Valve is stepping up their game this year when it comes to scouting for new talent to bring to Steam. In the past few years, Valve has extended offers to some of the finalists and winners for the Independent Games Festival Main Competition. This year, however, they will be extending offers to all of the Main Competition finalists.
This comes at the same time that the IGF will have a more robust judging website back-end implemented for the more than 200 judges. Finalists will be revealed January 2013, with the winners announced at the Game Developers Conference 2013 in March.
(via IGF)
All IGF Main Competition finalists for this year's event will receive the opportunity to accept a distribution agreement for Steam, a leading platform for distribution in today's burgeoning independent gaming market.
This means every single Main Competition finalist in each of the jury-voted categories - the Seumas McNally Grand Prize, Excellence In Design, Excellence In Art, Excellence In Narrative, Technical Excellence, Excellence in Audio, and even the Nuovo Award - can work directly with Steam to bring their titles to PC, Mac and Linux.
This means every single Main Competition finalist in each of the jury-voted categories - the Seumas McNally Grand Prize, Excellence In Design, Excellence In Art, Excellence In Narrative, Technical Excellence, Excellence in Audio, and even the Nuovo Award - can work directly with Steam to bring their titles to PC, Mac and Linux.
This comes at the same time that the IGF will have a more robust judging website back-end implemented for the more than 200 judges. Finalists will be revealed January 2013, with the winners announced at the Game Developers Conference 2013 in March.
(via IGF)