Category Archives: Awards

Eyebrow Interactive’s intriguing platformer Closure scored top honours at the DICE Summit 2012 Indie Games Challenge.

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It’s official. Call of Duty: Black Ops has the best ending of any video game, ever.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim won five awards overnight in the Interactive Academy Awards at DICE, with other winners including Uncharted 3, Portal 2 and SWTOR.

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The third annual Danish Game Awards were held tonight, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim walked home with not only and award for Best RPG, but Game of the Year as well.

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GAME’s announced this morning the shortlist for the BAFTA GAME Audience Award for the 2012 BAFTA Game Awards. It features Skyrim, Uncharted 3, Battlefield 3, Minecraft and more. The award, which was paneled by Eurogamer’s Johnny Minkley, GameSpot’s Guy Cocker, OXM’s Jon Hicks, ONM’s Neil Long and Future’s Tim Clark, will be announced at the ceremony on Friday March 16 by “internet sensation” The Syndicate Project.

Full list is after the break.

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Head on over to the Independent Games Festival Awards website to cast your vote in the Audience Award. You can download demos for many of the finalists then and there, but you’re also free to vote for games without demos, should you have independent motivation to do so. It’s a tough crowd this year with Dear Esther, Frozen Synapse, Fez, Spelunky and more. You only have until February 19 to get your vote in, so hop to it. This year’s IGF runs March 5-9.

Thanks, Joystiq.

On the market for a highly specific gaming awards ceremony? The very first New York Videogame Critics Circle Awards has you covered.

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AbleGamers has given Star Wars: The Old Republic its 2011 Accessible Mainstream Game of the Year award due to its strong performance when put through a string of accessibility tests for the disabled.

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Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski will host the 12th annual Game Developers Choice Awards and Monaco creator Andy Schatz will once again be hosting the 14th annual Independent Games Festival awards, according to GDC organizers. Both award ceremonies take place during GDC, Wednesday, March 7 at 6.30pm PST. Thanks, Gamasutra.

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced finalists for its 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, and Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 3 leads the field with a total of 12 nominations across 11 categories.

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The Writers Guild of America has selected a blockbuster lineup of games for its annual awards.

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The IGF has released a list of finalists ahead of its annual awards ceremony in March, with former Half-life mod Dear Esther nabbing three nods.

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Bethesda, Valve, and Supergiant Games have each been nominated in five different categories for the 12th annual Game Developers Choice Awards.

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Mastertronic managing director Andy Payne has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s New Year Honours list, its been confirmed this morning.

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The 2011 Spike VGAs were meant to celebrate the year’s best games and hype future releases. Instead, Johnny Cullen argues, they played to stereotypes in the worst possible way.

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The European and US arms of Apple have both determined their iPad and iPhone game of the year awards, with each branch honouring different apps. Apple Europe gave top gongs to the home-grown Tiny Wings on iPhone, and Contre Jour on iPad. Its American brethren also went with local offerings, namely Tiny Tower and Dead Space. Well done all. Thanks, PocketGamer.

Raptr has releases its inaugural Most Played Games list across various game genres, and has also detailed how gamers are spending time in each. Turns out, Skyrim leads the list with two wins: Most Played RPG and Overall Most Played Game.

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Indie Game: The Movie, a feature documentary about “video games, their creators and the craft,” will make its world premiere as an official selection in World Documentary Competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

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Register now for all the glamour of the inaugural IndieVisibility Awards in Waterloo next month. Attendees at the awards include Curve Studios, the team behind Stealth Bastard and Explodemon, Eufloria developer Omni Systems, Hello Games of Joe Danger fame, Rolando creators Hand Circus and Size Five, which picked up a BAFTA award for its game Privates and produced Ben There, Dan That.

Festivities kick off at 6:00 PM on December 10, at the Camel & Artichoke. If you’re serious about attending, visit IndieGames to find out how to secure your free ticket.

Lego Pirates of the Caribbean, Size Five’s Privates and Just Dance 2 were all awarded at the children’s BAFTAs last night, with the Lego title picking up the main award. Sex education game Privates won the Learning Secondary BAFTA. Developer Dan Marhshall said: “I can’t thank BAFTA enough for honouring a tiny studio who made a weird little game. It was a great night, and I’m brimming with pride. To stagger home with one of those oh-so-familiar shiny metal face awards is so surreal, and completely magical.”