Santa Monica, CA – June 25, 2012 – Continuing to show its support for independent game developers, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activison Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI), today announced the winners of the Activision Independent Games Competition. The awards program, which was designed to foster innovation, was juried by IndieCade.
First place and a cash price of $175,000 were awarded to Christopher Hui’s Iron Dragon, an action flight adventure optimized for touch-screen devices. Second place and a cash prize of $75,000 went to Michael Stanton’s Planet Smashers, a multiplayer action game built on an original engine. The winners retain full intellectual property rights to their works.
“We were excited with the quality, creativity and diversity we saw in the submissions we received for the Games Competition,” said Dan Winters, Activision’s Vice President of External Development.”While the games themselves varied, the unifying theme for everyone involved in the competition has been passion. We want to thank the talented developers who submitted their work and our partners at IndieCade. The energy and enthusiasm of the indie community continues to inspire us and we’re thrilled to help make their dreams become reality.”
