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GDC Developers' Choice Awards

Tawkn.com is liveblogging the awards to let you know who won as soon as they've won.

So far:

Best New Debut: LittleBigPlanet
Beating out Braid, Sins of a Solar Empire, World of Goo and Soul Bubbles

Best Audio: Dead Space
Beating out L4D, MGS4, Gears of War 2

Best Game Design: LittleBigPlanet
Beating out Fallout 3, L4D, Braid and Far Cry 2

Best Downloadable Game: World of Goo
Beating out Braid, N+, PixelJunk Eden, Castle Crashers

Best Handheld Game: God of War: Chains of Olympus
Beating out Patapon, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin, echochrome, The World Ends With You

Ambassador Award: Tommy Tallarico

Updates coming

Cajun Chicken5551d ago

LBP is doing damn well...as usual!

Vortigaunt5551d ago

God of War better than Layton or The World Ends With You???

LOLOLOLOLOLOL!

Nice to see LBP doing good, same for World of Goo and Fallout 3 (the GOTY 08).

Cajun Chicken5551d ago

Technically, yes.

I think God of War: CoO really deserved that, Ready at Dawn squeezed some amazing visuals out of the PSP. Can't wait to see what they can do on consoles.

Johnny Rotten5551d ago

Media Molecule deserves all the credit they get and considering the awards are from the devs themselves it's even more of an honor.

Vortigaunt5551d ago

FALLOUT 3 ----- GAME OF THE YEAR 2008

ReservoirDog3165551d ago (Edited 5551d ago )

How did GTA IV lose best writing?

I mean, I haven't played fallout 3 yet but how could anything beat the writing of GTA IV?

Edit: Oh and Kojima getting the Life Time Achievement Award was well deserved

PotNoodle5551d ago

"God of War better than Layton or The World Ends With You???

LOLOLOLOLOLOL! "

Certainly. The game is amazing. One of the best portable games _EVER_ made.

Anyway, life time achievement away - Hideo kojima! Thats his second now isn't it? :P

jessupj5551d ago (Edited 5551d ago )

While I've played fallout 3 and have obtained the platnium trophy, it definately should not have been won the writting award when mgs4 was nominated. Even gta4 was better.

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morganfell5551d ago (Edited 5551d ago )

Keighley has just confirmed the surprise announcement after the awards is COD MW2

http://twitter.com/geoffkei...

"Stay tuned - GDC awards close with a surprise trailer, which will be online immediately after. And yes, Infinity Ward is here."

frayer5551d ago (Edited 5551d ago )

Matter of fact, I can't wait to see this.

n4gn4gn4gn4g5551d ago

him to the announcement by about 5 minutes! Though Kieghley will have the trailer first on GameTrailers.

frayer5551d ago (Edited 5551d ago )

LBP definitely deserves it. I'll be playing it for months to come.

morganfell5551d ago

Far Cry 2 up for Best game design? Are you kidding me? How is taking out a checkpoint, moving up the road 200 meters and then coming back to a fresh fully manned checkpoint even considered for best design. If it were an isolated incident it could be overlooked but it is the most persistent part of the design.

jessupj5551d ago

I agree that killed it for me. Would have been such a great game if you could perminately destroy the checkpoints. I just rode right through them because there was absolutely no point wasting time killing them when it isn't achieving anything.

Araceae5551d ago

Really? Fallout 3 won best writing… yuck. I know I’ll get a lot of hate, but that game is so overrated in my opinion. It fails as both a RPG and a shooter. I just don’t understand the love fest for it. It is decent, but not as good as people hype it up to be. But each to their own, so maybe it is just me.

lord_of_balrogs5551d ago

I agree the writing was terrible. Two sides fighting over the right to press a button releasing fresh water. Dumb. A solid 7.5 imo.

Xi5551d ago (Edited 5551d ago )

fallout 3 really did have great writing though, even if the story itself wasn't the strongest, the actual writing and development were well done.

SprSynJn5551d ago

"I agree the writing was terrible. Two sides fighting over the right to press a button releasing fresh water. Dumb. A solid 7.5 imo."

This is what happens when you let minors purchase mature rated games.

Sarevok5551d ago

*gasp* I should make a LBP Baldur's Gate level!!! EPIC!!!!!!

lord_of_balrogs5551d ago

"Right...
"I agree the writing was terrible. Two sides fighting over the right to press a button releasing fresh water. Dumb. A solid 7.5 imo."

This is what happens when you let minors purchase mature rated games. "

Let me break it down for you, the writing blew. First, Fallout 3 lost all the dark humor and fun that the originals had. Instead this new Fallout humor is now "blowin teh limbs off is cool!" "Look ma I blew his head off!" Instead of humorous dark dialogue every voice actor is bland and death like loser. Furthermore, it had some of the worst plot lines I've had the pleasure of experiencing. Why the hell do we have two superheros duking it out over protecting a town? Why is there still nuclear reactors in cars after 200 years since the bombs dropped you'd think scavengers would strip it by now. And the main quest cmon...... The Enclave wants to release fresh water, and the Brotherhood wants to release freshwater, only Eden wants to contaminate it. So why are the Brotherhood and Enclave fighting? It gives no reason. Don't even get me started on the karma system.

billybob24685551d ago

I thought the writing in Fallout 3 was pretty good, and the Biblical references were cool and stuff, but it definitely wasn't the best in the category. My vote would have to be MGS4; it was like the best 20-hour movie if ever watched, and I mean that in a good way :)

Guitardr855551d ago

There was a plot in Fallout 3? Oh yeah...press a damn button!!!

MGS4 all the way baby!!!

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It’s Time for Sony to Bring Back Killzone and Resistance

Sony is in the middle of an FPS crisis, but bringing back two much-loved PlayStation shooters could easily be the solution.

shinoff218319h ago

I'd rather them focus on a rpg. Shooters can wait

just_looken17h ago

We have alot of rpg's but only cod for a AAA first person shooter unless you toss in xdefient but that is still fixing 2yr old beta issues.

We need more AAA fps games then rpg's

shinoff218315h ago

Yea right. Theirs so many shooters on the market.

just_looken13h ago

@shin

Name 3 AAA fps games coming out this year

Cacabunga1h ago

I want Killzone yea, but as a gaas no buy!

Crows9014h ago

There's tons of RPG in the market too...what's your point exactly.

Ironmike14h ago

No more rpg for a while would love a new resistance though

DarXyde14h ago

Agree on preferring RPGs though at this exact moment, it would be great to see more horror games. Another reason why Japan Studio closing is just tragic. Loved Siren.

just_looken13h ago(Edited 13h ago)

Fuck jim ryan japan studio did so much and helped alot with ports/localization

If they were around bloodborn would be possible like how they helped with demon souls ps4 finial fantasy port.

Horror games would be nice but the jim ryan axe job helped alot in killing playstation dev numbers/freedom and increased regulation with the new censorship crap.

1Victor7h ago

If Sony is bringing back a old shooter I would prefer Warhawk or better yet Starhawk

Rynxie6h ago

No thanks. Resistance and killzone were my all time favorite fps games. I completely dominated those games. I met good people, had a ton of fun and have a lot of fond memories. I don't want them to bring back these games, unless they tackle the cheating epidemic. I know I will absolutely hate these games, if I was to play them now, with all the effing cheating going on in fps games.

Psychonaut855h ago

Bro the market is oversaturated with quality RPGs AND bloated shitty RPGs already.

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Inverno17h ago

I honestly don't think we'll be seeing these anytime soon, if ever. Insomniac is officially on Marvel duty since it seems that all they're working on based off the leaks, and Horizon is more of what the casuals want these days. And I now I'll get a bunch of disagrees, but keep in mind that Resistance last got a game on the PS3 (2011) and Killzone was a launch title for the PS4 (2013). 10 years is a long time to make a game, if had any interest they would've done it by now, add InFamous to that list.

just_looken16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

Your right except the dates killzone mercenary was on ps vita 2013 same with resistance burning skies back in 2012

Good-Smurf14h ago

Both of those games are either made by smaller B team or completely different developer.
Killzone Mercenary developed by Guerilla Cambridge which is now defunct.
Resistamce Burning Skies wasn't made by Insomniac but by Nihilistic Software also defunct after the failure of CoD Black Ops Declassified.

just_looken13h ago

@good i know i never said they were

I mentioned them as they were the last games under that ip well killzone was last on ps4 but still even though they are different devs they led to the lose of the ip.

I highly doubt they made up for there budget cost even killzone on ps4 had low sales for such a large ip at the time.

shinoff218315h ago

Infamous should atleast get remastered. I'd be cool with that

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH16h ago

Resistance 3 turned me off to the series but I’d love a reboot. KillZone I think can stay dead. Give me a new Resistance like 1or 2 and I’ll be happy.

JEECE16h ago

Except Resistance 1 and 3 were far more similar, 2 was the outlier. 3 was a great return to form after 2 changed so many things from the first game.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH14h ago

I didn’t like 3 and I didn’t find it similar to the first game.

Moegooner15h ago

2 was the best resistance game.

Michiel19895h ago

agreed, the co-op was my fav in 2

Michiel19895h ago

I'll keep saying it, have Bungie make a new resistance game, a match made in heaven. Although I imagine Bungie would be too proud to take over an existing IP.

Huey_My_D_Long16h ago

I honestly never cared or liked killzone. Huge resistance fan though. I remember so many nights playing melee only on USS Lexington, and I like the alt history vibe.

InUrFoxHole5h ago

Liked KZ more but both those games are better than MAG

P_Bomb16h ago

I’ve been barking up that tree for years. 😢

OtterX8h ago

Keep barking, boy! Keep barking! Never give up hope. ;)

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Metal Gear Solid 5, Nearly After A Decade, Is Still A Timeless Classic

The Metal Gear series, led by Kojima, pioneered the stealth genre, creating a masterclass in storytelling and gameplay.

SimpleSlave1d 1h ago (Edited 1d 1h ago )

No. But MGS5: Ground Zeroes might actually be one of the greatest Game Demo ever, if not the best.

xHeavYx23h ago

I know a lot of people didn't, but I actually liked that story twist at the end. The game was fun and all, but I wouldn't call it a timeless classic.

Cacabunga7h ago

Metal Gear legend stopped with number 4.
MGS5 needed a year or 2 more of development to be maybe among the classics.. it was clearly rushed, especially at the end. The story teaches us absolutely nothing new.

just_looken20h ago

A demo is free that was a $40 cry for help as later we would know konami did not want to fun hideo and his team anymore that is why we got the unfinished phantom pain.

-Foxtrot1d 1h ago (Edited 1d ago )

Meh

Great stealth gameplay but the game was just average.

Bland open world that felt lifeless, the story felt shoehorned in, unfinished story etc. The whole thing was just average to me compared to the other main titled games.

I would have rather preferred it if they kept Ground Zeroes for the main game as the opening and the rest of the game turns into a Metal Gear 1 & 2 remake to bring things full circle.

just_looken20h ago

If you dig around they had old behind trhe scenes of phantom pain vids and books wrote around the time.

Before funding was puled the main idea was to keep peace walker coop it was in the games early builds and that end game were your building your base that was suppose to be metal gear one.

You as the fake big boss was going to make your own metal gear one map aka your base (outer heaven) then me as sold snake use the mode that is in the game invade/defeat the base even fight your current version of metal gear that was in the game but not finished.

So your idea was on the table bit got canned.

CrimsonWing691d ago (Edited 1d ago )

Like hell it is. That was the first time I became aware of being sold an unfinished game and was blown away about blind fanboys saying it was some perfect game.

Yea, the first few chapters were great until they do that thing halfway and make you replay all the missions again. Then little things like capturing animals but only seeing a JPEG unlike 3 where everything was modeled out. Areas were massive, desolate, and boring to look at.

Game was a massive let down for me and the potential was so high for it. Honestly, this was one of the most disappointing games I ever played. What’s worse is it starts off brilliant. You literally play through until you get to the point where you could tell they just stopped developing and then quickly used glue and construction paper to “finish” it and then sold it. Quite frankly, that’s insulting to consumers and fans.

Inverno1d ago

People have selective memory. This game had huge drama attached to it, what Konami did to Kojima and this game was horrible. Now they praise Konami cause they revived Silent Hill, even though SH looks half arsed too.

CrimsonWing691d ago

I dunno if they’re getting much praise after the Silent Hill 2 debacle. Makes me scared sh*tless for the MGS 3 Remake…

Michiel19892h ago

I don't wanna defend konami, but Kojima had 7 years to make the game, it's not that weird for a publisher to expect a game to be finished in that amount of time.

Also no one is praising konami from what I've seen, they're just excited that a Silent Hill game is releasing

JEECE1d ago

Yes and no. In many ways in was a great game; there's a very strong argument that it has the best gameplay of any MGS game, and that it is one of the more interesting open world "playgrounds" we have gotten, in terms of how the world operates. But as an MGS narrative, it is pretty far down the list, for many reasons.

Storm2314h ago

I don't think there is any argument. The gameplay was incredible. But yeah...disappointed in the rest. Could have been incredible but...well...we all know what happened...

DarXyde4h ago

The thing about Metal Gear Solid is that the narrative is what determines which is your favorite because the gameplay had ALWAYS improved with every mainline entry. It's amazing.

If it was gameplay, we'd all say The Phantom Pain, but the story is what truly sets them apart.

For me, that's Snake Eater, which is also my favorite game of all time.

Fishy Fingers23h ago

For me, best gameplay, worst, everything else.

Storm2314h ago

Yeah...gameplay was so damn good.

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How Valve has treated Team Fortress 2 is a disgrace, and its community deserves better

17 years on from release and 5 years into a botting epidemic, Team Fortress 2 is on its knees, and it's high time Valve stepped in to fix it.

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badz1491d 15h ago

Valve can do no wrong, remember?

fsfsxii1d 13h ago

Ah yes, pc gaming aka the bastion of fairness and equity and everlasting online playerbase, all i can say is lmao
Not to mention that these tf2 idiots were the progenitor of mrx in gaming