Organizers of the 2006 Develop Industry Excellence Awards in the UK have announced the finalists for this year’s ceremony, with over 60 UK and European game development companies being named.
For the first time, the Grand Prix award will be decided by a 50 strong judging panel, although only three companies have been announced as finalists:
Project Gotham Racing developers Bizarre Creations,
Perfect Dark creators Rare and
Buzz! trivia game makers Relentless Software.
A partial list of finalists is as follows:
NEW STUDIO
Bigbig
Ankama Games
Rocksteady
MOST IMPROVED STUDIO
Rebellion
Kuju
Beautiful Game Studios
NEW CONSOLE IP
Buzz! (SCEE External/Relentless)
Pursuit Force (Bigbig)
Black (Criterion)
Kameo (Rare)
Spartan: Total Warrior (Creative Assembly)
NEW PC IP
The Movies (Lionhead)
Fahrenheit (Quantic Dream)
Sniper Elite (Rebellion)
Rag Doll Kung Fu (Mark Healey)
IN-HOUSE DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Rockstar Leeds
Criterion
Rare
Sports Interactive
Creative Assembly
INDEPENDENT DEVELOPER
Relentless
Sumo Digital
Bizarre Creations
Kuju
Rebellion
Traveller’s Tales
DEVELOPMENT LEGEND
Richard and David Darling
Charles Cecil
Michel Ancel
The final winners in each category will be announced as part of the
Develop In Brighton conference, with an awards ceremony due to take place on Wednesday, July 12th.
