Game Developers Choice Awards 2011

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The 11th annual Game Developers Choice Awards took place on March 2, 2011.

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The eleventh annual Game Developers Choice Awards were held on March 2, 2011 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California during the Game Developers Conference. The host for the 2013 GDC Awards was Tim Schafer.

Personal Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

Presented by: ?

• Peter Molyneux (Person)

Pioneer Award

Presented by: ?

• Yu Suzuki (Person)

Ambassador Award

Presented by: ?

• Tim Brengle (Person) & Ian MacKenzie

Game of the Year

===Red Dead Redemption (Game)=== Developer: Rockstar San Diego (Company) Publisher: Rockstar Games (Company) Runners-Up Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Call of Duty: Black Ops - Treyarch (Company) / Activision (Company) Limbo (Game) - Playdead (Company) Mass Effect 2 (Game) - BioWare (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)||

Innovation Award

===Minecraft (Game)=== Developer: Mojang Publisher: Mojang Runners-Up Dance Central (Game) - Harmonix Music Systems (Company) / Microsoft Studios Heavy Rain (Game) - Quantic Dream (Company) / SCEA Kirby's Epic Yarn - Good Feel (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Limbo (Game) - Playdead (Company)||

Best Audio

===Red Dead Redemption (Game)=== Developer: Rockstar San Diego (Company) Publisher: Rockstar Games (Company) Runners-Up Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Halo: Reach - Bungie (Company) / Microsoft Studios Limbo (Game) - Playdead (Company) Mass Effect 2 (Game) - BioWare (Company) / Electronic Arts||

Best Debut Game

===Minecraft (Game)=== Developer: Mojang Publisher: Mojang Runners-Up Darksiders (Game) - Vigil Games (Company) / THQ (Company) Limbo (Game) - Playdead (Company) Monday Night Combat (Game) - Uber Entertainment Super Meat Boy (Game) - Team Meat (Company)||

Best Downloadable Game

===Minecraft (Game)=== Developer: Mojang Publisher: Mojang Runners-Up Costume Quest (Game) - Double Fine Productions Limbo (Game) - Playdead (Company) Monday Night Combat (Game) - Uber Entertainment Super Meat Boy (Game) - Team Meat (Company)||

Best Game Design

===Red Dead Redemption (Game)=== Developer: Rockstar San Diego (Company) Publisher: Rockstar Games (Company) Runners-Up God of War III (Game) - SCE Studio Santa Monica / SCEA Limbo (Game) - Playdead (Company) Mass Effect 2 (Game) - BioWare (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Game) - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company)||

Best Handheld Game

===Cut the Rope (Game)=== Developer: ZeptoLab (Company) Publisher: ZeptoLab Runners-Up Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies - Level-5 / Square Enix (Company) Game Dev Story (Game) - Kairosoft God of War: Ghost of Sparta - Ready at Dawn / SCEA Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - Kojima Productions (Company) / Konami (Company)||

Best Live Game

===EVE Online (Game)=== Developer: CCP Games (Company) Publisher: CCP Games||

Best New Online Game

===League of Legends (Game)=== Developer: Riot Games (Company) Publisher: Riot Games||

Best Technology

===Red Dead Redemption (Game)=== Developer: Rockstar San Diego (Company) Publisher: Rockstar North (Company) Runners-Up God of War III (Game) - SCE Studio Santa Monica / SCEA Heavy Rain (Game) - Quantic Dream (Company) / SCEA Mass Effect 2 (Game) - BioWare (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty - Blizzard Entertainment (Company)||

Best VIsual Arts

===Limbo (Game)=== Developer: Playdead (Company) Publisher: Playdead Runners-Up Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Call of Duty: Black Ops - Treyarch (Company) / Activision (Company) God of War III (Game) - SCE Studio Santa Monica / SCEA Red Dead Redemption (Game) - Rockstar San Diego (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company)||

Best Writing

===Mass Effect 2 (Game)=== Developer: BioWare (Company) Publisher: Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up Costume Quest (Game) - Double Fine Productions Fallout: New Vegas - Obsidian Entertainment (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Heavy Rain (Game) - Quantic Dream (Company) / SCEA Red Dead Redemption (Game) - Rockstar San Diego (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company)||

Games view all →]

• Cut the Rope (Game)
• EVE Online (Game)
• League of Legends (Game)
• Limbo (Game)
• Mass Effect 2 (Game)
• Minecraft (Game)
• Red Dead Redemption (Game)

Concept details

Name

Game Developers Choice Awards 2011

Aliases

GDCA 2011,GDC Awards 2011

Games

• Cut the Rope (Game)
• EVE Online (Game)
• League of Legends (Game)
• Limbo (Game)
• Mass Effect 2 (Game)
• Minecraft (Game)
• Red Dead Redemption (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Mass Effect (Franchise), Red Dead (Franchise), Cut the Rope (Franchise)

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Locations

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

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