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The biggest ever Develop Awards saw 17 different companies score major games industry accolades this evening. But the biggest winner overall was the New Wave of indie developers reshaping our exciting, fast-moving industry. Over 550 of the global games development elite were on hand to see the hottest studios in …

UK's biggest studio beats the industry's finest to claim quiz glory

MCV Awards is UK trade's biggest night of the year - here's the winners in full

Ubisoft won the ultimate prize at the MCV Awards: the Grand Prix. CEO Yves Guillemot himself was on hand to collect the prize, which honours both a strong 12 months in the trade, plus an overall history spanning 25 years. The Grand Prix is the only prize solely selected by …

An array of companies took home key accolades at last night’s MCV Industry Excellence Awards. 14 different companies claimed the 19 prizes, but no company dominated the winners’ list, reflecting the UK trade’s diversity. 650 execs from retail, publishing, development, distribution, PR and marketing jammed into London’s The Brewery to …

Sony’s Heavy Rain and EA’s Mass Effect 2 were the big winners at last night’s video games BAFTAs, hosted by comedian Dara O’Briain. BioWare sci-fi RPG won the coveted Best Game prize, though Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain was arguably the star with three accolades – Technical Innovation, Original Music and …

Mobile games publisher Chillingo, barely known a year ago but now ubiquitous thanks to Angry Birds, beat off the challenge of established powerhouses to claim the Best Games Company gong at last night’s ME Awards. In doing so it successfully beat off rivals such as Gameloft and its new owners …

EA and BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 is the big winner of this year’s 28th Annual Golden Joystick Awards, claiming two prizes including the coveted Ultimate Game of the Year gong – at the expense of pre-event favourite Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Other winners include Assassin’s Creed II (action/adventure), …

Honours shared evenly amongst media rivals as recently closed mag achieves Legendary status

Long-standing studio beats the industry's finest to claim quiz glory