SWTOR wins four awards at GDC Online

Star Wars: The Old Republic walked away with four awards this week during GDC Online.

The MMO from BioWare Austin won awards for: Best Online Game Design, Best Online Visual Arts, Best Online Technology, and Best New Online Game.

Other winners included Blizzard, Riot Games, thatgamecompany, and OMGPoP.

Best Online Game Design

• WINNER: Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin)
• Glitch (Tiny Speck)
• Realm of the Mad God (Wild Shadow Studios/Kabam)
• DragonVale (Backflip Studios)
• Woodland Heroes (Row Sham Bow)

Best Online Visual Arts

• WINNER: Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin)
• Tera (Bluehole Studio/En Masse)
• Empires & Allies (Zynga LA)
• Age of Empires Online (Robot Entertainment & Gas Powered Games)
• Glitch (Tiny Speck)

Best Community Relations

• WINNER: League of Legends (Riot Games)
• World of WarCraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Solitaire Blitz (PopCap/EA)
• World of Tanks (Wargaming.net Belarus)
• Diamond Dash (Wooga)

Best Online Technology

• WINNER: Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin)
• Diablo III (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Indiana Jones Adventure World (Zynga Boston)
• Tera (Bluehole Studio/En Masse)
• The Sims Social (Playfish)

Best Social Network Game

• WINNER: Draw Something (OMGPOP/Zynga)
• CastleVille (Zynga Dallas)
• Rage Of Bahamut (Cygames/Mobage)
• Empires & Allies (Zynga LA)
• The Sims Social (Playfish)

Best Audio for an Online Game

• WINNER: Diablo III (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin)
• Tribes: Ascend (Hi-Rez Studios)
• Marvel: Avengers Alliance (Playdom/Disney)
• Indiana Jones Adventure World (Zynga Boston)

Best New Online Game

• WINNER: Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin)
• CastleVille (Zynga Dallas)
• DragonVale (Backflip Studios)
• Draw Something (OMGPOP/Zynga)
• Rage Of Bahamut (Cygames/Mobage)

Best Live Game

• WINNER: League of Legends (Riot Games)
• Rift (Trion Worlds)
• CityVille (Zynga)
• World of WarCraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
• EVE Online (CCP Games)

Online Innovation Award

• WINNER: Journey (thatgamecompany)
• Realm of the Mad God (Wild Shadow Studios/Kabam)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin)
• DayZ Mod for ArmA II (Dean Hall/Bohemia Interactive)
• Idle Worship (Idle Games)

Thanks, D'toid.