Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream won the Best New IP and Independent Studio awards at this week's European-specific Develop Awards in Brighton, joining Rocksteady Studios and Hello Games as this year's only multiple award winning game developers of the show.
London-based Rocksteady and its game
Batman: Arkham Asylum picked up prizes for Best Use of a License of IP and In-House Studio, while Guildford's Hello Games (
Joe Danger) won Best New Studio and Micro Studio.
Quantic Dream, which is located in Paris, and
Angry Birds developer Rovio, of Helsinki, were the only development houses in the "Studios" or "Creativity" categories of the awards not located in the UK; Develop is a UK-based trade publication.
Black Rock Studio (
Split/Second), FreeStyleGames (
DJ Hero), and SCE Cambridge (
LittleBigPlanet PSP) were also nominated for various awards in the "Creativity" and "Studios" categories.
Brothers Andrew Gower and Paul Gower received special recognition in the form of the Development Legend award for the success of their studio Jagex, responsible for the popular MMO
RuneScape, and engine developer Unity Technologies picked up the Technical Innovations and Grand Prix awards for its contributions to development.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Creativity
Best New IP
Heavy Rain (Quantic Dream)
Best New Download IP
Angry Birds (Rovio)
Best Use of a Licence or IP
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios)
Visual Arts
Split/Second (Black Rock Studio)
Audio Accomplishment
DJ Hero (FreeStyleGames)
Publishing Hero
Channel 4
Technology & Services
Technical Innovation
Unity Engine (Unity Technologies)
Tools Provider
Hansoft
Engine
Unreal Engine 3
Services
Testology
Audio Outsourcer
Side
Visual Outsourcer
Axis Animation
Recruitment Company
Amiqus
Studios
Best New Studio
Hello Games
Micro Studio
Hello Games
Handheld Studio
SCE Cambridge
Business Development
Sony XDev
In-House Studio
Rocksteady Studios
Independent Studio
Quantic Dream
Special Awards
Development Legend
Andrew Gower & Paul Gower (Jagex)
Grand Prix
Unity Technologies
