The Technology award recognizes the overall excellence of technology in a game - including, but not limited to, graphics programming, artificial intelligence, networking, physics, etc.

7th annual Game Developes Choice Awards (2007)

Recipient
  • Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)
    - Michael Capps, Ray Davis, Tim Sweeney, Daniel Vogel
Nominees
  • 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

6th annual Game Developes Choice Awards (2006)

Recipient
  • Nintendogs (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
    - Tsutomu Kaneshige
Nominees
  • Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (Digital Illusions / Electronic Arts)
    - Fred Gill, Måns 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

5th annual Game Developes Choice Awards (2005)

Recipient
  • Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
    - Yahn Bernier, Brian Jacobson
Nominees
  • Burnout 3: Takedown (Criterion Games / Electronic Arts)
    - Alex Fry, Ciaran Rooney, Paul Ross, Hamish Young
  • Doom 3 (id Software / Activision)
    - John Carmack, Robert Duffy, Jan Paul van Waveren
  • EyeToy: AntiGrav (Harmonix Music Systems / Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    - Eran Egozy, Eric Malafeew
  • Far Cry (Crytek / Ubisoft Entertainment)
    - Timur Davidenko, Vladimir Kajalin, Andrey Khonich, Anton Knyazyev, Cevat Yerli

4th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2004)

Recipient
  • Dominic Couture, Feng Quan Wang and team for graphics programming in PRINCE OF PERSIA : THE SANDS OF TIME
Nominees
  • Jak II team for programming in JAK II
  • Kim Salo, Markus Stein and Olli Tervo for physics programming in MAX PAYNE 2: THE FALL OF MAX PAYNE
  • David Worswick for network programming in PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 2
  • Mike Rayner, Jon Spencer and team for programming in SSX 3

3rd annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2003)

Recipient
  • Mark Brockington, Scott Greig, Jason Knipe, Don Moar and Don Yakielashek for network programming in NEVERWINTER NIGHTSME
Nominees
  • Mike Biddlecombe, Scott Bilas, Bartosz Kijanka, James Loe, Eric Tams and Chad Queen for programming in DUNGEON SIEGE
  • Metroid Team for programming in METROID PRIME
  • Antoine Dodens and Team for graphics programming in TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL
  • Warcraft III Team for programming in WARCRAFT III: REIGN OF CHAOS

2nd annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2002)

Recipient
  • Richard Evans for artificial intelligence in BLACK & WHITE
Nominees
  • Akihiko Tan & team for physics in GRAN TURISMO 3 A-SPEC
  • Andy Gavin & Stephen White for programming in JAK & DAXTER: THE PRECURSOR LEGACY
  • Jason Jones & team for programming in HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED
  • Sherman Archibald, John Carmack & Ryan Feltrin for graphics in RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN

1st annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2001)

Recipient
  • Sims programming team for AI in THE SIMS
Nominees
  • Yu Suzuki & team for physics in F355 CHALLENGE
  • Scott Guest & Andy Astor for graphics in GIANTS: CITIZEN KABUTO
  • Visual Concepts dev team for networking in NFL2K1
  • Martin Brownlow for graphics in SACRIFICE