Nominations for this year’s Australian Game Developer Awards have been announced.

Leading the pack with six nominations is 2pt Interactive’s space-adventure game Heavenly Bodies. Cult of the Lamb, which has seen a massive playerbase thanks to numerous Twitch streams, follows Heavenly Bodies with five nominations. The full list of nominations can be seen below.

CEO of IGEA, Ron Curry said this about this year’s event:

“The AGDAs is an opportunity to celebrate the diversity of talent and projects here in Australia. These awards highlight the creativity amongst Australian game developers as we see new, creative IP and Australian-told stories having significant success on the international stage. We can see that successful games tend to be those that are also inclusive and accessible, and we are delighted that Australian game developers are embracing these elements, as are those who enjoy playing games.
This year’s awards are filled with quality games from across Australia; from small, medium and large developer teams. With the Federal Digital Games Tax Offset due for introduction soon, Screen Australia direct funding and multiple new and improved incentives available from State governments, the Australian games industry is well poised to take advantage of our international reputation and establish a thriving game development ecosystem.”

The ceremony will take place on October 5 at The Forum Melbourne as part of Melbourne International Games Week. Queens of the Drone Age podcast hosts Rae Johnston, Angharad Yeo, Tegan Jones and Amanda Yeo will host the event.

Angharad Yeo also said this about the ceremony:

“The AGDAs is one of the first award ceremonies to kick off the games industry awards season. It's exciting to see Australian games that were celebrated at the AGDAs in previous years go on to be recognised internationally. For example, Unpacking - made by Brisbane studio Witch Beam - won the AGDAs Game of The Year Award in 2021, then went on to win over thirty awards internationally. The AGDAs is a bit of an oracle of what is to come for Australian games and studios.”

Tickets for the event are on sale to the general public here. The ceremony will be livestreamed on Twitch.

2022 Australian Game Developer Awards nominations

Game of the Year