Shortlist announced for NI Game Awards
After a long nomination process with over 150 nominations, the shortlisted nominees in the six main categories of the NI Game Awards have been announced!
Voting is now open, and you can vote for your favourites right now over here!
The NI Game Awards is presented by the NI Game Dev Network with support from Northern Ireland Screen. Now in their fourth year, this will be the first time the awards have taken place online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show will be broadcasting live on Saturday 6th March from Belfast and Derry/Londonderry, with tickets available now at https://nigame.dev/awards/.
The shortlists are as follows:
| Best Art Direction | Before The Blood – Rewind Play Games |
| Best Art Direction | Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries – Outsider Games |
| Best Art Direction | Inertial Drift – Level 91 Entertainment |
| Best Art Direction | The Imagined Leviathan – Far Few Giants |
| Best Art Direction | Stargazing – Whitepot Studios |
| Most Anticipated Game | Before The Blood – Rewind Play Games |
| Most Anticipated Game | Paleo Pines – Italic Pig |
| Most Anticipated Game | Buildings Have Feelings Too – Blackstaff Games |
| Most Anticipated Game | The Pale Beyond – Coffeebox Games |
| Most Anticipated Game | Hytale – Hypixel Studios |
| Most Anticipated Game | Ambertale – Ambertail Games |
| Most Anticipated Game | Dynasty of the Sands – Rocketflair Games |
| Rising Star | Amber Barnett – NI Screen |
| Rising Star | Abigail Gelston – Italic Pig |
| Rising Star | Amy Seaman – Whitepot Studios |
| Rising Star | James Brown – NI Screen |
| Rising Star | Naoimh Murchan – Italic Pig |
| Rising Star | Jordan Bradley – Ambertail Games |
| Rising Star | Stuart Winton – Far Few Giants |
| Rising Star | Caoilfhionn Fox – NI Screen |
| Rising Star | LisaMGC – NI Screen |
| Rising Star | Aisling McElroy – Italic Pig |
| Best Studio | Brain & Nerd |
| Best Studio | Italic Pig |
| Best Studio | Whitepot Studios |
| Best Studio | Soft Leaf Studios |
| Best Studio | Level 91 Entertainment |
| Best Game | Inertial Drift – Level 91 Entertainment |
| Best Game | Ho-Ho-Home Invasion – Whitepot Studios |
| Best Game | Supermarket Shriek – BillyGoat Entertainment |
| Best Game | The Imagined Leviathan – Far Few Giants |
| Community Choice | Amber Barnett |
| Community Choice | Caolan McKendry |
| Community Choice | James Brown |
| Community Choice | Johnny Cullen |
| Community Choice | LisaMGC |
| Community Choice | Stuart Neill |
