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IGF Finalists Include PixelJunk Eden, The Maw, Cortex Command

By Dr. Evelyn Reed | January 01, 0001 | 7 min read

Increasingly, the Independent Games Festival is where smart game publishers go to find tomorrow’s big [[link]] hits. Games like Braid, World of Goo, flow and Everyday Shooter all had their start here.

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So it’s worth checking out which games have piqued the [[link]] interest of the judges for this year’s festival. The list of finalists includes five games that I’ve already played a bit of and 17 others that I can’t wait to sink my teeth into as a judge.

Seumas McNally Grand Prize

* Blueberry Garden

* CarneyVale Showtime

* Dyson

* Night Game

* Osmos

Excellence in Visual Art

* Cletus Clay

* FEIST

* Machinarium

* PixelJunk Eden

* Zeno Clash

Excellence in Audio

* Blueberry Garden

* BrainPipe

* Musaic Box

* PixelJunk Eden

* Retro/Grade

Excellence in Design

* Musaic Box

* Night Game

* Osmos

* Retro/Grade

* Snapshot

Innovation Award

* Between

* Coil

* The Graveyard

* Mightier

* You Have To Burn The Rope

Technical Excellence

* Cortex [[link]] Command

* IncrediBots

* The Maw

* Osmos

* PixelJunk Eden

Full descriptions and links to the games can be found over on the Independent Games Festival site. Congratulations to all of the finalists.

The Finalists [IGF]

Discussion (3)

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