Game Developers Choice Awards 2010

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The tenth annual Game Developers Choice Awards celebrated the best games of 2009.

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Overview

The tenth Annual Game Developers Choice Awards (Concept) were held on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco (Location), California (Location) following the 10th Annual Independent Games Festival Awards. The GDC Awards were hosted by Warren Spector (Person) with interstitials provided by Mega64.

Personal Awards

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

Lifetime Achievement Award

Presented by: Will Wright (Person)

• John Carmack (Person)

Pioneer Award

Presented by: Chris Hecker (Person)

• Gabe Newell (Person)

Ambassador Award

Presented by: John Smedley (Person)

• Penny Arcade (Jerry Holkins (Person), Mike Krahulik (Person), and Robert Khoo (Person))

Game of the Year

===Uncharted 2: Among Thieves=== Recipients: Evan Wells (Person), Christophe Balestra (Person), Amy Hennig (Person), Bruce Straley (Person) Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Runners-Up Assassin's Creed II - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Batman: Arkham Asylum - Rocksteady Studios / WB Games (Company) Demon's Souls - FromSoftware / Atlus (Company) Dragon Age: Origins - BioWare (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)||

Innovation Award

===Scribblenauts (Game)=== Recipients: Jeremiah Slaczka (Person) Developer: 5th Cell Media (Company) Publisher: WB Games (Company) Runners-Up Demon's Souls - FromSoftware / Atlus (Company) Flower (Game) - thatgamecompany (Company) / SCEA Plants vs. Zombies - PopCap Games Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Naughty Dog / SCEA||

Best Audio

===Uncharted 2: Among Thieves=== Recipients: Bruce Swanson, Phil Kovats Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Runners-Up The Beatles: Rock Band - Harmonix Music Systems (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Brütal Legend - Double Fine Productions / Electronic Arts Dragon Age: Origins - BioWare (Company) / Electronic Arts Flower (Game) - thatgamecompany (Company) / SCEA||

Best Debut Game

===Torchlight (Game)=== Recipients: Travis Baldree (Person), Max Schaefer (Person), Eric Schaefer, Peter Hu (Person) Developer: Runic Games (Company) Publisher: Runic Games Runners-Up League of Legends (Game) - Riot Games (Company) The Maw (Character) - Twisted Pixel Games (Company) Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor - Tiger Style Games (Company) Zeno Clash (Game) - ACE Team (Company)||

Best Downloadable Game

===Flower (Game)=== Recipients: Jenova Chen (Person), Kellee Santiago (Person), Nick Clark (Person), John Edwards (Person) Developer: thatgamecompany (Company) Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Runners-Up PixelJunk Shooter (Franchise) - Q-Games / SCEA Plants vs. Zombies - PopCap Games Shadow Complex (Game) - Chair Entertainment (Company) / Epic Games (Company) Trials HD (Game) - RedLynx / Microsoft Studios||

Best Game Design

===Batman: Arkham Asylum=== Recipients: Sefton Hill (Person), Ian Ball (Person) Developer: Rocksteady Studios Publisher: WB Games (Company) Runners-Up Assassin's Creed II - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Flower (Game) - thatgamecompany (Company) / SCEA Plants vs. Zombies - PopCap Games Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Naughty Dog / SCEA||

Best Handheld Game

===Scribblenauts (Game)=== Recipients: Jeremiah Slaczka (Person) Developer: 5th Cell Media (Company) Publisher: WB Games (Company) Runners-Up Flight Control (Game) - Firemint (Company) / Namco Bandai Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars - Rockstar Leeds (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor - Tiger Style Games (Company)||

Best New Social/Online Game

===Farmville=== Recipeints: Bill Mooney (Person), Mark Skaggs (Person), David Gray (Person), Mark Pincus (Person) Developer: Zynga (Company) Publisher: Zynga Runners-Up Bejeweled Blitz (Game) - PopCap Games Dungeon Fighter Online (Game) - Nexon Corporation (Company) Free Realms (Game) - Sony Online Entertainment Restaurant City - Playfish||

Best Technology

===Uncharted 2: Among Thieves=== Recipients: Christophe Balestra (Person), Pål Engstad, Travis McIntosh Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Runners-Up Assassin's Creed II - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Killzone 2 (Game) - Guerrilla Games (Company) / SCEA Modern Warfare 2 - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company) Red Faction: Guerrilla - Volition / THQ (Company)||

Best Visual Arts

===Uncharted 2: Among Thieves=== Recipients: Robh Ruppel (Person), Erick Pangilinan (Person) Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Runners-Up Assassin's Creed II - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Borderlands (Game) - Gearbox Software / 2K Games (Company) Flower (Game) - thatgamecompany (Company) / SCEA Modern Warfare 2 - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)||

Best Writing

===Uncharted 2: Among Thieves=== Recipients: Amy Hennig (Person), Neil Druckmann (Person), Josh Scharr Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Runners-Up Batman: Arkham Asylum - Rocksteady Studios / WB Games (Company) Brütal Legend - Double Fine Productions / Electronic Arts (Company) Dragon Age: Origins - BioWare (Company) / Electronic Arts Halo 3: ODST - Bungie (Company) / Microsoft Studios||

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• FarmVille (Game)
• Scribblenauts (Game)
• Torchlight (Game)

Concept details

Name

Game Developers Choice Awards 2010

Aliases

10th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards,GDCA 2010

Games

• FarmVille (Game)
• Scribblenauts (Game)
• Torchlight (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Scribblenauts (Franchise), Batman (Franchise), DC Universe (Franchise), Batman: Arkham (Franchise), Uncharted (Franchise), Torchlight (Franchise), Ville (Franchise)

Characters

Locations

• Has locations: San Francisco (Location)

Objects

People

• Has people: Gabe Newell (Person), Warren Spector (Person), Mike Krahulik (Person), Will Wright (Person), Chris Hecker (Person), John Carmack (Person), John Smedley (Person), Jerry Holkins (Person), Robert Khoo (Person)

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Game Developers Choice Awards (Concept), Game Developers Choice Awards 2008 (Concept)