Game Developers Choice Awards 2009

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The ninth annual Game Developers Choice Awards celebrated the best games of 2008.

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The ninth annual Game Developers Choice Awards were held on March 25, 2009 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. The event was hosted by Tim Schafer (Person).

Personal Awards

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

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Hideo Kojima (Person)

Pioneer Award

• Alex Rigopulos (Person) & Eran Egozy (Person)

Ambassador Award

• Tommy Tallarico (Person)

Game of the Year

===Fallout 3 (Game)=== Recipients: Todd Howard (Person), Emil Pagliarulo (Person), Istvan Pely (Person) Developer: Bethesda Softworks (Company) Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Runners-Up Fable II (Game) - Lionhead Studios / Microsoft Studios Grand Theft Auto IV (Game) - Rockstar North (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) Left 4 Dead (Game) - Valve Corporation (Company) LittleBigPlanet (Game) - Media Molecule (Company) / SCEA||

Innovation Award

===LittleBigPlanet (Game)=== Recipients: Alex Evans (Person), Kareem Ettouney Developer: Media Molecule (Company) Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Runners-Up Boom Blox (Game) - EA Los Angeles (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Braid (Game) - Number None Spore (Game) - Maxis/ Electronic Arts World of Goo (Game) - 2D Boy (Company)||

Best Audio

===Dead Space (Game)=== Recipients: Don Veca (Person), Dave Feise (Person), David Swenson (Person), Andrew Lackey (Person) Developer: EA Redwood Shores Publisher: Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up Gears of War 2 (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / Microsoft Studios Left 4 Dead (Game) - Valve Corporation (Company) LittleBigPlanet (Game) - Media Molecule (Company) / SCEA Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Kojima Productions (Company) / Konami (Company)||

Best Downloadable Game

===World of Goo (Game)=== Recipients: Kyle Gabler (Person), Ron Carmel (Person) Developer: 2D Boy (Company) Publisher: 2D Boy / Nintendo (Company) Runners-Up Braid (Game) - Number None Castle Crashers (Game) - The Behemoth (Company) N+ - Metanet Software (Company) / Slick Entertainment (Company) PixelJunk Eden (Game) - Q-Games / SCEA||

Best Game Design

===LittleBigPlanet (Game)=== Recipients: Mark Healey (Person), David Smith (Person) Developer: Media Molecule (Company) Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Runners-Up Braid (Game) - Number None Fallout 3 (Game) - Bethesda Softworks (Company) Far Cry 2 (Game) - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Left 4 Dead (Game) - Valve Corporation (Company)||

Best Handheld Game

===God of War: Chains of Olympus=== Recipients: Ru Weerasuriya (Person), Mark Turndorf, Dana Jan (Person) Developer: Ready at Dawn Studios Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Runners-Up Advance Wars: Days of Ruin - Intelligent Systems (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Echochrome (Game) - SCE Japan Studio / SCEA Patapon (Game) - Pyramid (Company) & SCE Japan Studio / SCEA The World Ends With You - Jupiter / Square Enix (Company)||

Best Technology

===LittleBigPlanet (Game)=== Recipients: Alex Evans (Person), David Smith (Person) Developer: Media Molecule (Company) Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Runners-Up Gears of War 2 (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / Microsoft Studios Grand Theft Auto IV (Game) - Rockstar North (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) Left 4 Dead (Game) - Valve Corporation (Company) Spore (Game) - Maxis/ Electronic Arts (Company)||

Best Visual Arts

===Prince of Persia=== Recipients: Mickail Labat (Person) Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Publisher: Ubisoft Runners-Up Fallout 3 (Game) - Bethesda Softworks (Company) Gears of War 2 (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / Microsoft Studios LittleBigPlanet (Game) - Media Molecule (Company) / SCEA Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Kojima Productions (Company) / Konami (Company)||

Best Writing

===Fallout 3 (Game)=== Recipients: Emil Pagliarulo (Person) Developer: Bethesda Softworks (Company) Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Runners-Up Braid (Game) - Number None Far Cry 2 (Game) - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Grand Theft Auto IV (Game) - Rockstar North (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Kojima Productions (Company) / Konami (Company)||

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• Dead Space (Game)
• Fallout 3 (Game)
• God of War: Chains of Olympus (Game)
• LittleBigPlanet (Game)
• World of Goo (Game)

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Game Developers Choice Awards 2009

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9th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards,GDCA 2009,GDC Awards 2009

Games

• Dead Space (Game)
• Fallout 3 (Game)
• God of War: Chains of Olympus (Game)
• LittleBigPlanet (Game)
• World of Goo (Game)
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• Has franchises: Fallout (Franchise), LittleBigPlanet (Franchise), Prince of Persia (Franchise), God of War (Franchise), Dead Space (Franchise)

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• Has locations: California (Location), San Francisco (Location)

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