[*UPDATE* 2008 Front Line Award winners have now been announced - congratulations to the winners and all of the finalists.]
The Game Developer Front Line Awards continue Game Developer's tradition of honoring excellence and innovation in tools for game development.
As games have become more and more sophisticated over the years, so have the development tools used to make them. The Front Line Awards recognize those software and hardware companies whose tools enable faster and more efficient game creation for advancing the state of the art.
The Front Line Awards honor the year's best development hardware and software for programming, art, audio, hardware, and game components. While a great many considerations go in determining the winners, innovation is the real name of the game. Products are nominated in all categories by Game Developer magazine's readers and other game professionals. Eligible categories for finalists and winners include: - Programming
- Art
- Audio
- Hardware
- Game Components
A distinguished panel of industry-leading progessional game developers specializing in the fields relevant to each product category select finalists and winners based on criteria such as utility, innovation, value, and ease of use. In Addition to the Front Line Award category winners, each year one product is inducted into the Front Line Awards Hall of Fame. The inductee is chosen for its outstanding contribution to the game development industry over the life of the product, which must be at least five years old at the time of its selection. |
