General News - German Developer Awards 2009

The 2009 German Developer Awards ceremony took place yesterday at the Lichtburg in Essen. Related Designs & Blue Byte won most of the categories by academy vote. More interesting for RPG fans are the public categories.
GOTY
Anno 1404 (Related Design / Blue Byte), Anno (Wii) (Keen Games / Blue Byte), BattleForge (EA Phenomic), Risen (Piranha Bytes), The Whispered World (Daedalic), Venetica (Deck 13)
Public awards:
Best RPG
Risen (Piranha Bytes)
Best Action Game
Venetica (Deck 13)
Best Casual Game
Shakes & Fidget - The Game (Playa Games)
Best International PC Game
Runes of Magic Chapter 2: The Elven Prophecy (Runewaker Entertainment/Frogster)
Best International Console Game
Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel (Ascaron)
Complete lists can be found at PC Games (update).
The late Armin Gessert was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Mr Gessert was the owner and founder of Spellbound Entertainment (Desperados series, Arcania - A Gothic Tale, Giana Sisters). A medley of songs from his most successful games was presented by Kai Rosenkranz (Piranha Bytes) and Pierre Langer (Dynamedion).
More information.

Galleries here and there. If you want to know what real pirate game devs should look like, have a look at this funny picture.