PixelJunk Eden
Developer: Q-Games Limited
Platform: PlayStation 3 (free demo, paid full version)
Nominations: Excellence in Visual Art, Excellence in Audio, Technical Excellence
Description: Swing around on alient plant life, smashing things as you go along, as well as growing new plants.

Machinarium
Developer: Amanita Design
Nomination: Excellence in Visual Art
Platform: Windows (not yet released)
Website
Description: Navigate a self-built robot constructed of parts from a junkyard through a highly detailed steampunk world. Who says adventure games are dead?

FEIST
Developers: Filthy Grip
Nomination: Excellence in Visual Art, Student Showcase
Platform: Mac and PC (still in development)
Website
Description: Journey into twilight in a 2D platformer that’s cast solely in silhouette. Presently only videos and stills are available, so details are scarce. FEIST is the only student showcase winner that is also nominated for another award. Winner of Unity Awards Best Game Overall and Best Visual Design.

Cletus Clay
Developer: TunaSnax
Nomination: Excellence in visual art
Platform: XBLA, PC (just videos available for now)
Website
Description: Take on the role of Cletus Clay, redneck extraordinaire and last true patriot, as he defends the earth from aliens using little more than his violence and inbreeding. If we’re lucky, the two concepts won’t be mixed.