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And the IGF 2011 Winners Are… [GDC 2011]

IGFThe Independent Games Festival Awards were given away tonight and the final decisions made on who took away the prizes for each different category. So without further explanation, diversion, or words in between the who and what, here is the full list of winners:

Best Student Game:

Fract - University of Montreal

Technical Excellence:

Amnesia: The Dark Descent - Frictional Games

Excellence in Design:

Desktop Dungeons – QFC Design

Best Mobile Game:

Helsing’s Fire – Ratloop

Excellence in Visual Art:

Bit.Trip Runner – Gaijin Games

Excellence in Audio:

Amnesia: The Dark Descent – Frictional Games

Nuovo Award:

Nidhogg – Messhof

Seumas McNally Grand Prize:

Minecraft – Mojang

Audience Award:

Minecraft - Mojang

Direct2Drive Vision Award:

Amnesia: The Dark Descent – Frictional Games

So altogether, Amnesia swept a lot of the categories netting a score for unsettling horror titles. This means that the new IGF banner is going to include Notch and the Mojang crew in full effect taking home the award.

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  • Erik Johnson

    Amnesia! Woo! The Frictional guys really hit it out of the park so I’m glad they’re being rewarded.