Congratulations to all recipients and nominees! The recipients were announced at a ceremony during the 2007 Game Developers Conference.

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.