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IGF: le nomination ufficiali

Minecraft, Amnesia e Spy Party nominati

Il popolarissimo {Minecraft} è uno dei cinque titoli nominati al Seumas McNally Grand Price dell'Independent Games Festival (IGF). Gli altri giochi nominati sono l'avventura PC di Frictional Games {Amnesia: The Dark Descent}, Desktop Dungeons di ACF Designs Nidhogg di Messhof e {Spy Party} di Chris Hecher. Sia Amnesia: The Dark Descent che Minecraft hanno ricevuto un totale di cinque nomination.

L'Independet Games Festival ha messo in risalto alcuni giochi straordinari in passato, e non si tratta solo di una questione di onore in quanto i giochi riceveranno parecchia attenzione in cambio. C'è anche un montepremi di 50.000 dollari, con un assegno da 20.000 per chi si porterà a casa il grand prix.

Ecco le nomination (con le rispettive categorie in inglese)

Seumas McNally Grand Prize

Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games)
Desktop Dungeons (QCF Design)
Minecraft (Mojang)
Nidhogg (Messhof)
SpyParty (Chris Hecker)

Honorable mentions:

Bit.Trip Runner (Gaijin Games); Neptune's Pride (Iron Helmet Games); {Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale} (Carpe Fulgur); {Retro City Rampage} (Vblank Entertainment); Super Crate Box (Vlambeer)

Excellence In Visual Art

{Bastion} (Supergiant Games)
Bit.Trip Runner (Gaijin Games)
{Cave Story} (2010 Edition) (Nicalis)
{The Dream Machine} (Cockroach)
Hohokum (Honeyslug & Richard Hogg)

Honorable mentions:

Cobalt (Oxeye Game Studio); Faraway (Steph Thirion); Flotilla (Blendo Games); Helsing's Fire (Ratloop); Retro City Rampage (Vblank Entertainment)

Technical Excellence

Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games)
Confetti Carnival (SpikySnail Games)
Miegakure (Marc ten Bosch)
Minecraft (Mojang)
Neverdaunt:8Bit (Robot Loves Kitty)

Honorable mentions:

Achron (Hazardous Software); Cobalt (Oxeye Game Studio); Hazard: The Journey Of Life (Demruth); Overgrowth (Wolfire Games); {Swimming Under Clouds} (Piece of Pie Studios)

Excellence In Design

Desktop Dungeons (QCF Design)
Faraway (Steph Thirion)
Minecraft (Mojang)
Nidhogg (Messhof)
Super Crate Box (Vlambeer)

Honorable mentions:

Bo (Mahdi Bahrami); Brutally Unfair Tactics Totally OK Now [B.U.T.T.O.N.] (Copenhagen Game Collective); Flotilla (Blendo Games); Helsing's Fire (Ratloop); Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale (Carpe Fulgur)

Excellence In Audio

Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games)
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
Bit.Trip Beat (Gaijin Games)
Cobalt (Oxeye Game Studio)
Retro City Rampage (Vblank Entertainment)

Honorable mentions:

Bit.Trip Runner (Gaijin Games); Cave Story (2010 Edition) (Nicalis); Jamestown (Final Form Games); NightSky (Nicalis); Planck (Shadegrown Games)

Best Mobile Game

Colorblind (Nonverbal)
Halcyon (Stfj)
Helsing's Fire (Ratloop)
Shot Shot Shoot (Erik Svedäng)
{Solipskier} (Mikengreg)

Honorable mentions:
Flick Kick Football (PikPok); {Shibuya} (Nevercenter); Spirits (Spaces Of Play); Tentacles (Press Play); Trainyard (Matt Rix)

I premi saranno consegnati durante la Game Developers Conference di San Francisco, che aprirà i battenti il 28 febbraio.