I vincitori dei Game Developer's Choice Awards e degli Independent Games Festival Awards

Gli organizzatori della GDC 2011 hanno annunciato i vincitori dei Game Developer's Choice Awards e degli Independent Games Festival Awards . Red Dead Redemption è il titolo che ha conquistato di più la giuria, portandosi a casa i premi nelle categorie Best Game, Best Game Design, Best Technology, e Best Audio. Premiati anche Cut the Rope, Limbo, Mass Effect 2 e Minecraft. Di seguito la lista completa dei vincitori.

Game Developers Choice Awards

• Best Game - Red Dead Redemption
• Best Game Design - Red Dead Redemption
• Innovation - Minecraft
• Best Technology - Red Dead Redemption
• Best Handheld Game - Cut the Rope
• Best Audio - Red Dead Redemption
• Best Downloadable Game - Minecraft
• Best Writing - Mass Effect 2
• Best Debut Game - Minecraft
• Best Visual Arts - Limbo
• Pioneer Award - Yu Suzuki
• Lifetime Achievement - Peter Molyneux

Independent Games Festival Awards

• Seumas McNally Grand Prize ($20,000)
  - Minecraft, by Mojang
• Nuovo Award ($5,000)
  - Nidhogg, by Messhof
• Excellence in Visual Art ($2,500)
  - BIT.TRIP RUNNER, by Gaijin Games
• Excellence in Audio ($2,500)
  - Amnesia: The Dark Descent, by Frictional Games
• Excellence in Design ($2,500)
  - Desktop Dungeons, by QCF Design
• Best Student Game ($2,500)
  - FRACT, by University of Montreal
• Technical Excellence ($2,500)
  - Amnesia: The Dark Descent, by Frictional Games
• Best Mobile Game ($2,500)
  - Helsing's Fire, Ratloop
• Audience Award ($2,500)
  - Minecraft, by Mojang
• Direct2Drive Vision Award ($10,000)
  - Amnesia: The Dark Descent, by Frictional Games