Valve kicked off the very first edition of the Saxxy Awards a few years ago. What is it exactly? Well, fans are encouraged to make their very own machinima utilising the Source Filmmaker – the same (and free) tool that Valve use to make animated videos for several of their games. Fans then enter their animation into one of 4 categories; short, action, comedy, drama. Oscars be damned, here are your winners for the Saxxy Awards 2014!
You can view all the nominees in their specific categories right here on the official page. If you don’t have the time to watch through the content, I’d recommend bookmarking and doing so when you can. Here are the winners from each category:
Best Short
TF2 in 60 seconds
Best Action
Rivalry Rush
Best Comedy
About a Scout
Best Drama
DEFECT_
Best Overall
Animation vs. Animator
The only real limitations imposed on entrants is that their films could not be longer than 5 minutes. Entries into the short category on the other hand, could be no longer than 1 minute.
What prizes do these animators get for their hard work? A Saxxy award for Team Fortress 2 of course! I’m sure you’ll laugh, but it really shouldn’t be about money or anything anyways. Besides, judging by the price of some items in Valve games, I’d imagine the winners could sell their award on the market for quite the amount if they wanted.
The overall winner gets something way better though. They are flown to Seattle for a tour of Valve and they get to meet Valve’s filmmakers. I would totally use that opportunity infiltrate Valve HQ and get the inside scoop on… wait a second…
Number of Saxxy award winners = 5
Game used in all winners = Team Fortress 2
5 – 2 = 3!
WE ALL KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS!
Moving on, do you have any favourites from any of the categories this year? I quite enjoyed this one which fleshed out the story of the ever scary Pudge from Dota 2.
Last Updated: October 2, 2014
Alien Emperor Trevor
October 2, 2014 at 11:36
They’re making either TF3, L4D3 or DOTA3? …Wait, 3 three-sequels? That’s 3 cubed. OMG HL3!
Admiral Chief 0
October 2, 2014 at 11:38
O_O
hairyknees
October 2, 2014 at 11:38
I’M TELLING YOU! New Orange Box will have Dota 3, Half-Life 3, L4D3, Portal 3, TF3… RUNNING ON A NICE NEW SOURCE ENGINE!
Alien Emperor Trevor
October 2, 2014 at 11:41
USE YOUR INSIDE VOICE!
HvR
October 2, 2014 at 12:48
“No Geoff not the face…”
Kensei Seraph - Staff
October 2, 2014 at 12:57
I would buy that just for Portal 3.
Matthew Holliday
October 2, 2014 at 13:37
l4d3 was actually confirmed, sort of.
at the international 3, the dota players got a tour of the office and they noticed the source code on one of the devs monitors.
that there has been no further news on it, means that its probably a pet project
Hammersteyn
October 2, 2014 at 11:44
They should do what Windows did, skip a number. Release HL4.
Ryanza
October 2, 2014 at 11:54
Best Short – The Witcher 3 Killing Monsters
Ryanza
October 2, 2014 at 11:55
Best Drama – The Witcher 3 Ladies of the woods
Ryanza
October 2, 2014 at 11:57
Best Comedy – The Witcher 3 Geralt’s voice improv
Ryanza
October 2, 2014 at 11:59
Best Action – The Witcher 3 sword fighting.
Best Overall – The Witcher 3
Did I get the awards right.
hairyknees
October 2, 2014 at 12:22
hahaha GTFO WITH ALL THESE NICE CINEMATICS! I want the now :'(
Kensei Seraph - Staff
October 2, 2014 at 12:56
I tried to vote for the Pudge one this morning but I was told I needed to purchase a game to be eligible… I own 155 games (and I’ve even finished some of them).
Now I think it was meant to say that the vote period had passed and gave me the wrong error message.
Majik
October 3, 2014 at 08:15
I guess you could say they are bringing Saxxy back!
MakeItLegal
October 10, 2014 at 18:44
Omg the pudge video rocked the socks off me way sick