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VIGMA 2021 submission deadline extended
The deadline for submitting games to the second Video Game Critics Festival (VIGMA 2021) has been extended.
The second Video Game Critics Festival, VIGMA, officially began on 15 Ordibehesht 1400 (5 May 2021) with the publication of its call for entries. At the time it was announced that the deadline for submitting to VIGMA 2021 was 15 Khordad 1400 (5 June 2021), and that developers could submit their games on the page vigmawards.com/submission. However, because of the holidays, and to give every developer and game team enough time, the VIGMA team has decided to extend the submission deadline.
The deadline is extended by 5 days, and developers now have until the end of 20 Khordad 1400 (10 June 2021) to submit their games. Under the VIGMA 2021 call for entries, only games released between 15 Dey 1398 and 15 Ordibehesht 1400 (5 January 2020 to 5 May 2021) can enter this edition.
Please note that 20 Khordad 1400 (10 June 2021) is the final deadline for submissions and will not be extended under any circumstances.
As in the previous edition, the festival's main section has 8 main awards:
- Game of the Year
- Best Ongoing Game
- Best Game Design
- Best Story and Narrative
- Best Art Direction
- Best Music and Sound
- Most Creative Game of the Year
- Most Anticipated Game of the Year
Games that took part in the previous VIGMA can compete for Best Ongoing Game if they have received several updates in the past year.
As for judging the games of the second Video Game Critics Festival, like many respected festivals around the world, VIGMA brings together critics and experts in video games to judge every entry and choose the best titles among them. You can see the full list of the 33 jurors of the second VIGMA on the page vigmawards.com/juries.
An important point about the jury of the second VIGMA is that this edition set out to grow the number of jurors and critics so that it includes most of the people active in the field. Every VIGMA 2021 juror has signed the VIGMA manifesto and committed to follow all of its clauses at every stage of judging.
According to the schedule, the VIGMA 2021 event will be held on Friday 15 Mordad 1400 (6 August 2021).