Game Developers Choice Awards 2007

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The seventh annual Game Developers Choice Awards celebrated the best games of 2006.

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The seventh annual Game Developers Choice Awards were held on March 7, 2007 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. The event was hosted by Tim Schafer.

Personal Awards

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

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Shigeru Miyamoto (Person)

First Penguin Award

• Alexey Pajitnov (Person)

Maverick Award

• Greg Costikyan

Community Contribution

• George Alistair Sanger (Person)

Game of the Year

===Gears of War (Game)=== Recipients: Cliff Bleszinski (Person), Michael V. Capps, Rod Fergusson (Person) Developer: Epic Games (Company) Publisher: Microsoft Studios Runners-Up The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Bethesda Softworks (Company) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Ōkami - Clover Studio (Company) / Capcom (Company) Wii Sports (Game) - Nintendo||

Innovation Award (Tie)

===Line Rider=== Recipient: Bostjan Cadez Ōkami Recipients: Atsushi Inaba (Person), Hideki Kamiya (Person) Wii Sports (Game) Recipients: Keizo Ohta (Person), Takayuki Shimamura (Person), Yoshiaki Yamashita||

Best Audio

===Guitar Hero II (Game)=== Recipients: Jeff Allen, Eric Brosius (Person), Izzy Maxwell Developer: Harmonix Music Systems (Company) Publisher: RedOctane Runners-Up Company of Heroes (Game) - Relic Entertainment (Company) / THQ (Company) DEFCON: Everybody Dies - Introversion Software Limited (Company) Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend - Crystal Dynamics (Company) / Eidos Interactive (Company) LocoRoco (Game) - Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated||

Best Character Design

===Ōkami=== Recipients: Mari Shimazaki (Person), Sawaki Takeyasu (Person), Kenichirou Yoshimura Developer: Clover Studio (Company) Publisher: Capcom (Company) Runners-Up Final Fantasy XII (Game) - Square Enix (Company) LocoRoco (Game) - Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated Rayman: Raving Rabbids - Ubisoft Montpellier Studios (Company) / Ubisoft Viva Piñata - Rare / Microsoft Studios||

Best Game Design

===Wii Sports (Game)=== Recipients: Keizo Ohta (Person), Takayuki Shimamura (Person), Yoshiaki Yamashita Developer: Nintendo (Company) Publisher: Nintendo Runners-Up Bully (Game) - Rockstar Vancouver (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Bethesda Softworks (Company) Ōkami - Clover Studio (Company) / Capcom (Company) Viva Piñata - Rare / Microsoft Studios||

Best New Studio

===Iron Lore Entertainment for Titan Quest (Game)=== Recipients: Paul Chieffo, Jeff Goodsill (Person), Brian Sullivan (Person) Runners-Up Gastronaut Studios for Small Arms (Game) Naked Sky Entertainment for RoboBlitz (Game) Ready at Dawn Studios for Daxter (Game) Wadjet Eye Games (Company) for The Shivah (Game)||

Best Technology

===Gears of War (Game)=== Recipients: Michael V. Capps, Ray Davis (Person), Tim Sweeney (Person), Daniel Vogel (Person) Developer: Epic Games (Company) Publisher: Microsoft Studios Runners-Up Company of Heroes (Game) - Relic Entertainment (Company) / THQ (Company) Dead Rising (Game) - Capcom (Company) Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis (Game) - Rockstar San Diego (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) Wii Sports (Game) - Nintendo (Company)||

Best Visual Arts

===Gears of War (Game)=== Recipients: Jeremiah O'Flaherty, Chris Perna (Person) Developer: Epic Games (Company) Publisher: Microsoft Studios Runners-Up The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Bethesda Softworks (Company) Final Fantasy XII (Game) - Square Enix (Company) Ōkami - Clover Studio (Company) / Capcom (Company) Viva Piñata - Rare / Microsoft Studios||

Best Writing

===The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess=== Recipients: Aya Kyogoku (Person), Nathan Bihldorff (Person), Mitsuhiro Takano (Person) Developer: Nintendo EAD (Company) Publisher: Nintendo (Company) Runners-Up Bully (Game) - Rockstar Vancouver (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) Dreamfall: The Longest Journey - Funcom Productions / Aspyr Media The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Bethesda Softworks (Company) Sam andamp;amp;amp;amp; Max Episode 1: Culture Shock - Telltale Games (Company) / GameTap (Company)||

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• Guitar Hero II (Game)
• Line Rider iRide (Game)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Game)
• Titan Quest (Game)
• Wii Sports (Game)
• Ōkami (Game)

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Game Developers Choice Awards 2007

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GDC Awards 2007,GDCA 2007

Games

• Guitar Hero II (Game)
• Line Rider iRide (Game)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Game)
• Titan Quest (Game)
• Wii Sports (Game)
• Ōkami (Game)
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• Has franchises: The Legend of Zelda (Franchise), Activision Hero (Franchise), Guitar Hero (Franchise), Touch! Generations (Franchise), Jak and Daxter (Franchise), Dead Rising (Franchise), Bully (Franchise), Wii (Franchise), Gears of War (Franchise), Final Fantasy (Franchise), The Elder Scrolls (Franchise), Ivalice Alliance (Franchise), Viva Piñata (Franchise), Ōkami (Franchise), Wii Sports (Franchise), LocoRoco (Franchise)

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Locations

• Has locations: California (Location), San Francisco (Location)

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Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Game Developers Choice Awards (Concept), Game Developers Conference (Concept)