{"id":30244,"date":"2012-01-06T12:53:44","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T10:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=30244"},"modified":"2012-01-06T13:00:07","modified_gmt":"2012-01-06T11:00:07","slug":"game-developers-choice-award-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/30244-game-developers-choice-award-finalists-announced","title":{"rendered":"Game Developer’s Choice award finalists announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nominations this year are led by three studios and their games, each of which received five Choice Award nods, including Bethesda Game Studios<\/a>\u2019 long awaited open-world fantasy RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Valve<\/a>\u2019s puzzle action title, Portal 2.<\/p>\n

Also nominated five times was newcomer Supergiant Games<\/a> and its acclaimed downloadable action RPG Bastion, which saw nominations in four categories, plus one for the studio itself, for Best Debut.<\/p>\n

Both Portal 2 and Skyrim were nominated for Game Of The Year as one of their nods. The other Game Of The Year nominees are Rocksteady Studios\u2019s dark superhero game sequel Batman: Arkham City, FromSoftware\u2019s immersive hardcore RPG Dark Souls, and Eidos Montreal<\/a>\u2019s acclaimed franchise update Deus Ex: Human Revolution, also all multiple award-nominated.<\/p>\n

\"Portal<\/a>

Portal 2<\/p><\/div>\n

Other titles with multiple nominations include Naughty Dog<\/a>\u2019s action adventure Uncharted 3: Drake\u2019s Deception, and Team Bondi\u2019s detective title L.A.Noire. A diverse set of overall nominees include titles with digital-physical crossover (Toys for Bob\u2019s Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure \u2013 for Innovation), free-to-play elements to the fore (NimbleBit\u2019s Tiny Tower \u2013 for Best Handheld\/Mobile Game), and even no visual display at all (Die Gute Fabrik\u2019s Johann Sebastian Joust \u2013 for Innovation).<\/p>\n

Overall, the Game Developers Choice Awards are open to any video game, with no restrictions or payment for game submission, with open nominations from a plethora of game professionals helping to choose this year’s finalists. Winners will now be selected by the Game Developers Choice Awards-specific International Choice Awards Network (ICAN), which is an invitation-only group comprised of 500 leading game creators from all parts of the video game industry.<\/p>\n

\"Uncharted<\/a>

Uncharted 3<\/p><\/div>\n

The complete list of nominees for the 12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards are as follows:<\/p>\n

Best Game Design<\/strong><\/p>\n