The Independent Games Festival has today announced the finalists in its sixth annual game development competition. Established in 1998 by the CMP Game Group, the festival's goal is to recognize and reward the best independent game developers from all over the world. This year's entrants are competing for over $40,000 in cash prizes.

　　The 10 games selected as finalists in the festival's "Open" category are as follows:

　　acmi {{park}} by Selectparks, Australia

　　Anito: Defend a Land Enraged by Anino Computer Entertainment, Philippines

　　Bontago by Circular Logic, Redmond, WA

　　Facade by InteractiveStory.net and The Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

　　Fashion Cents by My Game Company, La Mesa, CA

　　Fuzzee Teevee by Gastronaut Studios, Washington, DC

　　Savage: The Battle for Newerth by S2 Games, Rohnert Park, CA

　　Spartan by Slitherine Software, United Kingdom

　　Starshatter by Destroyer Studios, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

　　Take Command: 1861 The Civil War by MadMinute Games, New Freedom, PA

　　The 10 games selected as finalists in the "Web/downloadable" category are as follows:

　　AlphaQUEUE by Large Animal, New York, NY

　　Beesly's Buzzwords by Flashbang Studios, Tempe, AZ

　　Billiard Boxing by Shizmoo Games, New York, NY

　　Chomp! Comp! Safari by AstroManic Studios, San Francisco, CA

　　Dr. Blob's Organism by Digital Eel, Kirkland, WA

　　Dungeon Scroll by Robinson Technologies, Japan

　　Gish by Chronic Logic LLC, Santa Cruz, CA

　　Oasis by Mind Control Software, San Rafael, CA

　　Space Station Manager by Mistaril, Finland

　　Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates by Three Rings Design, San Francisco, CA

　　This year's winners will be announced at the Game Developers Choice Awards Ceremony on March 24 in San Jose, California. For more information on the competition and on this year's finalists, check out the official festival Web site.