GDC Award Results (SPOILER: Portal!)

[KagePrototype]

The Portal bandwagon keeps on truckin'

2007 Game of the Year
Portal (Valve)
Kim Swift, Erik Wolpaw

2007 Best Game Design
Portal (Valve)
Kim Swift, Realm Lovejoy, Paul Graham

2007 Best Visual Art
BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia / 2K Games)
Scott Sinclair, Shawn Robertson, Andrew James

2007 Best Technology
Crysis (Crytek/Electronic Arts)
Cevat Yerli, Douglas Binks, Timur Davidenko, Martin Mittring

2007 Best Writing
BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia / 2K Games)
Ken Levine, Emily Ridgway, Joe McDonagh, Susan O'Connor

2007 Best Audio
BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia / 2K Games)
Eric Brosius, Pat Balthrop, Emily Ridgway, Justin Mullins

2007 Best Debut
Crackdown (Real Time Worlds / Microsoft Game Studios)
Ramon Gonzalez, Violetta Sanchez, Rafael Diaz, Jose Guerra

2007 Innovation
Portal (Valve)
Kim Swift, Erik Wolpaw

2007 Best Handheld Game
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo / Nintendo)
Eiji Aonuma

2007 Best Downloadable Game
FlOw (thatgamecompany / Sony Computer Entertainment)
Kellee Santiago, Jenova Chen, Martin Middleton, Hao Cui, John Edwards, Nick Clark

http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6186460.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;3

 

[Jintor]

Niiiiiice. I agree with all choices.

 

[Eejit]

Looks good to me.

 

[soulslicer]

How come COD4 won nothing?

 

[Cormeh]

**** YEAH PORTAL!

**** YEAH BIOSHOCK!


caps

 

[Eejit]

How come COD4 won nothing?

Yeah I heard it was really excellent gun-wank.

 

[KagePrototype]

Yeah I heard it was really excellent gun-wank.

2007 Best Gun Wank
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

 

[soulslicer]

...

What the hell is gun-wank? It was a good game and should have won something.

 

[Cormeh]

Don't fret, it was nominated in several categories.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=93190

 

[DEATH eVADER]

It could of been nominated for best lighting and visuals.

 

[clarky003]

2007 Best Gun Wank
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

I lol'd

But yeh it is a bit of a metal barrel wankfest, and it most definately deserves an award for that.

 

[Asuka]

One award that is confusing me is

2007 Best Debut
Crackdown (Real Time Worlds / Microsoft Game Studios)
Ramon Gonzalez, Violetta Sanchez, Rafael Diaz, Jose Guerra

Whats that about?

 

[KagePrototype]

One award that is confusing me is

2007 Best Debut
Crackdown (Real Time Worlds / Microsoft Game Studios)
Ramon Gonzalez, Violetta Sanchez, Rafael Diaz, Jose Guerra

game Whats that about?

It's for a game developer's first game, Crackdown was Real Time Worlds' first game.