12th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2012)
Recipient
Portal 2 (Valve)
- Valve Team
Nominees
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo)
- Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
- Dark Souls (FromSoftware)
11th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2011)
Recipient
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego)
- Rockstar San Diego Team
Nominees
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
- Mass Effect 2 (BioWare)
- Limbo (Playdead)
- God of War III (SCE Santa Monica)
10th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2010)
Recipient
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady)
- Sefton Hill, Ian Ball
Nominees
- Assassin's Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal)
- Patrick Plourde - Flower (Thatgamecompany)
- Jenova Chen, Nick Clark - Uncharted 2 (Naughty Dog)
- Jenova Chen, Nick Clark - Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap)
- George Fan, Tod Semple, Sukhbir Sidhu, Jason Kapalka
9th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2009)
Recipient
LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule)
- Mark Healey, David Smith
Nominees
- Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft Montreal)
- Braid (Number None)
- Fallout 3 (Bethesda Game Studios)
- Left 4 Dead (Valve Software)
8th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2008)
Recipient
Portal (Valve)
- Kim Swift, Realm Lovejoy, Paul Graham
Nominees
- BioShock (2K Boston / 2K Australia / 2K Games)
- Paul Hellquist, Bill Gardner - Call of Duty 4 (Infinity Ward / Activision)
- Jason West, Grant Collier, Vince Zampella - Mass Effect (Bioware / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Casey Hudson, Preston Watamaniuk - Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
- Yoshiaki Koizumi
7th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2007)
Recipient
Wii Sports (Nintendo)
- Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshiaki Yamashita
Nominees
- Bully (Rockstar Vancouver / Rockstar Games)
- Hideki Kamiya - Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
- David Jaffe - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
- Todd Howard - Viva Piñata (Rare / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Justin Cook, Gregg Mayles
6th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2006)
Recipient
Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)
- Junichi Hosono, Fumito Ueda
Nominees
- Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
- Katsuya Eguchi, Hisashi Nogami, Takashi Tezuka, Kazumi Totaka - God of War (Sony Computer Entertainment America)
- David Jaffe - Nintendogs (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
- Tsutomu Kaneshige, Hideki Konno, Shigeru Miyamoto, Kiyoshi Mizuki - Psychonauts (Double Fine Productions / Majesco Entertainment Company)
- Erik Robson, Tim Schafer
5th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2005)
Recipient
Katamari Damacy (Namco)
- Keita Takahashi
Nominees
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North / Rockstar Games)
- Leslie Benzies, Adam Fowler, Aaron Garbut, Sam Houser, Alexander Roger, Obbe Vermeij - Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
- Gabe Newell, Jay Stelly - Pikmin 2 (Nintendo)
- Masamichi Abe, Hino Shigefumi - World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Chris Metzen, Rob Pardo
4th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2004)
Recipient
David Chateauneuf, Patrice Desilets, Jordan Mechner and team for game design in PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME
Nominees
- Michel Ancel, Jacques Exertier, Frederic Houde, and Sebastien Morin for game design in BEYOND GOOD & EVIL
- The Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando team for game design in RATCHET & CLANK: GOING COMMANDO
- Casey Hudson, James Ohlen and team for game design in STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC
- Goro Abe, Hirofumi Matsuoka, Kazuyoshi Ohsawa and Ko Takeuchi for game design in WARIOWARE INC.: MEGA MICROGAME$
3rd annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2003)
Recipient
Romain de Waubert de Genlis and Team for game design in BATTLEFIELD 1942
Nominees
- GTA Team for game design in GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY
- Metroid Team for game design in METROID PRIME
- Satoru Iwata, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka and Kenta Usui for game design in SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE
- Splinter Cell Team Leaders for game design in TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL
2nd annual Game Developers Choice Awards (2002)
Recipient
GTA3 team for game play in GRAND THEFT AUTO III
Nominees
- Fumito Ueda & team for game design in ICO
- Lorne Lanning & Chris Ulm for story/writing in ODDWORLD: MUNCH'S ODDYSEE
- Peter Molyneux & team for game design in BLACK & WHITE
- Shigeru Miyamto & team for game design in PIKMIN
