Greetings Citizens! This has been a big year for Star Citizen, and a lot has happened, both good and bad.

This week on INNside the ‘Verse, we decided to start the first ever (hopefully) yearly Giant Bomb inspired deliberations. Ladies and Gentlemen of the ‘Verse, welcome to the INN awards. For every category we pick a winner and two runners up, crossing out any ‘losers’ in the process. The winner is bolded below.

We highly suggest you listen to this week’s podcast to hear us all squabble about the various winners.

Also stay tuned later in the week for Nehkara’s full year synopsis, where he will run down everything that’s happened this year in Star Citizen, from game updates to funding, and more!

500TH FIRST ANNUAL 2945 INN GAME AWARDS

4:20 – Most Anticipated Update (short-term)

Economy

Character Customization

Nyx

Physicalized EVA

Subsumption (AI)

Idris

Economy is the winner because it, in essence, turns the game into a proper MMO. Which is incredibly necessary.

12:35 – Best Looking Thingamawhatsitwhoositpoopsit

Nyx

Jump Points

Pupil to Planet

Big Ships

Star Marine

Pupil to Planet, and the incredibility that it brings to the game, is not only extremely anticipated, but one of the best looking things of the year, period.

21:35 – Hottest Mess

All dat bizniz with the Escapist

Star Marine release or lack thereof

Referral Codes

Unmelt system

PAX East/SXSW

Red One

This podcast

We… we don’t really need to explain this one. There was no question. The Escapist junk was a mess, and the less said about it, the better. For everyone.

32:10 – Best CIG Studio

Frankfurt

Austin

LA/SM

UK

Choosing the ‘Best’ CIG studio was quite difficult. Even if it doesn’t sound like it was on the podcast. Because all of the CIG studios, and all of the contracting studios, they are all doing amazing work. But the speed at which Frankfurt has come together, and the scale of their accomplishments thus far, has to be acknowledged.

38:45 – Best community thing

INN/THEBASE ARE REAL WINNER

BadNewsBaron (and his network)

FiendishFeather

GHG

BoredGamer

Emre Switzer

Emre Switzer was part of the community, and re-did the lighting in a hangar on his own. His project was a community thing, one good enough to be hired by CIG. That’s good. And best. It’s best thing.

AND THAT’S IT!

That’s it for our first / 500th annual INN Awards. We’ve got a lot of work and content coming to INN in the coming weeks / months, but if you have any suggestions for things you’d like to see, changes you feel are necessary, comments you want to make, let us know!

Also, if you’ve liked the work we’ve put in over the past year, check out our Patreon, or consider sending us a donation via Paypal!

Here’s to a great new year, with a lot of coverage, hiliarity, and many hijinks, and we’ll see you all in the ‘Verse!