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9th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2008)
Recipient
- LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule)
- Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft Montreal)
- Braid (Number None)
- Fallout 3 (Bethesda Game Studios)
- Left 4 Dead (Valve Software)
8th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2008)
Recipient
- Portal (Valve)
- Kim Swift, Realm Lovejoy, Paul Graham
- BioShock (2K Boston / 2K Australia / 2K Games)
- Paul Hellquist, Bill Gardner - Call of Duty 4 (Infinity Ward / Activision)
- Jason West, Grant Collier, Vince Zampella - Mass Effect (Bioware / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Casey Hudson, Preston Watamaniuk - Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
- Yoshiaki Koizumi
7th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2007)
Recipient
- Wii Sports (Nintendo)
- Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshiaki Yamashita
- Bully (Rockstar Vancouver / Rockstar Games)
- Hideki Kamiya - Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
- David Jaffe - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
- Todd Howard - Viva Piñata (Rare / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Justin Cook, Gregg Mayles
6th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2006)
Recipient
- Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)
- Junichi Hosono, Fumito Ueda
- Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
- Katsuya Eguchi, Hisashi Nogami, Takashi Tezuka, Kazumi Totaka - God of War (Sony Computer Entertainment America)
- David Jaffe - Nintendogs (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
- Tsutomu Kaneshige, Hideki Konno, Shigeru Miyamoto, Kiyoshi Mizuki - Psychonauts (Double Fine Productions / Majesco Entertainment Company)
- Erik Robson, Tim Schafer
5th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2005)
Recipient
- Katamari Damacy (Namco)
- Keita Takahashi
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North / Rockstar Games)
- Leslie Benzies, Adam Fowler, Aaron Garbut, Sam Houser, Alexander Roger, Obbe Vermeij - Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
- Gabe Newell, Jay Stelly - Pikmin 2 (Nintendo)
- Masamichi Abe, Hino Shigefumi - World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Chris Metzen, Rob Pardo
4th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2004)
Recipient
- David Chateauneuf, Patrice Desilets, Jordan Mechner and team for game design in PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME
- Michel Ancel, Jacques Exertier, Frederic Houde, and Sebastien Morin for game design in BEYOND GOOD & EVIL
- The Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando team for game design in RATCHET & CLANK: GOING COMMANDO
- Casey Hudson, James Ohlen and team for game design in STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC
- Goro Abe, Hirofumi Matsuoka, Kazuyoshi Ohsawa and Ko Takeuchi for game design in WARIOWARE INC.: MEGA MICROGAME$
3rd annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2003)
Recipient
- Romain de Waubert de Genlis and Team for game design in BATTLEFIELD 1942
- GTA Team for game design in GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY
- Metroid Team for game design in METROID PRIME
- Satoru Iwata, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka and Kenta Usui for game design in SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE
- Splinter Cell Team Leaders for game design in TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL
2nd annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2002)
Recipient
- GTA3 team for game play in GRAND THEFT AUTO III
- Fumito Ueda & team for game design in ICO
- Lorne Lanning & Chris Ulm for story/writing in ODDWORLD: MUNCH'S ODDYSEE
- Peter Molyneux & team for game design in BLACK & WHITE
- Shigeru Miyamto & team for game design in PIKMIN
1st annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2001)
Recipient
- Harvey Smith & Warren Spector for game design in DEUS EX
- Sean Clark & Michael Stemmle for puzzles in ESCAPE FROM MONKEY ISLAND
- Shigeru Miyamoto & Eiji Aonuma for gameplay in LEGEND OF ZELDA: MAJORA'S MASK
- Ragnar Tornquist for story in THE LONGEST JOURNEY
- Neversoft Entertainment for gameplay in TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 2