Video game makers name "Gears of War" best game

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Epic Games and Microsoft Game Studios' alien shooting video game "Gears of War" on Wednesday took home three honors at the Game Developers Choice Awards, winning best game as well as awards for technology and visual arts.

Other top winners chosen by game makers were Clover Studio and Capcom Entertainment's nature-adventure game "Okami," which won awards for character design and innovation, and Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s "Wii Sports," taking home prizes for game design and innovation.

Separately, Bit Blot's underwater adventure game "Aquaria" took home the $20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game, at the 2007 Independent Games Festival Awards.

All winners were announced at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.