Develop Industry Excellence Awards 2010
80 companies from 14 countries in the running for this year's gongs.
Thursday 3rd June - The finalists for the Develop Industry Excellence Awards 2010 have been revealed today, with 80 companies from 14 nations competing for 21 different accolades.
Rocksteady Studios, Quantic Dream, Realtime Worlds, EA DICE and Codemasters are just some of the developers hoping to pick up one the most respected industry awards in the business.
Now in its eighth year, the Develop Awards is the only event on the games industry calendar to recognise the creative and commercial innovations made by European games developers.
This year's event takes place on July 14th at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Brighton. Over 500 industry from the games development community will gather on the night for a celebration of the industry's creative genius.
The nominations list (below) covers 24 different games made by European studios, with 13 of those being original properties. There are also four new award catagories for the event – Best New Download IP, Best Micro Studio, Best Audio Outsourcer and Best Visual Outsourcer.
Sony leads the way with nine nominations for its various European teams in the UK (London, Cambridge and Liverpool). 'Split/Second' and its Brighton-based developer Black Rock has five nominations, with Parisian outfit Quantic Dream (developer of 'Heavy Rain') and London studio Rocksteady ('Batman: Arkham Asylum') just behind that on four nominations each.
Other key nominees from across Europe include Unity (Denmark), Channel 4 (UK), Bigpoint (Germany), Amanita Design (Czechoslovakia), Remedy Games (Finland) and Realtime Worlds (UK). Global technology leaders like Epic Games, Havok, Dolby and Emergent are also in the running for prizes.
Top comic Rufus Hound will host this year’s event. Sponsors include Autodesk (Exclusive Drinks Sponsor), Realtime UK (Event Partner) and Babel Media (Development Legend sponsor).
Early bird rates on tickets and tables are still open for those wishing to attend the event – but only until June 7th – with discounts as big as £500 on tables and 25 per cent on seats.
To book your place at the event contact Kathryn.Humphrey@intentmedia.co.uk, or call 01992 535 646.
There are a number of promotional possibilities at the event that include category and award sponsorship. Contact Katie.Rawlings@intentmedia.co.uk for more information on how you can get involved.
Editorial enquiries about the Develop Awards should go to Michael.French@intentmedia.co.uk
DEVELOP AWARDS 2010: FINALISTS
CREATIVITY
Best New IP
Blur (Bizarre Creations)
Heavy Rain (Quantic Dream)
Alan Wake (Remedy Games)
EyePet (SCE London Studio)
Backbreaker (NaturalMotion)
APB (Realtime Worlds)
Split/Second (Black Rock Studio)
Best New Download IP
Angry Birds (Rovio)
VVVVVV (Distractionware)
Chime (Zoe Mode)
Machinariam (Amanita Design)
Orbital (BitForge)
Blue Toad Murder Files (Relentless Software)
Joe Danger (Hello Games)
Best Use of a Licence or IP
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Games)
Metro 2033 (4A Games)
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Climax Games)
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games (Sumo Digital / Revolution)
LittleBigPlanet PSP (SCE Cambridge)
Aliens vs Predator (Rebellion)
Visual Arts
Machinarium (Amanita Design)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Games)
Alan Wake (Remedy Games)
Heavy Rain (Quantic Dream)
EyePet (SCE London Studio)
Split/Second (Black Rock Studio)
Audio Accomplishment
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (EA DICE)
Blur (Bizarre Creations)
DJ Hero (FreeStyleGames)
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising (Codemasters)
Split/Second (Black Rock Studio)
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Climax)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Games)
Publishing Hero
Sega
Sony XDev
Bigpoint
Microsoft
Channel 4
BBC
TECHNOLOGY & SERVICES
Technical Innovation
Heavy Rain (Quantic Dream)
Sony Augmented Reality (EyePet/Invizimals)
Unity Engine (Unity Technologies)
Bigpoint Uniter (Bigpoint)
Split/Second (Black Rock studio)
Hustle Kings (VooFoo)
Tools Provider
Autodesk
Scaleform
Havok
Hansoft
SCE (R&D/SN Systems/PlayStation Home)
Audiokinetic
Dolby
Engine
Unity
Unreal Engine 3
Gamebryo Lightspeed
CryEngine
Trinigy Vision Engine
Services
Babel Media
Audiomotion
Catalyst
Testology
Universally Speaking
Testronic Labs
Audio Outsourcer
Outsource Media UK
SIDE
Richard Jacques Studios
Nimrod
Media Mill
Audio Guys
High Score Productions
Visual Outsourcer
SPOV TV
Axis Animation
Image Metrics
Realtime UK
Imagination Studios
Recruitment Company
SpecialMove
Natural Selection
Amiqus
OPM
Aardvark
Handle
STUDIOS
Best New Studio
Lightning Fish
VooFoo
Hello Games
Six to Start
Wonderland
4A Games
NaturalMotion
Micro Studio
Starfruit
Mobigame
Amanita Design
Binary Tweed
Hello Games
Tag Games
Distractionware
Handheld Studio
Rovio
Rockstar Leeds
Novaroma
SCE Cambridge
Ideaworks Game Studios
Digital Goldfish
Business Development
Avalanche
Sony XDev
Eutechnyx
Blitz 1UP
X2 Games – Exient
NDreams
In-House Studio
Rocksteady Games
Bizarre Creations
Black Rock Studio
SCE London Studio
Sports Interactive
Creative Assembly
Codemasters
Independent Studio
Realtime Worlds
Quantic Dream
Sumo Digital
Remedy Games
Jagex
Red Lynx
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Development Legend, sponsored by Babel Media
Grand Prix
There are no finalists for these prizes - they are special awards given by Develop to a key individual and top company that has innovated, supported the games industry, and helped drive its growth within the last year and their lifetimes. The winners are chosen after soundings from the games industry.