The Hugo awards were presented in 1953 in order to honor the best works of science fiction and fantasy. Videogames and their stories haven’t been subjected to consideration for until 2021, but it’s now changing. Loading This is exciting, so it’s important to note that the best video game was a special category added only for 2021. Nevertheless, the committee of the WSFS Business Meeting “attained some studies of the possibility of adding such a category in several years”. Despite being a special category, Hades’ triumph is treated as a permanent category of continuous competition. To win the prestigious award, Hades got best animal crossing: New Horizons, Spiritfarer, Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Last of Us, Part II, and Blaseball. The author and creative director of Supergiant Games, Greg Kasavin, shared some words with the whole team on Twitter, saying that it was an honor to win a Hugo award for video games. Wish I could have attended #HugoAwards by yourself. However, I wasn’t able to make an acceptance speech there for the team despite having a few words. I’m grateful the awards honor work in this category, so much less work we did! pic.twitter.com/S9bfSp1i8H #BerryoSt. Greg Kasavin (@kasavin) December 19, 2021. “You feel like being honored to receive Hugo as one of the award’s greatest video games,” said Kasavin “We, too, grew up experiencing these classic works of science fiction and fantasy, from Ursula K. Le Guin to Philip K. Dick. Now, on the anniversary of the Hugo Awards, we became parents. “To have earned this distinction all this time later, especially as a large selection of nominees, games of all shapes and sizes, from big and small teams, is what happens to the world. Video game storytelling has come a long way and games are really unique in the medium, being interactive and you can experience one of these fantastical worlds, and see as they react to your every move. “Beside Supergiant, we’ve been attempting to confuse fantasy and science fiction traditions with a unique interactive component, and create the worlds that look as if they are alive in the manner you navigate through them. Were so grateful our work on Hades made up in that way and we hope the Hugo Awards continue to recognize the amazing work being done in this space.” Loading In closing, Kasavin thanked the rest of his team and their families for a thank-for-giving gesture of gratitude to the Greek gods himself, above and below for an inspiration to me for thousands of years now, and to them of all, continue to do that. There are four medals for Hades including Hugo Award. It also earned the honor of winning IGN’s Game of the Year 2020, nine prizes at the inaugural global Game Industry Awards, and the best game at GDC’s 2021, the BAFTA Games 2021, the Gayming 2021, the D.I.C.E. Awards 2021, and more.
