INDIE Live Expo Winter 2021 Award Show Occurring Next Month; Over 500 Game Features, Several Nominees

The upcoming INDIE Live Expo Winter 2021 Award Show will be occurring early next month. This digital showcase will feature over 500 games on November 6 via YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, and Bilibili in English, Japanese, and Chinese for increased global accessibility.

Further, a grand jury consisting of various media outlets has begun voting for nominees of several respective rewards. This voting sequence will conclude on November 5, the day before the digital showcase occurs.

You can view the list of some awards and nominees below:

Most Stream-Friendly Game Award

• Valheim (Iron Gate Studio, Coffee Stain Publishing)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight, EA)
• Among Us (Innersloth)
• NKODICE (KSYM)

Best New Characters Award

• Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- (Type-Moon, Aniplex)
• Death’s Door (Acid Nerve, Devolver Digital)
• Chicory: A Colorful Tale (A Shell in the Pit, Finji)
• Haven (The Game Bakers)

Best Game Feel Award

• The Artful Escape (Beethoven and Dinosaur, Annapurna Interactive)
• Death’s Door (Acid Nerve, Devolver Digital)
• Jupiter Hell (ChaosForge, Hyperstrange)
• Teardown (Tuxedo Labs)

Theme of the Year Award

• Two-Dimensional Code (Eternal Dream)
• Road 96 (Digixart, Ravenscourt)
• Say No! More (Studio Fizbin, Thunderful Publishing)
• Golf Club Wasteland (Demagog Studio, Untold Tales)

Rules of Play Award

• SNKRX (a327ex)
• Mini Motorways (Dinosaur Polo Club)
• Cookie Clicker (Steam version) (Orteil, DashNet, Playsaurus)
• Before Your Eyes (GoodbyeWorld Games, Skybound Games)

Local Cultural Representation Award

• Last Stop (Variable State, Annapurna Interactive)
• Word Game: Episode 0 (Team9)
• Amaho’s Sakunahime (Edelweiss, XSEED Games, Marvelous USA, Inc.)
• Hot Pot For One (Rachel Li, Qin Yin)

You can also publically vote for nominees and view more information on the event via the official INDIE Live Expo Winter 2021 Award Show website.