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