Portal, Bioshock Lead Game Developer's Choice Nominations

Gamasutra is reporting that the annual Game Developer's Choice Award nominations are now available for your reading pleasure. Portal, BioShock, Mass Effect, and Call of Duty 4 are all looking pretty good, with Portal in particular sitting pretty in five separate categories. Here are a few of the nomination lists: "Best Game Design - BioShock, Call of Duty 4, Mass Effect, Portal, Super Mario Galaxy. Best Visual Art - Assassin's Creed, Team Fortress 2, Crysis, BioShock, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Best Writing - Portal, God of War II, Mass Effect, Half-Life 2: Episode 2, BioShock. Innovation - Rock Band, Portal, flOw, Peggle, Mass Effect." Five bucks says Portal sweeps the awards.

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[gEvil (beta)]

Now combine portal with half-life 2 = most amazing game ever!!!

Are you referring to this? [primotechnology.com]

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[TheSpengo]

Did you play half life 2 episode 2 yet? I suspect aperture science will definitely be playing a role in future half life games. :) Here is a screenshot I made for ya... (spoilers warning) http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5914/aperturejs5.jpg [imageshack.us]

There will be more Portal

[Xelios]

If you listen to the developer commentary in Portal it's pretty clear this first game was just testing the water. I'm sure there will be more Portal in the future, maybe as a standalone game, maybe integrated into the Half Life series.

But the cake is a lie.