Each award recipient is highlighted in blue.
Audio
- Guitar Hero II (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane)
- Jeff Allen, Eric Brosius, Izzy Maxwell - Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment / THQ)
- Crispin Hands, John Johnson, Jennifer Lewis, John Tennant - DEFCON: Everybody Dies (Introversion Software)
- Alistair Lindsay, Michael Maidment - Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (Crystal Dynamics / Eidos Interactive)
- Troels Folmann, Karl Gallagher, Mike Peaslee, Gregg Stephens - LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Kemmei Adachi, Tomonobu Kikuchi, Kouji Niikura, Nobuyuki Shimizu
Character Design
- Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
- Mari Shimazaki, Sawaki Takeyasu, Kenichirou Yoshimura - Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix)
- Hideo Minaba, Hiroshi Minagawa, Akihiko Yoshida - LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Tsutomu Kouno, Keigo Tsuchiya, - Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft Montpellier Studio / Ubisoft Entertainment)
- Michel Ancel, Charles Beirnaert, Hubert Chevillard, Florent Sacre - Viva Piñata (Rare / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Ryan Stevenson
Game Design
- 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
Technology
- Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Michael Capps, Ray Davis, Tim Sweeney, Daniel Vogel - Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment / THQ))
- Drew Dunlop, Shelby Hubick, David Swinerd, Ian Thomson - Dead Rising (Capcom Entertainment)
- Shinya Ikuta, Tomofumi Ishida, Yasuhide Sawada, Tomohiro Ueda - Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis (Rockstar San Diego / Rockstar Games)
- Ted Carson, Eugene Foss, Wil Paredes, Steve Reed - Wii Sports (Nintendo)
- Takuhiro Dohta, Takeshi Miyamoto, Keizo Ohta, Kenta Sato
Visual Arts
- Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Jerry O'Flaherty, Chris Perna - Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix)
- Isamu Kamikokuryo, Hideo Minaba, Akihiko Yoshida - Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
- Naoki Katakai, Kenichirou Yoshimura - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
- Matthew Carofano, Christiane Meister, Istvan Pely - Viva Piñata (Rare / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Ed Bryan, Ryan Stevenson
Writing
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
- Kyogoku Aya, Nate Bihldorff, Mitsuhiro Takano - Bully (Rockstar Vancouver / Rockstar Games)
- Dan Houser, Jacob Krarup - Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (Funcom / Aspyr Media)
- Dag Scheve, Ragnar Tørnquist - Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock (Telltale Games / GameTap)
- Brendan Ferguson, Dave Grossman, Steve Purcell - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
- Ken Rolston
Best Game
- Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Cliff Bleszinski, Michael Capps, Rod Fergusson - Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
- Atsushi Inaba, Hideki Kamiya - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
- Todd Howard - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
- Eiji Aonuma, Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto - Wii Sports (Nintendo)
- Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto, Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshiaki Yamashita
New Studio
- Iron Lore Entertainment (Titan Quest)
- Paul Chieffo, Jeff Goodsill, Brian Sullivan - Gastronaut Studios (Small Arms)
- Jacob Van Wingen, Don Wurster - Naked Sky Entertainment (RoboBlitz)
- Joshua Glazer, Tian Mu, Sam Thibault - Ready At Dawn Studios (Daxter)
- Didier Malenfant, Andrea Pessino, Ru Weerasuriya - Wadjet Eye Games (The Shivah)
- Dave Gilbert
Innovation
- Line Rider
- Bostjan Cadez - Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
- Atsushi Inaba, Hideki Kamiya - Wii Sports (Nintendo)
- Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshiaki Yamashita
Four special honors, selected by the Game Developers Choice Awards advisory board, were also presented at the ceremony.
Lifetime Achievement
- Shigeru Miyamoto
First Penguin
- Alexey Pajitnov
Maverick
- Greg Costikyan
Community Contribution
- George "The Fat Man" Sanger
Pictures are available in the Photos page.
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