Italy has its annual awards ceremony, which is no wonder, as the games industry is not that small. Milestone, for example, is an Italian studio with a MotoGP license for a decade and a half.

The First Playable website lists the winners of the nominations in each category, and we publish the list, highlighting the winners in bold, with the developers in brackets:

Best Italian Game:

•     tERRORbane (BitNine Studio)
•     Batora: Lost Haven (Stormind Games)
•     Freud’s Bones – The Game (Axel Fox | Fortuna Imperatore)
•     Hell is Others (Strelka Games & Yonder)
•     Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan)
•     MotoGP 22 (Milestone)
•     Ravenous Devils (Bad Vices Games)
•     Redout 2 (34BigThings)
•     Saturnalia (Santa Ragione)
•     Soulstice (Reply Game Studios)
•     The Rude Awakening (One O One Games)
•     Vajont (Artheria)

Best Italian Debut Game:

•     Venice 2089 (Safe Place Studio)
•     Freud’s Bones – The Game (Axel Fox | Fortuna Imperatore)
•     IMAGO: Beyond the Nightmares (BR-Digital)
•     tERRORbane (BitNine Studio)
•     Vajont (Artheria)

Best Innovation:

•     Saturnalia (Santa Ragione)
•     Hell is Others (Strelka Games & Yonder)
•     Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan)
•     tERRORbane (BitNine Studio)
•     Vajont (Artheria)

Outstanding Italian Company:

•     Ubisoft Milan
•     Nacon Studio Milan
•     Reply Game Studios

Outstanding Individual Contribution:

•     Cristina Nava (Ubisoft Milan)
•     Antonio Cannata (Stormind Games)
•     Valerio Di Donato (34BigThings)

Thalita Malagò, Director General of IIDEA (the Italian game developers association), said, “It’s such an honor for us to host the Italian Video Game Awards each year and to be a part of putting a spotlight on the excellence within our industry. There is always such a huge amount of talent in the entries; this year was no exception. Our industry is growing and thriving yearly, and we are delighted to see it continue flourishing.”

Congratulations to the winners. Unfortunately, not all countries have such a gaming industry presence.

Source: VGC