Gamescom Latam Big Festival awards kick off with lifetime award for Shu Yoshida

The Gamescom Latam Big Festival 2025 awards kicked off today in Sao Paulo, Brazil, starting with a lifetime achievement award for Shu Yoshida, who championed indies at Sony’s PlayStation division during his decades of work at the company. Rodrigo Terra, CEO of Abram Games, the Brazilian game association, presented the award to Yoshida, who will do a fireside chat with me at Gamescom Latam on Thursday evening in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Yoshida left late last year after 31 years at Sony, where he held jobs such as head of Sony Interactive Entertainment Studios at Sony PlayStation. The best game award went to Nine Sols by Red Candle Games in Taiwan. The best pitch for regional game development went to Rogue Snail for its game HellClock. The best mobile game award went to Levil Devil by Unept. Best sound went to The Holy Gosh Darn, from Perfectly Paranormal As/Yogust The winner for best art was Naiad, development Elwin at HiWarp. The winner for innovation was Sol Cesto, Geraud Zucchini a ... Read full article.