Following an amazing set of entries for this year's IGF, we're pleased to announced that the judges have picked this year's Independent Games Festival finalists, and they are as follows:

Seumas McNally Grand Prize: Darwinia, Dofus, Professor Fizzwizzle, Weird Worlds: Return To Infinite Space, Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa.

Best Web Browser Game: Dodge That Anvil, Moleculous, Dad 'N Me.
Innovation In Game Design: Rumble Box, Strange Attractors, Braid, The Witch's Yarn, Darwinia.

Technical Excellence: Saints & Sinners Bowling, Tribal Trouble, Tube Twist, Darwinia, Crazy Ball.

Innovation In Visual Art: Dofus, Darwinia, Putt Nutz, Glow Worm, Tommy And The Magical Words

Innovation In Audio: Professor Fizzwizzle, Saints & Sinners Bowling, Dodge That Anvil, Glow Worm, Weird Worlds: Return To Infinite Space.

All finalists are eligible for the IGF 2006 Audience Award. Each eventual award winner in these categories will receive a prize of $2,500, with the Seumas McNally Grand Prize being worth $20,000, and all finalists will be demonstrating their titles on the IGF Pavilion at GDC 2006 in San Jose next March, where awards will be handed out. Please note - the other finalist announcements (Mod Competition finalists, Student Showcase winners) will occur on January 15, 2006.