Apprien was honoured to participate the FGA 2019 gala at the Restaurant Bank in Helsinki last week. The successful game industry of Finland celebrated and rewarded their best in the Finnish Game Awards organised 25.4 in Helsinki. The evening was full of great friends, cool companies and awards. I guess couple of the gem moments were the double victory by Supercell and the celebration of Bugbear’s comeback in a new prize category. The evening was splendid combination of music, entertainment, good food and drinks – these all are thanks for the gala sponsors and partners. It is also cool to see once a year the ever so laid back gaming community peeps putting on their best and glamours outfits for a one night 😉
A total of eight awards were presented in the gala. The Finnish Game of the Year 2018, Best Mobile Game, and Best Computer and Console Game were chosen by the members of the Finnish Game Developers’ Association. The Applied Game Award 2018 was selected by the Serious Gaming Cluster Finland Association. The Best Creative Achievement of the Year 2018 and the Comeback of the Year 2018 were chosen by the board of the Finnish Game Developers’ Association. Also Power Player of the Year Award was presented and IGDA Finland presented their recognition to Christopher Hamilton with the Volunteer of the Year award for his work for the community in 2018. Here is the list of the awards and winners:
Applied Game Award 2018: Lights On! / Turku Game Lab & Humak
The Best Creative Achievement of the Year 2018: The Thief of Thieves / Rival Games
Comeback of the Year 2018: Wreckfest / Bugbear
Power Player of the Year: Petri Hyökyranta / Rovio
Big Screen Game of the Year 2018: Tesla v. Lovecraft / 10tons
Mobile Game 2018 (Small Screen Game of the Year 2018): Brawl Stars / Supercell
Main Prize: The 2018 Finnish Game of the Year 2018: Brawl Stars / Supercell
More info and pictures of the gala can be found from www.neogames.fi