BGA2019 Winners

Behold, our champions! These fine games, studios & people have entered the BGA hall of fame. Let their epic achievement be an inspiration to all!

Belgian Game of the Year

DIVINITY ORIGINAL SIN 2

DEVELOPED BY LARIAN STUDIOS

The Divine is dead. The Void approaches. And the powers lying dormant within you are soon to awaken. The battle for Divinity has begun. Choose wisely and trust sparingly; darkness lurks within every heart.

Gather your party and develop relationships with your companions. Blast your opponents in deep, tactical, turn-based combat. Use the environment as a weapon, use height to your advantage, and manipulate the elements themselves to seal your victory.

XR Game of the Year

SPACE PIRATE TRAINER

DEVELOPED BY I-ILLUSIONS

Remember those awesome classic arcade cabinets? Imagine if those were immersive… Space Pirate Trainer puts you in one of those; fighting off relentless waves of droids with all the weapons and gadgets you would ever need as a space pirate. You better dodge some of those incoming lasers though, since just using your shields won’t get you in the top rankings. Pick up your blasters, put on your sneakers, and dance your way into the Space Pirate Trainer hall of fame.

Space Pirate Trainer is the official trainer for wannabe space pirates in VR. Launched as one of the first titles for SteamVR/HTC Vive, Oculus Touch and Windows Mixed Reality, Space Pirate Trainer has been under continuous development on a mission to refine its gameplay and improve the overall experience. It has been widely used as one of the go-to demos for VR.

Best Applied Game

PIXEL PICASSO

DEVELOPED BY HAPPY VOLCANO

Pixel Picasso is an augmented reality memory game. A pattern is displayed on the floor. Players need to remember the placing and color of the different tiles. After a short period, the pattern is removed and players recreate it with physical tiles they find around the playing area. When the timer runs out Pixel Picasso checks the playing field with a webcam and gives a final score.

RUNNER-UPS:

HOSPI AVONTUUR

LIFTOFF

BREW GAME

Mobile Game of the Year

TRIVIA SWITCH

DEVELOPED BY TRIANGLE FACTORY

Trivia Switch is an adrenaline fueled mobile game based on the similarly named TV show “Switch”. Create your own avatar and challenge yourself and friends in a fun and fast paced multiplayer quiz game.

The game was (soft)launched in Belgium under the name “Switch” with over half a million downloads.

Most Anticipated Release

FLOTSAM

DEVELOPED BY PAJAMA LLAMA

Flotsam is a survival town-builder, set in a flooded world. You manage a floating village community as it moves around the ocean. You recycle garbage and scrap to construct buildings and collect fish and drinkable water to keep your villagers alive. On your journey you will encounter dangerous sea animals, visitors with unknown intentions and mysterious ruins and wreckages.

Best Business

Liftoff

DEVELOPED BY LUGUS STUDIOS

Liftoff is the gateway to the quadcopter racing scene, a platform both for pilots with real-life experience and for gamers who are still unfamiliar with the new sport. Veterans can explore new environments or race one another, while newcomers can hone their flying skills before taking to the field.

Student Game of the Year

POINT OF VIEW

DEVELOPED BY WATERDRAKE

Point Of View is a Virtual Reality game in which the player crawls into the skin of a professor’s sidekick. Together with the professor you’re invited to an adventure on a mysterious island. The player uses tracked controllers and a VR headset to submerge themselves into the virtual world, to climb in caves, to hold on to ziplines or to solve puzzles

RUNNER-UPS:

SHORT CIRCUIT VR

DIVINE COMMANDER

STORY OF TWO