Other categories focus on innovation, debuts and sound

Jan 25, 2013 15:27 GMT  ·  By

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 ZombiU