Organizers of the Independent Games Festival (IGF) have announced the full line-up of judges for the 10th annual IGF competition. Journalist N’Gai Croal of Newsweek, Joystiq’s Chris Grant, Kotaku’s Brian Crecente, MTV News’ Stephen Totilo, leading indie game creators Derek Yu (Aquaria) and Don Wurster (Small Arms) are among those joining the roster this year. The complete line-up includes more than 40 judges, many of whom are returning for the fourth or fifth time to help evaluate this year’s entries. Winners will be announced at the IGF ceremony, February 20, 2008 during the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco . All finalist games will be playable on the GDC show floor, and an Independent Games Summit will once again take place alongside the main conference. For more information, visit www.igf.com .

The 2008 IGF Main Competition is open to all independent developers to submit their games - whether on PC, console, digital download, Web browser, or other more exotic formats. The prizes for the 2008 event total nearly $50,000, including the $20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize. The deadline to enter the Main Competition is Monday, October 1st, 2007.