Game Developers Choice Awards 2005

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The fifth annual Game Developers Choice Awards celebrated the best games of 2004.

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The fifth annual Game Developers Choice Awards were held on March 9, 2005 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco (Location), California (Location).

Personal Awards

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

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Eugene Jarvis (Person)

First Penguin Award

• Richard A. Bartle

Maverick Award

• Matthew Adams (Person), Ju Row Farr, Nick Tandavanitj

Community Contribution

• Sheri Graner Ray (Person)

Game of the Year

===Half-Life 2=== Recipients: Ken Birdwell (Person), Gabe Newell (Person), Jay Stelly (Person) Developer: Valve Corporation (Company) Publisher: Valve Corporation Runners-Up Burnout 3: Takedown - Criterion Games (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Rockstar North (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) Katamari Damacy (Game) - Namco (Company) World of Warcraft (Game) - Blizzard Entertainment (Company)||

Innovation Award

===Donkey Konga (Game)=== Recipients: Hiroshi Igarashi (Person), Hiroyuki Onoda (Person) Developer: Namco (Company) Publisher: Nintendo (Company) Runners-Up I Love Bees - 4orty2wo Entertainment / Microsoft Studios Katamari Damacy (Game) - Namco (Company)||

Best Audio

===Halo 2 (Game)=== Recipients: C Paul Johnson (Person), Martin O'Donnell, Jay Weinland (Person) Developer: Bungie (Company) Publisher: Microsoft Studios Runners-Up Call of Duty: Finest Hour - Spark Unlimited (Company) / Activision (Company) Doom 3 (Game) - id Software (Company) / Activision (Company) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Rockstar North (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) Katamari Damacy (Game) - Namco (Company)||

Best Character Design

===Half-Life 2=== Recipients: Ted Backman (Person), Dhabih Eng (Person), Bill Fletcher (Person), Bill Van Buren (Person) Developer: Valve Corporation (Company) Publisher: Valve Corporation Runners-Up Katamari Damacy (Game) - Namco (Company) Prince of Persia: Warrior Within - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Sly 2: Band of Thieves - Sucker Punch (Company) / SCEA World of Warcraft (Game) - Blizzard Entertainment (Company)||

Best Game Design

===Katamari Damacy (Game)=== Recipient: Keita Takahashi (Person) Developer: Namco (Company) Publisher: Namco Runners-Up Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Rockstar North (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) Half-Life 2 - Valve Corporation (Company) Pikmin 2 (Game) - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company) World of Warcraft (Game) - Blizzard Entertainment (Company)||

Best New Studio

===Crytek (Company) for Far Cry (Game)=== Recipients: Avni Yerli (Person), Cevat Yerli (Person), Faruk Yerli (Person) Runners-Up The Behemoth (Company) for Alien Hominid (Game) Cryptic Studios (Company) for City of Heroes (Game) inXile Entertainment for The Bard's Tale Obsidian Entertainment (Company) for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords||

Best Technology

===Half-Life 2=== Recipients: Yahn Bernier (Person), Brian Jacobson (Person) Developer: Valve Corporation (Company) Publisher: Valve Corporation Runners-Up Burnout 3: Takedown - Criterion Games (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Doom 3 (Game) - id Software (Company) / Activision (Company) EyeToy: AntiGrav - Harmonix Music Systems (Company) / SCEA Far Cry (Game) - Crytek (Company) / Ubisoft||

Best Visual Arts

===World of Warcraft (Game)=== Recipients: Sam Didier (Person), William Petras, Justin Thavirat (Person) Developer: Blizzard Entertainment (Company) Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Runners-Up Doom 3 (Game) - id Software (Company) / Activision (Company) Half-Life 2 - Valve Corporation (Company) Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Intelligent Systems (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Prince of Persia: Warrior Within - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft||

Best Writing

===Half-Life 2=== Recipient: Marc Laidlaw (Person) Developer: Valve Corporation (Company) Publisher: Valve Corporation Runners-Up Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Rockstar North (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude - High Voltage Software / Vivendi Universal Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Intelligent Systems (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords - Obsidian Entertainment (Company) / LucasArts||

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• Donkey Konga (Game)
• Far Cry (Game)
• Katamari Damacy (Game)
• World of Warcraft (Game)

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Game Developers Choice Awards 2005

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GDC Awards 2005,GDCA 2005

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• Donkey Konga (Game)
• Far Cry (Game)
• Katamari Damacy (Game)
• World of Warcraft (Game)
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• Has locations: California (Location), San Francisco (Location)

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