Here's something interesting that Apple's doing – they've launched on the App Store that are nominated for Game Developers Conference's 16th annual Game Developers Choice Awards. There are 12 mobile games up for awards, and they're all worthy choices, including Downwell [], Her Story [], and You Must Build a Boat [].
These do take a bit of a liberal notion of "nominated for an award" as they list some games that are only honorable mentions and not just actually up for the awards tonight on March 16th, but that's beyond the point. This seems interesting and rather important for Apple to be featuring a major industry award on the App Store. And with the promotion that these games are getting for being nominated, it only makes these awards mean that much more to the developers both in prestige and visibility. Apple's giving a big indie game push righ tnow as well – they've got , , and a list of as well to peruse.
These do take a bit of a liberal notion of "nominated for an award" as they list some games that are only honorable mentions and not just actually up for the awards tonight on March 16th, but that's beyond the point. This seems interesting and rather important for Apple to be featuring a major industry award on the App Store. And with the promotion that these games are getting for being nominated, it only makes these awards mean that much more to the developers both in prestige and visibility. Apple's giving a big indie game push righ tnow as well – they've got , , and a list of as well to peruse.