Friday, 30 May 2008 | Levent OZLER
New Media BC Announces PopVox Awards Winners
With more than 70 submissions from around the world and with thousands of digital content fans having registered to vote for their favourites, New Media BC today announced the winners of the second annual PopVox Awards.
The PopVox Award winners were revealed by Kenton Low, President of New Media BC at the closing gala of VIDFEST - Canada's biggest digital content event.
"The people have spoken and we offer congratulations to all of the winners", said Kenton Low, President, New Media BC. "The competition was tight, the contestants exceeded expectations with their creativity and innovation and we're proud of the homegrown talent represented in the winner's circle".
Now in its second year, the PopVox (from vox populi - L. voice of the people) competition took place over a six-week period, with creators submitting and nominating their own work online throughout April 2008, followed by a public voting period from May 1-12.
2008 PopVox Award winners include:
- Best Digital Animated Short: PSYOP, for Coca-Cola "Happiness Factory, the Movie"
- Best Digital VFX: Ubisoft, for Assassin's Creed
- Best Game (Console/PC): Metanet Software and Slick Entertainment, for N+ on Xbox 360 / XBLA
- Best Game (Casual): Acronym Games, for Rocketmen: Axis of Evil
- Best Mobile (Game): The Saints, for NavBall
- Best Mobile (Application): CellMap Inc, for CellMap
- Best Digital Campaign: Rainmaker Entertainment and Zeros2Heroes Media, for A ReBoot ReLaunch
- Best User Generated/Crowd-sourced Content Site: Invoke Media, for Memelabs.com
- Best Digital Score: Clicktoy Interactive Inc., for The Meadow
- Best Do-Gooder site (Social Change Initiative): smashLAB, for DesignCanChange.org
- Homegrown Award (Best BC-based Venture): smashLAB, for MakeFive.com
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