They were recognised for their achievements in game design and development at the all-island games design and development competition for third-level students.
Over 29 teams took part in the 13th annual Games Fleadh which was held recently at the Thurles campus which is home to the B.Sc in Computing in Games Design and Development.
David Morton, a 4th year LIT student, won 'Best in Game Play' and 'Best Windows Phone Game' for his game 'Pirates vs Aliens'.
2nd year students Samantha Marah and Samuel MacSweeney were awarded 'Best in Original Digital Art' and 'Best in Original Story' for their game 'Pixel Pirate Defense'.
Among the judges was John Romero the creator of Doom as well as representatives from EA Games and Snozbot.