VANCOUVER, British Columbia – February 2, 2010 – Hothead Games announced that it has received one of Macworld’s coveted “Eddys” - one of the publication’s 2009 Editor’s Choice Awards (http://www.macworld.com/article/144840-8/2009/12/editorschoice2009software.html). Hothead earned the Eddy for bringing Jonathan Blow’s Braid (the time-bending Independent Games Festival winner) to the growing audience on the Mac.
Now in its twenty-fifth year, the Eddy Awards have annually highlighted the Mac products that represent usefulness, value, innovation, or just overall excellence. Hothead Games is in impressive company with this award, as other 2009 winners include Apple, Verizon, Panasonic and Dropbox.
“We’re honored to receive an award from a prestigious magazine like Macworld,” said Joel DeYoung, Hothead’s director of game technology and producer on the project. “It is part of our core purpose at Hothead to support indie development and meet the needs and desires of gamers around the world, regardless of platform. We’re excited to see others support our efforts and we will continue to lead in indie game collaboration in 2010 and beyond.”
Braid for Mac is currently available for $9.95 through multiple online distribution platforms, including IGN Entertainment’s digital retail store Direct2Drive (http://www.direct2drive.com/8107/product/Buy-Braid-%28Mac%29-Download) and has been rated “E 10+” for Everyone 10 and older by the Entertainment Software Rating Board for all platforms.
To read the full Macworld review of Braid: http://www.macworld.com/article/133672/2009/07/braid.html
The complete list of 2009 Macworld Editor’s Choice Award winners is available at: http://www.macworld.com/article/144949/2009/12/editorschoice2009.html
About Hothead Games: Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Hothead Games is an independent developer and publisher of groundbreaking titles. Hothead is currently partnering with indie studios all over the globe to bring their games to new audiences and bringing to life original properties such as Ron Gilbert’s DeathSpank and the highly anticipated, award-winning Swarm. For more corporate and product information, please visit our website at www.hotheadgames.com.
About Macworld: Macworld is the preeminent news and information source on Apple, the hottest technology company today. Covering the full range of technology products, from the Mac and iPhone to digital cameras and printers, Macworld’s features and reviews are required reading for the avid and passionate fans of Apple products. Macworld reaches the homes and offices of over 1.58 million magazine readers monthly* and attracted over of 5 million unique Website visitors in November.** Macworld has received numerous awards including this year’s prestigious Neal Award for Best ‘How-to’ Article, 2 Folio: Eddie Awards and countless others.
(*Source: Readers per Monthly Copy, IntelliQuest Consumer Study, Spring 2009, **Source: Omniture, November 2009)
