The Italian Video Game Awards, the Italian Oscars of video games, are back this evening

They’re coming back tonight Italian Video Game Awards (IVGA)those that we can now rightly consider as the Oscars of Italian video games. This is an event promoted by the IIDEA association within the framework of First Playable 2024, the business event for the video game sector scheduled from 3 to 5 July in Florence,

Multiplayer.it is media partner of the event. The awards ceremony will be visible on our Twitch channel. The ceremony will be hosted on stage by two historic faces of the site, Giordana Moroni and Pierpaolo Greco, who you should know very well.

The artistic director of the twelfth edition of the event is Davide Mancini, Developer Relations Manager of IIDEA. During the evening, in front of an audience of industry professionals, international guests, publishers and investors from all over the world, the jury will proceed to the awarding of the dragon tail statuettes to the most significant titles and to the professionals and companies in the sector who distinguished themselves during 2023.

Let’s see all the award categories, with the nominated games:

BEST ITALIAN GAME

• Bud Spencer & Terence Hill – Slaps And Beans 2 – (Trinity Team)
• dotAGE – (Michele Pirovano)
• Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 – Turbocharged – (Milestone)
• Mediterranean Inferno – (Eyeguys/Santa Ragione)
• Universe for Sale – (Tmesis Studio)

BEST ITALIAN DEBUT GAME

• dotAGE – (Michele Pirovano)
• Garden In! – (Dramatic Iceberg)
• River Tails: Stronger – (Kid Onion Studio)
• Shattered Heaven – (Leonardo Production)
• Universe for Sale – (Timesis Studio)

OUTSTANDING ART

• Children of Silentwn – (Elf Games, Luna2 Studio)
• Mediterranean Inferno – (Eyeguys/Santa Ragione)
• Universe for Sale – (Timesis Studio)

OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCE

• dotAGE – (Michele Pirovano)
• Mediterranean Inferno – (Eyeguys/Santa Ragione)
• TT Isle Of Man: Ride On The Edge 3 (Nacon Studio Milan)

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION

• It will be announced during the evening

OUTSTANDING ITALIAN COMPANY

• It will be announced during the evening

The jury members are Meg Clarke, Senior Game Scout, Team 17, Raphael Colantonio, President and Creative Director, Wolfeye Studios, Diego Grammatico, Business Development Executive, Games London, Vincenzo Lettera, Editor in chief, Multiplayer.it, Developers members of IIDEA.