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The Game Developers Conference 2010 was held on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA following the 12th Annual Independent Games Festival Awards at 6:30 pm PT. The 10th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards were hosted by Warren Spector with interstitials provided by Mega64.

Nominees and Winners

Below are the games and their developers nominated for each category with the winners in bold.

Best Debut Game

        Andrés Bordeu, Carlos Bordeu, Edmundo Bordeu, David Caloguerea
        Marc Merrill, Brandon Beck
        Travis Baldree, Max Schaefer, Eric Schaefer, Peter Hu
        Tiger Style Team
        Michael Wilford, Josh Bear

Best Audio

        Simon Pressey, Jeremie Voillot, Michael Kent, Matt Besler
        Emily Ridgway
        Eric Brosius, Giles Martin, Paul Hicks, Josh Randall
        Bruce Swanson, Phil Kovats
        Vincent Diamante, Steve Johson, Jenova Chen, Martin Middleton

Best Game Design

  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves  –  Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment America
        Bruce Straley, Amy Hennig, Richard Lemarchand, Neil Druckmann
        George Fan, Tod Semple, Sukhbir Sidhu, Jason Kapalka
        Sefton Hill, Ian Ball
  • flower  –  thatgamecompany / Sony Computer Entertainment
        Jenova Chen, Nick Clark
        Patrick Plourde    

Best Writing

  • Dragon Age: Origins  –  BioWare / Electronic Arts
        David Gaider, Luke Kristjanson, Sheryl Chee, Mary Kirby
        Joseph Staten
  • Brütal Legend  –  Double Fine Productions / Electronic Arts
        Tim Schafer
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves  –  Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment America
        Amy Hennig, Neil Druckmann, Josh Scherr
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum  –  Rocksteady Studios / Eidos Interactive
        Paul Dini, Paul Crocker

Best New Social/Online Game

  • Dungeon Fighter Online  –  Neople/Nexon
        Neople Team
  • Restaurant City  –  Playfish
        Tom Mapham, Michelle Chuang, Tommy Chuang, Ken Pederson
        Jon David, Jason Kapalka, Scott Lantz
        Andy Sites, Laralyn McWilliams, Rosie Rappaport, Michael Hunley
        Bill Mooney, Mark Skaggs, David Gray, Mark Pincus

Best Handheld Game

        Jeremiah Slaczka
        Robert Murray
        Eiji Aonuma
        Rockstar Leeds / Rockstar North Team
  • Spider: The Secret Of Bryce Manor  –  Tiger Style
        Tiger Style Team    

Best Technology

        Hermen Hulst, Arjan Brussee, Michiel van der Leeuw, Jan-Bart van Beek
        Richard Baker, Frank Gigliotti
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment America
        Christophe Balestra, Pal Engstad, Travis McIntosh
  • Assassin's Creed II  –  Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft
        James Therrien
        Rick White, Jasen Whiteside, James Hague, Dave Baranec

Best Downloadable Game

        Donald Mustard, Geremy Mustard, Michael Capps, Cliff Bleszinski
  • Plants vs. Zombies  –  PopCap Games / PopCap Games
        George Fan, Tod Semple, Sukhbir Sidhu, Jason Kapalka
        Dylan Cuthbert, Kentaro Yoshida, Shouichi Tominga, High Frequency Bandwidth
        Antti Ilvessuo, Tero Virtala
  • flower  –  thatgamecompany / Sony Computer Entertainment
        Jenova Chen, Kellee Santiago, Nick Clark, John Edwards

Best Visual Arts

        Brian Martel, Jenn Wildes, Brian Cozzens, Tim Wilson    
  • Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2  –  Infinity Ward / Activision
        Richard Kriegler
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves  –  Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment America
        Robh Ruppel, Erick Pangilinan
  • flower  –  thatgamecompany / Sony Computer Entertainment
        Jenova Chen, Matt Nava, Hao Cui
  • Assassin's Creed II  –  Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft
        Mohamed Gambouz

Innovation Award

  • Scribblenauts  –  5th Cell / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
        Jeremiah Slaczka
        Hidetaka Miyazaki, Takeshi Kajii
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves  –  Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment America
        Evan Wells, Christophe Balestra, Bruce Straley, Amy Hennig
  • Plants vs. Zombies  –  PopCap Games / PopCap Games
        George Fan, Tod Semple, Sukhbir Sidhu, Jason Kapalka
  • flower  –  thatgamecompany / Sony Computer Entertainment
        Jenova Chen, Kellee Santiago, Nick Clark, John Edwards

Game of the Year

  • Dragon Age: Origins  –  BioWare / Electronic Arts
        Mark Darrah, Mike Laidlaw, Ross Gardner, Matt Goldman
  • Demon's Souls  –  From Software / Atlus
        Takeshi Kajii, Hidetaka Miyazaki
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves  –  Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment America
        Evan Wells, Christophe Balestra, Amy Hennig, Bruce Straley
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum  –  Rocksteady Studios / Eidos Interactive
        Sefton Hill, Jamie Walker
  • Assassin's Creed II  –  Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft
        Sebastien Puel,  Patrice Désilets

Special Awards Recipients

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

Ambassador Award

Presented by: John Smedley

Penny Arcade:  Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik, and Robert Khoo

Pioneer Award

Presented by: Chris Hecker
 
Gabe Newell
 
 
 
 
 



Lifetime Achievement

Presented by: Will Wright
  
John Carmack
  

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