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by Mark Barley
'Star Wars: The Old Republic' big winner at GDC Online awards
BioWare took home some hardware for their work on Star Wars: The Old Republic at the GDC Online awards this week.
The BioWare Austin title took home the awards for Best Online Game Design, Best Online Visual Arts, Best Online Technology, and Best New Online Game.
Here are the categories and their winners:
Best Online Game Design
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin)
- Glitch (Tiny Speck)
- Realm of the Mad God (Wild Shadow Studios)
- DragonVale (Blackflip Studios)
- Woodland Heroes (Row Sham Bow)
Best Online Visual Arts
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin)
- Tera (Bluehole Studios)
- Empires and Allies (Zynga LA)
- Age of Empires Online (Robot Entertainment & Gas Powered Games)
- Glitch (Tiny Speck)
Best Community Relations
- League of Legends (Riot Games)
- World of WarCraft (Blizzard)
- Solitaire Blitz (PopCap/EA)
- World of Tanks (Wargaming.net Belarus)
- Diamond Dash (Wooga)
Best Online Technology
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin)
- Diablo III (Blizzard)
- Indiana Jones Adventure World (Zynga Boston)
- Tera (Bluehold Studios)
- The Sims Social (Playfish)
Best Social Network Game
- Draw Something (OMGPOP/Zynga)
- Castleville (Zynga Dallas)
- Rage of Bahamut (Cygames)
- Empires & Allies (Zynga LA)
- The Sims Social (Playfish)
Best Audio for an Online Game
- Diablo III (Blizzard)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin)
- Tribes: Ascend (Hi-Res Studios)
- Marvel: Avengers Alliance (Playdom/Disney)
- Indiana Jones Adventure World (Zynga Boston)
Best New Online Game
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin)
- Castleville (Zynga Dallas)
- DragonVale (Backflip Studios)
- Draw Something (OMGPOP/Zynga)
- Rage of Bahamut (Cygames)
Best Live Game
- League of Legends (Riot Games)
- Rift (Trion Worlds)
- CityVille (Zynga)
- World of WarCraft (Blizzard)
- EVE Online (CCP Games)
Online Innovation Award
- Journey (thatgamecompany)
- Realm of the Mad God (Wild Shadow Studios)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin)
- DayZ Mod for ArmA II (Bohemia Interactive/Dean Hall)
- Idle Worship (Idle Games)
Via VG247