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Game Developers Choice Awards

2007 Nominees

Audio

• Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment / THQ)
  • Crispin Hands, John Johnson, Jennifer Lewis, John Tennant
• DEFCON: Everybody Dies (Introversion Software)
  • Alistair Lindsay, Michael Maidment
• Guitar Hero II (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane)
  • Jeff Allen, Eric Brosius, Izzy Maxwell
• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (Crystal Dynamics / Eidos Interactive)
  • Troels Folmann, Karl Gallagher, Mike Peaslee, Gregg Stephens
• LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Kemmei Adachi, Tomonobu Kikuchi, Kouji Niikura, Nobuyuki Shimizu

Character Design

• Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix)
  • Hideo Minaba, Hiroshi Minagawa, Akihiko Yoshida
• LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Tsutomu Kouno, Keigo Tsuchiya
• Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
  • Mari Shimazaki, Sawaki Takeyasu, Kenichirou Yoshimura
• Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft Montpellier Studio / Ubisoft Entertainment)
  • Michel Ancel, Charles Beirnaert, Hubert Chevillard, Florent Sacre
• Viva Pinata (Rare / Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Ryan Stevenson

Game Design

• Bully (Rockstar Vancouver / Rockstar Games)
  • Michael Skupa
• Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
  • Hideki Kamiya
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
  • Todd Howard
• Viva Pinata (Rare / Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Justin Cook, Gregg Mayles
• Wii Sports (Nintendo)
  • Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshiaki Yamashita

Technology

• Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment / THQ)
  • Drew Dunlop, Shelby Hubick, David Swinerd, Ian Thomson
• Dead Rising (Capcom Entertainment)
  • Shinya Ikuta, Tomofumi Ishida, Yasuhide Sawada, Tomohiro Ueda
• Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Michael Capps, Ray Davis, Tim Sweeney, Daniel Vogel
• Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis (Rockstar San Diego / Rockstar Games)
  • Ted Carson, Eugene Foss, Wil Paredes, Steve Reed
• Wii Sports (Nintendo)
  • Takuhiro Dohta, Takeshi Miyamoto, Keizo Ohta, Kenta Sato

Visual Arts

• Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix)
  • Isamu Kamikokuryo, Hideo Minaba, Akihiko Yoshida
• Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Jerry O'Flaherty, Chris Perna
• Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
  • Naoki Katakai, Kenichirou Yoshimura
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
  • Matthew Carofano, Christiane Meister, Istvan Pely
• Viva Pinata (Rare / Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Ed Bryan, Ryan Stevenson

Writing

• Bully (Rockstar Vancouver / Rockstar Games)
  • Dan Houser, Jacob Krarup
• Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (Funcom / Aspyr Media)
  • Dag Scheve, Ragnar Tørnquist
• Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock (Telltale Games / GameTap)
  • Brendan Ferguson, Dave Grossman, Steve Purcell
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
  • Ken Rolston
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
  • Kyogoku Aya, Nate Bihldorff, Mitsuhiro Takano

Best Game

• Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Cliff Bleszinski, Michael Capps, Rod Fergusson
• Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
  • Atsushi Inaba, Hideki Kamiya
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
  • Todd Howard
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
  • Eiji Aonuma, Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto
• Wii Sports (Nintendo)
  • Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto, Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshiaki Yamashita

New Studio

• Gastronaut Studios (Small Arms)
  • Jacob Van Wingen, Don Wurster
• Iron Lore Entertainment (Titan Quest)
  • Paul Chieffo, Jeff Goodsill, Brian Sullivan
• Naked Sky Entertainment (RoboBlitz)
  • Joshua Glazer, Tian Mu, Sam Thibault
• Ready At Dawn Studios (Daxter)
  • Didier Malenfant, Andrea Pessino, Ru Weerasuriya
• Wadjet Eye Games (The Shivah)
  • Dave Gilbert