This year's Game Developer Choice Awards nominees have been announced, and while I admit in full disclosure that I'm on the Advisory Committee which helped to develop the list, it's good to see such a wide variety of excellent and innovative products on display. Head over to the IGDA site to check out the nominees for yourself.
One disappointment however - and one which I voiced during the nomination process - is that there are quite a few games represented which haven't yet been released in European regions. Of course, this kind of preemptive awards strike isn't necessarily restricted to interactive entertainment; did anyone see the BAFTAs a couple of weeks ago? Most of the winners aren't even out in UK cinemas yet.
Still, I felt obliged to NOT vote for games which I'd not been able to play. Like Guitar Hero (out in the UK on 7 April), Electroplankton (out in the UK on 21 April) and Animal Crossing: Wild World (out in the UK on 31 March).
Oh the humanity.
The Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony will be held at the Game Developers Conference later this month.
