Lifetime Achievement Award
Shigeru Miyamoto
First Penguin Award
Alexey Pajitnov
Maverick Award
Greg Costikyan
Community Contribution Award
George "The Fat Man" Sanger
Audio
Guitar Hero II (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane)
- Jeff Allen, Eric Brosius, Izzy Maxwell
Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment / THQ)
- Crispin Hands, John Johnson, Jennifer Lewis, John Tennant
DEFCON: Everybody Dies (Introversion Software)
- Alistair Lindsay, Michael Maidment
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (Crystal Dynamics / Eidos Interactive)
- Troels Folmann, Karl Gallagher, Mike Peaslee, Gregg Stephens
LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Kemmei Adachi, Tomonobu Kikuchi, Kouji Niikura, Nobuyuki Shimizu
Character Design
Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
- Mari Shimazaki, Sawaki Takeyasu, Kenichirou Yoshimura
Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix)
- Hideo Minaba, Hiroshi Minagawa, Akihiko Yoshida
LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Tsutomu Kouno, Keigo Tsuchiya,
Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft Montpellier Studio / Ubisoft Entertainment)
- Michel Ancel, Charles Beirnaert, Hubert Chevillard, Florent Sacre
Viva Piñata (Rare / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Ryan Stevenson
Game Design
Wii Sports (Nintendo)
- Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshiaki Yamashita
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
Technology
Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Michael Capps, Ray Davis, Tim Sweeney, Daniel Vogel
Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment / THQ))
- Drew Dunlop, Shelby Hubick, David Swinerd, Ian Thomson
Dead Rising (Capcom Entertainment)
- Shinya Ikuta, Tomofumi Ishida, Yasuhide Sawada, Tomohiro Ueda
Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis (Rockstar San Diego / Rockstar Games)
- Ted Carson, Eugene Foss, Wil Paredes, Steve Reed
Wii Sports (Nintendo)
- Takuhiro Dohta, Takeshi Miyamoto, Keizo Ohta, Kenta Sato
Visual Arts
Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios) - Jerry O'Flaherty, Chris Perna
Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix)
- Isamu Kamikokuryo, Hideo Minaba, Akihiko Yoshida
Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
- Naoki Katakai, Kenichirou Yoshimura
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
- Matthew Carofano, Christiane Meister, Istvan Pely
Viva Piñata (Rare / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Ed Bryan, Ryan Stevenson
Writing
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
- Kyogoku Aya, Nate Bihldorff, Mitsuhiro Takano
Bully (Rockstar Vancouver / Rockstar Games)
- Dan Houser, Jacob Krarup
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (Funcom / Aspyr Media)
- Dag Scheve, Ragnar Tørnquist
Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock (Telltale Games / GameTap)
- Brendan Ferguson, Dave Grossman, Steve Purcell
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
- Ken Rolston
Best Game
Gears of War (Epic Games / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Cliff Bleszinski, Michael Capps, Rod Fergusson
Okami (Clover Studio / Capcom Entertainment)
- Atsushi Inaba, Hideki Kamiya
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios / 2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)
- Todd Howard
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
- Eiji Aonuma, Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto
Wii Sports (Nintendo)
- Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto, Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshiaki Yamashita
New Studio
Iron Lore Entertainment (Titan Quest) - Paul Chieffo, Jeff Goodsill, Brian Sullivan
Gastronaut Studios (Small Arms)
- Jacob Van Wingen, Don Wurster
Naked Sky Entertainment (RoboBlitz)
- Joshua Glazer, Tian Mu, Sam Thibault
Ready At Dawn Studios (Daxter)
- Didier Malenfant, Andrea Pessino, Ru Weerasuriya
Wadjet Eye Games (The Shivah)
- Dave Gilbert