Highlights
- Chants of Sennaar wins Game of the Year at Gamescom Latam.
- Gamescom Latam celebrates diverse indie titles, highlighting their importance in gaming.
- Indie games continue to excel, with strong showings at awards and on sales charts.
The biggest video game celebration in Latin America, Gamescom Latam has revealed this year's award winners, including Chants of Sennaar as its Game of the Year recipient. Gamescom is an annual video game trade fair and convention held in Cologne, Germany, and Gamescom Latam combines the beloved event with the BIG Festival, the largest gaming showcase in Latin America.
A number of familiar AAA studios at Gamescom often draw the spotlight in Germany, but Gamescom Latam has delighted gaming fans with surprising recognition for a number of indie titles. Among the more unexpected winners was the selected Game of the Year, though the full lineup of major category winners covered a refreshing degree of variety.
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Revealed via a live broadcast from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Gamescom Latam 2024 has selected Chants of Sennaar as its Game of the Year winner, along with a full lineup indie games as recipients for other major awards. Developed by Rundisc and published by Focus Entertainment, the puzzle-solving adventure game Chants of Sennaar caught the attention of gaming fans with its stylized graphics, bright colors, and tricky yet satisfying puzzle gameplay. In response to what many consider to be a surprising yet welcome Game of the Year victory, a member of the Rundisc team stated that they are grateful for the win and hope that the award will incentivize more people to play the game.
Gamescom Latam 2024 Winners By Category
- Game of the Year: Chants of Sennaar
- Best Game from Latin America: Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
- Best Brazilian Game: Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
- Best Casual Game: Station to Station
- Best Audio: Dordogne
- Best Art: Harold Halibut
- Best Multiplayer: Extremely Powerful Capybaras
- Best Narrative: Once Upon a Jester
- Best XR/VR: Sky Climb
- Best Gameplay: Pacific Drive
- Innovation Award: Cryptmaster
- Best Mobile Game: WHAT THE CAR?
- Best Pitch From Regional Game Development Associations: Dark Crown
Chants of Sennaar was not the only indie title to bring home an award from Gamescom Latam, as the full list of major category winners was filled with a variety of games from independent studios. The stop-motion video game Harold Halibut took home the award for Best Art, while the equally stunning Dordogne snagged the prize for Best Audio. Region specific awards went to Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure and Momodora: Moonlit Farwell for Best Game from Latin America and Best Brazilian Game, respectively. Other key categories included Best Multiplayer, Best XR/VR, and the Innovation Award. Indie gaming fans have celebrated the incredible diversity of the award winners at Gamescom Latam, showcasing the importance of the event to studios and players around the world.
Indie games continue to impress critics and audiences alike, with strong performances at awards shows and on sales charts. Some of the best video games of all time have come from independent developers, and Gamescom Latam has rightly earned applause for its recognition of indie titles in its variety of award winners.