On Sunday, Reboot Communications and EP Media held their 6th annual Canadian Videogame Awards to celebrate the developers that hail from the third largest video game development country in the world.
Of the 39 Canadian developers nominated for awards this year, only eight different teams walked away with any kind of victory.
Ubisoft Quebec won the most with “Assassin’s Creed Syndicate” attributing to the company taking home five of the 17 awards, including “Game of The Year”.
The most nominated companies were Ubisoft Montreal (11 nominations), Klei Entertainment (11), Square Enix Montreal (10), Alientrap (9), Ubisoft Quebec (9), Bioware (6), and Semidome Inc (5). However, both Alientrap and Semidome Inc. walked away without winning awards in any of their respective categories.
The winner of this year’s fan-selected “Best International Game” was CD Projekt RED’s “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt”.
Game of the Year
Alto’s Adventure (Snowman)
Apotheon (Alientrap)
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Ubisoft Quebec) – WINNER
Bruce Lee: Enter the Game (Hibernum Creations)
Cryptark (Alientrap)
Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montréal)
Invisible, Inc. (Klei Entertainment)
Lara Croft GO (Square Enix Montreal)
Super Mega Baseball (Metalhead Software)
Runbow (13AM Games)
Best Console Game
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Ubisoft Quebec)
Don’t Starve: Giant Edition (Klei Entertainment)
Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare) – WINNER
Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montréal)
FIFA 16 (EA Canada)
Best Downloadable Game
Apotheon (Alientrap)
Invisible, Inc. (Klei Entertainment) – WINNER
N++ (Metanet Software Inc.)
Runbow (13AM Games)
The Castle Game (Neptune Interactive Inc.)
Best Game on the Go
Bruce Lee: Enter the Game (Hibernum Creations)
Marvel Contest of Champions (Kabam Inc.)
Siegefall (Gameloft)
Skylanders SuperChargers Racing (Beenox) – WINNER
The Walking Dead: Road to Survival (IUGO Mobile Entertainment)
Dungeon Hunter 5 (Gameloft)
Jurassic World: The Game (Ludia)
Best iOS Game
Alto’s Adventure (Snowman)
Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition (Klei Entertainment)
Hitman: Sniper (Square Enix Montreal)
Lara Croft GO (Square Enix Montreal) – WINNER
Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath (Square One Games Inc.)
Best Social/Casual
Bean Boy (Tyson Ibele)
Crusaders of the Lost Idols (Codename Entertainment)
Cupkins (Joydrop)
I Love Potatoes (A Vali Fugulin game /Minority and Ruben Farrus) – WINNER
Waldo & Friends (Ludia Inc.)
Best Animation
Apotheon (Alientrap)
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Ubisoft Quebec) – WINNER
Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare)
Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montréal)
Lara Croft GO (Square Enix Montreal)
Best Audio
Apotheon (Alientrap)
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Ubisoft Quebec) – WINNER
Assassin’s Creed Unity (Ubisoft Montréal)
Lara Croft GO (Square Enix Montreal)
Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare)
Best Game Design
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Ubisoft Quebec)
Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montréal) – WINNER
Lara Croft GO (Square Enix Montreal)
Last Voyage (Semidome Inc.)
TowerFall Dark World (Matt Thorson)
Best Game Innovation
Clandestine: Anomaly (ZenFri Inc.)
Don’t Starve: Giant Edition (Klei Entertainment)
Lamper VR: Firefly Rescue (Archiact Interactive Ltd.)
Last Voyage (Semidome Inc.)
Pulse (Pixel Pi Games) – WINNER
Best Indie Game
Alpha Quest (rikkir inc)
Alto’s Adventure (Snowman)
Apotheon (Alientrap)
Don’t Starve: Giant Edition (Klei Entertainment)
Invisible, Inc. (Klei Entertainment) – WINNER
Last Voyage (Semidome Inc.)
Lastronaut (Darrin Henein & Stephan Leroux)
LOST ORBIT (PixelNAUTS Games)
Planet of the Eyes (Cococucumber)
RocketsRocketsRockets (Radial Games Corp.)
Best New Character
Armillo, Armillo (Fuzzy Wuzzy Games)
The twins Jacob and Evie Frye, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Ubisoft Quebec) – WINNER
Arno, Assassin’s Creed Unity (Ubisoft Montreal)
Pagan Min, Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal)
Olivia ‘Central’, Gladstone, Invisible, Inc. (Klei Entertainment)
Best Original Music
King of the Gods, Apotheon (Alientrap)
D.R. Style (Vinyl), Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition (Klei Entertainment) – WINNER
End credits Rose Theme, Forgotten Memories: Alternate Realities (Psychose Interactive Inc.)
Defender of Kothal, Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions (Gigataur)
The Castle Game Theme, The Castle Game Neptune (Interactive Inc.)
Best Technology
Apotheon (Alientrap)
Clandestine: Anomaly (ZenFri Inc.)
Fruit Ninja Kinect 2 (Hibernum Creations)
Hitman: Sniper (Square Enix Montreal) – WINNER
Lamper VR: Firefly Rescue (Archiact Interactive Ltd.)
Best Visual Arts
Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare)
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Ubisoft Quebec) – WINNER
Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montréal)
Lara Croft GO (Square Enix Montreal)
Last Voyage (Semidome Inc.)
Best Writing
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Ubisoft Quebec)
Assassin’s Creed Unity (Ubisoft Montreal)
Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare) – WINNER
Invisible, Inc. (Klei Entertainment)
Fans’ Choice Award: Best Canadian-Made Game
Apotheon (Alientrap)
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Ubisoft Quebec)
Assassin’s Creed Unity (Ubisoft Montreal)
Don’t Starve: Giant Edition (Klei Entertainment)
Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare)
Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montréal)
Hitman: Sniper (Square Enix Montreal)
Lara Croft GO (Square Enix Montreal)
Last Voyage (Semidome Inc.)
N++ (Metanet Software Inc.) – WINNER