IRL Real Life Events from the industry
Thank you to this year’s sponsors, without whom the MCV/DEVELOP
Awards would not have been possible!
Last month 600 games industry professionals turned out the 2024 MCV/DEVELOP Awards, which took place at a packed Royal Lancaster Hotel overlooking London’s Hyde Park. It was the most well attended MCV Awards ceremony in at least ten years.
The biggest winner of the evening was Larian Studios, which won Narrative Inno- vation and Audio Innovation for Baldur’s Gate 3, plus the award for Major Studio of the Year. Sad Owl Studios won two awards for Viewfinder, Gameplay Innovation and Visual Innovation.
Of the new awards, Rare’s Sea of Thieves won Ongoing Innovation, Sumo Digital won Co-Development Studio of the Year and Heaven Media won Strategic Partner of the Year.
It was a good night for accessibility efforts. As well as Soft Leaf Studios win- ning an award for Stories of Blossom (and giving the most heartfelt acceptance speech), Sony won the Hardware Innovation award for its Access Controller.
The final awards of the evening, for Newcomer and Better World, went to Maver- ick Games and GamesAid respectively, with Jagex securing a place in MCV Val- halla alongside previous Legend winners Rare, Sports Interactive and Rebellion.
Congratulations to the finalists, thanks to everyone that came along to support the awards, not least the sponsors. We hope to see you again next year!
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