Uncharted 2 earned a leading 10 nominations in the 10th annual Game Developers Choice Awards.
The awards, the leading peer-based video game industry awards, also gave five nominations to Flower and four nominations to the game Assassin’s Creed II.
The awards are chosen via a combination of open game industry nominations and the votes of the leading creators in the Choice Awards Advisory Committee. Starting this year, winners are now being selected by the Game Developers Choice Awards-specific International Choice Awards Network, which is a new invitation-only group comprised of 500 leading game creators from all parts of the video game industry.
The complete list of nominees follows:
Best Game Design
‘ Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady)
‘ Assassin’s Creed 2 (Ubisoft Montreal)
‘ Flower (thatgamecompany)
‘ Uncharted 2 (Naughty Dog)
‘ Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap)
Best Visual Art
‘ Borderlands (Gearbox Software)
‘ Uncharted 2 (Naughty Dog)
‘ Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal)
‘ Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward)
‘ Flower (thatgamecompany)
Best Technology
‘ Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward)
‘ Red Faction: Guerrilla (Volition)
‘ Uncharted 2 (Naughty Dog)
‘ Killzone 2 (Guerrilla Games)
‘ Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal)
Best Writing
‘ Brutal Legend (Double Fine)
‘ Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios)
‘ Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare)
‘ Uncharted 2 (Naughty Dog)
‘ Halo 3: ODST (Bungie)
Best Audio
‘ Uncharted 2 (Naughty Dog)
‘ Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare)
‘ Rock Band: The Beatles (Harmonix)
‘ Flower (thatgamecompany)
‘ Brutal Legend (Double Fine Productions)
Innovation
‘ Scribblenauts (5th Cell)
‘ Flower (thatgamecompany)
‘ Uncharted 2 (Naughty Dog)
‘ Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap)
‘ Demon’s Souls (From Software)
Best Debut
‘ The Maw (Twisted Pixel)
‘ League Of Legends (Riot Games)
‘ Spider: The Secret Of Bryce Manor (Tiger Style)
‘ Torchlight (Runic Games)
‘ Zeno Clash (ACE Team)
Best Downloadable Game
‘ Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap)
‘ Trials HD (RedLynx)
‘ PixelJunk Shooter (Q Games)
‘ Shadow Complex (Chair Entertainment)
‘ Flower (thatgamecompany)
Best New Social/Online Game
‘ Restaurant City (Playfish)
‘ Farmville (Zynga)
‘ Dungeon Fighter Online (Neople/Nexon)
‘ Free Realms (Sony Online Entertainment San Diego)
‘ Bejeweled Blitz (PopCap)
Best Handheld Game
‘ Scribblenauts (5th Cell)
‘ Flight Control (Firemint)
‘ Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Rockstar Leeds/Rockstar North)
‘ Spider: The Secret Of Bryce Manor (Tiger Style)
‘ Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo EAD)
Game Of The Year
‘ Uncharted 2 (Naughty Dog)
‘ Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare)
‘ Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios)
‘ Demon’s Souls (From Software)
‘ Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal)
The winners will be announced at an awards show set for March 11 as part of the 2010 Game Developer’s Conference at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.
