2014 TIGA Games Industry Awards Finalists revealed

By October 15, 2014 Press Releases

 

Public vote for the TIGA & Edge Game of The Year Award now open

 

TIGA, the network for videogame developers and digital publishers, has announced the list of finalists for the 2014 TIGA Awards, ahead of the ceremony at the stunning OXO 2 on the Southbank in London, on the evening of November 6th.

For the 2014 Awards TIGA is delighted to have a range of key partners made up of some of the leading lights of the UK videogame industry. These include Platinum sponsors Train2Game, Gold sponsors KingJagex and Ubisoft Reflections, Silver sponsors SupermicroEpic GamesMicrosoftPlayground Games, and Sumo Digital. This is in addition to individual award sponsors AmiqusCentroid 3DCreative EnglandGrant Thornton, Havok, Kingston SmithLockwood PublishingPollen, Stevens & Bolton and Universally Speaking.

TIGA’s charity partner for the 2014 awards is once again SpecialEffect, a wonderful organisation dedicated using technology to enhance the quality of life of people with physical disabilities through videogames.  

Click here to purchase tickets for the awards ceremony. Please note that the exclusive venue has a limited capacity, which will accommodate a representative from each shortlisted studio or business to attend. However due to members purchasing multiple tickets we strongly recommend booking your place as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. For more information on the agenda and accommodation, please click here.

 

The public vote for the TIGA Game of the Year Award, sponsored by Edge, is also now open for entry.

Please visit the TIGA Awards website here to cast your vote. The deadline for making your choice is midnight on Tuesday 20th October 2014.

Please note that votes are strictly limited to one per person, although please feel free to use the below draft tweet to encourage your contacts and audience to take part and support your game.

.@TIGAMovement & @edgeonline 2014 Game Of The Year Award voting is now open! Pls vote for (insert game name) here: bit.ly/1nkAIvp

 

Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO, commented: “The TIGA Awards continue to go from strength to strength. This year’s Awards have completely exceeded our expectations, with more high quality entries than ever before, from UK and international games businesses of all sizes.

“Everyone at TIGA has been delighted to see the videogame community respond so positively to this opportunity to showcase its work and gain the recognition it deserves.

“The ceremony itself will be a wonderful opportunity for us to celebrate everyone’s achievements in 2014, as well as a great chance to network with fellow professionals.

“We expect demand for tickets to be high, so I would encourage those who do wish to attend the ceremony to book as soon as possible.

“Thank you again to everyone who has entered and supported the 2014 TIGA awards and congratulations to all those that have been shortlisted.”

 

The 2014 TIGA Games Industry Awards Finalists

 

GAMES CATEGORIES

 

BEST ACTION / ADVENTURE GAME – SMALL STUDIO 

  • Pixel Toys – Gunfinger
  • FuturLab – Velocity 2X
  • 8 Bit Studio – SKARA: The Blade Remains
  • Team Pesky – The Kraken Sleepeth
  • Evil Twin Artworks – Victory At Sea
  • Mouldy Toof – The Escapists
  • SFB Games Limited – Detective Grimoire

 

BEST ACTION / ADVENTURE GAME – LARGE STUDIO

  • Future Games of London – Little Raiders: Robin’s Revenge
  • Rebellion – Sniper Elite 3
  • Lionhead Studios – Fable Anniversary
  • Reflections, a Ubisoft studio – Watch Dogs
  • Gameloft – Modern Combat 5: Blackout
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe / Media Molecule – Tearaway
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe / Sucker Punch – inFAMOUS Second Son

 

BEST ARCADE GAME – SMALL STUDIO 

  • Pixel Toys – Gunfinger
  • FuturLab – Velocity 2X
  • Beartrap Games – Sky Patrol
  • Extra Mile Studios Ltd – Shred It!
  • IF Global Limited – Arrow C
  • Total Monkery Ltd – MagNets
  • Pixel Blimp – Free the Network

 

BEST ARCADE GAME – LARGE STUDIO 

  • Wales Interactive – Infinity Runner
  • Sumo Digital – Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
  • Playground Games – Forza Horizon 2
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe / Evolution Studios – DriveClub
  • 4J Studios – Minecraft Console Edition
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe / Housemarque – Resogun
  • Hutch Games – MMX Racing

 

BEST CASUAL GAME – SMALL STUDIO

  • 232 Studios – Epic Eric
  • SFB Games Limited – Detective Grimoire
  • IF Global – Arrow C
  • Goodboy Digital – All At Breakfast
  • QuizTix – QuizTix

 

BEST CASUAL GAME – LARGE STUDIO

  • Fuzzy Frog Ltd – Real Scary Spiders
  • Lockwood Publishing – Avakin Life
  • Reflections, a Ubisoft studio – Just Dance 2014
  • King.com – Farm Heroes Saga
  • Exient – Angry Birds Go!
  • Double Eleven – Frozen Synapse Prime
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe / Honeyslug & Sony Santa Monica – Hohokum

 

BEST DEBUT GAME 

  • Tundra Games – Rapture: World Conquest
  • Beartrap Games – Sky Patrol
  • Yakuto – Table Tennis Touch
  • Bedtime Digital Games – Back to Bed
  • Midoki – Plunder Pirates
  • Total Monkery – MagNets
  • Pixel Blimp – Free the Network

 

BEST GAME WITH A PURPOSE – SMALL STUDIO

  • Guerilla Tea – Play to Cure: Genes in Space
  • Rail Slave Games – Uriel’s Chasm
  • Thumbfood – City Runner
  • Sprogglers – Sprogglers
  • Atomicom – Switch Galaxy Ultra
  • BeefJack – Snowflake

 

BEST GAME WITH A PURPOSE – LARGE STUDIO 

  • Fuzzy Frog Ltd – Real Scary Spiders
  • Aardman Animations – Music Inc
  • Chunk Games – Reverse The Odds
  • Preloaded – Story Cards: Duel
  • Amuzo – LEGO® Star Wars™ The New Yoda Chronicles
  • Jollywise – Nick Jr Leap
  • Sumo Digital – Xbox Fitness

 

MOST ORIGINAL GAME

  • Inkle – 80 DAYS
  • Reflections, a Ubisoft studio – Watch Dogs
  • Investigate North – Cloud Chamber
  • Sumo Digital – Scorched: Combat Racing
  • Somethin’ Else – Audio Defence: Zombie Arena
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe / Media Molecule – Tearaway
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe / Honeyslug & Sony Santa Monica – Hohokum

 

BEST SOCIAL GAME – SMALL STUDIO 

  • iconical – TREBUCHET game
  • Investigate North – Cloud Chamber
  • Midoki – Plunder Pirates
  • IF Global – Arrow C
  • QuizTix – QuizTix

 

BEST SOCIAL GAME – LARGE STUDIO

  • Rebellion – Evil Genius Online
  • Lockwood Publishing – Avakin Life
  • Facepunch Studios – Rust
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe / SCE Japan Studio & Q Entertainment – Destiny of Spirits
  • Playdemic – Village Life
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe / Sony London Studio – SingStar Ultimate Party

 

BEST STUDENT GAME 

  • Pink & Blue Interactive – Capricious
  • Gamepopper – Secret of Escape
  • Five Pixels – Seek
  • Anglia Ruskin University – Slice

 

TIGA ACCESSIBILITY AWARD 

  • SixToStart – Zombies Run 3
  • Northway Games – Deep Under the Sky
  • Somethin’ Else – Audio Defence: Zombie Arena

 

BUSINESS OF GAMES CATEGORIES

 

BEST AUDIO DESIGN

  • FuturLab – Velocity 2x
  • Blazing Griffin – Dino Tribes
  • Rebellion – Sniper Elite 3
  • Just Add Water (Developments) – Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty
  • Playground Games – Forza Horizon 2
  • SFB Games – Detective Grimoire
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe / Evolution Studios – DriveClub

 

BEST EDUCATION INITIATIVE

  • The University of Bedfordshire
  • The University of Portsmouth
  • Staffordshire University
  • The Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Games and Games Intelligence (IGGI)
  • Aardvark Swift Recruitment
  • Norwich University of the Arts
  • Interactive Systems Studio, Plymouth University

 

BEST EDUCATION INSTITUTION

  • Abertay University
  • University of Greenwich
  • Goldsmiths – Computing Department
  • University of Derby
  • University of Portsmouth
  • Sheffield Hallam University
  • Bournemouth University

 

BEST GAME DESIGN

  • FuturLab – Velocity 2x
  • Rebellion – Sniper Elite 3
  • 8 Bit Studio – Skara: The Blade Remains
  • Reflections, a Ubisoft studio – Watch Dogs
  • Matmi Ltd – Rollabear
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe / Evolution Studios – DriveClub
  • Gamelab UK – The Nepalese Necklace

 

BEST IN-HOUSE STUDIO

  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe / Evolution Studios
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe / London Studio
  • Reflections, a Ubisoft studio
  • Lionhead

 

BEST INDEPENDENT STUDIO

  • Bossa
  • Rebellion
  • nDreams
  • Sumo Digital
  • Team17 Digital
  • Playground Games
  • Space Ape
  • 4J Studios

 

OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AWARD 

  • Evil Twin Artworks
  • Atomhawk
  • Rebellion
  • BeefJack
  • Playground Games
  • Sumo Digital
  • 4J Studios

 

BEST MARKETING CAMPAIGN

  • FuturLab
  • BeefJack
  • Testronic
  • Playstation UK (for PlayStation 4)
  • Playstation UK (for The Last Of Us: Remastered)

 

BEST NEW IP 

  • Lockwood Publishing – Avakin Life
  • Mouldy Toof – The Escapists
  • Reflections, a Ubisoft studio – Watch Dogs
  • Sproing Interactive Media GmbH – Sigils: Battle for Raios
  • Playdemic – Gang Nations
  • Payload Studios – TerraTech
  • Activision – Destiny

 

BEST PUBLISHER 

  • Rebellion
  • Microsoft
  • Team17
  • Channel 4
  • Ubisoft
  • PlayStation UK
  • Activision

 

BEST ACCOUNTANCY FIRM

  • Henderson Loggie
  • Grant Thornton UK LLP
  • MMP

 

BEST ANIMATION SUPPLIER 

  • Speech Graphics
  • Aardman Animations
  • Dimensional Imaging
  • RealtimeUK

 

BEST ART SUPPLIER

  • Opus Artz
  • Blue Donut Studios
  • Creative Services Group
  • Atomhawk

 

BEST AUDIO SUPPLIER 

  • DD Mgmt
  • Dolby Laboratories
  • SIDE
  • Creative Services Group, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • Pinewood Studios

 

BEST LEGAL SERVICES SUPPLIER

  • Stevens & Bolton LLP
  • Sarassin LLP

 

BEST QA PROVIDER 

  • Testology Ltd
  • MO Group International
  • Universally Speaking Ltd.
  • Testronic
  • GameBench

 

BEST RECRUITMENT FIRM

  • Amiqus
  • Interactive Selection
  • Aardvark Swift Recruitment
  • MPG Universal

 

BEST START-UP 

  • Just a Pixel
  • 8-Bit Studio
  • Mouldy Toof
  • Payload Studios
  • QuizTix

 

BEST TOOLS & TECH

  • Marmalade Technologies Ltd
  • GameSparks
  • deltaDNA
  • Speech Graphics
  • GameBench
  • Autodesk
  • Centroid

 

BEST VISUAL DESIGN

  • FuturLab – Velocity 2x
  • Blazing Griffin – Dino Tribes
  • Rebellion – Sniper Elite 3
  • Just Add Water (Developments) Ltd. – Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty
  • SFB Games Limited – Detective Grimoire
  • Playground Games – Forza Horizon 2
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe / Evolution Studios – DriveClub

 

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About TIGA  

TIGA is the trade association representing the UK video game industry.

We help developers and digital publishers build successful studios, network with the right people, save money and access professional business advice.

We also have traditional publishers, outsourcing companies, technology businesses and universities amongst our membership.

TIGA is 90% funded by independent UK businesses. 80% of our board members are developers and/or from UK owned businesses, and 50% of our board are UK business owners themselves. Since 2010, TIGA has won 17 business awards.

TIGA focuses on three sets of activities:

  • Political representation
  • Media representation
  • Business services

This enhances the competitiveness of our members by providing benefits that make a material difference to their businesses, including a reduction in costs and improved commercial opportunities.

It also means our members’ voices are heard in the corridors of power and positively represented in national, broadcast and UK video game trade media.

Get in touch:

Tel: 0845 468 2330

Email: info@tiga.org

Web: www.tiga.org

Twitter: www.twitter.com/tigamovement

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TIGAMovement

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/tiga

 

For further information, you can also contact: 

Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO on: 07875 939 643, or email: richard.wilson@tiga.org

Drew Field, TIGA Communications Director on: 07720 643 344, or email drew.field@tiga.org

 

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