Sony reveals the 12 finalists of the new edition of the PlayStation Awards

Oct. 24 (Portaltic/EP) –

Sony Interactive Entertainment Spain (SIE Spain) has revealed the twelve finalists to the 9th Edition of the PlayStation Awardsthe awards that reward the most outstanding projects of Spanish independent studios.

Balam: Bounce Hell, from Wickd Games; Barbarian Saga, from Dormidinstudio; Mad Cauldron’s Die Daddy Die; Escape From Ithara, from LabCat Studios; Howl of Iron, from 16 Gears; Khemia, from Circonium Studios; NOX, from The Buua Studio; Shadow Dimmer from Occurrence Games; Spooky Hat Shop, from 22 Studio; Dark Reaper Studio’s The Last Flame; The Manor’s Legacy, from Octoforce Games; and The Tsar’s Secret, from Otter Worlds Games, have been shortlisted in the 9th Annual PlayStation Awards.

The videogames, still under development, will show their advances and novelties throughout October and November, as they have reported from SIE. A plural jury, made up of journalists, artists, musicians, developers and well-known personalities from the sector, will choose the winning projects in December.

PlayStation Prizes will award winners to the ‘Best Game of the Year’ award 10,000 euros destined to the financing of the project. For ten months they will have the transfer of a space for their development in one of the PlayStation Talents Games Camp venues, together with the advice of professionals from the sector in artistic matters, marketing, business, development and publication, as well as the guaranteed publication of the game on PlayStation Store and a promotional campaign on PlayStation Spain channels.

The studio of the winning project will have access to development kits for PlayStation 4 (PS4) and PlayStation 5 (PS5) and will see their video game published on both consoles.