By Derrik J. Lang, Entertainment Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --"Her Story" captured the most trophies at the Game Developers Choice Awards.
The interactive mystery was honored Wednesday for best narrative, hand-held/mobile game and innovation at the 16th annual ceremony honoring interactive entertainment during the Game Developers Conference.
Sam Barlow's indie game stars actress-musician Viva Seifert as a young wife being interrogated about her missing husband. Earlier in the evening, "Her Story" also picked up the awards for excellence in narrative and the Seumas McNally grand prize at the Independent Games Festival.
"I was working for like 15 years making games for publishers, and it was just frustrating because there's so much space to be explored," Barlow said. "There's so much we can do with this medium. That stuff's just incremental."
The fantasy epic "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt," which is based on Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski's book series, claimed the game of the year and best technology honors.
"That was a close one," joked CD Projekt RED co-founder Marcin Iwinski while accepting the night's top prize. "For a moment, I thought it would be 'Her Story' again."
Other winners included "Rocket League" for best design, "Crypt of the NecroDancer" for best audio, "Life is Strange" for the audience award, and "Ori and the Blind Forest" for best debut and visual art.
SMPTE elects board officers, regional governors
SMPTE®,the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has revealed the board officers and regional governors who will serve terms beginning in January 2025.
Three new officers--Richard Welsh as SMPTE president, Eric Gsell as SMPTE executive VP, and Polly Hickling as SMPTE Education VP--have been elected for a two-year term from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2026. One SMPTE officer, Lisa Hobbs, will be continuing her service as SMPTE secretary and treasurer for another two-year term. Additionally, Raymond Yeung will be stepping into the role of standards VP on Jan. 1, 2025.
“SMPTE’s membership has spoken,” said SMPTE interim executive director Sally-Ann D’Amato. “These officers have been tasked with an important responsibility, one each of them is prepared to tackle head-on. These next two years are looking bright for SMPTE!”
In addition to the officers, 10 regional governors were elected by the Society to serve two-year 2025-2026 terms.
These include the following regional governors, re-elected to continue their service:
Asia-Pacific Region Governor
Tony Ngai, Society of Motion Imaging Ltd.
EMEA - Central & South America Region Governor
Fernando Bittencourt, FB Consultant
United Kingdom Region Governor
Chris Johns, Sky UK.
USA - Central Region Governor
William T. Hayes, Consultant
USA - Eastern Region Governor
Dover Jeanne Mundt, Riedel Communications
USA - Western Region Governor
Jeffrey F. Way, Open Drives
Also elected were four newcomers to the SMPTE Board:
Canada Region Governor
Jonathan Jobin, Grass Valley
USA - Hollywood Region Governor
Allan Schollnick, Voxx... Read More