Voting in the GameShadow Innovation in Games Awards puts two machinima movies in the Top 3 in the ATI CrossFire™ ‘People’s Choice’ Category

Oxfordshire, 1st December, 2006: Illegal Danish – Super Snack and This Spartan Life are currently topping the polls for the most innovative gaming titles in the 2006 GameShadow Innovation in Games Awards, sponsored by Microsoft Visual Studio.  The voting deadline for the Awards has been extended to the 15th December so visit www.gameshadow.com/awards to make sure your favourite tops the chart.

Illegal Danish is a machinima movie created using the World of Warcraft engine. Nearly 100 WoW players participated in the making of the movie, and it has been enhanced with 10 voice actors, an original music score and nearly 1,500 hours of effort. This Spartan Life was made using the Halo engine, and shows an in-game chat show with strong voice acting.

Nicholas Lovell, CEO of GameShadow, commented, “The strength of support amongst the gaming public for the new medium of machinima movies is phenomenal. The awards have seen over 50 games and movies nominated, and gamers are able to vote for any of them for the coveted ATI CrossFire ‘People’s Choice’ Awards, so Illegal Danish has done extremely well. Voting is not closed yet though, so there is still the potential for another upset.”

Ann Garner, director of marketing for Moviestorm, which will be releasing a machinima maker in 2007 said, “Machinima is a new medium which puts high-quality film-making within the reach of the public. These titles demonstrate how gaming communities are using the online features and cinematic environments of current games to unleash their own creativity, and are no longer limited to being simply consumers of other people’s content. We are delighted by the strong response that machinima movies have had in the GameShadow Innovation in Games Awards and we look forward to helping more people make excellent movies in the very near future.”

Alongside a panel of expert judges, the public can vote for their favourite title in the ATI CrossFire People’s Choice Awards. The voting results are visible in real-time and the current top 10 (as at 9am on 1st December, 2006) are:

1. Illegal Danish – SuperSnacks (machinima movie)
2. Thing Thing 3 (Free Flash game)
3. This Spartan Life (machinima movie)
4. Narbacular Drop (free PC game)
5. N (Free PC game)
6. Darwinia (PC title from Introversion)
7. Love Triangle: Dating Challenge (mobile game)
8. Just Cause (PC and Xbox 360 title from Eidos)
9. Skipping Stones (mobile phone game)
10. Prey (PC and Xbox 360 title from Take 2/3D Realms)

GameShadow also announces five new nominees: Just Cause (Innovative Visual Effects), RaceDriver eToy (Innovative Visual Effects), Thing Thing 3 (Innovative Gameplay), Toribash (Innovative Gameplay, Best Casual Game) and Virtual Villagers (Best Casual Game).

Gamers can still influence the final results by casting their vote at www.gameshadow.com/awards. Voting will close on 15th December, and all voters will be eligible to win an ATI CrossFire Ultimate Gaming Kit worth over £1,000.

For further information please contact:

Steve Chippington
Event Director
+44 7881 951669
steve@gameshadow.com

Nicholas Lovell
CEO
+44 7900 691975
nicholas@gameshadow.com

Nicola Kirby
Little Brown Dog
+44 (0) 1372 818 776
kirby@littlebrowndoggy.com

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