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These new awards are focused on the game development sector and celebrate its ongoing success, importance to the entire igaming industry, and commitment to producing titles that entertain players around the world.<\/p>\n
The winners of the 14 categories will be announced during a ceremony at the InterContinental in St Julian\u2019s, Malta on 15 July, the final day of the CasinoBeats Summit conference and exhibition.<\/p>\n
Among the companies eagerly awaiting the results will be SG Digital and Relax Gaming, which have earned seven nominations each. They are closely followed by six-times shortlisted Kalamba Games and Push Gaming, while Yggdrasil Gaming is in the running in five categories, and Evolution\u2019s NetEnt and Red Tiger brands have netted four nominations apiece.<\/p>\n
Those studios feature heavily in the shortlist for the hotly-contested Slot of the Year 2021 crown, with SG Digital\u2019s Cluedo Cash Mystery, Red Tiger\u2019s Gonzo\u2019s\u202fQuest™\u202fMegaWays™, Yggdrasil Gaming\u2019s Hades Gigablox, Relax Gaming\u2019s Money Train 2, and Push Gaming\u2019s Wheel of Wonders all making the cut.<\/p>\n
They face competition from Nolimit City, which is nominated for both East Coast vs West Coast and San Quentin xWays, while the 14-strong shortlist also includes Hacksaw Gaming\u2019s Chaos Crew, AvatarUX\u2019s CherryPop™, True Lab\u2019s Crazy Mix, iSoftBet\u2019s Morgana Megaways™, Habanero\u2019s Orbs of Atlantis, Quickspin\u2019s Sticky Bandits 3 Most Wanted, and Pragmatic Play\u2019s The Dog House Megaways™.<\/p>\n
Reflecting the fact that the Awards encompass the whole industry, another of the five categories in the Game Performance section is designed to honour the rising stars of the development world.<\/p>\n
The Slots Studio Debut 2021 shortlist features Alchemy Gaming for Wheel of Wishes, Black Pudding Games for Aeterna, Peter & Sons for Johnan Legendarian, and Silverback Gaming for Aztec Luck.<\/p>\n
The Game Creation section of the Awards celebrates the teams working on all the key elements that come together to make successful titles, such as narrative, soundtrack, visual design and effects, and use of licensed content.<\/p>\n
One of the six categories in the section is Game Innovation, which has a shortlist that features: 3 Fruits Win: Double Hit™ by Playson, Aeterna Slot by 1×2 Network and Black Pudding Games, Aviator by Spribe, AstroBoomers: To The Moon! by FunFair Games, CherryPop™, TikiPop™, HippoPop™ by AvatarUX, East Coast vs West Coast by Nolimit City, Fruit Million by BGaming, Lucky Neko and Hades – Gigablox mechanic by Yggdrasil Gaming, Money Train 2 by Relax Gaming, Moon\/Rekt and Tix Wix by HXRO Games, Moriarty Megaways by iSoftBet, and Slingo Starburst by Gaming Realms.<\/p>\n
As the Game Developer Awards celebrate every element that goes into making a successful slots title, there are also three Game Marketing categories. They include the Content Creator of the Year honour, which recognises the companies that have shown the greatest imagination and most effective delivery when using content such as trailers and activation events to promote new games.<\/p>\n
The shortlist is: ELK Studios for Nitropolis 2, FunFair Games for AstroBoomers: To The Moon!, iSoftBet\u2019s Virtual Tea Party, Kalamba Games and CasinoTest24 for Sadie Swift:Guns \u2018n Glyphs, and Push Gaming for Jammin’ Jars 2.<\/p>\n
Rasmus Sojmark, CEO and Founder of the Game Developer Awards\u2019 organiser SBC, said: \u201cWe wanted to do something different with these awards by celebrating the huge contribution that the teams behind the games make to the igaming industry. The quality of the shortlists demonstrates why these teams are so important, as they are packed with titles that customers find engaging, playable and fun.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s appropriate that the Awards ceremony will take place in Malta, which has become a centre of excellence for igaming and is now home to many of the most creative and innovative minds in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n
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