Game Developers Choice Awards 2008

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The eighth annual Game Developers Choice Awards celebrated the best games of 2007.

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Overview

The eighth annual Game Developers Choice Awards were held on February 20, 2008 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. The event was hosted by Tim Schafer.

Personal Awards

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

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Sid Meier (Person)

Pioneer Award

Presented by Al Alcorn (Person)

• Ralph Baer (Person)

Ambassador Award

• Jason Della Rocca (Person)

Game of the Year

===Portal=== Recipients: Kim Swift (Person), Erik Wolpaw (Person) Developer: Valve Corporation (Company) Publisher: Valve Corporation Runners-Up BioShock (Game) - 2K Boston / 2K Games (Company) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company) Rock Band (Game) - Harmonix Music Systems (Company) / MTV Games (Company) Super Mario Galaxy (Game) - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company)||

Innovation Award

===Portal=== Recipients: Kim Swift (Person), Erik Wolpaw (Person) Developer: Valve Corporation (Company) Publisher: Valve Corporation Runners-Up flOw (Game) - thatgamecompany (Company) / SCEA Mass Effect (Game) - BioWare (Company) / Microsoft Studios Peggle (Game) - PopCap Games Rock Band (Game) - Harmonix Music Systems (Company) / MTV Games (Company)||

Best Audio

===BioShock (Game)=== Recipients: Eric Brosius (Person), Pat Balthrop (Person), Emily Ridgway (Person), Justin Mullens (Person) Developer: 2K Boston Publisher: 2K Games (Company) Runners-Up Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company) Everyday Shooter (Game) - Queasy Games (Company) / SCEA God of War II (Game) - SCE Santa Monica / SCEA Mass Effect (Game) - BioWare (Company) / Microsoft Studios||

Best Downloadable Game

===flOw (Game)=== Recipients: Kellee Santiago (Person), Jenova Chen (Person), Martin Middleton, Hao Cui, John Edwards (Person), Nick Clark (Person) Developer: thatgamecompany (Company) Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Runners-Up Everyday Shooter (Game) - Queasy Games (Company) / SCEA Pac-Man: Championship Edition - Namco Bandai Peggle (Game) - PopCap Games Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - Infinite Interactive / D3 Publisher||

Best Game Design

===Portal=== Recipients: Kim Swift (Person), Paul Graham Developer: Valve Corporation (Company) Publisher: Valve Corporation Runners-Up BioShock (Game) - 2K Boston / 2K Games (Company) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company) Mass Effect (Game) - BioWare (Company) / Microsoft Studios Super Mario Galaxy (Game) - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company)||

Best Handheld Game

===The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass=== Recipient: Eiji Aonuma (Person) Developer: Nintendo EAD (Company) Publisher: Nintendo (Company) Runners-Up Contra 4 (Game) - WayForward Technologies (Company) / Konami (Company) Peggle (Game) - PopCap Games Phase (Game) - Harmonix Music Systems (Company) / MTV Games (Company) Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - Infinite Interactive / D3 Publisher||

Best Technology

===Crysis (Game)=== Recipients: Cevat Yerli (Person), Timur Davidenko (Person), Doug Binks (Person), Martin Mittring (Person) Developer: Crytek (Company) Publisher: Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up Assassin's Creed - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company) Halo 3 (Game) - Bungie (Company) / Microsoft Studios Portal - Valve Corporation (Company)||

Best Visual Arts

===BioShock (Game)=== Recipients: Scott Sinclair (Person), Shawn Robertson (Person), Andrew James (Person) Developer: 2K Boston Publisher: 2K Games (Company) Runners-Up Assassin's Creed - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Crysis (Game) - Crytek (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Team Fortress 2 (Game) - Valve Corporation (Company) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - Naughty Dog / SCEA||

Best Writing

===BioShock (Game)=== Recipients: Ken Levine (Person), Emily Ridgway (Person), Joe McDonagh (Person), Susan O'Connor Developer: 2K Boston Publisher: 2K Games (Company) Runners-Up God of War II (Game) - SCE Santa Monica / SCEA Half-Life 2: Episode Two - Valve Corporation (Company) Mass Effect (Game) - BioWare (Company) / Microsoft Studios Portal - Valve Corporation||

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• BioShock (Game)
• Crysis (Game)
• Portal (Game)
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Game)
• flOw (Game)

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Name

Game Developers Choice Awards 2008

Aliases

8th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards,GDC Awards 2008,GDCA 2008

Games

• BioShock (Game)
• Crysis (Game)
• Portal (Game)
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Game)
• flOw (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: The Legend of Zelda (Franchise), Half-Life (Franchise), Portal (Franchise), BioShock (Franchise), Crysis (Franchise)

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Locations

• Has locations: San Francisco (Location)

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People

• Has people: Cevat Yerli (Person), Timur Davidenko (Person)

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Game Developers Choice Awards (Concept), Game Developers Choice Awards 2010 (Concept)