S:S&S EP=GAME DEVELOPER CHOICE AWARD NOMINEE!

And just when we though things couldn’t get any more crazier, unexpected (and humbling): Sworcery gets nominated for Best Mobile Game by the Game Developer Choice Awards.

Holy smokes! THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH, GDC Awards people! Our hearts are collectively melted and our minds are collectively blown.

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THANKS 2011!

Well heck, 2011 kicked off with a bucket of curveballs, but seems like it may have wrapped up with some genuine dingers! Yeee Haaawww!

SUPERBROTHERS: SWORD & SWORCERY EP

APPLE – APP STORE REWIND iPAD GAME OF THE YEAR RUNNER UP
TOUCH ARCADE – GAME OF THE YEAR
GAMESPOT – BEST MOBILE GAME 2011
148APPS – BEST GAME OF 2011
MASHABLE – iOS GAME OF THE YEAR
MASHABLE – iOS TOP RPGS
TIME MAGAZINE – 10 BEST GAMES OF 2011
IGN – BEST MOBILE ADVENTURE GAME 2011
KOTAKU – BEST GAME MUSIC OF 2011
KOTAKU – GAME OF THE YEAR NOMINEE
GAMASUTRA – MOBILE GAME OF THE YEAR RUNNER UP
GAMASUTRA – TOP 10 INDIE GAMES OF THE YEAR
SPIKE VGA – BEST INDEPENDENT GAME NOMINEE
GAMEZEBO – BEST iPAD GAME 2011
GAMEZEBO – BEST ADVENTURE GAME 2011
INDIEDB – MUSICALITY AWARD
1UP – MOST SURPRISING GAME OF 2011
GAMESRADAR – BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAMES OF 2011
UNWINNABLE – BEST VALIDATION OF THE IPAD AS A PLATFORM
YAHOO – BEST PHONE/TABLET GAME
REVIEWS ON THE RUN – BEST iOS GAME
REVIEWS ON THE RUN – BEST iOS ADVENTURE GAME
PCMAG – 30 BEST iPAD GAMES
VENTUREBEAT – BEST INDIE GAMES OF 2011
VENTUREBEAT – BEST GAMES OF 2011 HONORABLE MENTION
VENTUREBEAT – TEN BEST iOS GAMES OF 2011
WIRED – 20 BEST GAMES OF 2011
APPOLICIOUS – BEST GAMES OF 2011
MACHINIMA INSIDE GAMING – BEST INDIE GAME NOMINEE
MACHINIMA INSIDE GAMING – BEST ART DIRECTION NOMINEE
XPLAY – MOST ORIGINAL GAME NOMINEE
XPLAY – BEST SOUNDTRACK NOMINEE
CANOE.CA / TORONTO SUN – TOP GAMES OF 2011
SLIDE2PLAY – TOP GAMES OF 2011
DESTRUCTOID – ‘WHY DID YOU NO PLAY THIS THING’ AWARD
SFSIGNAL – BEST GEEK ALBUMS OF 2011
POCKETGAMER – TOP 10 GAMES OF 2011
APPADVICE – 10 BEST PAID APPS OF 2011
PASTE MAG – 3rd BEST GAME OF 2011
MACWORLD – APP GEMS BEST iOS GAMES OF 2011
GLOBE & MAIL – TOP 25 GAMES OF 2011
NPR – TOP 10 GAMES OF 2011
QUALITY INDEX – TOP 10 IPHONE GAMES OF 2011

And Hot Dang! Even Clash of Heroes HD got some love!

CLASH OF HEROES

GAMASUTRA – DOWNLOADABLE GAME OF THE YEAR
PSNStores – BEST MULTIPLATFORM GAME
JOYSTIQ – BEST OF THE REST
EUROGAMER – GAMES OF 2011
IGN – BEST XLBA GAMES OF 2011

If we missed anything, please let us know!

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you all. We love that you love us and we love you back. May 2012 bring everyone peace, love and great success, assuming it doesn’t bring everyone complete and utter apocalyptic devastation.

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LOTS OF STUFF & AWARDS & THINGS HAPPENED!

Nathan went to China + Kris went on a walkabout… meanwhile a whole bunch of stuff happened and we forgot to put ‘em up on our site!

INDIECADE WAS A SUPER BLAST

Sworcery won Best Visuals, taking home a the wacky award you see above!

Nathan and Kris delivered the closing talk, entitled S:S&S EP Post-Post Mortem. Superbrothers couldn’t be there but they created an amazing video, featuring words by Jim Guthrie, Robert Ashley, Scientific American and Brandon Boyer. If you’re interested in our talk, check it out here:

SWORCERY GOT NOMINATED FOR LOTS OF AWARDS!

SPIKE VGA – Best Independent Game

MACHINIMA’s Inside Gaming 2011 Awards – Best Art Direction and Best Indie Game

INDIE GAME MAG Awards

VENTUREBEAT – Top 10 iOS Games of 2011

MASHABLE – Best iPhone RPG’s

And lastly,

Superbrothers and Kris Piotrowski won Visual Artist of The Year and Designer of The Year at the Canadian Game Development Talent Awards, respectively.

HUGE THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING!

We love you all

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#Sworcery Summer Solstice Sale

The videogame + music project known as Sword & Sworcery launched ‘around the vernal equinox,’ on the first day of spring 2011 thus making this videogame + music sale both chronologically & cosmologically inevitable.

Get Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP for iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch will be 1.99$ (was 4.99$).

Get Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP Micro for iPhone & iPod Touch will be 0.99$ (was 2.99$).

Jim Guthrie’s Sword & Sworcery LP (digital version) will be pay what you can instead of 7.99$.

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SWORCERY UPLOADED TO THE WHIRLING INFINITE!

The last two weeks have truly been a time of miracles: We released Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP and things have been crazy bananas ever since! Apologies for the late post, apparently launching a game takes up a bunch of your time!

As you probably already know, you can grab the game at your local App Store, or by clicking on this here icon:

SWORCERY PRESS:

Sworcery press has been humbling, mind-boggling and incredibly exciting. The critical reception and discussion has been amazing to follow. Here are just a few of our favorites:

Touch Arcade
IGN
Destructoid
Kill Screen
Ars Technica
Wired
TIME
CNN

Huge, huge, huge, huge thanks to everyone who helped make this game a success! It means a hell of a lot to everyone involved, and we appreciate it more than you’ll ever know. For reals.

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Sworcery on Bytejacker!

Check out this amazing GDC Episode of Bytjacker, featuring an insightful interview with Mr. Craig D. Adams about all things Sworcery. Also, we dance around a fountain to the fairy tune from Zelda, sooo… now you have to watch it!

Huge huge huge thanks to the amazing crew over at Bytejacker. Mr. Carboni and friends, you guys are heroes.

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