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The Independent Games Festival has denounced a finalists for a 2010 categorical competition, divulgence a preference trimming from retro to complicated as good as epitome to hardcore.

Relatively obvious titles AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! — A Reckless Disregard For Gravity as good as Heroes of Newerth have been both up for awards to one side titles we competence not know nonetheless though could see a lot some-more of in a future–previous IGF winners who have found celebrity embody World of Goo, Castle Crashers, Audiosurf, Darwinia, Machinarium as good as Braid.

Heroes of Newerth as good as Enviro-Bear 2000.

The IGF reports a jot down series of entries this year for a categorical foe as good as a mobile as good as tyro contests, whose finalists have nonetheless to be announced.

The winners will be voiced upon Mar eleven during this year’s Games Developer’s Conference, with “nearly $50,000 in prizes” up for grabs. The full list of finalists follows.

Seumas McNally Grand Prize
• Joe Danger (Hello Games)
• Monaco (Pocketwatch Games)
• Rocketbirds: Revolution! (Ratloop Asia) – Demo
• Trauma (Krystian Majewski)
• Super Meat Boy! (Team Meat)

Excellence In Visual Art

• Shank (Klei Entertainment)
• Owlboy (D-Pad Studios)
• Trauma (Krystian Majewski)
• Limbo (Playdead)
• Rocketbirds: Revolution! (Ratloop Asia)

Excellence In Design

• Miegakure (Marc Ten Bosch)
• Star Guard (Sparky) – Full Game
• AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! — A Reckless Disregard For Gravity (Dejobaan Games) – Demo
• Monaco (Pocketwatch Games)
• Cogs (Lazy 8 Studios) – Demo

Excellence In Audio

• Super Meat Boy! (Team Meat)
• Shatter (Sidhe)
• Closure (Closure Team)
• Rocketbirds: Revolution! (Ratloop Asia)
• Trauma (Krystian Majewski)

Technical Excellence

• Closure (Closure Team)
• Limbo (Playdead)
• Heroes of Newerth (S2 Games)
• Joe Danger (Hello Games)
• Vessel (Strange Loop Games)

Nuovo Award

• Today we Die (Daniel Benmergui)
• A Slow Year (Ian Bogost)
• Tuning (Cactus)
• Closure (Closure Team)
• Enviro-Bear 2000 (Justin Smith) – Full Game