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Top Development Studio Right Now!

Kellee — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:38:05 +0000

Thanks so much to the people at GamingUnion.net for listing thatgamecompany in its Honorable Mentions. Yeah, nothing really more to say. Just blown away by the company we’re keeping on that list!

Click here for the full list.

Flower Makes The GameCola’s Top 50 List

Kellee — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:07:10 +0000

The GameCola, a video games news and reviews site, has listed “Flower” as #45 on their Top 50 Video Games Ever Made list. It’s so awesome to see our humble little game among such incredible titles! Thanks so much to the folks over a The GameCola!

make.believe:thatgamecompany

Kellee — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:04:47 +0000

cross posted from the Playstation Blog:

“As many of you have seen, Sony’s got a new brand message that we all believe in here at Santa Monica Studio. The ethos of make.believe is simple: believe that anything you can imagine, you can make real. We’ve had the fortune to work with thatgamecompany, an incredibly talented group of young minds with fresh ideas and complete conviction to follow their imagination. They’ve given the gaming world some of the most original and satisfying experiences to date, and we are very proud to be working with them. In the spirit of make.believe, check out the story of where they came from and how they succeeded. Enjoy!”

Featured Fan Art/Review – Stephen

Kellee — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:17:36 +0000

Stephen, aka The Game Locker, sent us this video, which is part review, part fandome. Either way, it’s a very thoughtful and personal look at “Flower.” Enjoy!

Game Testers & Reviews Nominate Flower!

Kellee — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:10:59 +0000

The National Academy of Video Game Testers and Reviewers has nominated “Flower” for excellence in 3D Control Design, Control Precision, and overall best game in the “Special Class.”

Thank you to everyone that voted for us – we are honored to be nominated for two control design awards by people who definitely know their control schemes!

Another 5 Noms for Flower

Kellee — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:19:13 +0000

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences announced the finalists for their awards, which are held each year during the DICE Summit in Vegas. And we a honored to announce that Flower is up for five awards! Here’s the list:

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

Casual Game of the Year

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

Thank you to all of the Academy members for supporting Flower. We hope to see you in Vegas!

Click here for the full list of nominees.

Uncharted 2, Flower, ACII Lead 10th Choice Award Nominations

Kellee — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:51:12 +0000

You voted, and the results are in!

Organizers have revealed the nominees for the tenth annual Game Developers Choice Awards, the leading peer-based video game industry awards. Nominations this year are led by Naughty Dog’sUncharted 2: Among Thieves, with seven nominations.

The acclaimed title is closely followed by five nominations for Thatgamecompany’s evocative downloadable game Flower, and four nominations for Ubisoft Montreal’s well-received Renaissance action game sequel Assassin’s Creed II.

Flower is up for:

Best Game Design

Best Visual Art

Best Audio

Innovation

Best Downloadable Game

Click here for the full list of nominees!

Uhm… Wow.

Kellee — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:34:31 +0000

So, over the holidays the great news just kept pouring in. Not only was “Flower” noted as an exceptional downloadable game for the year, we made a few lists for just, in general, favorite game of the year. Which is amazing. With each of our games we try to prove that “downloadable” doesn’t mean “cheap” when it comes to quality of content, so it meant a lot to us that 10 months after its release, you guys still remember “Flower” fondly.

So here’s a roundup of what you might have missed:

Spike TV’s Best Independent Game (video of the acceptance speech can be seen here.)

G4’s Best of 2009: Best Soundtrack

Gamasutra’s 6th Best Game of the Year

Wall Street Journal’s Pick for the Gift Guide

AceGamez nominee for PS3 Game of the Year

Wired’s 10th Best Game of the Year

USA Today’s 4th Best Game of the Year

David Jaffe’s Best Game of the Year =)

…and last but not least….

Kellee Santiago was named on the Ten Most Influential Women of the Decade by Kotaku!

Thanks to all of you for spreading the word on “Flower,” and making it such a hit in 2009!

“Flower” Nominations in G4’s Best of 2009!

Kellee — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:56:30 +0000

Hooray! So much awesome news coming in!

G4 just announced their nominations for the G4’s Best of 2009. Flower has been nominated for Best Original Game, Best Downloadable Game, and…. drum roll please…. it’s the only downloadable game nominated for Best Soundtrack!

Congratulations to the “Flower” team, and many congrats to composer Vincent Diamante and sound designer Steve Johnson!

The finalists will be announced on X-Play, December 15th at 6:00pm.

Click here for all the info, and to check out the other nominees.

TGC on Spike TV All This Week

Kellee — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:43:22 +0000

for added rhyming, I’ll add a “wheeeee!”

This week, Spike TV will be showcasing the nominees for Best Independent Game of 2009. You can watch a short preview here. In this particular clip, Jenova shows one of our early Flower demos, and explains (hilariously) why it was thrown aside in pursuit of the game Flower eventually became.

These short clips will culminate in a 30 minute special on the nominees which will air this Thursday at 12am, 11pm CST on Spike TV.