De jury bestaande uit Astrid Huntjes (Spil Games), Ellis Bartholomeus (Ellis in Wonderland), Ronnie Nellis (Team6), Menno Deen (Game designer, docent & onderzoeker), JP Vaughn (CodeGlue) en Amon Havers (Age Network), speelden zich de afgelopen maanden door alle 92 inzendingen heen. Voor 14 categorieën kozen ze de winnaars. Wie dat zijn horen we op 27 september tijdens het Dutch Game Awards diner. Hier alvast de games die een kans maken.
Best Core Entertainment Game
FRU – Through Games
Metrico+ – Digital Dream
Renowned Explorers – Abbey Games
Best Casual Entertainment Game
Curve Fever 2 – Curve Fever
Galaga Wars – Paladin Studios
Heart’s Medicine – Time to Heal – Blue Giraffe Games & GameHouse
Sky Chasers – Lucky Kat Studios
Best Serious Game
AH Dino’s – Little Chicken Game Company &samhoud media
HELD – Hartstichting i.s.m. TU Delft
Wijk & Water Battle – Grendel Games
Wind Tales – Wind Tales
Best Art Direction
Beyond Eyes – tiger & squid
Metrico+ – Digital Dreams
Wind Tales – Wind Tales
Best Student Art Direction
Heroes & Heretics – Tempest – NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences
Pine – Twirlbound – NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences
Rogues with Benefits – The Rogues – HKU University of the Arts Utrecht
Best Technical Achievement
AH Dino’s – Little Chicken Game Company &samhoud media
Rise of the Tomb Raider – Nixxes Software
Wijk & Water Battle – Grendel Games
Best Student Technical Achievement
Heroes & Heretics – Tempest – NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences
R.A.D – Thunder Games – Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Rogues with Benefits – The Rogues – HKU University of the Arts Utrecht
Best Music & Audio
Beyond Eyes – tiger & squid
Fragments of Him – Sassybot
Lumini – Speelbaars
Old Spice Youland – MediaMonks
Best Co-production
AH Dino’s – Little Chicken Game Company and &samhoud media
Rise of the Tomb Raider – Nixxes Software & Crystal Dynamics
Superboer – Gamious, Courage and MAD Multimedia
Best Entertainment Game Design
FRU – Through Games
Metrico+ – Digital Dreams
Turmoil – Gamious
Best Applied Game Design
Corpus VR – inMotion VR
Superboer – Gamious, Courage and MAD Multimedia
Wind Tales – Wind Tales
Best Student Game Design
Heroes & Heretics – Tempest – NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences
Rogues with Benefits – The Rogues – HKU University of the Arts Utrecht
Soul Knight – Nether Games – NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences
Best Economic Achievement
AH Dino’s – Little Chicken Game Company &samhoud media
Governor of Poker 3 – OrangeGames
Rise of the Tomb Raider – Nixxes Software
Special Award
360 Tropic Degrees – DROPSTUF MEDIA ism The Virtual Dutch Men
Fragments of Him – Sassybot
Lieve Oma – Florian Veltman
The Port Game – Sherlocked
Beste Live Stream en Beste On Demand Video
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