Limbo, Red Dead Redemption and Mass Effect 2 Lead Game Developers Choice Awards Nominations

Organizers have revealed the full list of nominees for the 11th edition of the Game Developers Choice Awards, with the leading game being Liombo, the platformer with puzzle elements from Playdead, with Red Dead Redemption from Rockstar and Mass Effect 2 from BioWare also getting a lot of nominations.

The awards ceremony will take place on March 2 at the Moscone Convention Center as part of the 2011 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

Here is the complete list of nominees for the Game Developers Choice Awards:

Game of the Year

Red Dead Redemption - Rockstar San Diego
Mass Effect 2 - BioWare
Call of Duty: Black Ops - Treyarch
Limbo - Playdead
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - Ubisoft Montreal

Best Game Design

Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Nintendo
Mass Effect 2 - BioWare
Limbo - Playdead
Red Dead Redemption - Rockstar San Diego
God of War III - SCE Santa Monica

Innovation

Heavy Rain - Quantic Dream
Kirby's Epic Yarn - Good-Feel & HAL Laboratory
Minecraft - Mojang
Limbo - Playdead
Dance Central - Harmonix

Best Technology

Starcraft II - Blizzard
Red Dead Redemption - Rockstar San Diego
Heavy Rain - Quantic Dream
Mass Effect 2 - BioWare
God of War III - SCE Santa Monica

Best Handheld Game

God of War: Ghost of Sparta - Ready At Dawn/SCE Santa Monica
Cut the Rope - ZeptoLab
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - Kojima Productions
Game Dev Story - Kairosoft
Dragon Quest IX - Level 5

Best Audio

Limbo - Playdead
Red Dead Redemption - Rockstar San Diego
Halo: Reach - Bungie
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - DICE
Mass Effect 2 - BioWare

Best Downloadable Game

Costume Quest - Double Fine
Limbo - Playdead
Super Meat Boy - Team Meat
Minecraft - Mojang
Monday Night Combat - Uber Entertainment

Best Writing

Red Dead Redemption - Rockstar San Diego
Heavy Rain - Quantic Dream
Mass Effect 2 - BioWare
Costume Quest - Double Fine
Fallout: New Vegas - Obsidian

Best Debut Game

Limbo - Playdead
Darksiders - Vigil Games
Minecraft - Mojang
Monday Night Combat - Uber Entertainment
Super Meat Boy - Team Meat

Best Visual Arts

God of War III - SCE Santa Monica
Limbo - Playdead
Call of Duty: Black Ops - Treyarch
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - Ubisoft Montreal
Red Dead Redemption - Rockstar San Diego