A Colossus win
The Game Developer's Conference isn't all about speeches you know! The annual GDC game awards were revealed yesterday, God of War was expected to take home the highest accoloade, Game of The Year 2005.
Best Game Winner: Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)
Best Audio Winner: Guitar Hero (Harmonix Music Systems/RedOctane) - Eric Brosius, Kasson Crooker
Character Design Winner: Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.) - Atsuko Fukuyama, Hitoshi Niwa, Shunpei Suzuki, Fumito Ueda
Game Design Winner:Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.) - Junichi Hosono, Fumito Ueda
Best Technology Winner: Nintendogs (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo) - Tsutomu Kaneshige
Best Visual Arts Winner: Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.) - Koji Hasegawa, Hironobu Nakano, Masanori Kajita, Fumito Ueda
Best Writing Winner : Psychonauts (Double Fine Productions/Majesco Entertainment Company) - Tim Schafer, Erik Wolpaw
Best New Studio Winner : Double Fine Productions (Psychonauts) - Caroline Esmurdoc, Tim Schafer
Innovation Award Winner : Nintendogs (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo) - Tsutomu Kaneshige
So, Shadow of Colossus almost swept the board and, personally, I'm glad to see an award for the immense Guitar Heroes (this game rocks, literally).
