SAN JOSE, Calif., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Top honor for the 5th Annual
Independent Games Festival (IGF) went to Super X Studios Thursday night, at
the Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony, at the Game Developers Conference
in San Jose.
The $15,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Independent Game of the Year
was awarded to the development team Super X Studios for "Wild Earth," a game
that sends players of all ages on safari through the plains of Africa to
explore the wild and take photos of animals in their natural habitats for a
nature magazine.
The IGF also recognized:
Innovation in Game Design
"Wild Earth" by Super X Studios
Innovation in Visual Arts
"Wild Earth" by Super X Studios
Innovation in Audio
"Terraformers" by Pong Interactive HB
Technical Excellence
"Reiner Knizia's Samurai" by Klear Games, LLC
Audience Award
"Pontifex 2" by Chronic Logic
All winners received Microsoft Visual Studio .net Professional. The
Technical Excellence winners received an Intel Pentium 4 workstation and a
complete set of Intel development tools.
"All the Independent Games Festival finalists were incredible this year,"
Alex Dunne, chairman, IGF, said. "The entire industry is taking notice of
these independents, with no budgets and no backing, who are supplying the bold
new ideas and types of gameplay. They're truly the force that moves the
industry in new direction."
The IGF was established in 1998 to encourage and reward innovation in
independent games and to provide a forum for independent game developers to
exhibit their work and receive recognition.
More information on the IGF and all the finalist games can be found at
http://www.igf.com.
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