Supergiant Games‘ critically acclaimed title Hades has won 9 awards at the International Game Developers Association’s (IGDA) first ever Global Industry Game Awards.
There were 39 award categories at the ceremony on Friday, with Hades earning the most by far by winning nearly a quarter of them.
According to theIGDA websitethe game’s nine awards were for 2D animation, 2D character design, UI art, voice acting, systems design, UI/UX, dialogue, narrative design and representation.
Other big winners included Ghost of Tsushuma (which won four awards)The Last of Us Part II(three awards) andHalf-Life: Alyx(three awards).
The awards ceremony was created as a partnership between the IGDA andGamescom‘sDevcom Developer Conference, as an attempt to “fill an absence of game award shows that highlight the accomplishments of individuals and their teams”.
The awards are the latest in a string of good news stories for Hades. The indie title previouslywon Game of the Year at the GDC 2021 awardsandwon five BAFTA awardsincluding Best Game. It’s also currently thehighest-scoring game on both PS5 and Xbox Series X/Sto date.
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