Arash Ayari to host the first VIGMA closing ceremony

The closing ceremony of the first Video Game Critics Festival (VIGMA) will be held live on the afternoon of Friday 9 Khordad (29 May 2020) from 4:30 pm. It will be hosted by Arash Ayari, editor-in-chief of the website Zoomg and host of the TV programme Cafe Bazi. Watching the VIGMA 2020 closing ceremony is free and open to everyone.

During the ceremony, the nominees and winners for the best games of 1398 (2019–20) in the view of VIGMA's critics will be announced. At this ceremony, which closes the one-day VIGMA event, the best games of 1398 will be named in 8 categories, including Most Anticipated Game, Most Creative Game, Best Game Design, Best Ongoing Game and Game of the Year.

Arash Ayari, who is also a member of the VIGMA organising team, says:

In the VIGMA organising team we worked very hard to move forward. The truth is that we see huge potential to make the most of what is today the biggest form of entertainment in Iran. VIGMA is the first step for those of us in the media in this field. I am very happy to have the honour of hosting the live broadcast of this big occasion, and sad that we cannot meet in person.

The first Video Game Critics Festival (VIGMA) began in Azar 1398 (November–December 2019) by receiving games from developers. The festival, which was to be held as a one-day event with fans and developers in Esfand 1398 (February–March 2020), was postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak.

In this edition of the festival, more than 80 games were assessed by 14 jurors, and the best games of 1398 among the submitted and selected games will be announced in the set categories.

The VIGMA event also includes 9 specialist talks by well-known figures of the country's game industry, which will be available to registered participants as scheduled.