Develop Industry Excellence Awards 2008 - Nominees Announced - News
By Emanuel Avram
Published: June 6, 2008
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The finalists for the Develop Industry Excellence Awards 2008 have today been revealed - with Rockstar and Ninja Theory leading the way with an impressive five nominations apiece.
Now in its sixth year, this year's Develop Industry Excellence Awards ceremony is being held at the Hilton Metropole, Brighton on Wednesday July 30th, where leading lights from the games industry's development community will gather for a lavish celebration of their creative genius.
This year's Awards ceremony is expected to play host to over 500 of Europe's leading games designers and is the only event in the calendar to exclusively doff its cap to the development community.
With record-breaking sales and huge critical acclaim for Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar North boasts four nominations: Visual Arts, Audio Accomplishment, Technical Innovation, Best In-house Developer, with its newest studio, Rockstar London, hoping to scoop the award for Best New UK/European Studio.
Ninja Theory/SCEE Cambridge (Heavenly Sword) are also a strong contender to walk away with the plaudits, nominated as they are in five categories: Best New IP, Visual Arts, Audio accomplishment, Technical Innovation, and Best Independent Developer.
Frontier Development (Lost Winds) and Criterion Games (Burnout Paradise) are also looking to make a splash with three nominations each.
"This year's finalists showcase the massive amount of games development talent found in Europe," said Michael French, Editor of Develop.
"Be it digitally-distributed games, MMOs, first-person shooters or action-adventures, there's no area of the industry that hasn't been bolstered by Europe's diverse sector of games development companies in the past year. We wish all of the nominees the best of luck and look forward to seeing them on what's set to be a great night."
The Develop Industry Excellence Awards are voted for by a panel of 100 industry experts.
In addition to the 16 awards voted by a panel of industry experts, two additional awards will be presented on the night - one to a Development Legend, and an overall Grand Prix, both decided by the magazine editorial team.
CATEGORY: CREATIVITY
Best New IP
Lost Winds (Frontier Developments)
Heavenly Sword (Ninja Theory)
Crysis (Crytek)
World in Conflict (Massive)
Viking: Battle for Asgard (Creative Assembly)
Overlord (Triumph)
Best Use of a Licence
Ferrari Challenge (Eutechnyx)
The Darkness (Starbreeze)
Sega Superstar Tennis (Sumo Digital)
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (Splash Damage)
Lego Indiana Jones (Travellers' Tales)
Metal Gear Solid Mobile (Ideaworks3D)
Visual Arts
Rockstar North (Grand Theft Auto IV)
Crytek (Crysis)
London Studio (SingStar PS3 UI)
Frontier Developments (Lost Winds)
Criterion Games (Burnout Paradise)
Ninja Theory/SCEE Cambridge (Heavenly Sword)
Audio Accomplishment
London Studio (SingStar PS3)
Rockstar North (Grand Theft Auto IV)
Ninja Theory/SCEE Cambridge (Heavenly Sword)
Sumo Digital (Sega Superstars Tennis)
Codemasters Studios (Race Driver GRID)
Criterion Games (Burnout Paradise)
Publishing Hero
Codemasters
Nintendo
Sega
LucasArts
Gamecock
1C & 505 Games
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY & SERVICES
Tools Provider
Hansoft
Epic Games
Sony & SN Systems
Havok
NaturalMotion
IDV
Technical Innovation
Rockstar North/NaturalMotion/Image Metrics (Grand Theft Auto IV)
Ninja Theory/SCEE Cambridge (Heavenly Sword)
Ideaworks3D (Airplay)
SCEE R&D Team (PhyreEngine)
Geomerics (Enlighten)
Creative Outsourcing
Axis Animation
Side UK
Richard Jacques Studios
Outsource Media UK
The Audio Guys
Nimrod Productions
Services
Testronic Labs
Partnertrans UK
Babel Media
Audiomotion
U-Trax
Recruitment Company
Specialmove
Day One Search
Aardvark Swift
Amiqus
OPM
Games: Edu New Talent Award
Abertay University & Dare to be Digital
Rare
Microsoft
Blitz
University of Derby
Hull University
CATEGORY: STUDIOS
Best New UK/European Studio
Finblade
Konami Paris
Oxygen Studios
Rockstar London
Doublesix
Best Mobile Studio
Progressive Media
Ideaworks3D
Digital Chocolate Finland/Sumea
Distinctive Developments
Business Development
Zoë Mode
Rebellion
Realtime Worlds
Team 17
NaturalMotion
Best Independent Developer
Rebellion
Jagex
CCP
Frontier
Splash Damage
Ninja Theory
Best In-house Developer
Rockstar North
Codemasters Studios
Criterion Games
Sports Interactive
London Studio
Bizarre Creations
SPECIAL INDUSTRY RECOGNITION AWARDS
Development Legend
Grand Prix
Winners for these awards to be announced on the night.
The Develop Industry Excellence Awards 2008 are kindly sponsored by Geomerics, Codemasters, Autodesk, Amiqus, Hansoft.
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