Dishonored, Walking Dead, XCOM, Journey and Mass Effect 3 Fight for GDC Awards

Organizers of the Game Developers Conference have announced the list of nominees for the Choice Awards that will be given out on March 27 in San Francisco, with titles like Dishonored, FTL, XCOM and Hotline Miami fighting for top honors.

The complete list of nominees is made up of:

Game of the Year

Dishonored - Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks
The Walking Dead - Telltale Games
Mass Effect 3 - BioWare/Electronic Arts
XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Firaxis Games/2K Games
Journey - Thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment

Best Audio

Journey
Hotline Miami
Sound Shapes
Assassin's Creed III
Halo 4

Best Debut

Humble Hearts - Dust: An Elysian Tail
Polytron Corporation - Fez
Giant Sparrow - The Unfinished Swan
Subset Games - FTL: Faster Than Light
Fireproof Games - The Room

Best Game Design

Dishonored
Mark Of The Ninja
Spelunky
Journey
XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Best Downloadable Game

The Walking Dead
Spelunky
Trials: Evolution
Mark Of The Ninja
Journey

Best Technology

Far Cry 3
PlanetSide 2
Halo 4
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Assassin's Creed III

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

Gravity Rush
Hero Academy
Sound Shapes
The Room
Kid Icarus: Uprising

Best Narrative

Spec Ops: The Line
Mass Effect 3
Dishonored
The Walking Dead
Virtue's Last Reward

Best Visual Arts

Borderlands 2
Journey
Far Cry 3
Dishonored
Halo 4

Innovation

Mark of the Ninja
Journey
FTL: Faster Than Light
The Unfinished Swan
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