Så blev det tid til at hædre spil og personer, der har været med til at skabe et godt spilår for os alle. Det blev ikke til de store overraskelser på listen, Fallout 3 blev den store vinder, mens Sackboy gik hjem med favnen fuld af priser.
GDC-vinderne blev:
Game of the Year: Fallout 3
Runners-up: Fable 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, Left 4 Dead, LittleBigPlanet
Best Audio: Dead Space
Runners-up: Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead, Metal Gear Solid 4
Best Downloadable Game: World of Goo
Runners-up: Braid, Castle Crashers, N+, PixelJunk Eden
Best Game Design: LittleBigPlanet
Runners-up: Braid, Fallout 3, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead
Best Handheld Game: God of War - Chains of Olympus
Runners-up: Advance Wars - DoR, echochrome, Patapon, The world ends w you
Best Innovation: LittleBigPlanet
Runners-up: Boom Blox, Braid, Spore, World of Goo
Best New Debut: LittleBigPlanet
Runners-up: Braid, Sins of a Solar Empire, Soul Bubbles, World of Goo
Best Technology: LittleBigPlanet
Runners-up: Gears of War 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, Left 4 Dead, Spore
Best Visual Art: Prince of Persia
Runners-up: Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, LittleBigPlanet, Metal Gear Solid 4
Best Writing: Fallout 3
Runners-up: Braid, Far Cry 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, Metal Gear Solid 4
Ambassador Award: Tommy Tallarico
Lifetime Acheivement Award: Hideo Kojima
Pioneer Award: Harmonix Music Systems' Alex Rigopulos & Eran Egozy