Browser Game of the Year 2008: The Winners

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Summary: Coverage across all types of media, international recognition and acknowledgement throughout the entire sector - This year's Browser Game of the Year awards have out-shined all previous awards.

Browser Game of the Year 2008: The Winners

Coverage across all types of media, international recognition and acknowledgement throughout the entire sector - This year's Browser Game of the Year awards have out-shined all previous awards. From January 20th to February 10th our jury and tens of thousands of players have been participating in the event. Which game can claim one of the sought after awards? Read on for the answers....

	Browser Game of the Year 2008 The West (InnoGames) The wild-west adventure was by far the most impressive game we came across this year thus convining the jury with an astonishing overall package

	Best Concept The West (InnoGames) The solid mix of an out-of-the-way setting paired with a flood of absorbing role-play elements helped The West to secure yet another of 2008's awards.

	Best Graphics Gilfor's Tales(sodigital) And once again sodigital manages to secure the best graphics award. Gilfor's Tales is their latest coup and is already queueing up with it's predecessor Arthic.

	Technical Achievement Award (Use of Technology) Zaar(Gametank ) Glittering particles, accompanied by thrilling sounds, fluid animations and a professional editor. To make a long story short: Gametank was able to bring Flash to it's limits which is why Zaar is the jury's first choice in terms of technical use.

	Best Gameplay The West(InnoGames ) And again The West... The potpourri of quests and actions were as convincing as the innovative and fresh game design. The West manages to secure the "Best Gameplay" award and once again confirms it's extraordinary quality.

	Best Story Verschworung in Ferdok (Chromatrix) The German single player adventure from the black eyed world was able to convince the jury the most where the story is concerned. No wonder since a whole group of professional authors have teamed up to spice up this game.

	Best Action Game Quake Live(id Software) Quake is probably one of the most successful brands in the multiplayer gaming business. But it is not so much about names as it is about a smashing action-packed experience. This is why Quake Live has taken a shine to our jury when it comes to action.

	Best Strategy Game Khan Wars(XS Software ) Khan Wars latest 2.0 version would have been another great winner where graphics and overall presentation are concerned thus making it the jury's favorite strategy game.

	Best Sports Game Ballersunited(Northworks) It doesn't always have to be football or soccer is probably what the jury thought while declaring Ballersunited to 2008's best sports game.

	Best RPG The West(InnoGames) Cowboy and Apache, a variety of quests or versatile jobs and tasks. The winner is, once again, The West.

	Best Business Sim Howrse(Owlient) Breeding your own horses, and manage your own equestrian center are only two of the goals within Howrse. As simple as it may appear Howrse provides an ingenious mixture of gameplay, graphics and fun simply forcing the jury to announce it the Best Business Sim of 2008.

	Best Casual Game Wauies(upjers) It's once again for the creative masterminds at upjers to show how to design a brilliant PBBG. A brilliant idea, paired with nice graphics and the right amount of cuteness - drumroll, the best casual game!

Let's finish of with the arguably most important prizes: The Community Award was split into three sub-categories.

	Community Award Large Games (above 10.000 players) Howrse Howrse was able to not only convince the jury, but leave a big impression with the audience, too. Top flight in our "big player" category.

	Community Award: Medium Games (around 10.000 players) Dragosien - Land der Drachen The German game Dragosien - Land der Drachen now has to give thanks to it's community for winning the Community Award for "medium sized games".

	Community Award: Small Games (around 1.000 players) NeaGora Surely there are a lot more players to be coming to this game: The German NeaGora has won the "small game award".