Shadow of the Colossus Slays God of War at Game Developers Choice Awards

Ueda anda Kaido rake in the awards leaving Jaffe to cry into this beer. Full list of winners inside.

The recently sequelled God of War may have been the big winner at the DICE Summit awards earlier this year, but it was another Sony game that pulled in all the glory at this week's Game Developers Choice awards in San Jose.

Shadow of the Colossus> beat out its stable mate in all three categories the two were both nominated in and went on to earn five awards on the night, including the top prize for Best Game. God of War failed to pick up anything at the ceremony despite being nominated in six categories.

Other winners on the night included Frequency creator Harmonix's latest musical offering, Guitar Hero, and Nintendo's puppy love simulator Nintendogs. The three main winners also ended up with awards for Innovation.

The award for the best new development studio went to Doublefine Productions, the creator of last year's critically acclaimed Psychonauts.

Below is a full rundown of the winners and losers:

• Best game: Shadow of the Colossus; Animal Crossing: Wild World; God of War; Guitar Hero; The Movies
• Game design: Shadow of the Colossus; Animal Crossing: Wild World; God of War; Psychonauts
• Character design: Shadow of the Colossus; City of Villains; God of War; Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath; Psychonauts
• Visual arts: Shadow of the Colossus; God of War; Project Gotham Racing 3; Resident Evil 4; We Love Katamari
• Audio: Guitar Hero; Call of Duty 2; Electroplankton; God of War; Project Gotham Racing 3
• Technology: Nintendogs; Battlefield 2: Modern Combat; Guitar Hero; Project Gotham Racing 3; Shadow of the Colossus
• Writing: Psychonauts; Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich; God of War; Indigo Prophecy (Fahrenheit); Jade Empire
• New studio: Double Fine Productions (Psychonauts); ArenaNet (Guild Wars); TellTale Games (Bone: Out From Boneville); Wideload Games (Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse)
• Innovation: Guitar Hero; Nintendogs; Shadow of the Colossus

Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo Games