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February 11, 2006

Video Feature: Best Game Winner 2005 Game Developer Choice Awards

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Video Feature: Best Game Winner
2005 Game Developer Choice Awards

Introduction

[As the first in a series of new video-based features, Gamasutra is pleased to present selected footage from last year's Game Developers Choice Awards, as part of the preparation for this year's Choice Awards.]

Transcending consumer fads, the Game Developers Choice Awards feature games and developers that are truly worthy of recognition. The recipients are chosen by those who know games best --their creators.

The Game Developers Choice Awards are hosted at the Game Developers Conference and presented by the International Game Developers Association.

The 6th Annual Game Developer Choice Awards will be held on Wednesday, March 22nd during the Game Developer Conference in San Jose, California.

"The Game Developer Choice Awards are a celebration of all the passion and hard work that goes into creating ground-breaking games," says Jason Della Rocca, executive director, IGDA. "Developers are the talent that drives this industry and they deserve the recognition for having worked on these great games." Professional game developers around the world nominated and voted for the awards ensuring that the recipients reflect the community's opinions.

This extract from the 2005 Game Developers Choice Awards in San Francisco features the announcement of each of the nominees for the Best Game award, plus industry veteran Mark Cerny (Marble Madness) presenting the key award to Valve's Gabe Newell and colleagues for Half-Life 2. To see more of the 2005 ceremony online, go to: gamechoiceawards.com/video

Best Game - 2005 Game Developers Choice Awards

Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
- Ken Birdwell, Gabe Newell, Jay Stelly
Burnout 3: Takedown (Criterion Games / Electronic Arts)
- Paul Glancey, Chris Roberts, Paul Cross, Fiona Sperry, Alex Ward
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North / Rockstar Games)
- Leslie Benzies, Adam Fowler, Aaron Garbut, Sam Houser, Alexander Roger, Obbe Vermeij
Katamari Damacy (Namco)
- Keita Takahashi
World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Mark Kern, Mike Morhaime, Rob Pardo

For more information about the Game Developers Choice Awards go to: gamechoiceawards.com.

[GDC 2006 is presented by the CMP Game Group, organizers of the Game Developers Conference Europe and standalone Serious Games Summit, and publishers of Game Developer Magazine and Gamasutra.com.]