‘Last of Us’ wins big at Game Developers Awards

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — "The Last of Us" won the top honor at the Game Developers Choice Awards.

The
gripping post-apocalyptic survival saga created by developer Naughty
Dog for the PlayStation 3 picked up the game of the year trophy
Wednesday at the 14th annual ceremony. "The Last of Us" also won the
awards for best design and narrative.
"I can’t stress what a
collaboration it is to put something like this together," said creative
director Neil Druckmann, who was joined on stage at the Moscone Center
by dozens of "Last of Us" developers. "This is just a sampling of
Naughty Dogs, but there’s another 200 people slaving away back at the
office — and outsourced people and actors and composers and just so many
people that brought this to life."
Irrational Games’ slick
sky-high shooter "BioShock Infinite" nabbed the awards for best audio
and visual art, while Lucas Pope’s quirky 8-bit immigration agent
simulator "Papers, Please" captured both the innovation award and best
downloadable game trophy.
"If the criteria is fastest to download,
‘Papers, Please’ is 40 megabytes zipped," joked Pope. "It’s a little
unfair, but I’ll take it."
Selected by a jury of more than 2,200
game creators, the Game Developers Choice Awards honor the best games of
the past year during the Game Developers Conference, an annual gather
of game creators.
Other winners included Rockstar Games’ heist
romp "Grand Theft Auto V" for best technology, Nintendo’s shape-shifting
adventure "The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds" for best
handheld game and The Fullbright Company’s coming-of-age story "Gone
Home" for best debut. Squad’s wacky space flight simulator "Kerbal Space
Program" landed the audience award, which was selected by online votes.
Ken
Kutaragi, the former chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment who’s
dubbed "the father of the PlayStation," was honored with the Lifetime
Achievement Award.
"I am so grateful to be able to share this
great moment with my colleagues, my team members and of course all of
you here tonight," Kutaragi told the crowd.
Anita Sarkeesian,
creator of the Feminist Frequency video series, was presented with the
Ambassador Award, which recognizes individuals who have helped advanced
the gaming industry.
Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, the
co-founders of "League of Legends" studio Riot Games, received the
Pioneer Award for their contributions to the industry, which included
raising the profile of e-sports.
"Until you’ve really been deeply
engaged and immersed in an online community, you really don’t know how
much fun you’re missing and how deep the relationships are that you can
really build," said Merrill. "We truly believe that type of
participation in the great gaming community is really one of the best
experiences you can have in all of gaming."
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