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Approximately 240 students and faculty voted for their favorite student games of 2016 created at DigiPen’s Singapore campus.

Joe McGinn, Department Chair and Senior Lecturer of the Game Software Design and Production department of DigiPen (Singapore), announced the winners at a special awards ceremony.


Vek’s Epic Krew, created by team Show-cat Studios at DigiPen’s Singapore campus, won the 2016 Claude Comair Grand Prize for Game of the Year.

The winner of the 2016 Claude Comair Grand Prize for Game of the Year was Vek’s Epic Krew, a third-person ship-sailing game which allows players to sail on an open ocean to take revenge on pigeon-controlled ships that destroyed Vek’s Island. The game was created by team Show-cat Studios.

The first runner-up was Xenorift, an action shooter game, created by team GBaBoom. The second runner-up was Malignant, a two-player stealth-and-capture game, created by team No Time Studios.

The complete list of winners is as follows:

Claude Comair Grand Prize Game of the Year

  1. Vek’s Epic Krew by Show-cat Studios
  2. Xenorift by GBaBoom
  3. Malignant by No Time Studios

Most Innovative

  1. Vek’s Epic Krew by Show-cat Studios
  2. Malignant by No Time Studios
  3. Pixel Rumble by Decoyception

Most Engaging

  1. Carena by Redacted Games
  2. Vek’s Epic Krew by Show-cat Studios
  3. BasketBrawl by We Roll

Best Multiplayer

  1. Vek’s Epic Krew by Show-cat Studios
  2. Carena by Redacted Games
  3. Pew IV Speed by Whitebox

Best A.I.

  1. Xenorift by GBaBoom
  2. Malignant by No Time Studios
  3. Vek’s Epic Krew by Show-cat Studios

Best Physics:

  1. CleanFiltration by Blue Bird Studios
  2. Carena by Redacted Games
  3. BasketBrawl by We Roll

Best Graphics Technology

  1. Xenorift by GBaBoom
  2. Vek’s Epic Krew by Show-cat Studios
  3. I Will End This Nightmare by [Counting Sheep]

Best 2D Visual Design

  1. Malignant by No Time Studios
  2. Equipoise by Acsension Games
  3. Into the Light by Sigma Creations

Best 3D Visual Design

  1. Vestigial by 730
  2. Vek’s Epic Krew by Show-cat Studios
  3. Xenorift by GBaBoom

Best Audio

  1. I Will End This Nightmare by [Counting Sheep]
  2. Malignant by No Time Studios
  3. Journey to the Moon by 8 Bit Mochi

Best Freshman Technology

  1. Pew IV Speed by Whitebox
  2. Lost Dog by Studio MAXiM
  3. 0xFACADE by Alchemy Studios

Best Freshman Game

  1. Pew IV Speed by Whitebox
  2. BEAM by For A+ Players Inc
  3. Root of The Problem by Happy Ending

Best Sophomore Technology

  1. Pixel Rumble by Decoyception
  2. Malignant by No Time Studios
  3. What the Fire? by Lost Alpaca

Best Sophomore Game

  1. Pixel Rumble by Decoyception
  2. Malignant by No Time Studios
  3. What the Fire? by Lost Alpaca

Best Junior Technology

  1. Xenorift by GBaBoom
  2. Vek’s Epic Krew by Show-cat Studios
  3. I Will End This Nightmare by [Counting Sheep]

Best Junior Game

  1. Vek’s Epic Krew by Show-cat Studios
  2. Xenorift by GBaBoom
  3. I Will End This Nightmare by [Counting Sheep]

Congratulations to all the winning teams!