New deadline is midnight on Friday 26th September 2014
Thank you to everyone who has entered the 2014 TIGA Awards.
This year is well on the way to being our most successful event yet, with more entries than ever from world-leading developers, digital publishers and games businesses of all sizes.
Due to a surge in entries and numerous requests for more time, we are extending the entry deadline until midnight on Friday September 26th 2014.
The TIGA Games Industry Awards are designed to celebrate the best in creativity, technological innovation and professionalism in business at all levels and in all sectors of the UK games industry. The TIGA Awards recognise and reward the hard work and achievements of everyone that contributes to the UK videogame industry. This is why six categories feature separate awards for small and larger businesses, and entry is free for TIGA members and non-members alike.
The 2013 awards were a roaring success, with the ceremony itself winning the 2013 Global Business Excellence Award for Outstanding Event. This is in addition to more than 10,500 votes being cast by the developer community and the public for the hotly contested ‘Game of The Year’ category.
The 2014 TIGA Awards will be held at the stunning OXO 2 on the Southbank in London, on the evening of November 6th, with panoramic views of London along the Thames.
For the 2014 Awards TIGA is delighted to have a range of key partners made up of the leading lights of the UK videogame industry. These include Platinum sponsors Train2Game, Gold sponsors King, Jagex and Ubisoft Reflections, Silver sponsors Epic Games, Microsoft, Playground Games, and Sumo Digital. This is in addition to individual award sponsors Amiqus, Centroid 3D, Creative England, Kingston Smith, Lockwood Publishing, Pollen, Stevens & Bolton, Silicon Valley Technology Bank and Universally Speaking.
TIGA’s charity partner for the 2014 awards is once again SpecialEffect, a wonderful organisation dedicated to dedicated to using technology to enhance the quality of life of people with physical disabilities through videogames.
There are 31 categories in total; with the games categories open to the entire industry. The special awards categories will once again include ‘Game of the Year’, chosen by the UK’s development community through a public vote, and a Special Recognition Award.
TIGA’s ‘Business of Games’ categories are for members only, and are specifically designed to recognise the great work done by organisations from the wider ecosystem, from educators and tech developers to publishers, and accountants.
New categories for 2014 include the TIGA Accessibility Award, and Best Game Engine, Middleware, Tools and Technology – which has separate awards for small and larger businesses. Other new awards include Best In-House Studio and Best Independent Studio.
To enter or find more information, go to: http://awards14.tiga.org/ and stay up to date by following TIGA on twitter at @TIGAMovement, whilst keeping an eye out for the #TIGAAwards hashtag.
If you have any further questions at all please email the TIGA awards team at: awards@tiga.org.
Although our awards are focused on the UK games industry, TIGA has some non-UK members and some components from entries may be from overseas; as such ownership is not important, as the entry may be a studio of a US or European based company.
Full 2014 TIGA Awards category list:
Games Categories
(Free to enter and open to all)
Best Action/Adventure Game
(Features separate awards for small and larger studios) Best Arcade Game (Features separate awards for small and larger studios)
Best Casual Game (Features separate awards for small and larger studios)
Best Social Game (Features separate awards for small and larger studios)
Best Game With A Purpose
(Features separate awards for small and larger studios)
Best Student Game
Best Debut Game
Most Original Game
Best Marketing Campaign
Accessibility Award (For the best effort towards inclusive game design in the last 12 months, allowing more people with disabilities to take part in mainstream gaming. This can be for anything from colour blindness to cerebral palsy, deafness to dyslexia. For more information see: http://www.gameaccessibilityguidelines.com.)
Business of Games Categories:
(Free to enter and open to TIGA members only)
Outstanding Leadership Award
Best Publisher
Best Independent Studio
Best In-House Studio
Best Art Supplier
Best Audio Supplier
Best Animation Supplier
Best Recruitment Agency
Best Accountancy Firm
Best Legal Services Firm Best QA Provider
Best Educational Institution
Best Education Initiative
Best Start-up
Best Game Engines, Middleware, Tools and Technology (features separate awards for small and larger businesses)
Best New IP
Best Visual Design
Best Game Design
Best Audio Design
Special Awards:
(Cannot be entered into)
Special Recognition Award
TIGA Game of the Year Award (chosen by the UK development community in a public vote)