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12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards



Nominees & Awards Recipients

Each award recipient is highlighted in yellow.

 

These three special honors, selected by the Game Developers Choice Awards advisory board, will be presented at the ceremony.

 

Lifetime Achievement Winner

2012 Recipient
Warren Spector

The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the career and achievements of a developer who has made an indelible impact on the craft of game development and games as a whole.

 

Pioneer Award Winner

2012 Recipient
Dave Theurer

The Pioneer Award (formerly known as the First Penguin Award) celebrates those individuals who developed a breakthrough technology, game concept, or gameplay design at a crucial juncture video game history - paving the way for the myriads who followed them.

 

Ambassador Award Winner

2012 Recipients
Ken Doroshow and Paul M. Smith

The Ambassador Award honors an individual or individuals who have helped the game industry advance to a better place, either through facilitating a better game community from within, or by reaching outside the industry to be an advocate for video games and help further our art.

 

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Game of the Year

  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
  • Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
    Portal 2 (Valve)
    Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Eidos Montreal)
    Dark Souls (FromSoftware)

 

Portal 2

    Best Narrative

  • Portal 2 (Valve)
  • The Witcher 2 (CD Projekt RED)
    Bastion (Supergiant Games)
    Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Naughty Dog)
    Saints Row: The Third (Volition)

 

Portal 2

    Best Game Design

  • Portal 2 (Valve)
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
    The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo)
    Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
    Dark Souls (FromSoftware)

 

Battlefield 3

    Best Technology

  • Battlefield 3 (DICE)
    L.A. Noire (Team Bondi)
    Crysis 2 (Crytek Frankfurt/UK)
    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
    Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Naughty Dog)

 

Uncharted 3

    Best Visual Arts

  • Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Naughty Dog)
    Rayman Origins (Ubisoft Montpellier)
    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
    El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (Ignition Japan)
    Battlefield 3 (DICE)

 

Bastion

    Best Debut

  • Supergiant Games (Bastion)
    Team Bondi (L.A. Noire)
    Re-Logic (Terraria)
    Bioware Austin (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
    Eidos Montreal (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)

 

Johann Sebastian Joust

    Innovation Award

  • Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik)
    Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (Toys For Bob)
    Portal 2 (Valve)
    Bastion (Supergiant Games)
    L.A. Noire (Team Bondi)

 

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

    Best Handheld/Mobile Game

  • Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (Capy Games/Superbrothers)
    Tiny Tower (NimbleBit)
    Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo)
    Jetpack Joyride (Halfbrick)
    Infinity Blade II (Chair Entertainment)

 

Portal 2

    Best Audio

  • Portal 2 (Valve)
    Bastion (Supergiant Games)
    LittleBigPlanet 2 (Media Molecule)
    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
    Dead Space 2 (Visceral Games)

 

Bastion

    Best Downloadable Game

  • Bastion (Supergiant Games)
    Stacking (Double Fine)
    From Dust (Ubisoft Montpellier)
    Outland (Housemarque)
    Frozen Synapse (Mode 7)

 

Pictures are available in the Photos page.