Australian Game Developer Awards 2021 winners revealed

Last night, the biggest awards night in Aussie video games took place, with the winners announced for the Australian Game Developer Awards for 2021. The nominations included some absolute gems across a variety of categories, including some of our favourite games from this year so far.

Notably, Game of the Year was given to cozy game Unpacking, while the wacky adventure through the cosmos The Artful Escape received nods for both Excellence in Art and Excellence in Audio. The adorable spider-platformer Webbed took out Excellence in Gameplay, while Excellence in Narrative went to fantastic time-loop title The Forgotten City. Also shout out to our pal Monster Mansion and the team at Things for Humans for getting acknowledged with Excellence in Emerging Games with Video World.

You can check out the full list of winners below:

• – The Adam Lancman Award: Steve Wang (Wargaming Sydney)
• – The Raising the Bar Award: Chad Toprak (Freeplay Independent Games Festival)
• – The Rising Star Award: Kathleen Smart (Joy Everafter Stories) & Ashley Van Wyngaard (Wargaming Sydney)
• – Studio of the Year: Black Lab Games
• – Game of the Year: Unpacking (Witch Beam)
• – Excellence in Art: The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur)
• – Excellence in Gameplay: Webbed (Sbug Games)
• – Excellence in Narrative: The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller)
• – Excellence in Audio: The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur)
• – Excellence in Accessibility: Unpacking (Witch Beam)
• – Excellence in Mobile Games: The Oregon Trail (Gameloft Brisbane)
• – Excellence in Serious Games: Sharmila (Chaos Theory Games and the World Food Programme)
• – Excellence in Ongoing Games: Pico Tanks (Panda Arcade)
• – Excellence in Emerging Games: Video World (Things for Humans)

Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees of the Australian Game Developer Awards 2021! Did any of your favourite Aussie games get recognised this year?

You can check out a range of these games and more as part of Melbourne International Games Week that is running right now, and PAX Aus Online 2021, which kicks off tomorrow.