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TIGA GAMES INDUSTRY AWARDS 2024: Finalists shortlist revealed!

By September 19, 2024 October 7th, 2024 No Comments

Over 120 studios, educators and service providers plus 80+ games shortlisted for the prestigious TIGA Games Industry Awards

Ceremony will take place on the evening of Thursday November 28th at Shoreditch Town Hall in London – Secure your tickets today!

TIGA, the trade association representing the UK video games industry, has announced the finalists of the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2024, and the shortlist features some of the most exciting games from the last 12 months, plus the cream of the UK’s game development, service provider and education talent.

View the full list of Finalists here and below.

Continuing its long tradition of visiting historic and iconic venues, the TIGA Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday November 28th at the iconic Shoreditch Town Hall. Opened in 1866, the building played an important role in East End culture, first as a Music Hall and later as a boxing venue. It is now run by the Shoreditch Town Hall Trust which has firmly established the venue as an arts, events and community space.

A limited number of tables & tickets are on sale now – Book here.

Dr Richard Wilson OBE, CEO of TIGA, said: “I’m thrilled to reveal the finalists for the highly anticipated TIGA Games Industry Awards 2024. This year’s ceremony promises to be another showcase of excellence, featuring some of the most captivating games and groundbreaking studios from the past 12 months, alongside the UK’s leading game service providers and educators.

“We’re incredibly impressed by the calibre of entries across all categories. The TIGA Awards continue to be a fantastic platform to celebrate the innovation, creativity, and dedication that drive the UK’s thriving games industry. Best of luck to all of the finalists, and a huge ‘thank you’ to our superb sponsors for supporting the event.”

The TIGA Awards 2024 finalists across the Games and Business categories are:

GAMES CATEGORIES

Action & Adventure

Auroch Digital: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

Curve Games: Dungeons of Hinterberg

Fellow Traveller: 1000xResist

Kwalee: ROBOBEAT

Ninja Theory: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II

PlayFusion: ASCENDANT.COM

Sony Interactive Entertainment: Helldivers 2

Sony Interactive Entertainment: Rise of the Rōnin

The Chinese Room/Secret Mode: Still Wakes The Deep

Arcade

Friday Sundae/BBC: Deadly Mission Unleashed

Ice BEAM/Secret Mode: Make Way

Ping Creates: Nugget Tumble

Playerthree/BBC: Shaun The Sheep – Pizza the Action

Playtonic Games: Elsie

Sumo Digital Academy/Secret Mode: Oil Strike ’75

WorldByDesign.com: Cogalot

Audio Design

Critical Hit Games: Nobody Wants To Die

Dovetail Games: Train Sim World 4

Ninja Theory: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II

Sony Interactive Entertainment: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

Sony Interactive Entertainment: Rise of the Rōnin

Sony Interactive Entertainment: The Last of Us Part II Remastered

The Chinese Room/Secret Mode: Still Wakes The Deep

TiMi Studio Group: Honor of Kings

Wales Interactive: Sker Ritual

Best Use of a Licence

BBC/Peg Digital: BBC Bitesize: Creative Lab

Behaviour Interactive: Dead By Daylight

Dlala Studios: Disney Illusion Island

FuturLab: Powerwash Simulator

Outplay Entertainment: Subway Surfers Blast

Sony Interactive Entertainment: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

SpecNext: ZX Spectrum Next

Sumo Nottingham: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Wowbagger Productions: She Could Fly: Documentary Escape Game

Casual

Dragon Scale Studios: Set Sail! Arena

Imperia Online: Painzeiro: Monster Run

IronStrike Games: Wild in the West

Max Inferno/Secret Mode: A Little to the Left: Seeing Stars

Moon Lagoon/Secret Mode: Loddlenaut

Newfangled Games: Paper Trail

Scopely: MONOPOLY GO!

Spilt Milk Studios: Trash Goblin

Trailmix Games: Love & Pies – Merge Mystery

Creativity

ColePowered Games: Shadows of Doubt

DON’T NOD: Jusant

Ironwood Studios: Pacific Drive

Maze Theory: Infinite Inside

Newfangled Games: Paper Trail

Sad Owl Studios: Viewfinder

Sony Interactive Entertainment: Helldivers 2

The Chinese Room/Secret Mode: Still Wakes The Deep

Tomas Sala/Wired Productions: Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles

Diversity

Absolutely Games: Classified: France ‘44

Blizzard Entertainment: Overwatch 2

Fellow Traveller: 1000xResist

IHDC: GAconf Europe 24

INTERIOR/NIGHT: As Dusk Falls

Ninja Theory: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II

Sony Interactive Entertainment: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

Trailmix Games: Love & Pies

Wowbagger Productions: She Could Fly: Documentary Escape Game

Education, Serious or Simulation

Abylight Studios: Exographer

Avid Games: Cards, the Universe and Everything (CUE)

BBC/Mobile Pie: BBC Bitesize: History Explorer – Secrets Through Time

Charles Games: Playing Kafka

Dovetail Games: Train Sim World 4

Expansive Worlds (Avalanche Studios Group): Call of the Wild: The Angler

Noun Town: Noun Town Language Learning

Slitherine: Command: Modern Operations

Wowbagger Productions:  She Could Fly: Documentary Escape Game

Heritage

Absolutely Games: Classified: France ‘44

Charles Games: Playing Kafka

Friday Sundae/BBC: Deadly Mission Unleashed

Newfangled Games: Paper Trail

Ninja Theory: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II

Sumo Digital Academy/Secret Mode: Oil Strike ’75

The Chinese Room/Secret Mode: Still Wakes The Deep

Wales Interactive: Sker Ritual

Narrative

INTERIOR/NIGHT:  As Dusk Falls

Ironwood Studios: Pacific Drive

Mango Protocol: CLeM

Maximum Entertainment: Until Then

Ninja Theory: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II

Party for Introverts: Cabernet

Sony Interactive Entertainment: Rise of the Rōnin

Sony Interactive Entertainment: The Last of Us Part II Remastered

Wales Interactive: Sker Ritual

Puzzle

Chaos Cookie: Squarelets

Kenness: Word Search Scrambled

Marvelous Europe: Leximan

Max Inferno/Secret Mode: A Little to the Left: Seeing Stars

Maze Theory: Infinite Inside

Newfangled Games: Paper Trail

Out of the Blue Games: American Arcadia

Outplay Entertainment: Subway Surfers Blast

Sad Owl Studios: Viewfinder

Tensori: POOLS

Social

Dragon Scale Studios: Set Sail! Arena

Ice BEAM/Secret Mode: Make Way

Megaverse: Game Changers

Prideful Sloth: Go-Go Town!

Sony Interactive Entertainment: Helldivers 2

Staffordshire University: Disc-Go!

Sumo Nottingham: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Toikido: Piñata Smash Simulator

Strategy

Absolutely Games: Classified: France ‘44

Abylight: Citadelum

Blackbird Interactive/Gearbox Publishing: Homeworld 3

Brightrock Games: Galacticare

Slitherine: Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance

Visual

Critical Hit Games: Nobody Wants To Die

DON’T NOD: Jusant

Expansive Worlds (Avalanche Studios Group): Call of the Wild: The Angler

nDreams: Little Cities: Bigger!

Out of the Blue Games: American Arcadia

Sad Owl Studios: Viewfinder

Sony Interactive Entertainment: Helldivers 2

Sony Interactive Entertainment: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

Sony Interactive Entertainment: Stellar Blade

Sumo Nottingham: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

VR, AR, XR, MR

DeepMirror: RealityGuard

Future Tech Games:  The Flip

FuturLab: PowerWash Simulator VR

Maze Theory: Infinite Inside

nDreams: Little Cities: Bigger!

Niantic Labs: Peridot

Rebellion: Zombie Army VR

Rogue Sun: Tin Hearts

Soul Assembly: Drop Dead: The Cabin – Home Invasion

Ubisoft Reflections & Ubisoft Leamington: Assassin’s Creed: Nexus VR

Best Small Studio

CULT Games

Dlala Studios

Maze Theory

Playtonic

Sad Owl Studios

Spilt Milk Studios

Wales Interactive

BUSINESS CATEGORIES

Art, Animation & Trailer Supplier

1518 Studios

Big Farmer

Liquid Crimson

Room 8 Group

TrailerFarm

Audio Services Provider

PitStop Productions

SIDE

Soundcuts

Tazman-Audio

Co-Development Partner

Flix Interactive

Rebellion North

Red Kite Games

Room 8 Group

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Sumo Digital

Commitment to ESG

Dovetail Games

nDreams

Ninja Theory

PlanetPlay

Playground Games

Rocksteady Studios

Room 8 Group

Secret Mode

Staffordshire University

Testronic

University of Portsmouth

University of the Arts London

Commitment to Workplace Wellbeing

Airship Interactive

Dlala Studios

Dovetail Games

Ninja Theory

Playtonic

Rocksteady Studios

Steel City Interactive

Trailmix Games

University of the Arts London

Education Initiative

Birmingham City University

Norwich University of the Arts

Staffordshire University

Sumo Group

UniJam (LCC, LSBU, SAE, Goldsmiths, ACM Games, SULI, GDL)

University of Portsmouth

University of the West of England

Educational Institution

Birmingham City University

Bournemouth University

Escape Studios

London College of Communication, University of the Arts London

London South Bank University

Norwich University of the Arts

Staffordshire University

University of Greenwich

University of Hertfordshire

University of Portsmouth

University of the West of England

Best Large Studio

Arrowhead Studios – Sony Interactive Entertainment

Dovetail Games

Flix Interactive

Kwalee

Naughty Dog – Sony Interactive Entertainment

nDreams

Ninja Theory

Outplay Entertainment

Rebellion

Red Kite Games

Stainless Games

Sumo Digital

Outstanding Leadership

AJ Grand-Scrutton, CEO, Dlala Studios

Carolin Krenzer, CEO & Co-Founder, Trailmix Games

Johan Pilestedt, Creative Director, Arrowhead Studios

John Wright, VP of Mobile Publishing, Kwalee

Lisa Opie, MD, Ubisoft Reflections & Ubisoft Leamington

Nathan Burlow, Studio Director & Darius Sadeghian, Studio Director, Rocksteady Studios

Patrick Buckland, CEO & Co-Founder, Stainless Games

Rhea Loucas, CEO & Founder, PlanetPlay

Simon Iwaniszak, Founder & Studio Director, Red Kite Games

Viki Freeman, COO, Airship Interactive

Legal Services

Eaton Smith LLP

Fragomen LLP

Lee & Thompson LLP

Lewis Silkin LLP

Stevens & Bolton LLP

Publisher

Curve Games

Kwalee

nDreams

Rebellion

Secret Mode

Slitherine

QA and/or Localisation

PTW

Testronic

Universally Speaking

Recruitment

Amiqus

Avatar

Big Planet

Services Provider

Avatar

Big Farmer

Big Planet

Liquid Crimson

Maverick Media

PitStop Productions

PlanetPlay

PTW Family of Brands

Room 8 Group

Tazman-Audio

TrailerFarm

Universally Speaking

Talent Development Initiative

Dlala Studios

Flix Interactive

nDreams

Rebellion

Rocksteady Studios

Tax & Accountancy

BDO

Johnston Carmichael

Plus Accounting

Technical Innovation

Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

MetaGravity

PlanetPlay

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Speech Graphics

Straight4Studios

Tazman-Audio

 

SPECIAL AWARDS

In addition, the Employer of the Year 2024, Outstanding Individual Year 2024 and Game Of The Year 2024 special awards winners will be announced on the night.

TIGA would like to thank our generous sponsors for making the Awards Ceremony possible. We are delighted to welcome Toikido as our After Party Drinks Sponsor; Sumo Group, Supermassive Games, and Ubisoft as Gold Sponsors; Abertay University, Creative Wales, Lee and Thompson, Rocksteady, and Staffordshire University as Silver Sponsors; Birmingham City University, Bournemouth University, Eaton Smith, London Games Festival, Kwalee, Outplay Entertainment, Playground Games, S&B, Space Ape Games,Testronic, and Universally Speaking as Bronze Sponsors.

The TIGA Awards 2024 ceremony will take place on the evening of Thursday 28th November at Shoreditch Town Hall. A limited number of tickets are on sale now – Book here.

Ends

Notes to Editors

 TIGA is the trade association for the UK video games industry.  TIGA’s vision is to make the UK the best place in the world to develop video games. To this end, TIGA:

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