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Best Debut Game Archive

The Best Debut Game Award recognizes the game from any development studio which released its first publicly available title.

12th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2012)

Recipient

  • Supergiant Games (Bastion)
    - Bastion Team

Nominees

  • Team Bondi (L.A. Noire)
  • Re-Logic (Terraria)
  • Bioware Austin (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
  • Eidos Montreal (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)

11th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2011)

Recipient

  • Minecraft (Mojang)
    - Markus Persson

Nominees

  • Limbo (Playdead)
  • Darksiders (Vigil Games)
  • Monday Night Combat (Uber Entertainment)
  • Super Meat Boy (Team Meat)

10th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2010)

Recipient

  • Torchlight (Runic Games)
    -Travis Baldree, Max Schaefer, Eric Schaefer, Peter Hu

Nominees

  • The Maw (Twisted Pixel)
    - Michael Wilford, Josh Bear
  • League Of Legends (Riot Games)
    - Marc Merrill, Brandon Beck
  • Spider: The Secret Of Bryce Manor (Tiger Style)
    - Tiger Style Team
  • Zeno Clash (ACE Team)
    - Andres Bordeu, Carlos Bordeu, Edmundo Bordeu, David Caloguerea

9th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2009)

Recipient

  • LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule)

Nominees

  • Braid (Number None)
  • Sins of a Solar Empire (Ironclad Games)
  • World of Goo (2D Boy)
  • Soul Bubbles (Mekensleep)