The full list of nominees for this year’s Game Developers Choice Awards has been announced, comprising multiple nominations for Uncharted 2, Assassin’s Creed II, Flower, Dragon Age: Origins, Batman: Arkham Asylum and Plants VS Zombies.

The Game Developers Choice Awards is the leading peer-based videogame industry awards and is now in its tenth year running. Nominees for the awards (which aren’t restricted or considered on payment) are chosen by “a combination of open game industry nominations and the votes of the leading creators in the Choice Awards Advisory Committee.”

Winners are selected by the Game Developers Choice Awards-specific International Choice Awards Network (ICAN), which is a “new invitation-only group comprised of 500 leading game creators from all parts of the video game industry.”

The full list of nominees for this year’s Game Developers Choice Awards follows below:

Best Game Design

• Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady)
• Assassin’s Creed 2 (Ubisoft Montreal)
• Flower (Thatgamecompany)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
• Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap)

Best Visual Art

• Borderlands (Gearbox Software)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
• Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal)
• Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward)
• Flower (Thatgamecompany)

Best Technology

• Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward)
• Red Faction: Guerrilla (Volition)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
• Killzone 2 (Guerrilla Games)
• Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal)

Best Writing

• Brutal Legend (Double Fine)
• Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios)
• Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
• Halo 3: ODST (Bungie)

Best Audio

• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
• Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare)
• Rock Band: The Beatles (Harmonix)
• Flower (Thatgamecompany)
• Brutal Legend (Double Fine Productions)

Innovation

• Scribblenauts (5th Cell)
• Flower (Thatgamecompany)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
• Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap)
• Demon’s Souls (From Software)

Best Debut

• The Maw (Twisted Pixel)
• League Of Legends (Riot Games)
• Spider: The Secret Of Bryce Manor (Tiger Style)
• Torchlight (Runic Games)
• Zeno Clash (ACE Team)

Best Downloadable Game

• Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap)
• Trials HD (RedLynx)
• PixelJunk Shooter (Q Games)
• Shadow Complex (Chair Entertainment)
• Flower (Thatgamecompany)

Best New Social/Online Game

• Restaurant City (Playfish)
• Farmville (Zynga)
• Dungeon Fighter Online (Neople/Nexon)
• Free Realms (Sony Online Entertainment San Diego)
• Bejeweled Blitz (PopCap)

Best Handheld Game

• Scribblenauts (5th Cell)
• Flight Control (Firemint)
• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Rockstar Leeds/Rockstar North)
• Spider: The Secret Of Bryce Manor (Tiger Style)
• Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo EAD)

Game Of The Year

• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
• Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare)
• Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios)
• Demon’s Souls (From Software)
• Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal)

Winners in all categories will be honoured at the Game Developers Choice Awards show taking place on Thursday March 11th, at the Moscone Convention Center, during the 2010 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.