Independent Game Festival Awards finalists named

CMP Game Group, the organisers of the tenth annual Independent Games Festival, have announced the IGF Awards Ceremony finalists.

2D Boy's World of Goo and Invisibile Handlebar's Audiosurf led the nominations, with three apiece.

"We're delighted to see the propulsive growth of independent games, with a record number of entries this year and so many innovative, alternative titles of such high quality," said Simon Carless, IGF chairman.

"We congratulate all of our nominees and hope that, like their predecessors before them, their work and these games inspire more and more developers to join the independent game community."

The winners will be announced at the IGF Awards Ceremony on February 20. The Festival will take place February 20-22 in San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center during the Game Developers Conference.

The finalists are as follows:

Seumas McNally Grand Prize:

Audiosurf
Crayon Physics Deluxe
Hammerfall
Noitu Love 2: Devolution
World of Goo

Best Web Browser Game:

Globulos.com
Iron Dukes
Tri-Achnid

Design Innovation Award:

Battleships Forever
Fez
Fret Nice
Snapshot Adventures: Secret Of Bird Island
World Of Goo

Excellence in Visual Art:

Clean Asia!
Fez
Hammerfall
Synaesthete
The Path

Excellence in Audio:

Cinnamon Beats
Fret Nice
Audiosurf
Clean Asia!
OokiBloks

Technical Excellence:

World of Goo
Audiosurf
Goo!
Axiom: Overdrive
Gumboy Tournament