GDC: World of Goo wins best downloadable game

2D Boys unique WiiWare puzzle game World of Goo has won best downloadable game at this years GDC Developers Choice Awards. The bizarre goo-ball-engineering game has beaten out high-profile contenders Braid, Castle Crashers, N+ and Pixel Junk Eden for the award, which is voted upon by registered attendees at the 5 day-long conference. The game was developed by just two people- former EA employees Kyle Gabler and Ron Carmel on a modest budget. Full list of winners inside.

Best New Debut: LittleBigPlanet
Beating out Braid, Sins of a Solar Empire, World of Goo and Soul Bubbles

Best Audio: Dead Space
Beating out L4D, MGS4, Gears of War 2

Best Game Design: LittleBigPlanet
Beating out Fallout 3, L4D, Braid and Far Cry 2

Best Downloadable Game: World of Goo
Beating out Braid, N+, PixelJunk Eden, Castle Crashers

Best Handheld Game: God of War: Chains of Olympus
Beating out Patapon, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin, echochrome, The World Ends With You

Ambassador Award: Tommy Tallarico

Best Writing Award: Fallout 3
Beating out Braid, MGS4, GTAIV and Far Cry 2

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Best Technology Award: LittleBigPlanet
Beating out Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead, GTAIV and Spore

Best Visual Art Award: Prince of Persia
Beating out LittleBigPlanet, Gears of War 2, MGS4 and Fallout 3

Pioneer Award: Harmonixs Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy

Innovation Award: LittleBigPlanet
Beating out Spore, World of Goo, Boom Blox, Braid

Life Time Acheivement Award: Hideo Kojima

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Game of the Year Award: Fallout 3