Canadian Videogame Awards finalists announced
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Posted: Mar 27, 2012 11:43 AM ET
Last Updated: Mar 27, 2012 12:47 PM ET
SuperBrothers: Sword & Sorcery, made by Toronto-based independent studio Capybara Games, was the finalist in nine categories, including game of the year and best visual arts. It describes its style as painterly pixel artwork. (Capybara Games)
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The Toronto-made iPhone game SuperBrothers: Sword & Sorcery is competing with big studio console titles Assassin's Creed Revelations, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, FIFA 2012 and Fight Night Champion to be named Game of the Year at the 2012 Canadian Videogame Awards.
Five finalists in each of 14 categories were announced Monday for the third annual awards, which will take place April 21 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
Out of the 28 games represented, SuperBrothers: Sword & Sorcery, a touch-driven adventure game made by independent studio Capybara Games, was a finalist in the most categories — nine — including Best Game on the Go, Best Game Design and Best Visual Arts. The game, which runs only on Apple mobile devices, describes its low-res visual style as "painterly pixel artwork" and has already won an achievement in art award from Independent Games Festival Mobile.
Eidos Montreal's cyberpunk role-playing game Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Ubisoft Montreal's stealth adventure game Assassin's Creed Revelations were the console games with the most nominations, at eight apiece.
In order to be eligible for the awards, games must have been developed in Canada and released in 2011.
The winners in 13 of the 14 categories will be chosen by "industry experts," while the public is invited to vote for "game of the year" at the Canadian Video Game Awards website.
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