The medieval city-building and strategy game wins the top prize at the annual videogame conference
November 18, 2024
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Hooded Horse :
November 18, 2024 - Hooded Horse is proud to share that Slavic Magic’s best-selling, popular historical city-building game Manor Lords has won the Grand Prize Award at the DevGAMM Lisbon 2024 conference.
The top prize comes with a cash reward of $20,000, with all nominees getting an equal share of $5,000 each. The Grand Prize category included some other great titles, with the full list being:
Cryptmaster
Loco Motive
Manor Lords
Sunset Hills
Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall
"Greg is an amazing developer who has dedicated years of his life to Manor Lords,” says Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender. “I'm thrilled and honored to be working with him on such a great project."
"I am honored to win this award," says Greg “Slavic Magic” Styczeń. "There is still a long way to go with Manor Lords, and I promise to continue working hard – thank you to all the DevGAMM judges for the recognition."
DevGAMM started in 2008 in Ukraine and, since 2015, has been running multiple yearly B2B conferences across Europe. Earlier in the year, Hooded Horse won “Indie Publisher of the Year 2023” at DevGAMM Gdansk in Poland.
Manor Lords is available in early access for PC via Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, and the Microsoft Store for an RRP of $39.99 / £34.99 / €39.99 / ¥4,980, as well as other regional prices. Please see SteamDB for more information. It’s also available on PC Game Pass (Game Preview).
A press kit is available.
Press inquiries: [email protected]
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About Hooded Horse(™)
Hooded Horse is a publisher of deep strategic and tactical games with people and partners around the world – From the distant past of Manor Lords and the haunted woods of Against the Storm to the depths of space in Terra Invicta and Falling Frontier. Our goal is to empower and support developers in doing what they do they do best: creating world-class experiences for their audiences.
You can find out more about us on our Steam publisher page, as well as our social channels; Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Discord, and website.
About Slavic Magic(™)
Slavic Magic is the Polish development studio led by Greg Styczeń, the (mostly) solo developer of city builder/RTS game Manor Lords. With a background in film production, Greg has enjoyed making things his entire life, and Manor Lords was born out of years of experimentation and prototypes of different game experiences.
You can find out more via the official website, as well as Twitter, Facebook, and Discord.
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