South by Southwest has several award shows, the last of which closed the festival on Tuesday night: the SXSW Innovation Awards.
Here’s a list of winners from the ceremony, which was hosted at the Hilton Downtown Austin by comedian James Adomian. Following that, a list of award winners of this year’s SXSW Accelerator startup competition and the SXSW Gaming Awards. Strap in, folks!
SXSW Innovation Awards
BEST OF SHOW
Strati, The World's First 3D Printed Car
By: Local Motors Inc., Las Vegas, NV
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION
Tamara Hudgins, Girlstart
BREAKOUT TREND OF THE YEAR
Diversity
SPEAKER OF THE EVENT
Martine Rothblatt, United Therapeutics Corporation – "AI, Immortality and the Future of Selves" keynote (interviewed by Lisa Miller, New York Magazine)
ALS Association – Ice Bucket Challenge
HEALTH MED & BIOTECH
VocaliD, Boston
INNOVATION IN CONNECTING PEOPLE
FireChat: the first off-the-grid messaging app
By: Open Garden Inc., San Francisco
INNOVATIVE 3-DIY
Project Daniel
By: Not Impossible, Los Angeles
INTERNET OF THINGS
Clever Buoy
By: M&C Saatchi, Sydney, Australia
MUSIC DISCOVERY
Cone
By: Aether, San Francisco
NEW ECONOMY
Acorns, Newport Beach, Calif.
PRIVACY & SECURITY
Disconnect
By: Disconnect, San Francisco
RESPONSIVE DESIGN
100 Years of Design
By: Second Story, part of SapientNitro, Portland, Oregon
SCIFI NO LONGER
Noninvasive skin cancer detection device
By: Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
STUDENT INNOVATION
Expressive Wearable
By: Sangli Li, Pasadena, Calif.
SUSTAINABLE TECH
EDGEhome
By: Green Edge Technologies, Inc., San Diego, Calif.
TRANSPORTATION ADVANCEMENTS
Guide Dots
By: VML, Kansas City, Missouri
VISUAL MEDIA EXPERIENCE
netwars / out of CTRL
By: filmtank GmbH, Berlin
WEARABLE TECH
FreeWavz Smart Earphones
By: hEar Gear, Inc., Melbourne, Florida
The SXSW Accelerator Awards (March 14-15)
Enterprise and Smart Data Technologies
Partpic, Atlanta
Digital Health and Life Sciences Technologies
Tinnitracks, Hamburg, Germany
Innovative World Technologies
SLANTRANGE, San Diego
Wearable Technologies
Tinitell, Stockholm, Sweden
Entertainment and Content Technologies
Zype, New York
Social Technologies
RealSavvy, Austin
Bootstrap Award
SIX, Tokyo
Most Innovative
BioBots.io, Philadelphia
Best One-Minute Speed Pitch
ShotTracker, Overland Park, Kansas
SXSW Gaming Awards
(awarded Saturday night)
Game of the Year
“Dragon Age: Inquisition” — Electronic Arts/BioWare
Mobile Game of the Year
“Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft” – Blizzard Entertainment
Table Top Game of the Year
“Star Realms – White Wizard Games
Excellence in Gameplay
“Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor” – Warner Bros. Interactive/Monolith Productions
Excellence in Art
“Child of Light” – Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal
Excellence in Animation
“Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor” – Warner Bros. Interactive/Monolith Productions
Excellence in Technical Achievement
“Destiny” – Activision/Bungie
Excellence in Visual Achievement
“Far Cry 4″ – Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal
Excellence in Narrative
“The Wolf Among Us” – Telltale Games
Excellence in Design and Direction
“Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor” – Warner Bros. Interactive/Monolith Productions
Excellence in SFX
“Alien: Isolation” – SEGA/The Creative Assembly
Excellence in Musical Score
“Transistor” – Supergiant Games
Excellence in Multiplayer:
“Super Smash Bros.” Wii U – Nintendo
Excellence in Convergence
“South Park: The Stick of Truth” – Ubisoft/Obsidian Entertainment
Most Valuable Character
“Ellie, The Last of Us: Left Behind” – Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog
Most Valuable Esports Team
Cloud9
Most Valuable Online Channel
Rooster Teeth
Most Valuable Add-On Content
WINNER: The Last of Us: Left Behind – Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog
Most Anticipated Crowdfunded Game
“Star Citizen” – Cloud Imperium Games
Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award
“This War of Mine” – 11 Bit Studios
Gamer’s Voice Award
“Speedrunners” – tinyBuild
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