Update: No Unity Awards for GSA Studios

Two awards from four nominations would have been possible at the 16th Unity Awards, which were presented today. But the jury decided differently. These are the winners.

In the end, none of the four studios from Germany and Austria managed to win. However, the competition was fierce and the winners certainly deserved their awards.

Best Desktop/Console GameSuper Mario RPG by Nintendo

Best Mobile GameHello Kitty Island Adventure by Sunblink

Best AR/VR GameAssassin's Creed Nexus VR by Red Storm Entertainment | Ubisoft

Best Multiplayer GameParty Animals by Recreate Games

Best 2D VisualsCat Garden by Daeri Soft

Best 3D VisualsPrince of Persia: The Lost Crown by Ubisoft Montpellier

Most Anticipated GameHollow Knight: Silksong by Team Cherry

The Golden CubeCOCOON by Geometric Interactive | Annapurna Interactive

The following awards were given in the Asset Store area:

• Asset Store Publisher of the Year: NatureManufacture
• Best Development Tool: Gaia Pro 2023 - Terrain & Scene Generator by Procedural Worlds
• Best Artistic Tool: COZY: Stylized Weather 3 by Distant Lands
• Best Artistic Content: Stylized Nature (Nature, Forest, Stylized Forest, Forest Pack, Nature Pack) by Hivemind

The winners in the Community category are:

• Best Devlog Series: Samyam
• Best Tutorial Series: Code Monkey
• Best Livestreamer: The Game Dev Show

The winners in the industry sector are:

• Best Training Application: Virtual Hangar by Mass Virtual
• Best Embedded System Project: MB.OS by Mercedes
• Most Innovative Customer Experience:  AR Tryout by Kohler
• Innovation Award: H-Meta: Automation of VWMS 3D Logistics Operation/Measurement Technologics based on Meta Factory Environment by Hyundai Motor Company

Last but not least, the following awards were presented in the area of social impact:

• Best Student Project:  The WereCleaner by University of Southern California
• Youth Creators Award:  OriPal by Spes😊Dojo
• Best Social Impact Project: Crab God by Chaos Theory Games

Original news from October 23, 5:06 p.m.:


FINGERS CROSSED

Two Unity Awards Possible for GSA Studios

On October 23 at 7:00 p.m. (CET), the 16th Unity Awards will be presented – for the first time as a livestream on YouTube and Twitch. From a GSA perspective, it's a matter of feverish anticipation, as a studio from Vienna and three from North Rhine-Westphalia are nominated in the games categories.

However, only two awards are possible at most, because the four nominations are spread across the two categories “Best 3D Visuals” and “Most Anticipated Game”. Specifically, Moon Studios from Vienna with “No Rest for the Wicket” (Publisher: Private Division) and Slow Bros. from Cologne with “Harold Halibut” are nominated in the category “Best 3D Visuals”. In the category “Most Anticipated Game”, Screen Juice Interactive from Cologne for “Morbid Metal” and 314 Arts for “Project Z: Beyond Order” (Publisher Maximum Entertainment), among others, can hope to win an award. However, the competition is fierce. There are eight nominations per category, ranging from small indie studios to subsidiaries of international majors.

The Unity Awards are being presented for the 16th time. For the first time, the ceremony will be streamed live on YouTube and Twitch. Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb and Jackson Stevens are hosting the event today. In addition to the winners, special guests will also be welcomed on the stream. In addition, partners will present new content and reveal new information about upcoming games.

Games nominees

Best Desktop/Console Game

• El Paso, Elsewhere | Strange Scaffold
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes | Simogo, Annapurna Interactive
• Crow Country | SFB Games
• Chants of Sennaar | Rundisc, Focus Entertainment
• Super Mario RPG | Nintendo
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble | SEGA
• Uncover the Smoking Gun | ReLu Games
• SANABI | WONDER POTION, NEOWIZ

Best Mobile Game

• Hello Kitty Island Adventure | Sunblink
• Ridiculous Fishing: EX, KO_OP | Vlambeer
• THE IDOLM@STER Gakuen | Bandai Namco Entertainment, QualiArts
• Jujutsu Kaisen Phantom Parade | Sumzap, Inc., TOHO CO., LTD.
• FINAL FANTASY VII EVER CRISIS | Square Enix
• CookieRun: Tower of Adventures | OvenGames
• Dungeon & Fighter Mobile | NEOPLE Inc.
• Ares: Rise of Guardians | Second Dive

Best AR/VR Game

• Demeo Battle | Resolution Games
• Arizona Sunshine 2 | Vertigo Games
• Assassin's Creed Nexus | Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft
• I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine | Schell Games
• Samba de Amigo: Virtual Party | SEGA
• Spectral Scream | STOIC Ent.
• All-In-One Summer Sports VR | Appnori Inc.

Best Multiplayer Game

• V Rising | Stunlock Studios
• Party Animals | Recreate Games
• Content Warning | Skog, Zorro, Wilnyl, Philip, thePetHen
• Wizard With a Gun | Galvanic Games, Devolver Digital
• Sonic Superstars | SEGA
• Momotaro Dentetsu World | Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
• Lord Nine | NX3GAMES
• Eternal Return | Nimble Neuron

Best 2D Visuals

• Ultros | Hadoque, Kepler Interactive
• Paper Trail | Newfangled Games
• Hauntii | Moonloop Games LLC, Firestoke
• Sea of Stars | Sabotage Studio
• Ninja or Die: Shadow of the Sun | Nao Games, Marvelous Europe
• Momotaro Dentetsu World | Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
• Lucky Defense! | 111%
• Cat Garden | DAERI SOFT

Best 3D Visuals

• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | Ubisoft Montpellier
• No Rest for the Wicked | Moon Studios GmbH, Private Division
• 1000xRESIST | sunset visitor 斜陽過客, Fellow Traveller
• Harold Halibut | Slow Bros.
• THE IDOLM@STER Gakuen | Bandai Namco Entertainment, QualiArts
• TENSEI | NEURON･AGE/ ProjectPegasus
• Solo Leveling:ARISE | Netmarble (Netmarble Neo)
• Ares : Rise of Guardians | Second Dive

Most Anticipated Game

• Jump Ship | Keepsake Games
• Projekt Z: Beyond Order | 314 Arts, Maximum Entertainment
• Morbid Metal | SCREEN JUICE
• Hollow Knight: Silksong | Team Cherry
• Fight Crab 2 | Calappa Games, PLAYISM
• Brazen Blaze | MyDearest Inc.
• Goodbye Seoul | JINO Games, NEOWIZ
• Demis Re:Born | Netmarble (Netmarble F&C)

The Golden Cube Award

• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | Ubisoft Montpellier
• V Rising | Stunlock Studios
• Sons of the Forest | Endnight
• Cocoon | Geometric Interactive, Annapurna Interactive
• THE IDOLM@STER Gakuen | Bandai Namco Entertainment /QualiArts
• Pokémon Sleep | The Pokémon Company
• Lord Nine, NX3GAMES
• Solo Leveling:ARISE | Netmarble (Netmarble Neo)