Game Developers Nominate Online Games

When GDC Austin got renamed GDC Online, I thought it was confusing that the conference is not online… and is still in Austin. Instead, they are making it a GDC focused on online games. Now, to confuse things even further, they have announced the Game Developers Choice Online awards, not to be confused with the Game Developers Choice Awards.

You know, developers, you may not like marketing, but they’re better at naming things than you. Also, who wants to attend two different GDC award ceremonies in a single year?

In any case, the nominees are as follows:

BEST ONLINE GAME DESIGN (new)

• We Rule (Ngmoco)
• Champions Online (Cryptic)
• Zoo Kingdom (Blue Fang)
• Dungeon Fighter Online (Nexon)
• League Of Legends (Riot Games)

BEST ONLINE VISUAL ARTS (new)

• GodFinger (Ngmoco)
• Papermint (Avaloop)
• League Of Legends (Riot Games)
• Star Trek Online (Cryptic)
• Love (Quel Solaar)

BEST AUDIO (new)

• Nightclub City (Booyah)
• Champions Online (Cryptic)
• We Rule (Ngmoco)
• Music Pets (Conduit Labs)
• Aion (NCSoft)

BEST ONLINE TECHNICAL (new)

• Global Agenda (Hi-Rez)
• Aion (NCSoft)
• Love (Quel Solaar)
• League Of Legends (Riot Games)
• Champions Online (Cryptic)

BEST SOCIAL NETWORK GAME (new)

• Nightclub City (Booyah)
• NanoStar Siege (Digital Chocolate)
• FIFA Superstars (Playfish)
• Social City (Playdom)
• Treasure Isle (Zynga)

COMMUNITY RELATIONS (ongoing)

• Wizard101 (KingsIsle Entertainment)
• Free Realms (Sony Online Entertainment)
• EVE Online (CCP)
• Guild Wars (ArenaNet)
• World of Warcraft (Blizzard)

BEST NEW ONLINE GAME (new)

• League Of Legends (Riot Games)
• Dungeon Fighter Online (Nexon)
• We Rule (Ngmoco)
• FIFA Superstars (Playfish)
• Nightclub City (Booyah)

BEST LIVE GAME (ongoing)

• EVE Online (CCP)
• World of Warcraft (Blizzard)
• Dungeon Fighter Online (Nexon)
• Farmville (Zynga)
• League Of Legends (Riot Games)

via Press Release