Roses Design Awards
Glasgow-based animation outfit Axis secures six gong nominations for its efforts on Killzone 2, F1 2009 and Rogue Warrior.
Date: 2nd November 2009
For immediate release.
2009 saw the inaugural Gaming categories within the Roses Design Awards. Glasgow, UK based animation specialists Axis were delighted to pick up six nominations for recent work, including Killzone 2, F1 2009 and Rogue Warrior.
The Axis team was even more delighted to win Gold in the Best Use of Animation category for the Killzone 2 trailer, which was directed by Stuart Aitken and Produced by Debbie Ross for client Sony Computer Entertainment and Guerrilla Games.
‘It is great to see all types of gaming and games marketing sitting alongside more traditional forms of design and communications’ says Axis Executive Producer Richard Scott. ‘It just reinforces how deep gaming is penetrating into the mainstream consciousness. We are delighted to see the hard work and creativity that’s behind promoting and marketing games being recognized.’
‘Killzone 2 was one of our most ambitious projects to date.’ Says Director Stuart Aitken. ‘The whole team put in a lot of hard work to create a piece of animation that had drama, action and amazing attention to detail. It’s great to see all that effort getting recognition.’
Killzone 2 is just one of a range of recent titles Axis have been involved in creating trailers and marketing content for. Others include Motorstorm Arctic Edge, Brink, Mass Effect 2 and Colin McRae Dirt 2.
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Killzone 2, Copyright Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Guerrilla Games.
About Axis Animation
Axis is an award winning animation studio, based in Glasgow, Scotland, dedicated to creating the best in animation and visual effects for commercials, broadcast, film and interactive entertainment. Recent credits include BAFTA winning Colin and Cumberland for the BBC, D&AD nominated Codehunters short film for MTV Asia and video game trailers for Colin McRae DiRT, Heavenly Sword, Crysis, Motorstorm Pacific Rift and Killzone 2.
Contact: Richard Scott +44 (0) 141 572 2802
More information on Axis can be found at www.axisanimation.com