Sony leads all platforms with total GDC Award Nominations

The Game Developer Conference is just around the corner and Gamasutra.com has revealed the award nominations for the conference as usual. Unsurprisingly, Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves leads the way with seven nominations including yet another Game of the Year nod.

However, Sony continues to push the belief that 2009 was its year as the console champ in games as the platform has roughly 85% of the games being nominated on its platform. That number is more than any other console company by a significant margin.

Other notable nominations include Flower (5), Assassin’s Creed II (4), and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has several as well.

We’ve included the complete list below.

Best Game Design
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady)
Assassin’s Creed 2 (Ubisoft Montreal)
Flower (Thatgamecompany)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap)

Best Visual Art
Borderlands (Gearbox Software)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (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: Among Thieves (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: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
Halo 3: ODST (Bungie)

Best Audio
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (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: Among Thieves (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: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios)
Demon’s Souls (From Software)
Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal)

Readers Comments (7)

  1. dragon age is nominated for game of the year ower mw2?
    uncharted is nominated almoast ewerywhere?
    wow

  2. thats tight but i kind of tierd of all theese awards we get it uncharted 2 is the GOTY

  3. Uncharted 2 was such an awesome game. I played it through 3 times (normal, hard, crushing) I will be playing it again soon!

  4. WoW!!! MW2 is not on the Game of the Year. That is a good thing imo. The game was not that good, it just sold a lot. Just like Halo 3 sold a lot but that game was not that good.

  5. @SonyJunkie
    I hope, you’re joking…or are you really that much of a fanboy?
    Halo 3 might be overrated but it’s certainly one of the best games this generation.

  6. @jaz350z
    True dat

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