The Game Developer’s Association of Australia (GDAA) were announced last Friday at an dinner in Brisbane. The awards are held to celebrate the best of Aussie game development and this year the awards were dominated by the very awesome deBlob from Blue Tounge Studios. All up deBlob was nominated for for 9 awards and took award 5 in total including Best Game, Best Console Title, Best Gameplay, Best Graphics and Best Audio. More inside.
GDAA President Tom Crago commented, ""de Blob was the standout Australian title this year and it's no surprise to see it dominate the GDAA Awards. Our congratulations go to everyone involved and indeed to the winners and finalists in all categories of this year’s awards."" Full list of winners inside, and congrats to the deBlob team. Winners Best Game de Blob, Nintendo Wii - Blue Tongue Best Console Title de Blob, Nintendo Wii - Blue Tongue Best PC Title Monster Jam, PC - Torus Games Best Handheld Title Zoo Hospital, Nintendo DS - Torus Games Best Mobile Title Dung – Firemint Best Gameplay de Blob, Nintendo Wii - Blue Tongue Best Graphics de Blob, Nintendo Wii - Blue Tongue Best Audio de Blob, Nintendo Wii - Blue Tongue GDAA Independent Game Award Debug - Qantm College Brisbane/Fighter Creative