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Well the powers that be announced this years Game Developers Choice Awards nominees today and since its sort of a time honored tradition for bloggers to pick the winners, I thought I’d join in the fun and make some predictions. I made some last minute predictions while waiting for the ceremony to start last year, and as I recall, I did quite well. I’ll be sure to do a follow up story later on when the actual winners are announced Feb 20 at this years GDC.

My Predictions are in italics, because italics are used to emphasize

Best Game Design
BioShock
Call of Duty 4
Mass Effect
Portal
Super Mario Galaxy

Best Visual Art
Assassin’s Creed
Team Fortress 2
Crysis
BioShock
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune

Best Technology
Halo 3
Crysis
Call of Duty 4
Portal
Assassin’s Creed

Best Writing
Portal
God of War II
Mass Effect
Half-Life 2: Episode 2
BioShock

Best Audio
Call of Duty 4
Everyday Shooter
BioShock
God of War II
Mass Effect

Best Debut
Crackdown (Realtime Worlds)
flOw (ThatGameCompany)
The Witcher (CD Projekt)
Everyday Shooter (Queasy Games)
Aquaria (Bit Blot)

Innovation
Rock Band
Portal
flOw
Peggle
Mass Effect

Best Handheld Game
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Phase
Contra 4
Peggle (for iPod)

Best Downloadable Game
Pac-Man Championship Edition
Everyday Shooter
Peggle
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (XBLA version)
Flow

Game of the Year
BioShock
Call of Duty 4
Portal
Rock Band
Super Mario Galaxy

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