NEWS Finalists revealed for 2011 Develop Awards
Event takes place on July 20th to honour best games developers in Europe 95 companies in the running, 28 games competing, and nine countries represented Kinect vs Move in battle for Technical Innovation title
by Michael French
ALMOST 100 games developers are battling it out for one of 21 accolades at the 2011 Develop Awards. The finalists have now been confirmed (see full list right), with a total of 95 firms in the running. They hail from nine different countries, with 28 games represented. The overall finalists list is incredibly varied, with small indie teams, larger in-house studios and format holders all out in full force.
Sony and Microsoft have the most finalist slots, with their games and studios taking six nominations each. In fact, the pair’s rival hardware – PlayStation Move and Kinect – go head-to- head in the Technical Innovation category. Key technology in both originated at the companies’ respective R&D centres in London and Cambridge.
Other companies with multiple nods include Epic Games, Angry Birdscreator Rovio Mobile, and Mojang Specifications for its indie hit Minecraft.
The victors will be named at the event itself on July 20th at the Hilton
Metropole Hotel, Brighton. Contact
Kathryn.Humphrey@
intentmedia.co.uk or call 01992 535 646 to attend. The event is sponsored by Crytek (Platinum Sponsor), Amiqus and Supermassive Games (Gold Sponsors), OPM Jobs (Table Gift Partner), Babel Media (Development Legend Award Partner) and Gamecity Hamburg (Event Partner). More sponsorship
opportunities are available – contact
Alex.Boucher@
intentmedia.co.uk for further information.
8 May 6th 2011
THE FINALISTS CREATIVITY
NEW IP Brink(Splash Damage) Bulletstorm(People Can Fly) Enslaved(Ninja Theory) Kinect Sports(Rare) Kinectimals(Frontier)
NEW DOWNLOAD IP Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Frictional Games) Dead Nation (Housemarque) Hydroventure(Curve Studios) Limbo(Playdead) Minecraft(Mojang Specifications) Tiny Wings(Andreas Illiger)
USE OF A LICENCE OR IP Angry Birds Rio(Rovio Mobile) F1 2010 (Codemasters Birmingham) FIFA Superstars(Playfish) GoldenEye 007(Eurocom) Jenga(NaturalMotion Games)
Michael Jackson: The Experience(Ubisoft Paris) Mr Men / Little Miss(Digital Goldfish)
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit (Criterion)
VISUAL ARTS Bulletstorm(People Can Fly) Crysis 2(Crytek) Enslaved(Ninja Theory) Killzone 3(Guerrilla Games) Limbo(Playdead)
MotorStorm Apocalypse (Evolution Studios) Shogun 2: Total War(The Creative Assembly)
AUDIO ACCOMPLISHMENT Crysis 2(Crytek) DJ Hero 2(FreeStyleGames)
Enslaved(Ninja Theory) Fable III (Lionhead) Kinect Sports(Rare) Limbo(Playdead) Papa Sangre(Somethin’ Else)
PUBLISHING HERO Channel 4
Electronic Arts Lockwood Publishing Microsoft
Namco Bandai SCEE XDEV Valve
TECHNOLOGY & SERVICES
TECHNICAL INNOVATION Havok Mobile(Havok) Kinect(Microsoft Research Cambridge) Kinect Sports(Rare) Path of Go AI (Microsoft Research Cambridge) PlayStation Move(SCEE Vision R&D/User Testing Team/Creative Development Group)
Razor for NGP(SN Systems/SCE R&D) Unreal Engine(Epic Games)
VISUAL OUTSOURCER Atomhawk Design Axis Animation Cubic Motion Fireproof Studios RealtimeUK Slide Spov
AUDIO OUTSOURCER Air Edel High Score Media Mill
Nimrod Productions Richard Jacques Side UK
SERVICES Audiomotion Babel Media SQS India Testology Testronic Labs Universally Speaking U-Trax
RECRUITMENT Amiqus
Aardvark Swift Avatar Games Datascope MPG Universal OPM Recruitment Specialmove
TOOLS PROVIDER Autodesk Donya Labs Epic Games Hansoft Havok
NaturalMotion Unity
ENGINE BlitzTech (Blitz Games) CryEngine 3 (Crytek) Shiva3D (Stonetrip) Unity (Unity Technologies) Unreal Engine 3 (Epic Games) Vision Game Engine (Trinigy)
STUDIOS
NEW STUDIO Future Games of London Mobile Pie
Mojang Specifications Playdead Rodeo Games Ruffian Games
Supermassive Games
MICRO STUDIO Andreas Illiger Frictional Games Mobile Pie
Mojang Specifications Revolution Software Rodeo Games That Game Studio
HANDHELD STUDIO Erik Svedäng Exient
Ideaworks Game Studio NaturalMotion Games Rovio Mobile Sports Interactive
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Bigpoint
Blitz Games Studios Curve Studios Eutechnyx Lightning Fish Mind Candy nDreams
IN-HOUSE STUDIO Codemasters Studios Criterion Games Media Molecule PopCap Dublin Sports Interactive Traveller’s Tales Ubisoft France
INDEPENDENT STUDIO Crytek
Mind Candy
Mojang Specifications Playdead Rovio Mobile Splash Damage Sumo Digital
SPECIAL RECOGNITION Winners of the Development Legend and Grand Prix prizes will be announced on the night of the awards.
www.mcvuk.com
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