The IGF & Game Developers Choice Awards 2022 winners and finalists
Published , by Sam Chandler
The Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Choice Awards are back and ready to celebrate various achievements in and around the video game industry. Below we’ve got a recap of all the nominees and winners, so let’s dive into the results!
The Independent Games Festival Awards
Best Student Game winner: Live Adventure
Nominees:
Cai Cai Balao
Abriss
Letter Lattice
Small Life
Nainai’s Recipe
Live Adventure
Seumas McNally Grand Prize winner: Inscryption
Nominees:
Inscryption
Unpacking
Loop Hero
The Eternal Cylinder
Cruelty Squad
Unsighted
Excellence in Audio winner: Inscryption
Nominees:
Toem
Unpacking
Jett: The Far Shore
Mini Motorways
Sable
Inscryption
Excellence in Design winner: Inscryption
Nominees:
Inscryption
Unpacking
Overboard!
Strange Horticulture
Webbed
Midnight Protocol
Excellence in Narrative winner: Inscryption
Nominees:
Last Call
Neurocracy
Closed Hands
Overboard!
Inscryption
Unpacking
Excellence in Visual Art winner: Papetura
Nominees:
The Eternal Cylinder
Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
Papetura
Fuzz Dungeon
The Wild at Heart
Jett: The Far Shore
Nuovo Award winner: Memory Card
Nominees:
Memory Card
Okthryssia and Saturnia's Bureaucratic Adventures
Space Hole 2020
Tux and Fanny
Cruelty Squad
Sparkles & Gems
Fuzz Dungeon
Cuccchi
Audience Awards winner: Mini Motorways
The Game Developers Choice Awards
Game of the Year winner: Inscryption
Nominees:
Inscryption
Forza Horizon 5
Resident Evil Village
Deathloop
It Takes Two
Best Audio winner: Unpacking
Nominees:
Returnal
Unpacking
Deathloop
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galazy
Forza Horizon 5
Best Design winner: It Takes Two
Nominees:
It Takes Two
Psychonauts 2
Halo Infinite
Deathloop
Inscryption
Best Debut winner: Valheim
Nominees:
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Valheim
Wildermyth
The Artful Escape
Sable
Innovation Award winner: Unpacking
Nominees:
It Takes Two
Wildermyth
Unpacking
Inscryption
Deathloop
Best Narrative winner: Psychonauts 2
Nominees:
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Deathloop
It Takes Two
Psychonauts 2
Unpacking
Social Impact Award winner: Boyfriend Dungeon
Nominees:
Before Your Eyes
It Takes Two
Life is Strange
Boyfriend Dungeon
Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Best Technology winner: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Nominees:
Halo Infinite
Forza Horizon 5
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Returnal
Hitman 3
Best Visual Art winner: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Nominees:
Forza Horizon 5
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Deathloop
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Psychonauts 2
Ambassador Award winner: Steven Spohn
Lifetime Achievement winner: Yuji Horii
Audience Award winner: Valheim
It’s always fantastic to see so many great games receive recognition for their achievements. Be sure to check out the Shacknews Game Developers Choice Awards and IGF pages for more coverage and news about upcoming events.