GDC awards show winners
At the Games Developers conference 2 awards took place. The Games developers choice awards (GDCA) and the Independent games festival (IGF).
So here are the winners of each of the awards each awards show chose:
Games Developers Choice Awards
| Award | Winner |
| Game of the Year | Red Dead Redemption |
| Best Writing | Mass Effect 2 |
| Best Game Design | Red Dead Redemption |
| Best Debut Game | Minecraft |
| Best Handheld Game | Cut the Rope |
| Best Technology | Red Dead Redemption |
| Innovation Award | Minecraft |
| Best Audio | Red Dead Redemption |
| Best Visual Arts | Limbo |
| Best Downloadable Game | Minecraft |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Peter Molyneux |
| Pioneer Award | Yu Suzuki |
| Ambassador Award | Time Brengle & Ian MacKenzie |
As you can see Red Dead Redemption developed by Rockstar San Diego (4 awards) and Minecraft developed by Mojang (3 awards) stole the show.
Independent Games Festival
| Award | Winner |
| Seamus McNally Grand Prize | Minecraft |
| Nuovo Award | Nidhogg |
| Excellence in Visual Arts | BIT.TRIP RUNNER |
| Excellence in Audio | Amnesia: The Dark Descent |
| Excellence in Design | Desktop Dungeons |
| Best Student Game | FRACT |
| Technical Excellence | Amnesia: The Dark Descent |
| Best Mobile Game | Helsing’s Fire |
| Audience Award | Minecraft |
| Direct2Drive Vision Award | Amnesia: The Dark Descent |
As you can see in the IGF there were once again 2 dominant game which were Amnesia: The Dark Descent by Frictional Games (3 awards) and Minecraft by Mojang (2 awards).
The overall winner of the night has got to be Minecraft which went away with a combination of 5 awards total. This is shown to be even better by the fact Minecraft is still in a beta stage of development and that it started with one man Markus “Notch” Persson and later he added new staff and the studio Mojang was born. With the thrill of Minecraft high and with over 1 million sales how long will the thrill of this sandbox, creation game last?
Author: Ash Meehan
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