Os organizadores da sétima edição do evento anual Game Developers Choice Awards anunciaram que os títulos Okami (Capcom, Clover Studio) e The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2K Games, Bethesda) foram indicados em quatro categorias, incluindo "Best Game". Junto com eles, disputando o prêmio de "Melhor Jogo", concorrem outros sucessos como Gears of War (Microsoft, Epic Games), The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess e Wii Sports, esses dois últimos da Nintendo.
- Veja telas dos jogos para Playstation 3
- Veja telas dos jogos para Wii
- Veja telas dos jogos para Xbox 360
- Veja telas dos jogos para PC
Outros nomes importantes como Company of Heroes (THQ, Relic), DEFCON: Everybody Dies (Introversion Software), Guitar Hero II (Harmonix, RedOctane), Tomb Raider: Legend (Eidos, Crystal Dynamics) e LocoRoco (Sony) receberam indicações na categoria "Best Audio", enquanto Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix), Viva Piñata (Microsoft, Rare) e, novamente, Gears of War, Oblivion e Okami foram apontados na categoria "Visual Arts".
O evento Game Developers Choice Awards está marcado para o dia 7 de março de 2007 no Moscone Convention Center, em São Francisco, Estados Unidos. A premiação seguirá como um show paralelo ao encontro Game Developers Conference, que ocorrerá no período de 7 a 9 de março.
Confira a lista completa dos indicados a seguir:
Best Game
Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)
Cliff Bleszinski, Michael Capps, Rod Fergusson
Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
Atsushi Inaba, Hideki Kamiya
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
Todd Howard
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
Eiji Aonuma, Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto
Wii Sports (Nintendo)
Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto, Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshiaki Yamashita
Audio
Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment / THQ)
Crispin Hands, John Johnson, Jennifer Lewis, John Tennant
DEFCON: Everybody Dies (Introversion Software)
Alistair Lindsay, Michael Maidment
Guitar Hero II (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane)
Jeff Allen, Eric Brosius, Izzy Maxwell
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (Crystal Dynamics / Eidos Interactive)
Troels Folmann, Karl Gallagher, Mike Peaslee, Gregg Stephens
LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment)
Kemmei Adachi, Tomonobu Kikuchi, Kouji Niikura, Nobuyuki Shimizu
Character Design
Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix)
Hideo Minaba, Hiroshi Minagawa, Akihiko Yoshida
LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment)
Tsutomu Kouno, Keigo Tsuchiya
Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
Mari Shimazaki, Sawaki Takeyasu, Kenichirou Yoshimura
Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft Montpellier Studio / Ubisoft Entertainment)
Michel Ancel, Charles Beirnaert, Hubert Chevillard, Florent Sacre
Viva Piñata (Rare / Microsoft Game Studios)
Ryan Stevenson
Game Design
Bully (Rockstar Vancouver / Rockstar Games)
Michael Skupa
Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
Hideki Kamiya
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
Todd Howard
Viva Piñata (Rare / Microsoft Game Studios)
Justin Cook, Gregg Mayles
Wii Sports (Nintendo)
Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshiaki Yamashita
Bully (Rockstar Vancouver / Rockstar Games)
Michael Skupa
Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
Hideki Kamiya
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
Todd Howard
Viva Piñata (Rare / Microsoft Game Studios)
Justin Cook, Gregg Mayles
Wii Sports (Nintendo)
Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshiaki Yamashita
Technology
Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment / THQ)
Drew Dunlop, Shelby Hubick, David Swinerd, Ian Thomson
Dead Rising (Capcom Entertainment)
Shinya Ikuta, Tomofumi Ishida, Yasuhide Sawada, Tomohiro Ueda
Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)
Michael Capps, Ray Davis, Tim Sweeney, Daniel Vogel
Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis (Rockstar San Diego / Rockstar Games)
Ted Carson, Eugene Foss, Wil Paredes, Steve Reed
Wii Sports (Nintendo)
Takuhiro Dohta, Takeshi Miyamoto, Keizo Ohta, Kenta Sato
Visual Arts
Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix)
Isamu Kamikokuryo, Hideo Minaba, Akihiko Yoshida
Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)
Jerry O'Flaherty, Chris Perna
Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
Naoki Katakai, Kenichirou Yoshimura
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
Matthew Carofano, Christiane Meister, Istvan Pely
Viva Piñata (Rare / Microsoft Game Studios)
Ed Bryan, Ryan Stevenson
Writing
Bully (Rockstar Vancouver / Rockstar Games)
Dan Houser, Jacob Krarup
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (Funcom / Aspyr Media)
Dag Scheve, Ragnar Tørnquist
Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock (Telltale Games / GameTap)
Brendan Ferguson, Dave Grossman, Steve Purcell
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
Ken Rolston
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
Kyogoku Aya, Nate Bihldorff, Mitsuhiro Takano
New Studio
Gastronaut Studios (Small Arms)
Jacob Van Wingen, Don Wurster
Iron Lore Entertainment (Titan Quest)
Paul Chieffo, Jeff Goodsill, Brian Sullivan
Naked Sky Entertainment (RoboBlitz)
Joshua Glazer, Tian Mu, Sam Thibault
Ready At Dawn Studios (Daxter)
Didier Malenfant, Andrea Pessino, Ru Weerasuriya
Wadjet Eye Games (The Shiva)
Chris Femo, Dave Gilbert, Peter Gresser, Ian Schlaepfer
