"Portal," "BioShock" Win Big at Game Developers Choice Awards

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 21, 2008 - 11:33am.

San Francisco - Video game publisher and developer Valve's "Portal" took home the title of Game of the Year last night at the Game Developers Choice Awards, held during the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

The title also won awards for Innovation and Best Game Design.

The other big winner was 2K Games' "BioShock," which won awards for Best Visual Art, Best Writing and Best Audio.

Other awards were doled out to Nintendo's "The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass" (Best Handheld Game); Sony/thatgamecompany's "Flow" (Best Downloadable Game); and Crytek/Electronic Arts' "Crysis" (Best Technology).

The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Sid Meier, co-founder of Firaxis Games and creator of strategy games including "Civilization."

A full list of winners is available at a link below.

 

Related Links:
http://www.gamechoiceawards.com



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