored (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)

Halo 4 (343 Industries/Microsoft Studios)

Innovation

Mark of the Ninja (Klei Entertainment/Microsoft Studios)

Journey  (Thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment)

FTL: Faster Than Light (Subset Games)

The Unfinished Swan (Giant Sparrow/Sony Computer Entertainment)

ZombiU (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)

Game of the Year

Dishonored (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)

The Walking Dead (Telltale Games)

Mass Effect 3 (BioWare/Electronic Arts)

XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Firaxis Games/2K Games)

Journey (Thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment)

 

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  • by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 08:47 PM
    I want ME3 to win. That game is so good. NOTE: I loved the ending.
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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 08:49 PM
    No Max Payne 3? It had gorgeous graphics and one of the strongest narratives I've played through this year, up there with Mass Effect 3.
  • by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 08:49 PM
    Best technology- bo2... HAHAHAHhaha... what a joke
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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 08:51 PM
    Dishonored was AAAAAAMMMMMAAAAAAZZZZZZIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 08:51 PM
    This looks like a fine list. I'm glad that this thing is coming. I hope that this will get it out of everyone's system and I will never again have to hear game enthusiasts gush over Journey.
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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 08:52 PM
    Dishonored for Best Narrative? Hmm, I don't know about that. I think X-COM should win.
  • by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 08:52 PM
    I'm surprised that Assassin's Creed III is nominated for best tech, that game was so buggy/glitchy. Also surprised that Kid Icarus was nominated for Best Handheld Game, since that one wasn't that great. Other than that, I'm pulling for Dishonored all the way.
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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 08:54 PM
    Wait. BlOps2 got nominated for best tech? Granted it looks much nicer than previous CoD but its in no way a great leap. IMO PlanetSide 2 or Halo 4 will win in that category.
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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 08:55 PM
    I'm just going to say I'm eating my words... A while back for the VGA's I was mad about how Walking Dead won GOTY, I played the first and second and have the third bought and will play this weekend and dear god they are brutally amazing! But nonetheless, Mass Effect is still my GOTY. (Still hope Walking Dead wins best Downloadable Game, though!)
    Also what I want is Dishonored to win best Game Design, as I truly thought it was very well thought out and designed!
    Lastly, I really hope Borderlands 2 wins best Visuals! I've only played the first but I think they pulled off the cell-shaded very very well!
    Edit: This is totally off-topic but does anyone think Borderlands 2 will get a GOTY edition like the first, because I really want those DLC.
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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 08:58 PM

    These nominations look to be spot on, and I'm glad to see Journey in just about every other category.

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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 09:01 PM
    Spec Ops should win Best Narrative. It took an overused setting and turned it into SUCH a strong story. Loved that game.
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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 09:01 PM

    really good list. extremely happy to see hotline miami in audio, that game had the best soundtrack for sure

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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 09:09 PM

    Max Payne 3 wasn't nominated for anything?

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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 09:14 PM
    I'm all for ME3. Hope it wins, because it totally deserves it.. And on that topic, is the DLC with the female turian worth it, and is it longer?
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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 09:16 PM
    Journey is going to win most of these, and if it doesn't it should. Nothing even comes close. ('xept Halo). Note: I do not own a PS3 (wish I did though)I own an 360.
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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 09:17 PM

    I really hope Spec Ops takes it for best narrative! Game was incredible

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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 09:19 PM

    I loved Dishonored, really, I did.

    It did not have the best narrative, it barely had a good narrative.

    mass Effect 3 and Dishonored are not on the same level, not even in the same dimension for that matter.

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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 09:20 PM
    WOOHOO Finally someone recognizes Spec Ops: The Line!
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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 09:31 PM

    Nice to see Spec ops and XCOM  up there.

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    by Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 09:43 PM
    Best Audio: Halo 4 Best Debut: ... Best Game Design: Journey Best Downloadable Game: Journey/Walking Dead (Can't decide lol) Best Technology: Planetside 2 Best Handheld/Mobile Game: ... Best Narrative: Spec Ops The Line Best Visual Arts: Halo 4/Journey Innovation: Journey Game of the Year: Mass Effect 3 (Even though I disliked the endings)
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