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SXSW Announces Gaming Awards Winners: Full List Here

by AllieHanley

 South by Southwest Gaming Conference and Festival announced the winners for the 2017 SXSW Gaming Awards last week in Austin. The awards are sponsored by IGN and Imaginary Forces and cover 23 different categories. The fourth annual Gaming Awards ceremony was hosted by WWE Superstar Xavier Woods and popular gaming broadcaster OMGitsfirefoxx.

Highlights of the SXSW event include Game of the Year winner Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog); Mobile Game of the Year winner Pokémon GO(Niantic); Esports Game of the Year winner Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment).

Full List: 2017 SXSW Gaming Awards Winners:

Excellence in SFX – Battlefield 1 – Electronic Arts / EA DICE

Excellence in Musical Score –DOOM – Bethesda Softworks / id Software

Excellence in Technical Achievement – Battlefield 1 – Electronic Arts / EA DICE

Excellence in Visual Achievement – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog

Excellence in Animation – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog

Excellence in Art – Firewatch – Panic Inc. / Campo Santo

Excellence in Convergence – Batman: The Telltale Series – Telltale Games

Excellence in Multiplayer – Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment

Most Memorable Character – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Nathan Drake

Most Promising New Intellectual Property – Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment

Most Fulfilling Community Funded Game – Starbound -Chucklefish Games

Excellence in Gameplay – DOOM – Bethesda Softworks / id Software

Excellence in Design – Dishonored 2 – Bethesda Softworks / Arkane Studios

Excellence in Narrative – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog

Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award – That Dragon, Cancer – Numinous Games

Gamer’s Voice Multiplayer – Arena Gods – Supertype

Gamer’s Voice Single Player – Owlboy – D-pad Studio

Fan Creation of the Year – Brutal Doom 64 – Sergeant_Mark_IV

Trending Game of the Year – Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment

Esports Game of the Year – Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment

Tabletop Game of the Year – Arkham Horror: The Card Game – Fantasy Flight Games

Mobile Game of the Year – Pokémon GO – Niantic

Video Game of the Year – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog

How the award process works:

(From the Press Release)

“Submissions for the SXSW Gaming Awards opened in August 2016 through the official Gaming Awards page and closed in December. Finalists for the SXSW Gaming Awards categories were selected and voted on by the SXSW Gaming Advisory Board and select staff, consisting of more than 40 industry experts well-versed in everything gaming and geek culture. Once finalists were revealed, the general public, along with the Advisory Board, were invited to cast their vote on IGN.com to help determine the winners in each category, which were unveiled and honored at tonight’s SXSW Gaming Awards ceremony.”

About SXSW Gaming

This year’s event took place from March 16 – 18, 2017 at the Austin Convention Center, with a mixture of convention floor demos and goods for sale, and industry panels discussing the latest on the industry.

PS4 Look Teased In A Blurry New Video!

by Derek Kraneveldt

We were all rather confused back in February when Sony announced the Playstation 4… without showing anyone the Playstation 4.

It looks like the company is almost ready to unveil their latest black box; a new teaser video has been released, featuring a very blurry look at what appears to be the console, before simply showing the date of June 10th, 2013 at 6PM. This of course, is the date and time of Sony’s E3 press conference.

So on June 10th, we’ll finally know what the PS4 looks like. Hopefully they’ll also talk release date and price, as I’m itching to buy another console that I don’t have time to play. Take a look at the video below, and let us know what you think!

PS4 Not Inherently Backwards Compatible

by Derek Kraneveldt

This one’s a little disappointing (though not surprising due to the PS4’s x86 architecture).

 

Sony’s newly announced Playstation 4 will not be backwards compatable… at least with your current discs. Instead a ‘Playstation Cloud’ service has been unveiled, which when released will stream titles from the PS1, PS2, and PS3 catalogues.

 

Gaikai founder David Perry stated that he wants the console to stream “everything ever”, but no specific dates were revealed for just when that will happen. Services are set to be rolled out gradually.

 

I guess I need to finish all of my untouched PS3 games before this hits shelves!

PS4 Lets You Play Games While They Download! Instantly Stream Demos!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Hopefully you’re keeping up with our liveblog of today’s Sony Playstation 4 announcement. If not, this tidbit of news was too good not to pass on.

 

PS3 owners know just how annoying it can be to buy a game from the Playstation store… and then wait hours and hours for it to download. This will be a thing of the past with the newly announced Playstation 4; the console features dedicated background processing that will allow you to play a game as soon as you buy it. The data you need will be instantly streamed, and the rest will download in the background.

 

This is set to work for demos too; rather than having to wait for a multi gigabyte demo to download (by which time you’ve likely lost interest in it), Sony’s Gakai service will stream the entire thing to your console.

 

Amazing! What do you think of the announcements so far?

Sony Announces Playstation 4! Available Holiday 2013!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Sony’s livestream may be having its issues (is it working for anyone?), but that can’t stop this news from making its waves.

Sony has just announced the Playstation 4. The console is set to hit store shelves later this year! Sony began talking to developers about the console all the way back in 2008, so clearly its been a long time coming.

The system is touted as being a “platform by creators, for creators”, and features an x86 processor (whaaaat?) and a GPU with “remarkable long-term potential.” Playstation 4 also houses a whole 8Gb of RAM, which is a huge step up from consoles on the market today.

A Dualshock 4 controller has also been revealed for the console, and it looks like the biggest design change since the release of the original unit. The controller features advanced motion tracking capabilities, a standard headphone jack (YES), and a touchpad along its center.

Playstation 4 will also feature a new UI with what sounds like a pretty amazing feature; hit the power button and your game is suspended, when you hit it again the console will resume right where you left off!

UPDATE

The stream is over and we got the word that you can get a PS4 this Holiday 2013!

 

The Teasing Continues: Sony Releases ‘Evolution Of Playstation: Playstation 3’ Video!

by Derek Kraneveldt

You know the drill by now. Following Sony’s PS1 and PS2 videos from earlier in the week, a Playstation 3 follow-up was released late last night. As expected, the video takes us from the PS3’s announcement at E3 2005, right to today, in which you’re hopefully playing Ni No Kuni.

 

Take a trip down memory lane with the video below, and let us know what you think!

 

 

All of these videos are ramping up to the ‘Future of Playstation’ presentation on Wednesday night. Sony is widely expected to unveil a PS3 successor during the keynote. Everyone’s expecting it, but only time will tell! What do you think will be announced?

The Teasing Continues: Sony Releases ‘Evolution Of Playstation: Playstation 2’ Video!

by Derek Kraneveldt

So… Planning on picking up a PS4?

 

On Friday, Sony Computer Entertainment revealed a neat teaser for their upcoming keynote presentation (this Wednesday at 6PM ET). The video was a How It’s Made style look at the beginning of the Playstation brand, through to the end of the first Playstation’s lifecycle. The teaser sealed the deal for me, and I now firmly believe that Wednesday’s announcement will include new Playstation hardware. I also guessed that we’d be seeing Playstation 2 and Playstation 3 videos before Wednesday arrived.

 

The PS2 video has been released; titled Evolution of Playstation: Playstation 2. The content is very similar to that of the first video, but of course chronicling the life of the second generation console. Check it out below, and let us know what you think!

 

 

Are you looking forward to Wednesday’s announcement? When do you think the PS3 video will drop? Is that leaked controller the real thing?

The Teasing Continues: Sony Releases ‘Playstation Evolution: The Beginning’ Video

by Derek Kraneveldt

In early February, Sony invited all of us to a special presentation about the future of Playstation. The internet immediately went wild with speculation that the announcement of a fourth Playstation console was imminent; the Wall Street Journal also confirmed the speculation with a reliable source.

 

I didn’t believe it at first, but after seeing today’s follow-up teaser, I’m not sure what else it could be; watch the video below and you’ll see what I mean!

 

Images of an apparently legitimate prototype controller have also made their way online. It looks similar to the DualShock we know and love, but with an intriguing touch panel in the centre. You’ll have to decide for yourself whether or not you believe this one, but multiple sources have confirmed that it’s a real (though early) prototype.

 

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Sony’s presentation will stream live this Wednesday, February 20th at 6PM Eastern. Will you be watching? Will you be disappointed if we don’t see a new console? Sound out below!