Afgelopen vrijdag werden in Utrecht de Dutch Game Awards uitgereikt. Horizon Zero Dawn van Guerrilla Games was de grote winnaar met vijf awards, waaronder de Gamekings publieksprijs. De drie Student Awards gingen allemaal naar NHTV studenten.
JP van Seventer, managing director van de Dutch Game Garden, mocht de eerste Lifetime Achievement Award in ontvangst nemen.
Alle winnaars op een rijtje:
Best Core Entertainment Game
Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerrilla Games
Best Casual Entertainment Game
Circles – Illusive games
Best Serious Game
VilDu?! – Lapp / de Rading / YipYip / Fontys ICT
Best Virtual Reality Game
Arizona Sunshine – Vertigo Games / Jaywalkers Interactive
Best Cross-media Game
Weltatem – WildVreemd / Monobanda
Best Art Direction
Horizon New Dawn – Guerrilla Games
Best Game Design
Stormbound: Kingdom Wars – Paladin Studios
Best Technical Achievement
Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerrilla Games
Best Music & Audio
Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerrilla Games
Best Student Game Design
The Red Stare – Play:D – NHTV
Best Student Art Direction
The Red Stare – Play:D – NHTV
Best Student Technical Achievement
Bolt Storm – Kuality Games – NHTV
Best Co-Production
Weltatem – WildVreemd / Monobanda
Best Economic Achievement
Monster Jam: Crush It! – Team6 Game Studios
Gamekings Award
Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerrilla Games
Lifetime Achievement Award
Jan-Pieter van Seventer