The world of gaming celebrated its excellence with the 2024 edition of the CasinoBeats Game Developer Awards, an internationally important event held at the InterContinental Hotel in Malta. The ceremony, which concluded the CasinoBeats Summit, was attended by more than 4,500 industry professionals, underlining the importance and continuous growth of gaming globally, but also rewarding operators and professionals who have distinguished themselves in recent months. Here are some of the most important prizes awarded during the evening.
CasinoBeats 2024 Awards and Recognitions: Winners of the Year
The CasinoBeats Summit was an opportunity to take stock of the situation on the global trend of the gaming sector, but also to reward the excellence of a sector in full evolution, which has continued to achieve important results in the last 12 months. During the evening, for example, the best developers and innovators in the sector were rewarded. Play’n GO, world leader in the gaming industry present in the most popular online casinos in Italy with numerous gaming proposals, it was crowned Game Studio of the Year for the second consecutive year, obtaining in addition to this prestigious recognition also that for the soundtrack of Hugo Legacy, confirming its ability to excel in multiple areas of game development.
Pragmatic Play instead triumphed with two other significant awards: Game Mechanic of the Year for the MultiHold mechanics and Slot Legacy for Gates of Olympus, awards that highlight the continuous innovation and technical excellence that characterize the products of one of the most popular providers worldwide.
The other awards and excellences of the sector
The awards, however, do not stop here: in fact, many others have been awarded to the CasinoBeats Game Developer Awards in Malta. Other winners include Playtech, which took home the Game Licensed Content award for its work on Breaking Bad: Cash Collect & Link, while Hacksaw Gaming won Game Feature of the Year for Chaos Crew 2. A Relax Gaming is the Game Design & Art Direction award went for Money Train 4, just as Gamomat shone with Fancy Fruits Deluxe, winning the Game Retro-Style award.
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Finally, several winners in the SlotCatalog categories: among these, Gamomat as Best Game Development Company Central Europe and Playson as Best Game Studio In Development Countries. Reel Kingdom, Fortune Factory Studios and IGT Play Digital were respectively recognized as Game Studio of the Year for the Medium, Small and North America categories.
Innovations and new trends
This year, the introduction of new awards marked another step forward in celebrating innovations in the sector. The Ftn Game of the Year award, sponsored by BetConstruct, was for example awarded to Rubyplay for Mad Hit Olympic First, while SoftConstruct received the CasinoBeats Annual Community Recognition Award for its contribution with Bfth Arena.
In the Game Performance categories, PowderKeg Studios won the Slot Debut award for Ammunition Mines, while Stormcraft Studios triumphed with Slot to Watch for Immortal Romance 2. Light & Wonder and Netflix finally teamed up to win the Slot Collaboration of the Year award for Squid Game. The coveted Slot of the Year award went to Elk Studios for Pirots 2.
Reflections and the future of gaming
Rasmus Sojmark, founder and CEO of SBC, highlighted the importance of the Game Developer Awards, noting that these awards are not only a way to celebrate regional and global brands that have distinguished themselves, but also an opportunity to recognize their achievements from the entire industry and individual talents. Over the years, in fact, the applications have increased more and more, demonstrating how the sector is in full evolution and full of professionals worthy of mention.
In short, the CasinoBeats Game Developer Awards evening represented an important showcase for excellence and innovation in the gaming sector. With awards ranging from the best game mechanics to the most creative collaborations, the event highlighted emerging trends and the protagonists of the future of gaming, in a scenario, that of Maltawhich once again, proved to be the beating heart of the entire industry.
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