Indie of the Year 2015 kickoff news

Welcome to the 2015 Indie of the Year awards, a chance for us humble players to vote for the games that brought us joy this year. For the next 30 days your votes are going to decide this years winner in the best upcoming and released categories. We shall also share our Editors Choice picks at the end of the December. Here is how it works.

Phase 1 - Nominations Begin

For the next 10 days, every indie game (see our year in review) on the site has a voting booth. Just click the big "vote now" button to show your love and help get your favorite games into the TOP 100.

Phase 2 - The TOP 100

After nominations have been tallied, the TOP 100 will be unveiled on the 11th of December and a final round of voting begins for 10 days to determine the 2015 victor.

Phase 3 - Indie of the Year 2015 Revealed

Cue the drumroll, because just around Christmas we are going to stop basting the turkey and surprise you by announcing the 2015 winners.

• Editors Choice Award Release 22nd December
• Players Choice Unreleased Release 27th December
• Players Choice Indie of the Year Released 29th of December

Prizes

Every member from the community who votes, has a chance to win a game from our #modlove collection. The more you participate, promote the awards and encourage your friends to vote the better your chance. This includes (+ Total War DLC):

In addition to this the winning indie teams might be eligible to win a 1,000,000 impression ad campaign worth $30,000 as well as a custom engraved 2015 IOTY pocket watch, thanks to Eurogamer, VG247 and Rock Paper Shotgun.

Good luck, get voting, feel free to utilize our promotional tools and may the best game win!