2010 Indie of the Year Awards

Indie of the Year is the largest celebration of hobbyist, amateur and professional Indie developers. With record attendance and a massive number of updates, releases and new projects 2010 was a year like no other, packed to bursting with goodies to make anyone who is tired of the boring triple A games excited again!

Minecraft was honored to receive several top honors:

Editor's Choice

 * Most Innovative - 2010 saw many inspiring releases that have created quirky or interesting mechanics for gamers to enjoy throughout the year. To be nominated for an award in Most Innovative, unique gameplay is key.


 * Best Single Player - 2010 was a great year for singleplayer indie releases. To be nominated for an award in Best Singleplayer Indie projects need to have been updated significantly during 2010 and have a Singleplayer portion.

Player's Choice

 * Indie of the Year - After countless days spent voting, promoting and deciding it all comes down to this. Minecraft is the very first winner of the first annual IOTY contest and claims all the bragging rights that comes with it!

Cake
Markus "Notch" Persson, creator of Minecraft, promised that if he won the 2010 IOTY's Best Game award, he would add cake to Minecraft. He won not only players choice indie of the year, but best single player and most innovative. Cake was added as an edible, placeable item when Minecraft reached 1.2 Beta. (see:cake).