German Developer Wins LG's webOS.TV-Hackathon
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As part of LG webOS, LG Electronics has also announced the winners of this year's webOS TV hackathon. A total of $230,000 in prize money will go to three European studios. Couchplay from Munich came in first.
As the top-ranked company, Couchplay received prize money of 100,000 US-Dollar for its project The Quest of Sunflower. 80,000 US-Dollar went to the second-placed solo developer Lukas Klingsbo from Sweden for Signs of Magic and 50,000 US-Dollar to TV Games from the Czech Republic for Thormdeil: Into the Unknown.
"The amount of participation and entries we received this year is proof of the growing interest in the AI and gaming categories," said Chris Jo, senior vice president of platform business at LG Home Entertainment Company. "We’re no longer simply watching television. The developer ecosystem’s role in improving the lives of millions of consumers in their homes is exponential, and LG plans to hold this event annually to foster webOS app developer ecosystem."
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