Portal Takes GDC’s Top Game Honor

The "Portal" game of Valve's Orange Box collection has taken Game of the Year honors at this week's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

Valve’s “Portal” game—shipped as a component of Orange Box—has won the Game of the Year award at this week’s Game Developers’ Conference in San Francisco. “Portal” also picked up awards for innovation and best game design; the game won game design, engineering, and character performance honors earlier this month at the Interactive Achievement Awards.

2K Games’ Bioshock also won multiple awards for audio, visual art, and writing, while the first-person shooter Crysis from Electronic Arts took the best technology award. Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass was named best handheld game, while Sony’s life simulation game Flow won best downloadable game honors.