The Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA) hosted the annual Australian Game Developer Awards (AGDA) 2026 ceremony. The awards recognize outstanding achievements and the best projects by developers from Australia and New Zealand.
Major Triumphs of the AGDAs 2026
This year, the runaway favorite was Mixtape by Beethoven & Dinosaur, which took home the top honor of Game of the Year, alongside awards for best visual art and sound design.
Full List of Winners:
- Game of the Year: Mixtape (Beethoven & Dinosaur)
- Best Art: Mixtape
- Best Gameplay: Bits & Bops (Tempo Lab Games)
- Best Narrative: Schrodinger’s Cat Burglar (Abandoned Sheep along with SuperTonic, Actuator Digital & Translationz)
- Best Sound Design: Mixtape
- Best Music: Malys (Summerfall Studios)
- Best Accessibility: Bits & Bops
- Best VR/XR Game: Hyper Bullet (Protostar)
- Excellence in Impact: Bluey’s Happy Snaps (Gameloft Brisbane, BBC Studios, Ludo Studio & Bandai Namco)
- Best Debut: Key Fairy (Owl Machine)
- Best Ongoing Game: Static Shift Racing (Timbo Jimbo)
- Studio of the Year: Uppercut Games
- The Rising Star: Amy Potter-Jarman and Tyson Butler-Boschma
- Adam Lancman Award: Paris Buttfield-Addison
- GCAP Legacy Award: Tony Albrecht
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