OUR BIG festival, the largest festival of games, creativity, business and networking in Latin America, announces today (23) the list of finalist games for the 10th festival. After playing a record 538 games, the Selection Committee has selected 93 finalists to compete for awards in 17 different categories.
Of the total number of games selected, 23 games are from Brazilian manufacturers, and 13 games are from Latin America. Three nationally produced games compete for the best game award, the most important at the festival.
“Again BIG festival records the record for games entered at the festival. The number of registered 538 games from 53 different countries is not only a sign of success LARGE as an event that stimulates the game market, but also the growth of game development in general,” comments Gustavo Steinberg, Director BIG festival. “And this time, three Brazilian games were among the finalists for the best game award!” concludes Steinberg. It is expected that the winners, in addition to trophies, will receive prizes of 18,000 reais from BIG festival and 80 thousand US dollars from Xsolla, the partner company of the Festival. No other awards have been announced yet.
The Games Awards will take place on July 8 starting at 20:00 and will be streamed live and free of charge to all fans of the event.
The public will be able to try out all the games of the festival in a face-to-face event. In addition, some of the games will also be available online for free at BIG festival.
selected games
There are 22 nominees in the main categories of the Best Game and Best Brazilian Game awards, 11 in each category. See the full list of nominees in these categories below:
Best game
Trunk (Canada)
Chernobyl (Poland)
Dodgeball Academy (Brazil)
Gamedec (Poland)
Greek: Memories of Azura (Mexico)
Happy Game (Czech Republic)
Lost Pets Kukoos (Brazil)
One hand clapping (USA)
Rift Breaker (Poland)
Wolfstride (Brazil)
YAGA (Romania)
Best Brazilian Game
Aspiration: Ina’s Story
Dodgeball Academy
God-Machine-Shogun CyberMetal Arenas
Housekeeper | Turn-based cyberpunk action
Lost Pets Kukuo
No room for courage
Relic Hunter Rebels
heavenly caravan
Super Mombo Quest
TowerManser
wolf step
most recommended games
The Brazilian game Wolfstride received the most nominations in six different categories: Best Game, Best Brazilian Game, Best Art, Best Sound, Best Gameplay, and Best Narrative. This is followed by Canada’s Backbone (Best Game, Best Art, Best Sound, Best Gameplay and Best Story) and Brazil’s Kukoos Lost Pets (Best Game, Best Brazilian Game, Best Art, Best Sound and Best Gameplay) with five nominations. .
The full list of 93 finalists is available on the website BIG festival.
OUR BIG festival 2022 will be held from July 7th to 10th at the Sao Paulo Expo. The release will continue with a virtual version, following the successful formula of the last two releases held exclusively online.
Tickets by area Big game – with experiments with games and lectures – sold in batches at prices ranging from 20 reais (half price) to 40 reais (full price). In the business meeting area (B2B area), ticket prices can be found on the Business Platform BIG Festival 2022. Read more about tickets here.
In accordance with the Law on Cultural Promotion BIG festival has the main sponsorship of Ripio; Gold sponsorship of Magalu Games, Bis, Claro and Fini; Silver sponsorship from DX Gameworks; partnership with Abragames, the Brazilian Association of Digital Game Developers as part of the Brazil Games project, partnership with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency Apex-Brasil.
Service:
the date: July 7 to 10, 2022
Schedule: from 10:00 to 22:00
Local: Sao Paulo Expo
The address: km. 1.5, Gen. dos Imigrantes – Vila Agua Funda – Sao Paulo, SP
Income value: from 20 reais (half price) to 40 reais (full price).
Source : Married Games
