After weeks of nomination submissions and a massivevote from the development community, the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2012 can
now announce the category finalists.
The calibre of entries was incredibly high. TIGA was
inundated with votes from the development community on their favourites across
all categories and for the special Game of the Year award. The finalists
showcase the wealth of talent in the industry both from the UK and overseas.
There are 20 award categories in total, in a hybrid
system with ‘Games Categories’ open to the entire industry and ‘Business of
Games’ open for entry exclusively for TIGA members. Categories include three
special awards: ‘Game of the Year’, ‘Person of the Year’ and ‘Friend of the
Sector’.
Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO said:
“We introduced the TIGA Awards to celebrate creative
and technical excellence and to highlight business professionalism in the games
industry. There have been a great number of entries for the TIGA Awards and the
quality of the entries has been superb. The Awards have captured the
imagination of many in the industry as there has been a huge vote from the
development community. I’d like to thank all of the games businesses for
entering the Awards, the community for participating in the vote and for the
judges who have freely given of their time to help determine the winners of the
TIGA Awards.”
Jason
Kingsley OBE, TIGA Chairman and CEO and Creative Director at Rebellion, said:
“I’m delighted that the TIGA Awards
have generated such an enthusiastic response from so many in the games
industry. TIGA exists to strengthen the UK games industry: these Awards will
provide a tangible demonstration of the excellence in our industry and serve to
promote best practice.”
The TIGA Games Industry 2012 awards ceremony will take
place on the evening of 1st November as part of the ExPlay Festival at the Bath
Assembly Rooms. Tickets for the event and after party can be purchased here
www.awards.tiga.org/awards_party.php
Follow @TIGAAwards on twitter for the latest Awards
news and chat.
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2012 FINALISTS
Action/Adventure*
Supermono Studios – Forever Drive
State of Play
Games – Lume
Neon Play – Traffic Panic
London
Team Cooper – NURSE QUEST: LOVE
HURTS
Glitch Games – Forever Lost
thechineseroom – Dear Esther
Lockwood Studios
Ltd – Mercia:
Fractured Realms
Rebellion – Sniper Elite V2
Arcade*
Preloaded
& Wellcome – AXON
Team
17 – Worms Revolution
4J
Studios – Minecraft XBLA
FuturLab – Velocity
Evolution
Studios – MotorStorm RC
Mediatonic – Robot Unicorn Attack Evolution
Neon
Play – Traffic Panic London
MegaDev – Super House of Dead Ninjas
Totem
Games – Space Off
Casual*
SCE London Studio – DanceStar™ Party
Aardman Digital and Turner Broadcasting – Dino Donkey Dash:
The Amazing World of Gumball
Reflections a Ubisoft studio – Just Dance 4
Infinite State Games – Frutorious
NaturalMotion Games – CSR Racing
First Touch Games Ltd – Score! Classic
Goals
Social*
Evolution Studios- MotorStorm RC
Reflections a Ubisoft studio – Just Dance 4
nDreams – Aurora
NationalMotion Games- CSR Racing
Mediatonic – Amateur Surgeon
Hospital
Denki – Quarrel
Eutechnyx Ltd – Auto Club
Revolution
Preloaded and Channel 4 Education – FOOTFALL
Serious: Education, training or advergame
Littleloud – Sweatshop
Appatta – My Note Games!
PLA Studios – Get 182,
Strangeland, Blue Slide Park, Fantasea
Team Cooper – Blockbuster
Denki – Quarrel
Playerthree – Nom Nation
Headstrong Games/Kuju – Art Academy 2
Chromativity – Adidas miCoach
Student Game
Mad Rocket Games – Ready, Steady,
Roll
Swallowtail Games Limited – Tick Tock Toys
Gastank Games – Interstate Outlaws
Faceplant, University of Abertay – GravTech
University of Wales Newport – Skyrunner: Rau
and the Red Kits
Dapper Hat Games – Mr Montgomery's
Debonair Facial Hair
Team Tamoanchan – Tamoanchan
Frozen Summer Studios, Abertay University – The Rig
Kangaroo Magic – Constructs
Junkfish – Into the Sky
Debut Game
Totem Games – Space Off
thechineseroom – Dear Esther
Double Eleven – LittleBigPlanet PlayStation
Yippee Entertainment – Chimpact
Fireproof Games – The Room
Angry Mango – Mush
Chromativity – Fluid Football
Hutch – Smash Cops
Visual design
State Of Play Games – Lume
thechineseroom – Dear Esther
NaturalMotion Games – CSR Racing
Lucky Frame- Bad Hotel
Stick Sports – Stick Tennis
Aardman Animation- Mush
Bigpoint GmbH – Drakensang Online
Game Design
FuturLab – Velocity
State Of Play Games – Lume
Fireproof Games – The Room
Stick Sports – Stick Tennis
Glitch Games – Forever Lost
Aardman Animation- Home Sheep Home 2
JohnnyTwoShoes – Prevail
Totem Games – Space Off
Audio Design
Lionhead, Microsoft Studios – Fable: The Journey
Infinite State Games – Frutorious
thechineseroom – Dear Esther
Fireproof Games – The Room
Reflections a Ubisoft Studio – Driver San
Francisco
JohnnyTwoShoes – Prevail
Originality
FuturLab – Velocity
State Of Play Games- Lume
thechineseroom – Dear Esther
Lucky Frame – Bad Hotel
Fireproof Games- The Room
First Touch Games Ltd – Score! Classic
Goals
Angry Mango – Mush
Reflections a Ubisoft Studio – Driver San
Francisco
Tools and technology
GamesAnalytics – Games Analytics –
Predict™ platform
NaturalMotionGames – Morpheme
Setgo Games – Pingflux
Speech Graphics Ltd
Marmalade
*(2 winners will be
chosen – big player and small studio) Business of Games » ENTRIES ARE ONLY OPEN TO TIGA MEMBERS
Leadership
Debbie Bestwick Team 17
EllaRomanos Remode
PhilipOliver Blitz Games Studios
PatrickO’Luanaigh nDreams
LeeHutchinson Double Eleven
OliChristie Neon Play
Publisher
Channel 4
Lockwood Publishing
NaturalMotion
Games Service provider
Pinewood Studios
Localize Direct
Interactive
Selection
Audiomotion
Maverick
MPG Universal
Fireproof Studios
Thumbstar
University
Bournemouth
University
University of
Bedfordshire
University of
Greenwich
University of
Portsmouth
Games Britannia Replay Events
Start-up
Hutch Games
Opposable Games
Utopian World of
Sandwiches
Chromativity
Fireproof Games
Ends
NOTES
FOR EDITORS
About
the TIGA Awards
The
TIGA Awards are designed to celebrate creative and technical excellence and to
commend business proficiency in the games industry. The awards highlight best
practice and reward those in the industry contributing to its long-term innovation.
Ran in partnership with the ExPlay Festival, award night takes place on 1st
November 2012 at The Assembly Rooms in Bath.
For
more information visit http://awards.tiga.org or email awards@tiga.org