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Game Developers Choice Awards and IGF Winners

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The 14th Annual Independent Games Festival results are online and this page outlines the winners of the 12th annual Game Developers Choice Awards. Here are the winners:

Game Developers Choice Awards

Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
Best Narrative: Portal 2 (Valve)
Best Game Design: Portal 2 (Valve)
Best Technology: Battlefield 3 (DICE)
Best Visual Arts: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Naughty Dog)
Best Debut: Supergiant Games (Bastion)
Innovation Award: Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik)
Best Handheld/Mobile Game: Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (Capy Games/Superbrothers)
Best Audio: Portal 2 (Valve)
Best Downloadable Game: Bastion (Supergiant Games)

IGF Awards

Seumas McNally Grand Prize ($30,000): Fez, by Polytron
Nuovo Award ($5,000): Storyteller, by Daniel Benmergui
Excellence in Visual Art ($3,000): Dear Esther, by thechineseroom
Technical Excellence ($3,000): Antichamber, by Demruth
Excellence in Design ($3,000): Spelunky, by Mossmouth
Excellence in Audio ($3,000): Botanicula, by Amanita Design
Best Mobile Game ($3,000): Beat Sneak Bandit, by Simogo
Audience Award ($3,000): Frozen Synapse, by Mode 7 Games
Best Student Game ($3,000): Way, by CMU Entertainment Technology Center/Coco & Co

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Re: Game Developers Choice Awards and IGF Winners

Mar 11, 2012, 11:28

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Ant wrote on Mar 11, 2012, 04:29:
What about the talks?

The Notch / Tim Sweeney / John Romero / Jordan Mencher indie one looked like one of the better ones.




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Comment [quote="Beamer"Mar 11, 2012, 11:28][quote="Ant"Mar 11, 2012, 04:29]What about the talks? :P [/quote] The Notch / Tim Sweeney / John Romero / Jordan Mencher indie one looked like one of the better ones. [/quote]

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