The 2008 judges page now reflects full lineup of new and returning judges for the 2008 IGF competition jury, with late additions to the roster including Fl0w co-creator Kellee Santiago alongside Big Huge Games' Brian Reynolds and many more.

ThatGameCompany's Santiago, who was previously a Student Showcase winner with student project Cloud, and Neversoft co-founder Mick West, an industry veteran who writes the 'Inner Product' column for Game Developer magazine, are added alongside Games For Windows magazine's Darren Gladstone to round out the new judges for the 10th annual competition.

The journalistic and content-centric contingent for this year's judging panel include Wired's game editor Chris Baker, Joystiq's Chris Grant, Wonderlandblog and Channel 4's Alice Taylor, Kotaku's Brian Crecente, and Joystick Nation author JC Herz.

The independent game stalwarts hopping onto the judging panel this time include Raigan Burns, previous IGF prize-winner with N (pictured), Indygamer editor Tim W., and TIGSource editor Derek Yu, as well as new additions Santiago and Wurster. Other notable 'mainstream' game industry judges returning this year include Sony and Ubisoft veteran Mark Deloura, Foundation9's Chris Charla, Nihilistic's Mark Cooke, Midway's Richard Rouse III, and Big Huge Games founder Brian Reynolds.

Again, keep in mind that the deadline for the main competition is October 1st (just 12 days away), and the deadline for the student competition is October 15th!

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The organizers of the Independent Games Festival have announced the new judges for this year's 10th annual IGF competition, including high-profile journalists such as Newsweek's N'Gai Croal and indie creators including Derek Yu (Aquaria, pictured) and Don Wurster (Small Arms).

The full list of new judges thus far confirmed for the Independent Games Festival this year include:

- N'Gai Croal (Newsweek - veteran journalist)
- Brian Robbins (Fuel Industries - long-time independent game stalwart)
- Don Wurster (Gastronaut Studios - co-creator of XBLA title Small Arms)
- Derek Yu (Bit-Blot - co-creator of IGF Grand Prize-winning Aquaria and TIGSource.com blogger)
- Alec Holowka (Bit-Blot - co-creator of Aquaria)
- Stephen Totilo (MTV News - veteran journalist)
- Chris Rausch (Super Villain Studios - indie-centric developer of Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony)

A separate announcement next week will reveal the multitude of regular judges and additional names returning to the IGF for this year's event, including some familiar names from the worlds of journalism, indie games, and mainstream game development.

Keep an eye on the judges page as new judges are being added as they confirm their roles for 2008. Full bios and headshots will be available later this week.

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