GDC 09 awards

Here is what the developers thought made this year a great year of gaming.
The 9th Game Developers Choice Awards.

Game of the Year: {Fallout 3}
Runners-up: {Fable 2}, {Grand Theft Auto IV}, {Left 4 Dead}, LittleBigPlanet

Best Audio: {Dead Space}
Runners-up: {Gears of War 2}, {Left 4 Dead}, {Metal Gear Solid} 4

Best Downloadable Game: {World of Goo}
Runners-up: {Braid}, {Castle Crashers}, N+, PixelJunk Eden

Best Game Design: LittleBigPlanet
Runners-up: {Braid}, {Fallout 3}, {Far Cry 2}, {Left 4 Dead}

Best Handheld Game: {God of War} - Chains of Olympus
Runners-up: {Advance Wars} - DoR, echochrome, Patapon, The world e.w. you

Best Innovation: LittleBigPlanet
Runners-up: {Boom Blox}, {Braid}, Spore, {World of Goo}

Best New Debut: LittleBigPlanet
Runners-up: {Braid}, {Sins of a Solar Empire}, {Soul Bubbles}, {World of Goo}

Best Technology: LittleBigPlanet
Runners-up: {Gears of War 2}, {Grand Theft Auto IV}, {Left 4 Dead}, Spore

Best Visual Art: {Prince of Persia}
Runners-up: {Fallout 3}, {Gears of War 2}, LittleBigPlanet, {Metal Gear Solid} 4

Best Writing: {Fallout 3}
Runners-up: {Braid}, {Far Cry 2}, {Grand Theft Auto IV}, {Metal Gear Solid} 4

Ambassador Award: Tommy Tallarico

Lifetime Acheivement Award: Hideo Kojima

Pioneer Award: Harmonix Music Systems' Alex Rigopulos & Eran Egozy