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6th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards

Congratulations to all recipients and nominees! The recipients were announced at a ceremony during the 2006 Game Developers Conference.

 

Nominees & Awards Recipients

Each award recipient is highlighted in yellow.

 

Four special honors, selected by the Game Developers Choice Awards advisory board, were also presented at the ceremony.

 

Lifetime Achievement

• Richard Garriott

 

First Penguin

• Will Crowther, Don Woods

 

Maverick

• Mike Dornbrook, Eran Egozy, Greg LoPiccolo, Alex Rigopulo

 

Community Contribution

• Chris Hecker

Audio Guitar Hero (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane) - Eric Brosius, Kasson Crooker Call of Duty 2 (Infinity Ward / Activision) - Mark Ganus Electroplankton (Nintendo) - Toshio Iwai, Koichi Kyuma, Yuichi Ozaki God of War (Sony Computer Entertainment America) - Brad Aldredge, Clint Bajakian, Chuck Doud, Dave Murrant Project Gotham Racing 3 (Bizarre Creations / Microsoft Game Studios) - Nick Bygrave, Guy Whitmore, Nick Wiswell

 

 

Character Design Shadow of the Colossus(Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.) - Atsuko Fukuyama, Hitoshi Niwa, Shunpei Suzuki, Fumito Ueda City of Villains (Cryptic Studios / NCsoft Corporation) - Ocala Bellows Kulig, Ryan Butts, Jay Doherty, Jeremy Mattson God of War (Sony Computer Entertainment America) - David Jaffe, Terry Smith, Charlie Wen Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath (Oddworld Inhabitants / Electronic Arts - Lorne Lanning, Rich McKain, Iain Morton, Raymond Swanland Psychonauts (Double Fine Productions / Majesco Entertainment Company) - Scott Campbell

 

 

Game Design 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

 

 

Technology Nintendogs (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo) - Tsutomu Kaneshige Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (Digital Illusions / Electronic Arts) - Fred Gill, Mns Vestin Guitar Hero (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane) - Eran Egozy, Eric Malafeew, Phil Winston Project Gotham Racing 3 (Bizarre Creations / Microsoft Game Studios) - Edmund Clay, Roger Perkins, Phil Teschner, Ian Wilson Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.) - Jinji Horagai, Takuya Seki, Hajime Sugiyama, Masanobu Tanaka

 

 

Visual Arts Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.) - Koji Hasegawa, Masanori Kajita, Hironobu Nakano, Fumito Ueda God of War (Sony Computer Entertainment America) - Steve Caterson, Terry Smith, Charlie Wen Project Gotham Racing 3 (Bizarre Creations / Microsoft Game Studios) - Gren Atherton, Julie McGurren, Peter Roe, Kiki Wolfkill Resident Evil 4 (Capcom Production Studio 4 / Capcom Entertainment) - Yusuke Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Hirabayashi, Yusuke Kan, Masaki Yamanaka We Love Katamari (Namco Limited / Namco Hometek) - Keita Takahashi, Takeshi Ugajin

 

 

Writing Psychonauts (Double Fine Productions / Majesco Entertainment Company) - Tim Schafer, Erik Wolpaw Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich (Irrational Games / Vivendi Universal Games) - Ken Levine God of War (Sony Computer Entertainment America) - David Jaffe, Marianne Krawcyzk, Alex Stein Indigo Prophecy (Quantic Dream / Atari) - David Cage Jade Empire (BioWare Corp. / Microsoft Game Studios) - Drew Karpyshyn, Brian Kindregan, Luke Kristjanson, Mike Laidlaw, Peter Thomas, Mac Walters

 

 

 

Best Game Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.) - Kenji Kaido, Yasuhide Kobayashi, 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, Shannon Studstill Guitar Hero (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane) - Rob Kay, Greg LoPiccolo, Alex Rigopulos The Movies (Lionhead Studios / Activision) - Gary Carr, Peter Molyneux, Mark Webley

 

 

	New Studio Double Fine Productions (Psychonauts) - Caroline Esmurdoc, Tim Schafer ArenaNet (Guild Wars) - Mike O'Brien, Jeff Strain, Patrick Wyatt New Crayon Games (Bonnie's Bookstore) - Phil Steinmeyer TellTale Games (Bone: Out From Boneville) - David Bogan, Kevin Bruner, Dan Connors, Troy Molander Wideload Games (Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse) - Alexander Seropian

 

 

Innovation

Guitar Hero (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane)
- Greg LoPiccolo, Ryan Lesser

• Nintendogs (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
  - Tsutomu Kaneshige, Hideki Konno, Shigeru Miyamoto, Kiyoshi Mizuki

• Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)
  - Junichi Hosono, Fumito Ueda

 

 

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Photos

Pictures are available in the Photos page.

 

Press Releases

• 'Shadow of the Colossus' Dominates 6th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards With Five Awards, Including Best Game (March 23, 2006)
• Special Honors Recognize RPG Pioneers, Chris Hecker and Founders of Harmonix at 6th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards (March 16, 2006)
• Creator of 'Ultima' Series Richard Garriott to Be Celebrated by Peers With a Lifetime Achievement Award During the 6th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards (March 9, 2006)
• 2006 Game Developers Choice Awards Nominees Announced (February 27, 2006)
• 2006 Game Developers Choice Awards Open For Nominations (January 3, 2006)