2010 Independent Games Festival China Announces Finalists
3rd Annual Game Developers Conference China to Host Regional Indie Developers December 5-7 in Shanghai, China </pre> <p><span class="xn-location">SAN FRANCISCO</span>, <span class="xn-chron">Nov. 4, 2010</span> /CNW/ -- Organizers of the second annual Independent Games Festival <span class="xn-location">China</span> have revealed finalists for both the Main and Student competitions, including over 10 stand-out indie games from across Asia.</p> <p/> <p>High-quality submissions for the second iteration of the event -- a newly formed sister competition to the main yearly Independent Games Festival in <span class="xn-location">San Francisco</span> -- were received from multiple Chinese provinces, <span class="xn-location">Hong Kong</span>, <span class="xn-location">Taiwan</span>, <span class="xn-location">Singapore</span>, <span class="xn-location">South Korea</span>, <span class="xn-location">Australia</span>, <span class="xn-location">New Zealand</span>, <span class="xn-location">Iran</span>, <span class="xn-location">India</span> and beyond.</p> <p/> <p>Finalists were chosen by a panel of distinguished local judges, including representatives from <span class="xn-person">Shanda Games</span>, Tencent, IGDA <span class="xn-location">Shanghai</span>, TipCat Interactive and more.</p> <p/> <p>IGF <span class="xn-location">China</span> finalists are invited to <span class="xn-location">Shanghai</span> for the 3rd Annual Game Developers Conference <span class="xn-location">China</span> event from <span class="xn-chron">December 5th</span> to 7th, where they will be showing their games at a special Pavilion on the Expo Floor, open to all GDC <span class="xn-location">China</span> attendees.</p> <p/> <p>In addition, finalists are eligible to win up to RMB61,000 (<span class="xn-money">$9,100</span>) in cash prizes, as well as specially created awards and All Access Passes to GDC <span class="xn-location">San Francisco</span> 2011 worth thousands of dollars.</p> <p/> <p>The Main Competition finalists for the 2010 Independent Games Festival <span class="xn-location">China</span> are:</p> <p/> <p> </p> <p> </p> <pre> Sugar Cube (Turtle Cream, South Korea) Hazard: The Journey Of Life (Alexander Bruce, Australia) Train Conductor 2 (The Voxel Agents, Australia) Cut & Paste (Turtle Cream, South Korea) Skillz: The DJ Game (Playpen Studios, Hong Kong) ButaVX: Justice Fighter (Nekomura Games, Singapore) Crossout (Coconut Island Studio, China) </pre> <p>The Student Competition finalists for this year's IGF <span class="xn-location">China</span> event are as follows:</p> <p/> <p> </p> <p> </p> <pre> Zonelink (Huazhong University Of Science And Technology, China) Dead Steel (Media Design School, Auckland, New Zealand) Afterland (Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, Singapore) The White Laboratory (Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China) Ponlai (National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan) </pre> <p>The winners of IGF <span class="xn-location">China</span> in categories including Best Game, Mobile Best Game, Excellence in Art Direction, Excellence in Visual Arts, Technical Excellence, and Student awards will be announced during the 2010 Game Developers Conference <span class="xn-location">China</span> at a special IGF Awards ceremony taking place <span class="xn-chron">Sunday, December 5</span> from <span class="xn-chron">7pm</span> - <span class="xn-chron">9pm</span> at the Suncuba Ballroom, Gran Melia Hotel, <span class="xn-location">Shanghai</span> <span class="xn-location">China</span>.</p> <p/> <p>The Independent Games Festival's outreach into Asia is part of 3rd Annual Game Developers Conference(TM) <span class="xn-location">China</span>, which returns to the <span class="xn-location">Shanghai</span> International Convention Center on December 5-7th. 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