Editing Game Developers Choice Awards (section)

=== 2011 ===
[[File:Kelton Flinn - Game Developers Choice Online Awards.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|[[Kelton Flinn]] receiving the Online Game Legend Award]]
The 2011 awards ceremony took place on October 12, 2011. All the awards from the previous year returned, and a new award for Online Innovation was introduced. ''[[Minecraft]]'' and ''[[Rift (video game)|Rift]]'' by [[Mojang]] and [[Trion Worlds]] respectively took home the most awards, with two each. [[Kelton Flinn]] and [[John R. Taylor III|John Taylor]] received the special Online Game Legend award as founders of [[Kesmai]] and creators of ''[[Island of Kesmai]]'' and ''[[Air Warrior (video game)|Air Warrior]]''. Additionally, the MMORPG ''[[EverQuest]]'' was inducted into the GDC Online Awards Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/everquest-honored-at-gdc-online-awards/1100-6339672/ |title=EverQuest honored at GDC Online awards |last=Downin |first=Jonathan |work=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[Red Ventures]] |date=October 13, 2011 |accessdate=April 22, 2021 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Game
! Publisher
|-
| Best Online Game Design
| ''[[Spiral Knights]]''
| [[Three Rings Design]]/[[Sega]]
|-
| Best Online Visual Arts
| ''[[DC Universe Online]]''
| [[Sony Online Entertainment]]
|-
| Best Community Relations
| ''[[Minecraft]]''
| [[Mojang]]
|-
| Best Online Technology
| ''[[Rift (video game)|Rift]]''
| [[Trion Worlds]]
|-
| Best Social Network Game
| ''Gardens of Time''
| [[Playdom]]
|-
| Best Audio for an Online Game
| ''[[Clone Wars Adventures]]''
| [[Sony Online Entertainment]]
|-
| Best New Online Game
| ''[[Rift (video game)|Rift]]''
| [[Trion Worlds]]
|-
| Best Live Game
| ''[[Minecraft]]''
| [[Mojang]]
|-
| Online Innovation
| ''[[Shadow Cities]]''
| Grey Area
|-
| Audience Award
| ''[[Wizard101]]''
| [[KingsIsle Entertainment]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Special Awards
! Award
! Recipient
|-
| Online Game Legend
| [[Kelton Flinn]] and [[John R. Taylor III|John Taylor]]
|-
|  GDC Online Awards Hall of Fame
| ''[[EverQuest]]'' ([[Sony Online Entertainment]])
|}