Thu, Feb 21, 2008 | 11:46 GMT

GDC: Portal wins GOTY at Choice Awards

GDC really is the awards vehicle that keeps on giving. Here are the winners from yesterday’s Choice Awards. All we can say is, “Please make another Crackdown.”

Best Game Design – Portal (Valve) Kim Swift, Realm Lovejoy, Paul Graham Best Visual Art – BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia / 2K Games) Scott Sinclair, Shawn Robertson, Andrew James
Best Technology – Crysis (Crytek/Electronic Arts) Cevat Yerli, Douglas Binks, Timur Davidenko, Martin Mittring
Best Writing – BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia / 2K Games) Ken Levine, Emily Ridgway, Joe McDonagh, Susan O’Connor
Best Audio – BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia / 2K Games) Eric Brosius, Pat Balthrop, Emily Ridgway, Justin Mullins
Best Debut – Crackdown (Real Time Worlds / Microsoft Game Studios) Ramon Gonzalez, Violetta Sanchez, Rafael Diaz, Jose Guerra
Innovation – Portal (Valve) Kim Swift, Erik Wolpaw
Best Handheld Game – The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo / Nintendo) Eiji Aonuma
Best Downloadable Game – Flow (thatgamecompany / Sony Computer Entertainment) Kellee Santiago, Jenova Chen, Martin Middleton, Hao Cui, John Edwards, Nick Clark
Game of the Year – Portal (Valve) Kim Swift, Erik Wolpaw
Recipients for the evening’s special awards were: Lifetime Achievement Award Sid Meier, Pioneer Award Ralph Baer, Ambassador Award Jason Della Rocca