Develop Industry Excellence Awards 2008 Cambridge Nominees AnnouncedThe finalists for Develop Industry Excellence Awards 2008 have been revealed – with Ninja Theory and Rockstar leading the way with an impressive five nominations apiece. Cambridge based Ninja Theory/SCEE Cambridge (Heavenly Sword) are a strong contender to walk away with the plaudits, nominated as they are in five categories: Best New IP, Visual Arts, Audio accomplishment, Technical Innovation, and Best Independent Developer. Frontier Development (Lost Winds) is also looking to make a splash with three nominations for Best Independent Developer, Best New IP and Visual Arts.
Other regional finalists include:
“It is fantastic to see the Cambridge Game development community so well represented at the Develop Awards. The fact that three of the six studios nominated in the Best Independent Studio category, are Cambridge based businesses, speaks volumes about the quality of the game development community in our region.
On behalf of all members of Games Eden - the regional game development networking organisation, I would like to wish Jagex, Frontier, Ninja Theory, SCEE Cambridge, Partnertrans and Geomerics all the very best for success in the awards. Jeremy Cooke CEO Gameware Development Ltd., Chair, Games Eden”
This year’s Awards ceremony is expected to play host to over 500 of Europe’s leading games designers and is the only event in the calendar to exclusively doff its cap to the development community. “This year’s finalists showcase the massive amount of games development talent found in Europe,” said Michael French, Editor of Develop. “Be it digitally-distributed games, MMOs, first-person shooters or action-adventures, there’s no area of the industry that hasn’t been bolstered by Europe’s diverse sector of games development companies in the past year. We wish all of the nominees the best of luck and look forward to seeing them on what’s set to be a great night.” The Develop Industry Excellence Awards are voted for by a panel of 100 industry experts. In addition to the 16 awards voted by a panel of industry experts, two additional awards will be presented on the night – one to a Development Legend, and an overall Grand Prix, both decided by the magazine editorial team.
DEVELOP AWARDS: The finalists in full
Best New IP
Best Use of a Licence
Visual Arts
Audio Accomplishment
Publishing Hero
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY & SERVICES
Tools Provider
Technical Innovation
Creative Outsourcing
Services
Recruitment Company
Games:Edu New Talent Award
CATEGORY: STUDIOS
Best New UK/European Studio
Best Mobile Studio
Business Development
Best Independent Developer
Best In-house Developer
The Develop Industry Excellence Awards 2008 are kindly sponsored by Geomerics, Codemasters, Autodesk, Amiqus, Hansoft Posted on 16 Jul, 2008 - more Industry News
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