Como nuestro enviado especial Bengt informó desde su video blog esta mañana, ya se conocen los videojuegos galardonados durante la actual GDC, los llamados Game Developers Choice Awards.
Estos premios se basan en votos recogidos por miembros que forman parte del sector, no por críticos de juegos. De esta forma, los desarrolladores tienen algo más de peso.
Aun así, a nadie sorprende que The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim se hiciera con otro premio de Juego del año, algo en lo que coinciden en la mayoría de círculos. Portal 2 también tuvo un papel destacado, al hacerse con los premios a la Mejor Narrativa, Diseño de Juego y Audio.
A continuación, la lista completa (versión original en inglés) de nominados, ganadores y galardonados con premios especiales:
Game of the Year
Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Eidos Montreal)
Dark Souls (FromSoftware)
Best Narrative
Portal 2 (Valve)
The Witcher 2 (CD Projekt RED)
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
Uncharted 3: La Traición de Drake (Naughty Dog)
Saints Row: The Third (Volition)
Best Game Design
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
Dark Souls (FromSoftware)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Best Technology
Battlefield 3 (DICE)
L.A. Noire (Team Bondi)
Crysis 2 (Crytek Frankfurt/UK)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
Uncharted 3: La Traición de Drake (Naughty Dog)
Best Visual Arts
Uncharted 3: La Traición de Drake (Naughty Dog)
Rayman Origins (Ubisoft Montpellier)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (Ignition Japan)
Battlefield 3 (DICE)
Battlefield 3 (DICE)
Best Debut
Supergiant Games (Bastion)
Team Bondi (L.A. Noire)
Re-Logic (Terraria)
Bioware Austin (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
Eidos Montreal (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)
Innovation Award
Skylanders Spyro's Adventure (Toys For Bob)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik)
L.A. Noire (Team Bondi)
Best Handheld/Mobile Game
Tiny Tower (NimbleBit)
Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo)
Jetpack Joyride (Halfbrick)
Infinity Blade II (Chair Entertainment)
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (Capy Games/Superbrothers)
Uncharted 3: La Traición de Drake (Naughty Dog)
Best Audio
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
Little Big Planet 2 (Media Molecule)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
Dead Space 2 (Visceral Games)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Best Downloadable Game
Stacking (Double Fine)
From Dust (Ubisoft Montpellier)
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
Outland (Housemarque)
Frozen Synapse (Mode 7)
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
Lifetime Achievement Winner
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the career and achievements of a developer who has made an indelible impact on the craft of game development and games as a whole.
2012 Recipient - Warren Spector
Pioneer Award Winner
The Pioneer Award (formerly known as the First Penguin Award) celebrates those individuals who developed a breakthrough technology, game concept, or gameplay design at a crucial juncture video game history - paving the way for the myriads who followed them.
2012 Recipient - Dave Theurer
The Ambassador Award
The Ambassador Award honors an individual or individuals who have helped the game industry advance to a better place, either through facilitating a better game community from within, or by reaching outside the industry to be an advocate for video games and help further our art.
Ambassador Award Winner 2012 Recipients - Ken Doroshow and Paul M. Smith