Finalists revealed for 2015 TIGA Awards

UK trade body TIGA has announced the finalists for this year’s awards.

The awards cover all aspects of development and publishing within the UK, highlighting some of the best studios the nation has to offer.

The winners will be announced during a ceremony in London on Thursday, November 12th. TIGA reports record levels of support, with more entries than ever.

"The TIGA Awards are designed to celebrate creative, commercial and technical excellence and to highlight success, best practice and innovation," said CEO Richard Wilson.

“I would like to congratulate our finalists, thank our judges and sponsors and applaud the work of our charity partner, Special Effect: a wonderful organisation that uses video games to enhance the quality of life of people with disabilities. The TIGA Awards are a testament to the creativity, excellence and ingenuity of the video games industry.” 

You can find the full list of finalists for all categories below: 

ACTION AND ADVENTURE SMALL

• Geek Beach: Storm Tree
• Geek Beach: Ore Light 
• Odd World Inhabitants: Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty
• Payload Studios: Terra Tech
• Pixel Squad: Crime Coast
• Roll7: OlliOlli2
• Rodeo Games: Warhammer 40K: Deathwatch – Tryanid Invasion 
• Psytec Games: Crystal Rift
• State of Play Games: Lumino City
• Wales Interactive: Soul Axiom

ACTION AND ADVENTURE LARGE

• Activision: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
• Activision: Destiny
• Climax Studios: Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China
• Creative Assembly: Alien: Isolation
• Exient Leamington Spa: Angry Birds Transformers 
• Ninja Kiwi: SAS: Zombie Assault 4
• Ninja Theory: DmC: Devil May Cry Definitive Edition 
• Red Thread Games: Dreamfall Chapters
• Supermassive Games: Until Dawn
• Sony Computer Entertainment Europe: Bloodborne 

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• Beartrap Games: Sky Patrol
• Confused Pelican Games: Iron Fisticle
• Flump Studios: Horizon Shift
• Gamepopper: Glow Drop DX
• Just A Pixel: Light, Sneak, Hack, Steal
• Naked Penguin Boy: Run the Joint
• Red Phantom Games: Minutes
• Retro Fist: Fire Fu
• Roll7: Not A Hero
• Tikipod: Rock Boshers DX: Director’s Cut 

ARCADE LARGE

• Fuzzy Frog: Ronaldo Superstars
• Climax Studios: Bandit 6
• Rare: Rare Replay
• Rebellion: Zombie Army Trilogy
• Outplay Entertainment: Angry Birds POP!
• Sony Computer Entertainment Europe: Super Stardust Ultra 

AUDIO DESIGN

• Blazing Griffin: Distant Star: Revenant Fleet
• Radiant Worlds: SkySaga
• Rare: Rare Replay
• Rebellion: Zombie Army Trilogy
• Supermassive Games: Until Dawn
• Team 17 Digital/Tiger & Squid: Beyond Eyes
• The Chinese Room 

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• Bica Studios: Smash Time!
• Bisbog: Renegade Monsters 
• Chilled Mouse: Chime Sharp
• Gateway Interactive: Spectra
• Interactive Systems Studio: Brake To Win
• Rocket Rainbow: Hay Ewe 
• Total Monkery: ElemenTales
• Tsumanga Studios: Winx Club: Winx Fairy School
• Viewpoint Games: VR Karts
• Zabuza Labs: Duplex

CASUAL LARGE

• Exient Leamington Spa: Bake Escape
• Gameloft: Spiderman Unlimited 
• Lockwood Publishing: Avakin Life
• Midoki: Plunder Pirates
• Ninja Kiwi: Bloons Monkey City 
• Playdemic: Gang Nations 
• Reflections, a Ubisoft Studio: Grow Home
• Sony Computer Entertainment Europe: Helldivers
• Sony Computer Entertainment: LittleBigPlanet3 
• The Chinese Room: Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture

CREATIVE UK GAMEPLAY

• Bossa Studios: I Am Bread
• Just A Pixel: Light, Sneak, Hack, Steal
• Radiant Worlds: SkySaga
• Reflections, a Ubisoft Studio: Grow Home
• Supermassive Games: Until Dawn
• Sony Computer Entertainment: LittleBigPlanet3 
• Team17 Digital Ltd / Mouldy Toof Studios: The Escapists
• Team17 Digital Ltd / Tiger & Squid: Beyond Eyes
• The Chinese Room: Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture 
• 8-bit Studio: The Blade Remains

DEBUT GAME

• Acid Nerve: Titan Souls
• Failbetter Games: Sunless Sea
• Freejam: Robocraft Unleashed
• Mad Fellows: SineWave
• Tammeka Games: Radial-G : Racing Revolved
• Milky Tea: Coffin Dodgers
• Sam Barlow: Her Story 
• Team17 Digital Ltd / Mouldy Toof Studios: The Escapists
• Team17 Digital Ltd / Unicube: Sheltered
• Team Junkfish: Monstrum 

DIVERSITY AWARD

• Aardman Animations: Escargot Escape Artistes
• Interactive Selection and Women in Games Jobs
• Rare: Rare Replay
• Team17 Digital Ltd / Tiger & Squid: Beyond Eyes
• The Chinese Room: Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture

GAMES WITH A PURPOSE LARGE

• Aardman Animations: Escargot Escape Artistes
• Aardman Animations: Sustainable Shaun
• BBC Learning: The Doctor And The Dalek
• Preloaded: Rugged Rovers
• Preloaded: TryAnt
• Rare: Rare Replay
• Red Thread Games: Dreamfall Chapters 
• Square Enix: Life Is Strange
• Team17 Digital Ltd / Tiger & Squid: Beyond Eyes 

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• GamelabUK: The Boris Games
• GroundBreaking Games: Barley And Me 
• Italic Pig: Schrödinger’s Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark
• Radication Games / Abertay University: Project: Sanitarium
• Sun & Moon Studios: Eye Can Fly
• State of Play Games: Lumino City
• Steel Minions: PieceFall
• Twiddly Studio: Sum Idea
• Virtually Free: Agoraphobia Free
• Wales Interactive: Soul Axiom 

ORIGINAL

• Stroboskop: Sylvio 
• Blazing Griffin: Distant Star: Revenant Fleet
• Bossa Studios: I Am Bread
• Positech Games: Big Pharma 
• Sony Computer Entertainment Europe: Bloodborne
• Space Ape Games: Rival Kingdoms
• State of Play Games: Lumino City
• Team17 Digital Ltd / Tiger & Squid: Beyond Eyes
• Techland: Dying Light
• The Chinese Room: Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture

SOCIAL LARGE

• Imperia Online: Imperia Online
• Lockwood Publishing: Avakin Life
• Midoki: Plunder Pirates
• Playdemic: Gang Nations 
• Sony Computer Entertainment: LittleBigPlanet3 
• Space Ape Games: Rival Kingdoms
• Supermassive Games: Until Dawn

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• Legendary Games: Year O: Tactics
• Mutant Labs: Hot Seat: The Quick Fire Party Game
• Rocket Rainbow: Hay Ewe
• Stand Out Games Studio: Quickslide

VISUAL DESIGN

• Climax Studios: Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China
• Just Add Water: Odd World: New ‘n’ Tasty 
• Ninja Theory: DmC: Devil May Cry Definitive Edition 
• Rare: Rare Replay
• Rebellion: Zombie Army Trilogy
• Sony Computer Entertainment Europe: Bloodborne
• Sony Computer Entertainment Europe: God of War® III Remastered
• Sony Computer Entertainment/Ready At Dawn: The Order 1886
• Supermassive Games: Until Dawn
• Team17 Digital Ltd / Tiger & Squid: Beyond Eyes
• The Chinese Room: Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture

ANIMATION SUPPLIER 

• Centroid Motion Capture
• Dimensional Imaging
• Speech Graphics

ART SUPPLIER 

• Atomhawk
• Leading Light Design

AUDIO SUPPLIER

• Nimrod
• Pinewood Studios
• SIDE 

EDUCATION INITIATIVE & TALENT DEVELOPMENT

• Evil Twin Artworks
• Grads in Games (Aardvark Swift)
• Hao2.eu
• IGGI Universities York, Goldsmiths and Essex
• London South Bank University
• Next Generation Skills Academy
• SCEE PlayStationFirst
• Staffordshire University
• Steel Minions
• University of Portsmouth 

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Sponsored by Abertay University 

• Anglia Ruskin University
• Bournemouth University
• Goldsmiths, University of London
• London South Bank University
• Norwich University of the Arts
• Sheffield Hallam University
• Staffordshire University
• University of Greenwich
• University of Portsmouth
• UWEGames@ Uwe Bristol 

ENGINES, MIDDLEWARE, TOOLS & TECH

• Autodesk
• deltaDNA
• Dimensional Imaging
• GameBench
• GameSparks
• Marmalade Technologies
• Perforce
• PlayCanvas
• Simplygon
• Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
• Tazman-Audio 

INDEPENDENT STUDIO
Sponsored by Marmalade

• Bossa Studios
• Climax Studios 
• CCP Games
• Futurlab
• Ninja Theory 
• Playground Games 
• Radiant Worlds
• Rebellion
• Space Ape Games 
• Sumo Digital 
• Supermassive Games
• Team 17 Digital Ltd

IN-HOUSE STUDIO

• Lionhead Studios
• Rare
• Reflections, a Ubisoft Studio 

LEADERSHIP
Sponsored by Amiqus

• Atomhawk
• Evil Twin Artworks 
• Iconical 
• Playabl
• Playground Games
• Radication Games / Abertay University
• Space Ape Games
• Sumo Digital
• Team17 Digital Ltd 

BEST LEGAL SERVICES 

• Sarassin LLP
• Sheridans
• Stevens & Bolton LLP
• Weightmans LLP 

PUBLISHER

• Activision
• Channel 4
• Kiss 
• Microsoft
• Sony Computer Entertainment
• Team17 Digital Ltd 

QA

• GameBench
• MoGi
• Testology
• Universally Speaking 

RECRUITMENT AGENCY 

• Aardvark Swift
• Amiqus
• Interactive Selection 

START UP

• Compare the Game
• GameBench
• Iconical 
• Mouldy Toof studios
• Playabl
• Playtonic Games
• Unicube

TECHNICAL INNOVATION

• Coatsink Software
• GameSparks 
• Perforce
• Radiant Worlds
• Rebellion
• Reflections, a Ubisoft studio
• Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
• Simplygon
• Supermassive Games
• Whispering Gibbon

TAX AND ACCOUNTANCY

• French Duncan LLP
• Grant Thornton
• Henderson Loggie
• KPMG
• MMP Tax Limited 

UK HERITAGE

• Playabl
• Rare Ltd
• Sumo Digital
• The Chinese Room 

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL AWARD
To be announced at the TIGA Games Industry Awards Ceremony

GAME OF THE YEAR
To be announced at the TIGA Games Industry Awards Ceremony