One of the biggest events in the gaming calendar, The Game Awards, is fast approaching and were extremely proud to see that not just one but TWO Team17 releases have been nominated for awards this year! First up, chaotic co-op cooking game Overcooked! 2 has been nominated for Best Family Game, while pinball-Metroidvania Yokus Island Express is up for Best Debut Indie Game! It means so much to the hard-working people at the Team17 studio, as well as our Games Label partners at Ghost Town Games and Villa Gorilla to be recognised in these categories, but wed be over the moon if they won. Maybe were biased, but we think they deserve it! How you can help! The Game Awards winners are decided by a mix of independent judges and fan votes, and in the case of Best Debut Indie Game in which Yokus Island Express is running the category is 100% decided by fans. We want to spread the word about these two great games and encourage more people to play them, and we cant do it without you! So if youve played either of these gems and would like to help out then please head to The Game Awards website and cast your vote! Please note that it is possible to vote once per 24 hours (if youre feeling super passionate about the awards) and doing so will increase the chances that your game of choice wins. So too will taking advantage of the option to share your choice to social media when prompted to do so. Try the Yokus Island Express demo! If you havent played Yokus Island Express and would like to try it before voting, theres a free demo available on the Steam page. Why not give it a whirl and find out what all the fuss is about Thank you all for reading (and hopefully voting). Well see you all at The Game Awards on December 6th!

Key Features:

• 60 gruelling & puzzling levels to master.
  
• 6 bonus levels - Psst... Hidden throughout the campaign levels are portals to a greener, more tranquil place. Discover them to unlock a new play mode where waking lazy sleeping sheep becomes the priority…
  
• Rewards - Want a zombie sheep? You got it! Green blood? Yes sir.. There are a stack load of customisation rewards to unlock by fulfilling a wide range of objectives. Choose from 17 crazy skins and 6 types of blood.
  
• Create your own levels - We’re including a powerful level creation tool, the "Meat Maker", that will give you the power to design your own deadly puzzles. (Currently only available on PC)
  
• Steam Workshop integration - Share your own creations with the community and play challenging levels created by other Flockers players.
  
• Steam Leaderboards - Players can compete against their friends and others in an attempt to get the fastest time on a level and the fastest time in the story mode.
  
• Star system - Player performance is assessed via a star rating system encouraging players to perfect each level.
  
• Twitch support - Share your sheep herding talents to a wider audience with integrated Twitch support.
  
• Steam Achievements - Demonstrate your gaming prowess and show off to your friends by earning Flockers achievements.

• OS: Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit or later
• Processor: Dual Core CPU or higherMemory: 4 GB RAM
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or higher. or Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT or higher. or AMD Radeon HD 7850Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Storage: 8 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: GPU that supports OpenGL 3.3 or higher