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TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, has
today launched itsindustry awards. The TIGA Awards are designed to
celebrate creative and technical excellence and to commend business proficiency
in the games industry.
Entry is free for both members and non-members and entrants should go to
http://awards.tiga.org for more details.
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.
There are 23 award categories in total, in a hybrid system where ‘Games
Categories’ are open to the entire industry and ‘Business of Games’ are 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’.
The award categories:
Games Categories open to the industry (both TIGA
members and non-members can enter):
Action/Adventure
Arcade
Casual
Social
Serious
Student Game
Debut Game
Visual Design
Game Design
Audio Design
Originality
Marketing Campaign
Tools and technology
Five of the above ‘Games Categories’ are specifically designed to
recognise the achievements of both small and larger studios:
Action/Adventure
Arcade
Casual
Social
Serious
Business of Games Categories(open to TIGA
members only)
Leadership
New Business Idea
Publisher
Service Provider
University
Creative Knowledge
Transfer
Start-up
Special Awards
Game of The Year
Person of the Year
Friend of the Sector
Dr Richard Wilson, CEO of TIGA, said:
“TIGA is the organisation for developers and digital
publishers. So the TIGA Awards are designed to celebrate creative and technical
excellence and to commend business proficiency in the games industry.
“Our ‘Games Categories’ are open to all and free to
enter. They provide an opportunity to highlight the current achievements of our
industry and to applaud promising start-ups, debut games and students.
“TIGA wants to ensure that the achievements of smaller
studios are recognised. For this reason, five of our ‘Games Categories’ will
make awards to both small and larger studios.”
“TIGA’s success as an organisation depends on the
commitment and expertise of our members. We have therefore introduced ‘Business
of Games Categories’ to salute the achievements of our members and to encourage
business excellence.
“The TIGA Awards offer a wonderful opportunity to
celebrate industry success and we are delighted to be hosting our Awards at the
excellent ExPlay festival in Bath.”
Jason Kingsley, TIGA Chairman and CEO and Creative Director at
Rebellion, said:
“TIGA was set up by games developers many years ago
when there was no representation for our development community. At TIGA
we aim to champion and strengthen the UK games industry as a whole. The TIGA
Awards celebrate excellence in our ever changing industry and encourage future
talent. The ‘Business of Games Categories’ reward TIGA members and recognise
high performance businesses.
“TIGA is a not for profit organisation and is committed
to supporting organisations and causes that assist young and vulnerable people.
Our charity partner for this event is SpecialEffect, which is dedicated to helping ALL young people with disabilities to
enjoy computer games.”
Ella Romanos, CEO, Remode Studios, and TIGA board
member, said:
“We are lucky to have an incredibly
talented set of developers in the UK that continue to make the British games
industry grow and grow. It is important that we celebrate and support all our
developers and publishers, which is why we are so excited to be hosting the
first TIGA Awards at this year’s ExPlay Festival in Bath.”
Korash Sanjideh, ExPlay festival director, said:
“The TIGA Awards will help
celebrate and promote the most creative and far-reaching developers and
publishers in the UK. It is with great pride that we are looking forward to the
awards taking place at the second ExPlay festival in Bath this November.”
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NOTES FOR EDITORS
About TIGA
TIGA is the trade association representing the
UK’s games industry. The majority of our members are either independent games
developers or in-house publisher owned developers. We also have games
publishers, outsourcing companies, technology businesses and universities amongst
our membership. TIGA won 10 business awards and was nominated a finalist for 9
other awards during 2010 and 2011. In 2010 TIGA won two business awards
including ‘Trade Association of the Year’ from the Trade Association Forum. In 2011, TIGA won eight business
awards including ‘Trade Association of the Year’ from the Trade Association
Forum, ‘Outstanding Organisation’ from the Chartered Management Institute and
two Global Business Excellence Awards, including ‘Outstanding Marketing
Campaign’. Richard Wilson won the ‘Leadership Award’ from the Trade
Association Forum and the ‘Outstanding Leader’ award from the Chartered
Management Institute.
TIGA is an
Investors in People organisation. TIGA's vision is to make the UK the best
place in the world to do games business. We focus on three sets of
activities: political representation, generating media coverage and developing
services that enhance the competitiveness of our members. This means that
TIGA members are effectively represented in the corridors of power, their voice
is heard in the media and they receive benefits that make a material difference
to their businesses, including a reduction in costs and improved commercial
opportunities.
For further
information, please contact Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO on: 07875 939 643, or
email richard.wilson@tiga.org.
About Extended Play
Extended Play
launched in 2011 as Southwest's first, and only, indie games festival.
Following on from the highly the successful 2011 festival in Plymouth, this
year’s ExPlay promises to be bigger and better, taking place in Bath on 31 st October – 2 nd November and continuing to
offer stimulating debate, support, inspiration and entertainment for the
digital interactive industry from gaming developers to producers, publishers
and fans. The full programme will be finalised over the coming months.