Eighth Annual Awards Introduce Categories for Downloadable and Handheld
Games; Ceremony to Take Place at the Game Developers Conference February
20, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Nominations are now being
accepted for the 2008 Game Developers Choice Awards, the eighth annual
presentation of the most prestigious honors in videogame development.
Awards in ten categories, including two categories new to the awards this
year, for Best Downloadable Game and Best Handheld Game, will be given at a
ceremony produced by CMP's Game Developers Conference (GDC) and presented
by Gamasutra.com and Game Developer Magazine, on Wednesday, February 20,
2008 at GDC. The gala event, held in conjunction with the Independent Games
Festival, will be hosted in the Esplanade Room in the South Hall of San
Francisco's Moscone Convention Center. The nomination ballot and further
details about the Choice Awards are now available online at
http://www.gamechoiceawards.com.
"The Game Developers Choice Awards are built with the same care and
editorial integrity as the Game Developers Conference itself, which means
that we facilitate true and open peer based recognition of creative talent
in games," said Jamil Moledina, executive director of the Game Developers
Conference. "Recently, games have become dramatically more integrated into
pop culture given their diversity and portability, so this year the Choice
Awards is evolving to include the well-deserving makers of the best
downloadable and handheld games."
The Game Developers Choice Awards recognize excellence in the art of
game creation regardless of genre or platform. The 2008 award categories
are:
-- Best Audio
-- Best Game Design
-- Best Technology
-- Best Visual Arts
-- Best Writing
-- Best Debut Game
-- Best Downloadable Game
-- Best Handheld Game
-- Innovation
-- Game of the Year
"One of the guiding principles behind Gamasutra and Game Developer has
always been to give a voice to the game development community," said Simon
Carless, publisher and editorial director of Gamasutra.com and Game
Developer magazine. "We are very excited to be extending that role this
year by providing developers the opportunity to nominate and vote for the
best games of the year."
To submit a nomination, please visit
https://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/choice_2008_games.php. For details about
the Game Developers Choice Awards, visit http://www.gamechoiceawards.com.
For further information and to register for GDC, please visit
http://www.gdconf.com.
About the Game Developers Conference (http://www.gdconf.com)
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is the world's largest
professionals-only game industry event. Presented every spring in San
Francisco, it is the essential forum for learning, inspiration, and
networking for the creators of computer, console, handheld, mobile, and
online games. The GDC attracts over 16,000 attendees, and is the primary
forum where programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio
professionals, business decision-makers and others involved in the
development of interactive games gather to exchange ideas and shape the
future of the industry. The GDC is produced by the CMP Game Group, a
division of CMP
About CMP (http://www.cmp.com)
CMP (http://www.cmp.com/) is a media and marketing solutions company
serving the technology industry. With the leading online, event and print
brands in all technology market categories, and with services and tools
that reach beyond traditional advertising, CMP shapes and influences the
technology industry worldwide. CMP publishes highly respected media brands
such as TechWeb, InformationWeek, ChannelWeb, CRN, EE Times and TechOnline;
produces major industry events such as Interop, Web 2.0 Expo, XChange, Game
Developers Conference and the Embedded Systems Conferences; and provides
business information and marketing services such as the International
Customer Management Institute, Semiconductor Insights and Second Life
consulting for technology marketers. CMP is a subsidiary of United Business
Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news
distribution and specialist information services with a market
capitalization of more than $3 billion. For more CMP news, go to
cmp.com/news.
SOURCE CMP Game Group
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