Gaming News - March 2003

San Jose, CA (March 7, 2003) - The $15,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Independent Game of the Year was awarded to the development team Super X Studios for Wild Earth, a game that sends players of all ages on safari through the plains of Africa to explore the wild and take photos of animals in their natural habitats for a nature magazine.

From Super X Studios:

The IGF also recognized:

Innovation in Game Design
"Wild Earth" by Super X Studios

Innovation in Visual Arts
"Wild Earth" by Super X Studios

Innovation in Audio
“Terraformers” by Pong Interactive HB

Technical Excellence
“Reiner Knizia's Samurai” by Klear Games, LLC

Audience Award
"Pontifex 2" by Chronic Logic


All winners received Microsoft Visual Studio .net Professional. The Technical Excellence winners received an Intel Pentium 4 workstation and a complete set of Intel development tools.

"All the Independent Games Festival finalists were incredible this year," Alex Dunne, chairman, IGF, said. "The entire industry is taking notice of these independents, with no budgets and no backing, who are supplying the bold new ideas and types of gameplay. They're truly the force that moves the industry in new direction."

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