Skyrim ganha título de game do ano no GDC Awards 2012

Durante a GCD 2012 (Game Developers Conference), aconteceu o 12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, organizado pela Epic Games, e o 14th Annual Independent Games Festival Awards. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim levou o maior prêmio da noite, sendo considerado game do ano. Contudo, Portal 2 foi o maior vencedor, com três premiações – áudio, narrativa e design. Confira os vencedores (em negrito) do 12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards e do 14th Annual Independent Games Festival Awards abaixo:

Game of the Year

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
• Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
• Portal 2 (Valve)
• Deus Ex 3: Human Revolution (Eidos Montreal)
• Dark Souls (FromSoftware)

Melhor Design

• Portal 2 (Valve)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
• The Legend of Zelda - Skyward Sword (Nintendo)
• Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
• Dark Souls (FromSoftware)

Inovação

• Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik)
• Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (Toys For Bob)
• Portal 2 (Valve)
• Bastion (Supergiant Games)
• L.A. Noire (Team Bondi)

Melhor Tecnologia

• Battlefield 3 (DICE)
• L.A. Noire (Team Bondi)
• Crysis 2 (Crytek Frankfurt/UK)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Naughty Dog)

Melhor Mobile Game

• Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (Capy Games/Superbrothers)
• Tiny Tower (NimbleBit)
• Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo)
• Jetpack Joyride (Halfbrick)
• Infinity Blade II (Chair Entertainment)

Melhor Audio

• Portal 2 (Valve)
• Bastion (Supergiant Games)
• LittleBigPlanet 2 (Media Molecule)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
• Dead Space 2 (Visceral Games)

Melhor Game para Download

• Bastion (Supergiant Games)
• Stacking (Double Fine)
• From Dust (Ubisoft Montpellier)
• Outland (Housemarque)
• Frozen Synapse (Mode 7)

Melhor Narrativa

• Portal 2 (Valve)
• The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (CD Projekt RED)
• Bastion (Supergiant Games)
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Naughty Dog)
• Saints Row: The Third (Volition)

Melhor Estréia

• Supergiant Games (Bastion)
• Team Bondi (L.A. Noire)
• Re-Logic (Terraria)
• BioWare Austin (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
• Eidos Montreal (Deus Ex 3: Human Revolution)

Melhor Arte Visual

• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Naughty Dog)
• Rayman Origins (Ubisoft Montpellier)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
• El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (Ignition Japan)
• Battlefield 3 (DICE)

Prêmio Pioneiro Dave Theurer, criador do "Missile Command", "Tempest" e "I, Robot".

Prêmio Embaixador Ken Doroshow and Paul M. Smith, advogados da indústria do jogo para o caso da Suprema Corte contra a Califórnia

Lifetime Achievement Award Warren Spector, fundador do Junction Point Studios

INDEPENDENT GAMES FESTIVAL AWARDS

Grande Prêmio Seumas McNally

• Fez (Polytron)
• Dear Esther (thechineseroom)
• Frozen Synapse (Mode 7 Games)
• Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik)
• Spelunky (Mossmouth)

Excelência Técnica

• Antichamber (Demruth)
• Fez (Polytron)
• Prom Week (Expressive Intelligence Studio, UC Santa Cruz)
• Realm of the Mad God (Wild Shadow Studios & Spry Fox)
• Spelunky (Mossmouth)

Excelência em Artes Visuais

• Dear Esther (thechineseroom)
• Botanicula (Amanita Design)
• Lume (State of Play Games)
• Mirage (Mario von Rickenbach)
• Wonderputt (Damp Gnat)

Excelência em Design

• Spelunky (Mossmouth)
• Atom Zombie Smasher (Blendo Games)
• English Country Tune (Stephen Lavelle)
• Frozen Synapse (Mode 7 Games)
• Gunpoint (Tom Francis, John Roberts, and Fabian van Dommelen)

Excelência em Audio

• Botanicula (Amanita Design)
• Dear Esther (thechineseroom)
• Pugs Luv Beats (Lucky Frame)
• To The Moon (Freebird Games)
• Waking Mars (Tiger Style)

Best Mobile Game

• Beat Sneak Bandit (Simogo)
• ASYNC Corp (Powerhead Games)
• Faraway (Steph Thirion)
• Ridiculous Fishing (Vlambeer)
• Waking Mars (Tiger Style)

Prêmio Nuovo

• Storyteller (Daniel Benmergui)
• At a Distance (Terry Cavanagh)
• Dear Esther (thechineseroom)
• Fingle (Game Oven Studios)
• GIRP (Bennett Foddy)
• Proteus (Ed Key and David Kanaga)
• Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik)
• Way (CoCo & Co.)

Melhor Jogo de Estudantes

• Way (Carnegie Mellon University)
• The Bridge (Case Western Reserve University)
• Dust (Art Institute of Phoenix)
• The Floor Is Jelly (Kansas City Art Institute)
• Nous (DigiPen Institute of Technology)
• One and One Story (Liceo Scientifico G.B. Morgagni)
• Pixi (DigiPen Institute of Technology - Singapore)
• The Snowfield (Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab)

Prêmio do Público: Frozen Synapse (Mode 7 Games)

XBLA Award: Super Time Force (Capybara Games)