Over 400 members of New York and San Francisco’s growing community of game developers gathered last night at Parsons to celebrate a year of making games and to honor their talented creators. The evening featured a four-piece jazz band playing popular themes from games we all know and love, plus a special medley of songs from Best Style winner Peter Panic featuring the voice of Peter himself, Remy Germinario! Presenters included a stellar lineup of developers, press and industry professionals. Playcrafting even announced PLAY NYC, New York’s first full-scale dedicated games convention coming in the Summer of 2017!

Ted Price
Insomniac Games CEO & Founder
Inspired the developers in attendance with a rousing 2016 Game Changer Award acceptance speech. He also presented the 2016 Rising Pixel Award to San Francisco’s Chetan Surpur (HIGHKEY Games) and New York’s Brett Taylor (My Dog Zorro).

Check out the full list of winners below!

BEST TABLE TOP GAME

Killer Snails: Assassins of the Sea by Killer Snails LLC

$10,000 EKO GRANT WINNER

Item Shop by Bryan Korn

BEST STUDENT GAME

Afterward by The Afterteam – Supinfogame Rubika

BEST STYLE

Peter Panic! by James Marion

BEST VIRTUAL REALITY GAME

SwingStar VR by Computer Lunch

BEST MOBILE

Cognition by LunaFive LLC

BEST PC/CONSOLE GAME
1979 Revolution: Black Friday by iNK Stories

2016 GAME CHANGER

Ted Price, Insomniac Games

RISING PIXEL – SAN FRANCISCO

Chetan Surpur, HIGHKEY Games

RISING PIXEL – NYC

Brett Taylor, My Dog Zorro

A special thank you to our sponsors Spotible and Blue Eyed Fly as well as Parsons for helping make last night’s incredible event possible. Congratulations to all the developers in our community, nominated or not, on another wonderful year. It’s been an honor to celebrate your passion and talent.

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