Magazín Game Developer oznámil finalisty ve své vlastní soutěži. Tento magazín je asi největší a nejprodávanější magazín pro tvůrce hry a toto je již jeho 13. rok, kdy pořádá tuto soutěž.
Zde jsou finalisté:

Networking

Facebook SDK (Facebook)

GameSpy Technology (GameSpy Industries)

OpenFeint 2.6 (Aurora Feint)

Plus+ (ngmoco)

RightScale Cloud Management Platform (RightScale)


Middleware:

Box2D 2.1.0 (Box2D)

Havok Physics 2010.1.0 (Havok)

Scaleform GFx 3.2 (Scaleform)

Simplygon 2.9 (Donya Labs)

XaitControl 3.1 (Xaitment)


Art:

Photoshop CS5 (Adobe)

3ds Max 2011 (Autodesk)

Substance Designer 1 (Allegorithmic)

Softimage 2011 (Autodesk)

ZBrush 4.0 (Pixologic)


Herní Engine:

CryEngine 3 (Crytek)
Gamebryo Lightspeed 3.1.1 (Emergent Game Technologies)

Unity 3 (Unity Technologies)

Unreal Engine 3 Build 58xx (Epic Games)

Vision Engine 8 (Trinigy)


Programování a Produkce:

FlashDevelop 3.2.2 RTM (FlashDevelop Project)

Graphics Performance Analyzers 3.0 (Intel)

Hansoft 6.1 (Hansoft)

Perforce 2010.1 (Perforce Software)

XNA Game Studio 4 (Microsoft)


Audio:

FMOD Designer 4.32 (Firelight Technologies)

Miles Sound System 8 (RAD Game Tools)

ProRemote 2.0.1 (Far Out Labs)

ProTools 8.0.4 (Avid Technology)

Wwise 2010.1.2 (Audiokinetic)