At the Game Developer’s Association of Australia Industry Awards last night, Melbourne’s Firemint took home the gong for Best Game for their iPhone release Flight Control.
Flight Control, which uses the touchscreen to enable the player to draw flight paths at an increasingly congested airport, has been a huge hit for Firemint this year and remains one of the best-selling games on the iPhone’s app store.
“Congratulations to Firemint on their success at the 2009 GDAA Industry Awards. Flight Control has been a phenomenal success and has really been responsible for the creation of an entire new genre on iPhone. We’re very proud that this title was developed in Australia,” said Tom Crago, President of the Game Developers’ Association of Australia.
The other major awards saw the now-defunct Transmission Games scoop Best Console Title for Heroes Over Europe and Infinite Interactive take Best PC Title and Best Handheld Title for Puzzle Quest: Galactrix.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Best Game
Flight Control
Firemint
Best Console Title
Heroes over Europe
Transmission Games
Best PC Title
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
Infinite Interactive
Best Handheld Title
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
Infinite Interactive
Best Mobile Title
Flight Control
Firemint
Best Game Play
Flight Control
Firemint
Best Graphics
Heroes over Europe
Transmission Games
Best Audio
Heroes over Europe
Transmission Games
Best Downloadable Title
Shatter
Sidhe
Independent Games – Best Unsigned Game
Hazard: The Journey of Life
Alexander Bruce
Independent Games – Best Game Play
Last Life
Powerboard Productions
Independent Games – Best Graphics
Pillager
AIE Melbourne
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