The 7th Edition of BIG Festival, BIG Festival 2019, has concluded in Sao Paulo, Brazil and during its awards ceremony, GRIS won the award of Best Game category. BIG Festival is Latin America’s largest independent games event and the awards ceremony on BIG Festival 2019 took place on June 28 at Club Homs in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
During the awards ceremony, the general public, special guests and game developers were present at the event anticipating the results. The show was stolen by GRIS, developed by Nomada Studio and published by Devolver Digital. It won the most coveted trophies of the night: the Best Game and Best Art of BIG Festival 2019. In total, 54 games took part in the awards ceremony from 22 different countries.
Other categories in the awards ceremony included:
- Best Brazilian Game
- Best Latin American Game
- Best Educational Game
- Best Narrative
- Best Innovation
- Best Sound
- Best Gameplay
- Best Virtual Reality Game
- Best Kids Game
- People’s Choice
- Best Multiplayer Game
- BIG Impact: Social Issues
- BIG Impact: Education
- BIG Impact: Diversity
- Best Student Game
- Best Mobile Game
- BIG Brands
- Humble Big New Talent Award
- Nordic Games Pitch Award
The winners were announced during the ceremony at Club Homs where the President of Ancine, Christan de Castro, the State Secretary of Culture and Creative Economy, Sérgio Sá Leitão; the Municipal Secretary of Culture, Alê Youssef; Spcine’s President, Mr Bodanzky; the Industry and Service Export Manager of Apex Brasil, Maria Paula Velloso; and the president of Abragames, Sandro Manfredini were present.
The complete list of winners at the BIG Festival 2019 Awards Ceremony are detailed below:
Best Game
GRIS (Nomada Studio), Spain
Best Brazilian Game
Adore (Cadabra Games), Brazil
Best Game Latin America
Quantum League (NGD Studios), Argentina
Best Art
GRIS (Nomada Studios), Spain
Best Narrative
Forgotten Anne (ThroughLine Games), Denmark
Best Gameplay
JUMPGRID (Ian MacLarty), Australia
Best Sound
Unheard (NEXT Studios), China
Best Innovative Game
Pixel Ripped 1989 (ARVORE Immersive Experiences), Brazil
BIG Impact: Educational
Cidade em Jogo (Fundação Brava e Flux Games), Brazil
BIG Impact: Social Issues
Marie’s Room (like Charlie), Belgium
BIG Impact: Diversity
Huni Kuin: Yube Baitana (Bobware/Beya Xinã Bena), Brazil
Best Student Game
Burning Daylight (The Animation Workshop), Denmark
Best Mobile Game
Starlit On Wheels (Rockhead Studios), Brazil
Best Multiplayer Game
Spitlings (Massive Miniteam GmbH), Germany
Best Kids Game
It’s Paper Guy! (The Paper Team), France
Best Virtual Reality Game
Moss (POLYARC GAMES), USA
BIG Brands
Authentic Game Oficial (Little Giants Studio), Brazil
Humble BIG New Talent Award
Space Routine (Menic Games), Argentina
Nordic Game Pitch Award
Grashers (Pink Array), Brazil
People’s Choice Award
Spaceline Crew (Coffeenauts), Brazil
