The International Game Developers Association has announced the nominess for this year's Game Developers Choice Awards. In the eight categories, several high profile RPG titles such as Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic or Fire Emblem were among the nominees. Below you will find a complete run-down of the nominees covered by RPGFan:

Game of the Year:
Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic, Bioware
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Nintendo

Original Game Character of the Year
HK-47, Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic

Rookie Studio of the Year
eGenesis (A Tale in the Desert)

Excellence in Game Design
Casey Hudson, James Ohlen and team, Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic

Excellence in Audio
Christopher L Clanin and Tim Larkin, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst Soundtrack

Excellence in Visual Arts
Masanao Arimoto and Yoshiki Haruhana, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Excellence in Writing
Sheldon Pacotti and Sarah Paetsch, Deus EX: Invisible War
David Gaider, Drew Karpyshyn, Luke Kristjanson and Peter Thomas, Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic
Takehiro Izushi, Fire Emblem
Charles Cecil, Steve Ince, Neil Richards, and Tony Warriner, Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon

Just like every year, the award ceremony will take place during the Game Developers Conference in San Jose, California on March 24th.

• Famitsu