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Cliff Bleszinksi is primed and ready to host the Game Developers Choice Awards at this year's GDC 2012. He will be replacing Double Fine's Tim Schafer as the event's host.
The GDC Awards feature a number of categories, including the prestigious "Game of the Year" award for 2011. The nominees in this category are:
The full list of categories and the nominees in each can be found here.
In slightly related news, the Independent Games Festival Awards will have Andy Schatz as their esteemed host. Schatz hosted the IGF Awards from 2007-2009.
As design director at Epic Games, Cliff Bleszinski has been a key visionary behind the award-winning, multimillion-selling Unreal series, as well as Gears of War, which has become a billion-dollar franchise. Gears of War received top honors at the 2007 Game Developers Choice Awards, and was crowned the winner of the Best Game, Best Technology and Best Visual Arts categories. He continues to lend his creative expertise to Epic's upcoming projects for PC, mobile and console titles. Easily one of the most recognizable faces in the business, Bleszinski gained instant fame as a teen by shipping his first commercial game, Jazz Jackrabbit, before graduating high school. Jazz became a bestseller and remains a cult classic amongst gamers.
The GDC Awards feature a number of categories, including the prestigious "Game of the Year" award for 2011. The nominees in this category are:
Game of the Year
Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Eidos Montreal)
Dark Souls (FromSoftware)
Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Eidos Montreal)
Dark Souls (FromSoftware)
The full list of categories and the nominees in each can be found here.
In slightly related news, the Independent Games Festival Awards will have Andy Schatz as their esteemed host. Schatz hosted the IGF Awards from 2007-2009.
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