TEHRAN – Two Iranian video games have joined the finalists of the MENA Games Industry Awards 2024.
Pershaland Studio's “Fake Empires” and Paeezan Studio's “Mafioso: Godfather of Mafia City” are the two Iranian games nominated for this year's event, Mehr reported.
The shortlist will be voted on by a panel of over 80 industry experts and the winners will be announced on May 2 as part of the 2024 Dubai Game Expo Summit.
Fake Empires and Mafioso will compete for the MENA Game of the Year and Best Arabic Localization awards, respectively.
In addition to “Fake Empires,” 11 other titles were nominated for Game of the Year, including “DC Heroes & Villains” and “West Hunt.”
Mafioso, a PC and mobile game developed by animator and game developer Mehrdad Rezai, won Best Arabic Localization, ahead of Assassin's Creed: Mirage, EA Sports FC 24, Hogwarts Legacy, and Resident Evil. Four”.
The MENA Game of the Year Award recognizes the best game released in the past year, based on creativity, play mechanics, technical, artistic and aural achievement, innovation, audience engagement, and both critical and commercial success. Recognize your gaming experience.
The Best Arabic Localization Award recognizes a studio that has supported its games in the field of localization over the last year, ensuring that both new releases and updates run as smoothly as possible and are properly localized for the targeted MENA market. I'll give you an award.
Fake Empires is a challenging yet fun point-and-click adventure game with over six heroes that players can switch between, over 8,000 hand-drawn animation frames, and many cutscene animations.
A comic book story in a classic animation style, it follows Morris on a detective mission to retrieve a magnificent diamond from a haunted palace.
So far, it has won several awards at the 9th Fajr Game Festival 2024, including Best Adventure Game and Best Artistic Achievement, and was also runner-up in the Best Game of the Year category. Additionally, it won the People's Choice Award for Best PC Game, Best Trailer, and People's Choice Award for Best Game at GCG Iran Game Festival 2024. In 2023, the game was nominated for Best Game at Tokyo Games. Show in Japan.
Its latest achievement was winning the Best Mobile/Tablet Game award at the Game Connection America 2024 Game Development Awards in March.
Mafia: Godfather of Mafia City is a multiplayer turn-based strategy game that depicts a series of events when a mafia group takes control of different districts of a city.
The game allows players to select three characters from a pool of heroes and start online PVP battles against other opponents. You can also build your team from different groups of categorized heroes, such as tanks, supporters, and attackers. Each hero has unique characteristics based on abilities designed specifically for them. The key to victory is the proper selection and combination of heroes and the use of their abilities in time.
Innovative and engaging gameplay and iconic characters with a unique art style make Mafia a compelling experience for all players.
The game won Excellence in Art at IMGA MENA at the 2nd International Mobile Gaming Awards.
MENA Games Industry Awards 2024 recognizes the best companies and individuals driving the games industry forward in the Middle East and North Africa region.
The 13 awards aim to shine a spotlight on game developers, publishers, monetization services, tool providers, investors and legends who are enabling magic to happen across MENA's rapidly growing gaming market. is.
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