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Minecraft Wins Big At GDC 2011

March 3, 2011

Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Minecraft dominate at Independent Games Festival Awards.

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Indie titles "Amnesia: The Dark Descent" and "Minecraft" were two big winners at last night's Independent Games Festival Awards. 

Mojang's "Minecraft", which is still in beta, took home the Audience Award and the Seumas McNally Grand Prize while "Amnesia" picked up awards for Technical Excellence, Excellence in Audio and D2D's Vision Award. 

"Minecraft" also picked up awards for Best Debut Game, Best Downloadable Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC Awards. 

Markus Persson, the creator of "Minecraft," said that the team would finish the game soon, and thanked everyone who's ever made or played a game for being awesome. 

Below is a full list of 2011 IGF Award Winners:

Best Student Game:

Fract by Richard E Flanagan

Excellence in Design:

Desktop Dungeons by QCF Design

Technical Excellence:

Amnesia: The Dark Descent by Frictional Games

Best Mobile Game:

Helsing's Fire by Ratloop

Excellence in Visual Art:

Bit.Trip Runner by Gaijin Games

Excellence in Audio:

Amnesia: The Dark Descent by Frictional Games

Direct2Drive Vision Award:

Amnesia: The Dark Descent by Frictional Games

Audience Award: 

Minecraft by Mojang

IGF Nuovo Award:

Nidhogg by Messhof

Seumas McNally Grand Prize:

Minecraft by Mojang

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