Well, again, our thanks to those who entered the IGF Modding Competition in its second year - we had over 35 top-quality entries this year, spanning mods to titles from Half-Life 2 and Civilization IV through Unreal Tournament 2004, Max Payne, and even Heavy Metal FAKK 2 and Operation Flashpoint. We look forward to judging them, and category winners (which are 'Best Mod' finalists, and will exhibit at GDC) will be announced December 18th, 2006.

We'd also like to graciously thank our IGF 2007 sponsors, since we've now added Sony and Microsoft as Gold Sponsors of this year's Independent Games Festival, Ageia as the Mod Sponsor, plus GameSpot and Download.com (our Audience Award partners) as Premier Media Sponsors. Most of all, we've now added GameTap as our Platinum Sponsor for the 2007 Independent Games Festival. We will be announcing further specifics surrounding GameTap's sponsorship in the near future, so watch out for that. And once again, many thanks to all our sponsors, without which the IGF just wouldn't be possible.

The next deadline for prospective entrants is November 10 , 2006 at 11:59pm PDT for the IGF Student Competition, which is free to enter, and always receives a large and high-quality turnout of great indie student titles. This year, we have the conventional 10 'Student Showcase' winners for top game ($500 travel stipend), all of whom will exhibit on the IGF Pavilion at GDC, and for the first time this year, an overall 'Best Student Game' ($2,500 cash prize) - so get submitting!