Hit indie MMORPG Minions of Mirth has won Game Tunnel’s technical excellence award, a nod to the single-developer project which was created over the course of 11 months. Using the indie games engine of choice, Garage Game’s Torque 3d, Minions of Mirth sports over 30,000 registered players, offers both Windows XP and OS X clients and even allows players to host their own persistent game servers, all run by a highly technical and experienced two man show. Kudos MoM, keep up the great work.

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Not that it’s any surprise to me, but Wii Sports has been named game of the year by Time Magazine. Not necessarily the most prestigious of awards within the games industry, but indicative of how well Nintendo’s new direction is going. Gears of War coming second is also good signs for one of the most hyped 360 games this side of Halo 3. More and more, it’s becoming obvious that the Wii60 is the perfect combination for this next generation, even though Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3) falls within Time’s top 5.

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