TIGSource: IGF Winners

IGF Winners

Tim — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:13:00 +0000

(Source: Kotaku, Joystiq)

Winners in bold.

Student Showcase finalists are:
Base invaders, Invalid Tangram, Opera Slinger, Gelatin Joe, And Yet it Moves, Toblo, Euclidean Crisis, The Ball of Bastards, The Blob

Excellence in Audio finalists:
Aquaria, Bone: The Great Cow Race, Everyday Shooter, Fizzball, Racing Pitch

Finalists for Excellence in Visual Arts:
Aquaria, Golf?, Samorost 2, Castle Crashers, Roboblitz

The finalists for Design Innovation Awards:
Aquaria, Everyday Shooter, Armadillo Run, Toblo

Finalists for Technical Excellence:
Arcane Legions: A Rising Shadow, Armada Online, Bang! Howdy, Blast Miner, Band of Bugs

Best Web Browser Game finalists:
Bubble Islands, Gamma Bros., Samorost 2

Indie GameTap award. The three winners of this prize will share $50,000 and have their game published on the service.

First runner up: Blast Miner
Winner: Everyday Shooter

The Audience Award winner is Castle Crashers.

The Darwinia team introduces the finalists for this year’s SMAs:
Aquaria
Armadillo Run
Bang! Howdy
Roboblitz
Everyday Shooter

And the winner this year is: Aquaria.

Quote Gamespot:

The 2007 Game of the Year prize went to Aquaria, the previously unhonored 2D fantasy game from indie shop Bit Blot. After stumbling verbally, one of its designers admitted, “This is a terrible speech.” But the massive applause proved the audience didn’t really care.

"IGF Winners" by TS John

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:35:30 +0000

I know this is late but congrats for sure, hombres. What I’ve seen has led me to believe that you deffo deserve it.

"IGF Winners" by Pita

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:22:23 +0000

:D:D!

Seriously awesome. Many congrats to BitBlot!

"IGF Winners" by Citrus

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:46:10 +0000

I just watched the awards video. I love that Everyday Shooter guy :D

Congratulations to Bit-Blot!

"IGF Winners" by Shih Tzu

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:20:37 +0000

素晴らしい！おめでとう！万歳！

"IGF Winners" by Sparky

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:20:23 +0000

Congratulations, Team Aquaria!

"IGF Winners" by DrDerekDoctors

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:37:09 +0000

Btw, it’s about 38 minutes into the video!

"IGF Winners" by DrDerekDoctors

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:36:42 +0000

Well done indeedy! Nice speeches, Alec came across as almost blase about the amount of awards he’s received. ;)

"IGF Winners" by caffeinekid

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:22:11 +0000

Congratulation you success!

"IGF Winners" by Jimbob

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:43:46 +0000

Full video of the awards! http://www.gamespot.com/events/gdc07/videos.html?sort=recent&movietype=otherfeatures&page=1

"IGF Winners" by Jimbob

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:34:57 +0000

Another picture of our leader: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bannedanna/414426569/

"IGF Winners" by Jay

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:29:06 +0000

Congratulations, Derek and crew!

Bravo! Well done! =)

"IGF Winners" by konjak

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:50:35 +0000

Woo! Go!

"IGF Winners" by Ricardo Chirino

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:05:05 +0000

Congratulations to all this year’s finalists! And special congrats to Derek and everyone at BitBlot (whomever they are!), as it’s a great honor to win such an award!

Keep it up.

"IGF Winners" by Koach

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:37:34 +0000

Hehe real international local heroes…

"IGF Winners" by Aubrey

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:00:39 +0000

Well done the BitBlot guys! Can’t wait to play it…

Same goes for Everyday Shooter. That looks really cool, too.

"IGF Winners" by gustav

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:23:20 +0000

awesome! by the looks of it, you guys sure as hell deserve it! congrats derek and alec :o

"IGF Winners" by Koach

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:10:16 +0000

Aw damn, too late…

"IGF Winners" by Koach

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:09:50 +0000

Serious Monkeyness Award?

"IGF Winners" by Jimbob

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:55:22 +0000

SMA = Seamus McNally Award i.e. the BIG one.

"IGF Winners" by BMcC

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:49:07 +0000

Seumas McNally Award.

I.e., The Grand Prize.

"IGF Winners" by DanDanger

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:23:13 +0000

What on earth does SMA stand for anyway? Glad you won it though ^_^

"IGF Winners" by dumb

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:32:09 +0000

what does SMA stand for?

"IGF Winners" by Koach

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:18:04 +0000

Well that somehow was pretty conceivable… but still not self-evident. So big conrats to you three bit blotters!

"IGF Winners" by Fost

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:01:11 +0000

Woohoo, top news guys! By the rules of the IGF, doesn’t Derek have to buy everyone he meets a beer?

"IGF Winners" by Julian

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:41:47 +0000

Congratulations to Derek and Alec!