LittleBigPlanet picks up four trophies at the Game Developers Choice Awards

Mar 26th 2009 - 10:49 AM

Whilst still hot from the excitement of that BAFTA award the other week, Media Molecule have just picked up 4 new awards for LittleBigPlanet at the Game Developers Choice Awards.

Hosted by the much loved developer Tim Schafer, the awards are judged by a panel of game creators and the award ceremony forms part of the GDC conference in San Francisco. LittleBigPlanet had 7 nominations (out of a total 10 categories) and has walked off with a healthy 4 awards. Congratulations Mm!

The complete list of GDC winners and nominations is as follows:

• Best New Debut: LittleBigPlanet
  • Other nominees: Braid, Sins of a Solar Empire, World of Goo and Soul Bubbles

• Best Audio:Dead Space

  • Other nominees: L4D, MGS4, Gears of War 2

• Best Game Design: LittleBigPlanet

  • Other nominees: Fallout 3, L4D, Braid and Far Cry 2

• Best Downloadable Game: World of Goo

  • Other nominees: Braid, N+, PixelJunk Eden, Castle Crashers

• Best Handheld Game: God of War: Chains of Olympus

  • Other nominees: Patapon, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin, echochrome, The World Ends With You

• Best Writing Award: Fallout 3

  • Other nominees: Braid, MGS4, GTAIV and Far Cry 2

• Best Technology Award: LittleBigPlanet

  • Other nominees: Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead, GTAIV and Spore

• Best Visual Art Award: Prince of Persia

  • Other nominees: LittleBigPlanet, Gears of War 2, MGS4 and Fallout 3

• Innovation Award: LittleBigPlanet

  • Other nominees: Spore, World of Goo, Boom Blox, Braid

• Game of the Year Award: Fallout 3

  • Other nominees: Fable 2, LittleBigPlanet, Left 4 Dead, GTAIV
• Ambassador Award: Tommy Tallarico
• Pioneer Award: Harmonix’s Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy
• Life Time Acheivement Award: Hideo Kojima

More details about the awards on the official site.

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