G.A.N.G. Awards Celebrate Battlefield 3, Star Wars, Portal 2, and More

[Shawn Zipay]

The big winners at this year's Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Awards were Battlefield 3, Portal 2, and Star Wars: The Old Republic. The full list of winners can be found below.

All of the winners were selected by a "70 person advisory committee" and the winners were chosen by a vote among all G.A.N.G. members.

Audio of the Year
Battlefield 3

Music of the Year
L.A. Noire

Sounds Design of the Year
Battlefield 3

Best Soundtrack Album
Star Wars: The Old Republic - Collector's Edition Soundtrack

Best Interactive Score (tie)
Portal 2
Kinect Disneyland Adventures

Best cinematic/cutscene audio
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Best Dialogue
Portal 2

Best Original Instrumental
"Glory, The Galactic Republic" - Star Wars: The Old Republic

Best Original Vocal – Choral
"Main Theme" - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Best Original Vocal – Pop
"Want You Gone" - Portal 2

Best Use of Licensed Music
Kinect Disneyland Adventures

Best Audio Mix
Battlefield 3

Best Handheld Audio
Infinity Blade II

Best Audio in a Casual/Indie/Social Game
Bastion

Best Game Audio Article, Publication, or Broadcast
"The Use of Voice in Portal 2"

Lifetime Achievement Award
Tommy Tallarico

G.A.N.G. Recognition Award
Kevin Riepl

G.A.N.G. Distinguished Service Award
Dan Rudin

Rookie of the Year Award
Darren Korb (Bastion)

Diamond Sponsor/Partner Awards
Sumthing Else Musicworks
Game Developers Conference
Pyramind Studios

[SgtMattBaker]

I still can't get over how good the audio is in BF3

[Eagle101]

^ true! i was playing the SP through me headset amazing! and then i go to my friends flat and eh owns one of them speakers with like 5 pieces and dude the sound whe he fired an LMG was epic! thats why i am defo going to get a 5 peice speaker set when i return from uni.Also Skyrim, the OST is awesome, whenever i am in the library youtube is the palce to be for essay encouragement :P