Gaming
Minecraft and Amensia: The Dark Descent lead the nominations with three apiece, and compete for the 'Seumas McNally Grand Prize' alongside SpyParty, Desktop Dungeons and Nidhogg.
Elsewhere Gaijin Games received two nominations for Bit.Trip Runner in 'Excellence in Visual Art' and Bit.Trip Beat in 'Excellence in Audio'.
Also announced were eight finalists for the 'Nuovo Award', which include one-button party game B.U.T.T.O.N. and Iranian president documentary The Cat And The Coup.
The winners will be announced on March 2 at a ceremony proceeding the 2011 Game Developer Conference Awards.
The nominations in full:
Seumas McNally Grand Prize
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games)
SpyParty (Chris Hecker)
Desktop Dungeons (QCF Design)
Minecraft (Mojang)
Nidhogg (Messhof)
Excellence In Visual Art
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
The Dream Machine (Cockroach)
Cave Story (2010 Edition) (Nicalis)
Bit.Trip Runner (Gaijin Games)
Hohokum (Honeyslug & Richard Hogg)
Technical Excellence
Minecraft (Mojang)
Confetti Carnival (SpikySnail Games)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games)
Neverdaunt:8Bit (Robot Loves Kitty)
Miegakure (Marc Ten Bosch)
Excellence In Design
Desktop Dungeons (QCF Design)
Super Crate Box (Vlambeer)
Nidhogg (Messhof)
Faraway (Steph Thirion)
Minecraft (Mojang)
Excellence In Audio
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
Retro City Rampage (Vblank Entertainment)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games)
Bit.Trip Beat (Gaijin Games)
Cobalt (Oxeye Game Studio)
Best Mobile Game
Shot Shot Shoot (Erik Svedang)
Colorbind (Nonverbal)
Helsing's Fire (Ratloop)
Solipskier (Mikengreg)
Halcyon (Stfj)
Nuovo Award
Bohm (Monobanda)
A House In California (Cardboard Computer)
Nidhogg (Messhof)
Dinner Date (Stout Games)
Loop Raccord (Nicolai Troshinsky)
The Cat and the Coup (Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad)
Brutally Unfair Tactics Totally OK Now (B.U.T.T.O.N.) (Copenhagen Game Collective)
Hazard: The Journey Of Life (Demruth)
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