Tonight saw the industry pat itself on the back for a job well done with the Game Developer’s Choice Awards at GDC, hosted by the ineffable, awesome-tastical Tim Schafer.

Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet was tonight’s LittleBigWinner, taking home four of the seven awards they were nominated for while Bethesda’s Fallout 3 took two, including Game of the Year.

Braid, Grand Theft Auto IV and Left 4 Dead were notably snubbed in every category they were up for. Metal Gear Solid 4 got passed by as well, but series creator Hideo Kojima picking up the Lifetime Achievement award at least helped take some of the sting off the boo-boo.

What more is there to say, really? Let’s get to who won, shall we?

Best Debut Game: LittleBigPlanet
Nominees: Braid, Sins of a Solar Empire, LittleBigPlanet, World of Goo, Soul Bubbles

Best Audio: Dead Space
Nominees: Dead Space, LittleBigPlanet, Metal Gear Solid 4, Left 4 Dead, Gears of War 2

Best Game Design: LittleBigPlanet
Nominees: Far Cry 2, Braid, Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, LittleBigPlanet

Best Downloadable Game: World of Goo
Nominees: Castle Crashers, Braid, World of Goo, N+, PixelJunk Eden

Best Handheld Game: God of War: Chains of Olympus
Nominees: Advance Wars: Days of Ruin, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Echochrome, Patapon, The World Ends With You

Best Writing: Fallout 3
Nominees: Far Cry 2, Braid, Fallout 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Metal Gear Solid 4

Best Technology: LittleBigPlanet
Nominees: Spore, Grand Theft Auto IV, Left 4 Dead, LittleBigPlanet, Gears of War 2

Best Visual Arts: Prince of Persia
Nominees: Fallout 3, Metal Gear Solid 4, Prince of Persia, LittleBigPlanet, Gears of War 2

Innovation Award: LittleBigPlanet
Nominees: Spore, World of Goo, Boom Blox, Braid, LittleBigPlanet

Game of the Year: Fallout 3
Nominees: Fable II, LittleBigPlanet, Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, Grand Theft Auto IV

Ambassador Award: Tommy Tallarico

Pioneer Award: Alex Rigopulos & Eran Egozy

Lifetime Achievement: Hideo Kojima