This includes a new Direct2Drive Award given out at the IGF Awards this March, and the service has opened dedicated Direct2Drive indie game area, including many previous IGF finalists and winners and other notable independent games.The finalists for the 2009 Independent Games Festival are:Seumas McNally Grand Prize: Buy Runescape Gold Blueberry Garden Erik SvedangOsmos Hemisphere GamesCarneyvale Showtime Singapore-MIT Gambit Game LabNight Game NicalisDyson Rudolf Kremers/Alex MayExcellence In Visual Art:Zeno Clash ACE TeamPixelJunk Eden Q-GamesMachinarium Amanita DesignCletus Clay TunaSnaxFeist Filthy GripExcellence In Audio: Musaic Box KranX ProductionsBlueberry Garden Erik SvedangBrainPipe Digital EelPixelJunk Eden Q-GamesRetro/Grade 2Caret GamesExcellence In Design:Retro/Grade 2Caret GamesSnapshot Six AMNight Game NicalisMusaic Box KranX Productions Osmos Hemisphere GamesInnovation Award:Between Jason RohrerMightier RatloopThe Graveyard Tale Of TalesCoil From The DepthsYou Have To Burn The Rope MazapanTechnical Excellence:PixelJunk Eden Q-GamesCortex Command Data RealmsOsmos Hemisphere GamesThe Maw Twisted Pixel GamesIncredibots Grubby GamesNominated games will available in playable form on the 2009 Game Developers Conference show floor, RS Gold and will compete for nearly $50,000 in prizes, including awards for Innovation, Excellence in Design, and the coveted $20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize, as well as the new Direct2Drive prize.
Winners will be announced on stage at the prestigious Independent Games Festival Awards on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The Independent Games Festival Awards are held along the Game Developers Choice Awards at GDC, Cheap RS Gold which is run by Think Services as is this website. A separate set of finalists for the Student Showcase award, will be announced during the week of Jan. 19th, with the finalists for the IGF Mobile competition following in late January. Full festival information, including more details on these finalists and winners, is available at the official IGF website.
Winners will be announced on stage at the prestigious Independent Games Festival Awards on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The Independent Games Festival Awards are held along the Game Developers Choice Awards at GDC, Cheap RS Gold which is run by Think Services as is this website. A separate set of finalists for the Student Showcase award, will be announced during the week of Jan. 19th, with the finalists for the IGF Mobile competition following in late January. Full festival information, including more details on these finalists and winners, is available at the official IGF website.