Another year from Best International Games Festival (BIG Festival) 2022 — the largest games festival in Latin America — has come and gone and Brazil Games (the Brazilian Games Export Program), which is carried out by Abragames (Brazilian Games Companies Association) and ApexBrasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency), are excited to announce this year’s BIG Festival 2022 Awards Winners! The jury comprised a variety of 48 professionals from across the video game industry. The ceremony can be viewed online here.
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- 10 Chambers
- 8BitSkull
- AbleGamers
- Aerosoft
- Airland Studios
- AISNO
- Alias Technologies
- Amazing Seasun Games
- Arcane Wonders
- Assemble Entertainment
- Astrea Immersive
- Atari
- Atomontage
- Big Moxi Games
- Brazil Game Developer Association
- Bungie
- ByteRockers' Games
- Chaosium
- Clapperheads
- Cream Productions
- Creative Bytes
- Dare Drop
- Destiny 2
- Dislyte
- Dough
- DreadXP
- Envision
- Farlight Games
- Ferrari ESports
- Free League
- GameDriver
- GameForge
- Glass Cannon
- Good Ribbit Productions
- Gratesca
- Heart Core LTD
- Hot Game Studio
- IMGN.PRO
- Indieark
- Influence.inc
- Interactive Films
- Kinetix
- KingsIsle Entertainment
- Klang Games
- Level Infinite
- Lilith Games
- MainGear
- Mana Project Studio
- MegaDev
- Minakata Dynamics
- Modiphius
- Neon Doctrine
- Nightdive
- Owlcat Games
- Pistol Shrimp Games
- Ravenscourt
- Resolution Games
- RollsVsEvil
- Rubber Duck Games
- SHADOW
- SilverNode Games
- Snail Games
- SNEG
- Sqr3lab
- StoneBlade Entertainment
- Super.Com
- Swiss Games
- The Front
- TML Studios
- Top Right Corner
- ÜberStrategist
- Unhinged Studios
- Volutian Design
- Whitethorn Games
- Wild Boys
- Will Winn Games
- Ziggurat
The Best of BIG Festival 2022! Gamedec Takes Best Game, No Place for Bravery Takes Best Brazilian Game
Publisher Gameforge Partners with Argentinian Developer Whiteboard Games to Launch Upcoming Rage-Fueled Top-Down Sci-Fi Roguelite I See Red
Gameforge — the leading publisher of popular massively multiplayer online games in the West, including AION, OGame, NosTale and Swords of Legends Online — announced that they have partnered with developer Whiteboard Games to publish the studio’s inaugural commercial title: the top-down, sci-fi roguelite I See Red. Set for a 2022 release on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, the game has already received critical acclaim, earning the award for “Most Eye-Poppingly Beautiful Game” during IGN’s Rogue Jam last month, as well as the grand prize at Argentina’s EVA Awards in 2021. This latest partnership — the publisher’s first from a Latin American studio — continues Gameforge’s initiative to support independent studios from across the globe in their efforts to bring their games to market, while also expanding their own catalog to include single-player games that video game enthusiasts will enjoy.
Eastern Mythology-Themed MMORPG Chimeraland is Now Available on PC and Mobile Devices
Level Infinite is pleased to announce its vast open-world MMORPG Chimeraland is now available to play for free on mobile devices and PC via Steam. Chimeraland is a sandbox survival game set in a prehistoric, mythical world where players can build freely and interact with other travelers, capture and tame bizarre beasts, and survive in an ever-changing world filled with magic.
Atari Announces Yars: Recharged, a Visually Stunning Remake of Atari’s Best-Selling 2600 Title
Atari® – one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers – brings us the next exciting entry in the Atari Recharged series: Yars: Recharged. Coming to PC via Steam and Epic Games, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X, Switch, Stadia, and Atari VCS later this year, Yars: Recharged features indie-style gameplay infused with elements of classic arcade gaming and shoot-em-up punctuated by moments of chaotic bullet hell. A visually stunning remake of the cult classic, take command of a Yar warrior and battle through scores of enemy Qotile in an effort to defeat them once and for all!
A Persian Tale of Love and Tragedy: Action-Adventure Game The Tale of Bistun Out Now for Windows PC and Xbox Consoles
Polish games publisher IMGN.PRO, in partnership with Black Cube Games, is thrilled to announce that their gorgeous and captivating action-adventure game The Tale of Bistun is now available for Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. Based on the legendary Persian romantic epic, “Khosrow and Shirin”, The Tale of Bistun is not only a title inspired by an iconic piece of Iranian literature, it was developed by an Iranian team, and features the voice talents of Shohreh Aghdashloo, an Emmy winning, Oscar-nominated Iranian-American actress with an impressive resume that includes roles across film, television, and video games.
Prepare to Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of OGame as the Lifeforms Expansion Releases Today
Gameforge — publisher and developer of popular games such as AION, NosTale, Metin2, Trigon: Space Story, and Swords of Legends Online — is pleased to announce the massive Lifeforms expansion has made its way to their long-running space strategy MMO, OGame. Live as of today, the Lifeforms expansion will bring alien species into the world of OGame, and open up countless new strategies for players to explore with new buildings, technology, and actions specific to each race.
Whitethorn Games Launches APICO on Nintendo Switch, Unleashing the Swarm of Virtual Bees on Handheld
Whitethorn Games — publisher of cozy indie hits like Wytchwood, Lake, and Princess Farmer — and bee-veloper TNgineers are excited to announce that their bee-loved beekeeping sim, APICO, is available on Nintendo Switch today in North America and on June 8 in Europe and Australia. Now, portable players with an appetite for apiculture can collect, craft, and cultivate their way through the bevy of bee-omes in APICO! Cross-play is available for all consoles, allowing players to visit their friends’ farms on PC and other consoles for cooperative conservation!
Bring About Claw and Order in Nine Noir Lives, a Cat-Themed Love Letter to Point-and-Click Adventure Games Launching This Fall
Independent developer Silvernode Games is purring with delight, as they are announcing that their comedy-noir “point-and-lick” adventure game, Nine Noir Lives, will claw its way onto PC via Steam and GOG on September 7, 2022. Cat lovers and adventure game aficionados alike are invited to pounce into the furry, delicate, yet capable paws of Cuddles Nutterbutter and unravel a fun — and occasionally fiendish — feline mystery set in the beautifully hand-drawn city of Meow Meow Furrington.
Klang Games Raises $41 Million in Series C Funding, Will Further Development of their Player-Built MMO Universe
Klang Games, an innovative game development studio based in Berlin, announced the completion of its Series C funding of $41 million, increasing its total funds raised to nearly $80 million. The funding round was co-led by Animoca Brands and Kingsway Capital, with participation from Anthos, Novator, Supercell, Roosh, AngelHub, and New Life Ventures.
YouGov and PLITCH Study Shows that Over Half of Americans Use Cheats While Gaming
According to a recent global study by YouGov on behalf of MegaDev and PLITCH — a leading provider of professional trainer software for single-player PC games — almost half of all Americans (48%) use lifehacks and shortcuts in their daily life. 32% of respondents admitted to, for example, jaywalking when there’s no traffic, and 44% use some sort of automation in their daily life to complete tasks faster. But how does this passion for lifehacks translate into the gaming world? As it turns out, pretty well.
