E3 2011 Awards

Now that E3 is over, there are always awards given to developers for various categories from various sites. UTV Ignition Games, the company that I work for while developing Faxion Online, received an award from Massively. The full article can be read here. Otherwise our award and comments are shamelessly listed below.



Beau Hindman: UTV True Games. They not only showed off Faxion and were ready to discuss how much they were concerned about fixes and future updates, but they seemed to be having fun. I like an accessible developer. I believe in Faxion because it comes from the same place I would if I were a developer. Sure, it needs its fixes, but it's brand new...and what game doesn't need a few patches when it launches? Also, the rest of the games they offered made me smile. Planet Crashers? I must have it, now.

Shawn Schuster: UTV Ignition/UTV True Games. Their first showing at E3 was preceded by months of tongue-in-cheek humor in trailers and advertising campaigns, which simply reminds us that we're playing games to have fun. Their booth was impressive for a first-timer, and they seemed to get some healthy foot traffic. Will Faxion Online prove to be a hit? That I don't know, but the team behind it is still catching our attention.

I'm very excited, this is the first award that any team I have worked on has won since I have moved to the game development community. We have all worked very hard on Faxion and the rest of UTV has been working hard to bring games like Swarm, Planet Crashers, El Shaddai, and Sky Legends to the public. So I want to congratulate both the Faxion Team (myself included I suppose) and the rest of UTV for a great first half of the year and continued success.