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	ANNOUNCEMENTS 11.08.11: The 2012 IGF Student Competition entries have now been revealed! Click here to browse the nearly 300 games! 10.25.11: The 2012 IGF Main Competition has brought in a new record amount of entries -- nearly 570! Click here to browse them all, and best of luck to all entrants!


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	SUCCESS STORIES 2011 - Multiple award winner Minecraft has now sold almost 2 million copies and spawned a worldwide cult around its charming open-world game design. 2010 - Playdead's stark monochromatic platform title Limbo is a smash hit on Xbox Live Arcade, following its summer 2010 release, picking up a 2011 Game Developers Choice Award for Best Visual Arts. 2010 - The team behind 2009 Student Showcase finalist Tag: The Power of Paint are hired by Valve to implement new paint gun mechanics into Portal 2. 2009 - The Behemoth's follow-up to Alien Hominid, the IGF-winning Castle Crashers, tops XBLA charts to critical acclaim. 2009 - IGF multi-award winner World Of Goo launches as one of the best-selling, best-reviewed WiiWare titles of all time, alongside a popular PC version. 2009 - Petri Purho's Crayon Physics Deluxe spawns an iPhone version courtesy of Hudson, plus a popular PC downloadable version. 2008 - The team behind IGF Student Showcase finalist Narbacular Drop is hired by Valve. The game is reworked into Portal and goes on to win the coveted Game Developer's Choice "Best Game" award for 2008, as well as numerous game of the year accolades. 2008 - Design Innovation winner Braid debuts on Xbox Live Arcade to significant success. 2008 - Excellence in Audio winner Audiosurf launches on Valve's Steam distribution service and goes on to become the highest selling game of February, outselling even Valve's own Orange box (including Team Fortress 2 and Game Developer's Choice "Best Game" winner Portal.) 2007 - Design Innovation winner Everyday Shooter is signed by Sony for distribution on the PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network, after Sony's John Hight plays the game at the IGF Pavilion during GDC 2007 - Everyday Shooter's Jon Mak also appears at the inaugural Independent Games Summit. 2006 - Grand prize winner Darwinia gets both digital distribution via Valve's Steam system and U.S. retail distribution from new indie label Cinemaware Marquee. 2005 - Multi award-winner Alien Hominid receives publishing deals in the U.S. (via O3 Publishing) and Europe(via Zoo Digital), much critical acclaim, and even spawns a mobile version. 2005 - Fan favorite N wins the audience award, and, as N+, releases as a hit XBLA title, as well as notable Nintendo DS and Sony PSP versions. 2004 - Innovative casual strategy game Oasis wins the web/downloadable grand prize, going on to launch on major online portals the following year. 2003 - Super X Studios' Wild Earth, a photographic game based around a worldwide safari, takes multiple prizes and subsequently becomes a motion simulator ride and eventually (in adapted form) a Wii title. 2000 - Tread Marks, created by the late Seumas McNally, which the IGF's grand prize is now named after, wins 3 major awards. 1999 - Vicarious Visions, now a major handheld / console developer, honored for Terminus.






	« Gallery: Independent Games Summit 2010 \| Main \| GDC: Monaco Takes Grand Prize at 12th Annual IGF » Gallery: 12th Annual Independent Games Festival Awards Organizers of this year's Game Developers Conference and Independent Games Festival have been documenting the March 9th-13th San Francisco event in visual form. First, here's a look at pictures from the the 12th Annual Independent Games Festival Awards, where Pocketwatch Games' stylish co-op caper Monaco was the big winner of the night, nabbing the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game in front of a crowd of over 3,000 GDC attendees. The 2010 IGF hosts, Kyle Gabler (2D Boy) and Erin Robinson (Puzzle Bots) IGF and Game Developers Choice Awards guests. Student Showcase Award: Continuity, by Ragtime Games Technical Excellence: Limbo, by PlayDead Excellence in Design: Monaco, by Pocketwatch Games Excellence in Audio: Closure, by Closure Team IGF Mobile Best Game: Spider: The Secret Of Bryce Manor, by Tiger Style IGF hosts Kyle and Erin explore the magic of 3D. IGF Nuovo Award: Tuning, by cactus D2D Vision Award: Max & The Magic Marker, by Press Play Audience Award: Heroes Of Newerth, by S2 Games 2009 Seumas McNally Grand Prize winner, Erik Svedäng (Blueberry Garden) 2010 Seumas McNally Grand Prize winner: Monaco, by Andy Schatz (Pocketwatch Games) [More pictures of the presenters and Independent Games Festival award winners, taken by Vincent Diamante, are available on the Official GDC Flickr stream. In addition, archived video of the entire awards ceremony is available via IGF media sponsor GameSpot.com.]


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