GDC 09 awards

Here is what the developers thought made this year a great year of gaming.
The 9th Game Developers Choice Awards.

Game of the Year: Fallout 3
Runners-up: Fable 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, Left 4 Dead, LittleBigPlanet

Best Audio: Dead Space
Runners-up: Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead, Metal Gear Solid 4

Best Downloadable Game: World of Goo
Runners-up: Braid, Castle Crashers, N+, PixelJunk Eden

Best Game Design: LittleBigPlanet
Runners-up: Braid, Fallout 3, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead

Best Handheld Game: God of War - Chains of Olympus
Runners-up: Advance Wars - DoR, echochrome, Patapon, The world e.w. you

Best Innovation: LittleBigPlanet
Runners-up: Boom Blox, Braid, Spore, World of Goo

Best New Debut: LittleBigPlanet
Runners-up: Braid, Sins of a Solar Empire, Soul Bubbles, World of Goo

Best Technology: LittleBigPlanet
Runners-up: Gears of War 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, Left 4 Dead, Spore

Best Visual Art: Prince of Persia
Runners-up: Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, LittleBigPlanet, Metal Gear Solid 4

Best Writing: Fallout 3
Runners-up: Braid, Far Cry 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, Metal Gear Solid 4

Ambassador Award: Tommy Tallarico

Lifetime Acheivement Award: Hideo Kojima

Pioneer Award: Harmonix Music Systems' Alex Rigopulos & Eran Egozy