For those of you who aren’t aware, the Game Audio Network Guild is a non-profit orgnization that is dedicated towards the advancement and recognition of those responsible for audio in video games.

Last week, during GDC, G.A.N.G. held their seventh annual award show which highlights the best in game audio for the year that was.

The full list of winners:

• Audio of the Year – Dead Space
• Music of the Year – Afrika
• Sound Design of the Year – Dead Space
• Best Cinematic/Cut-Scene Audio – World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and Gears of War 2
• Best Use of Multi-Channel Surround in a Game – Left 4 Dead
• Best Original Vocal Song (Choral) – World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Main Title)
• Best Original Vocal Song (Pop) – Mirror’s Edge (“Still Alive”)
• Best Original Instrumental – LittleBigPlanet (The Garden) and Afrika (Main Title)
• Best Original Soundtrack Album – Video Games Live: Volume One
• Best Dialogue – Grand Theft Auto IV
• Best Use of Licensed Music – Rock Band 2
• Best Handheld Audio – God of War: Chains of Olympus
• Best Interactive Score – LittleBigPlanet
• Best Game Audio Article, Publication or Broadcast – “The Complete Guide to Game Audio: 2nd Edition” by Aaron Marks
• Best Audio (Other) – Watchmen Motion Comic
• Rookie of the Year – Wataru Hokoyama (Afrika, Resident Evil 5)
• G.A.N.G. Distinguished Service Awards – Richard Jacques, Tom Salta, Stephen Years
• G.A.N.G. Redognition Awards – Jim Charne, John Broomhall
• Student/Apprentice Competition Winners – Tom Graczkowski (Music), Benoit Babin (Sound Design)

Industry veteran and agent to many top video game composers, Bob Rice, was the recipient of the G.A.N.G. Lifetime Achievement Award. Rice has been involved with video games since the early 1980s, where he was instrumental in the development of the first “music game”, 1983’s Journey. Since then Rice and the composers he represents have worked on games like World of Warcraft, Splinter Cell, Mass Effect, Lineage II, Prince of Persia and Crysis, along with countless others.

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