Red Dead Redemption has managed to secure the most trophies at the Game Developers Choice Awards. Skip related content
The open-world Wild West action-adventure game developed by Rockstar Games took home four awards, including game of the year, at a ceremony on Wednesday.
Red Dead Redemption, which casts players in the role of a former outlaw who is tasked to bring down his former gang, was also honoured for best game design, technology and audio."This game was a product of a lot of people who worked extremely hard with a lot of passion," said Rockstar San Diego studio manager Steve Martin.
Minecraft, the square-based sandbox game from Swedish developer Mojang, received three trophies, including best debut, downloadable game and the innovation award.
It also picked up the fan-favourite audience award and the Seumas McNally grand prize at the 13th annual Independent Games Festival Awards, which exclusively honours indie games.
Selected by a jury of game creators, the Game Developers Choice Awards reward the best games of the past year.
Other winners at the ceremony included ZeptoLab's physics puzzler Cut The Rope for best hand-held game, BioWare's sci-fi saga sequel Mass Effect 2 for best writing and Playdead's Limbo for best visual design.
Lionhead Studios founder Peter Molyneux was also honoured with the lifetime achievement award.
Mr Molyneux, the creative director of Microsoft Game Studios Europe, who masterminded the Fable series, said: "I'm so unbelievably humbled by this award."
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