Pico Tanks, KangaZoo and NEO 2045 win at 2021 NYX Game Awards

Australian studios Panda Arcade, Chaos Theory Games and VR Realms pick up commendations at last night's NYX Game Awards

May 11, 2021 12:01 PM

Three Australian studios have been awarded prizes at the NYX Game Awards held last night in New York.

Melbourne's Panda Arcade won the Grand Prize in the "Mobile Games - Multiplayer Game" category for Pico Tanks, joining Chaos Theory Games and Pentaquest who picked up a Gold prize for KangaZoo and VR Realms who were awarded four Silver Prizes for NEO 2045.

Pico Tanks by Panda Arcade - Grand Prize "Mobile Games - Multiplayer Game"
KangaZoo by Chaos Theory Games and Pentaquest - Gold Prize "Mobile Games - Educational Games"
NEO 2045 by VR Realms - Silver Prize "Mobile Games - Multiplayer Game", Silver Prize "PC Game - Multiplayer Game", Silver Prize "Mobile Games - Family Game" and Silver Prize "PC Game - Family Game"

HoloVista by Aconite which was produced by Melbourne's Meredith Hall was also awarded four prizes Gold Prize "Mobile Games - Indie Game", Gold Prize "Mobile Games - Best Art Direction", Silver Prize "Mobile Games - VR/AR Game" and Silver Price "Mobile Games - Best Music"

The full list of winners which include The Last of Us Part II, Borderlands 3, Godfall and Ashphalt 9: Legends can be found on the NYX Game Awards site.

Pico Tanks

Panda Arcade

Some good ninja stuff, good samurai stuff, it took them a long time to get here but boy I'm glad they did.

Pros:

Naoe feels like the old assassins from previous games
Yasuke definitely doesn't, which is very welcome change
Absolutely stunning world that feels busy and lived in

Cons:

Maybe the world actually might be too big?
It's an evolution not a revolution, if you've bounced off Assassin's Creed in the past this doesn't break the mold.