

With their activation "Buy a tree, plant a tree - on your island and on your planet" they have planted 200,000 trees in collaboration with Ecosia. Player's Choice: The award voted for by the player community went to Wooga's June's Journey for the second year in a row.Best in Food: Supercell's Hay Day won a second award this year with their "Farmers for Farmers" activation.On top of that there was a Steam sale where each game sold 10% of the income goes into planting trees with the sale now extended until July 14th. With their Steam achievement players can plant real-world trees with their in-game actions. Best in Forests: The forest experts chose Serious Brother's Imagine Earth as the winner for this award.Their event allowed players to learn more about ocean carbon sinks. First to Implement: Carbon Island, developed by Tencent Games, won the first to implement award with their activation "Explore the blue, protect the Earth" the first of 42 entries to go live in the game.This award was selected by a panel of gaming media experts. Early next year the game will promote strategies to reduce wildfires' frequency and size and aim to impact players emotionally about their consequences. Media's Choice: This award was won by Ubisoft Annecy's Rider's Republic, with their activation " Phoenix".Players had to reach the community goal in a Global Truck Event to unlock a donation to non-profit Rodale Institute, which will help train real-life farmers in regenerative farming practice. UNEP Choice: This was won by Hay Day's green activation "Farmers for Farmers" which educated players about regenerative agriculture via an in-game event and digital Hay Day Cookbook.

All submissions can be seen on the website herewith winners of the awards including: UN judges said they were "incredibly impressed" by the creativity and innovation of the activations that will be taken into live games. This year's awards were focused on the themes of forests and food with the aim of influencing one million players' food choices and planting and protecting one million trees. The Green Game Jam is a vehicle for studios to empower their players to change their world through the games they know and love. LOS ANGELES, J/PRNewswire/ - Today, the winners of the third Green Game Jam Awardswere unveiled with studios including Supercell's Hay Day, Ubisoft's Rider's Republic, Tilting Point's Terragenesis and Tencent Games' Carbon Island emerging victorious from an incredibly competitive field of 42 entries.
