Okami, Oblivion nab 4 nominations apiece for GDC awards
Written by Dan Zuccarelli   
Tuesday, 06 February 2007 18:30
This year's GDC awards nominees have been announced, and lo and behold one of my favorite games ever is up for 4 awards. Okami may have been a commercial disappointment, but those lucky few of us that played it know how perfect a game can be when it's taken care of and treated the way Clover Studios (RIP) took care of Okami. Snubbed by the (obvious) bastards at the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, we'll just go ahead and call the GDC noms Okami's just desserts.

The award show will take place during the Game Developers Conference in March in San Fran. Full list of nominees after the jump.

[Gamedaily]

Best Game

Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)

Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)

Wii Sports (Nintendo)

Audio

Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment / THQ)

DEFCON: Everybody Dies (Introversion Software)

Guitar Hero II (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane)

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (Crystal Dynamics / Eidos Interactive)

LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment)

Character Design

Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix)

LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment)

Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)

Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft Montpellier Studio / Ubisoft Entertainment)

Viva Piñata (Rare / Microsoft Game Studios)

Game Design

Bully (Rockstar Vancouver / Rockstar Games)

Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)

Viva Piñata (Rare / Microsoft Game Studios)

Wii Sports (Nintendo)

Technology

Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment / THQ)

Dead Rising (Capcom Entertainment)

Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)

Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis (Rockstar San Diego / Rockstar Games)

Wii Sports (Nintendo)

Visual Arts

Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix)

Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)

Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)

Viva Piñata (Rare / Microsoft Game Studios)

Writing

Bully (Rockstar Vancouver / Rockstar Games)

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (Funcom / Aspyr Media)

Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock (Telltale Games / GameTap)

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)

New Studio

Gastronaut Studios (Small Arms)

Iron Lore Entertainment (Titan Quest)

Naked Sky Entertainment (RoboBlitz)

Ready At Dawn Studios (Daxter)

Wadjet Eye Games (The Shiva)- Chris Femo, Dave Gilbert, Peter Gresser, Ian Schlaepfer


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