The winners of the fourth annual Develop Industry Excellence Awards have been revealed at a gala event in Brighton, England, with
Project Gotham Racing developer Bizarre Creations winning the top award.
The awards were considered only for British and European companies and judged in secret by a jury of fifty independent industry experts. Bizarre Creations, who are currently working on
The Club for Sega, were awarded the coveted Grand Prix price as well as the Best Use Of Online award for the Xbox Live Arcade hit
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved.
The 18 categories and winners in full are:
Studios Category sponsored By nVidia
New UK/European Studio
Bigbig Studios
Most Improved Studio
Rebellion
Mobile Games Studio sponsored By Nokia N-Gage
Gameloft
Handheld Games Studio
Rockstar Leeds
Intellectual Property Category
New Console IP
Buzz! (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe External Development/Relentless)
New PC IP
Fahrenheit, aka
Indigo Prophecy (Quantic Dream)
Best Use Of A Licence
King Kong (Ubisoft)
Innovation, Services And Technology Company
Best Use Of Online
Bizarre Creations (
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved)
Art & Sound
Criterion (
Burnout Revenge/
Black)
Innovation
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe External Development/Relentless (
Buzz! controllers)
Tools Provider
Naturalmotion
Services & Outsourcing
Side UK
Recruitment Company
OPM Response
Industry Leaders Category
Publishing Hero
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
In-House Development Team
Criterion
Independent Developer
Traveller's Tales
Development Legend
Charles Cecil
The Grand Prix Award
Bizarre Creations
Stuart Dinsey, publisher of Develop magazine and managing director of Intent Media, said: “The games development community is perhaps one of the world’s great unsung creative industries. The Develop Industry Excellence Awards marks the time of year when the people who are at the creative coal-face of the business are recognized for just how remarkable they are. Congratulations to all the winners, and indeed to everyone who entered.”
