TIGA, the network for video games developers and digital publishers, has today announced that the voting for the prestigious Game Of The Year Award 2015 is open. Game Of The Year is part of the TIGA Awards which will be presented on 12th November at LSO St Luke’s, London.
The unique judging structure of the TIGA Awards combines the expertise of a credible judging panel with the voice of the games industry. The Game Of The Year Award is selected entirely by games industry voters making it ‘the people’s choice’ and always the highlight of the awards evening.
CEO of TIGA, Dr Richard Wilson said: “The TIGA ‘Game Of The Year Award’ is a very special accolade. To achieve success in this category a game has to have significant popular support and demonstrate creativity, quality and technical excellence. Good luck to all the finalists – and start voting!”
Last year’s winner Minecraft Console Edition by 4J Studios was part of a spread of entries which saw over 12,000 unique votes cast. This year has seen a record number of entries with 115 games eligible for the title of Game Of The Year 2015.
To cast your vote simply visit awards15.tiga.org/awards_vote.php by midnight on 18th September 2015
The TIGA Games Industry Awards uniquely recognise excellence in games development, business and education.The awards ceremony will take place on the evening of 12th
November 2015 at the stunning LSO St Luke’s,a beautifully restored 18th Century church near Old Street, London.
The Awards are kindly sponsored by some of the leading lights of the video games industry:
Gold sponsors: King, Jigsaw 24 and Team 17
Silver sponsors: Abertay University, Epic Games, Havok ,Marmalade, Playground Games, Sumo Digital, and Universally Speaking,
Bronze sponsors : Aardvark Swift, Amiqus, Centroid Motion Capture, Creative England, Leading Light, MMP Tax, Perforce, Radiant Worlds, Sheridans ,Stevens & Bolton LLP, and Weightmans LLP,
To find out more information, go to www.award.tiga.org and stay up to date by following TIGA on twitter @TIGAMovement, whilst keeping an eye out for the #TIGAAwards hashtag.
if you have any further questions about entering or about the event please email the TIGA awards team at: awards@tiga.org.