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Games and studios as well as education, service, and educational companies are all in the running to win a prestigious TIGA Games Industry Award
The Troxy in London will host a ceremony on Thursday, November 16, at 8pm.
The finalists for the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2023 were announced. This shortlist includes some of the most thrilling games of the past 12 months as well as the cream of UK game development, education, and business communities.
The TIGA Awards will continue its tradition of visiting iconic and historic venues. This year, the presentation ceremony for the TIGA Awards will be held on November 16th, at Troxy in East London, a stunning Grade II-listed Art Deco venue.
Dr Richard Wilson OBE CEO of TIGA said:
The TIGA Games Industry Awards honor excellence in the video game industry. We thank everyone who nominated for our Awards, and congratulate all our finalists. The shortlist of finalists demonstrates the talent and creativity that can be found in our game developers and service providers, as well as educators. In November, we’re looking forward to welcoming everyone for a celebration evening! “Thank you to all of our sponsors who made this event possible.”
The finalists for the TIGA Awards in 2023 across the categories of Games and Business are:
GAMES CATEGORIES
Best Action and Adventure Game
Auroch Digital: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Out of the Bit Limited: Full Void
Pentakill Studios The Occultist
Rain Games: Teslagrad 2.
Sloclap
Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerilla: Horizon: Call of the Mountain
Sony Interactive Entertainment/Santa Monica Studio : God of War Ragnarok
The Dark Pictures Anthology – The Devil in Me
Blacktail: The Parasight
BEST ARCADE GAME
Exient: Ultimate Sackboy
Island Bender Games – Island Bender
Ping Creates Super Stretchy Chicken Legs
Secret Base Pte Ltd : Double Dragon Gaiden : Rise of the Dragons
Staffordshire University: MechHead
Sumo Digital Academy: Zool Redimensioned
Supermassive Games The Dark Pictures: switchback VR
BEST CASUAL GAMES
Awaceb: Tchia
Wildfrost: Deadpan and Gaziter
Exient: Ultimate Sackboy
FuturLab PowerWash Simulation
Gearbox Publishing: Blanc
Kwalee: Hunt and Seek
Outplay Entertainment Subway Surfers Blast
Outright Games: DC Justice League: Cosmic Chaos
Terahard Studios : Monster Mop up
BEST SOCIAL GAME
Disney Games/Dlala Studios: Disney Illusion Island
Dovetail Games: CATAN – Console Edition
FuturLab PowerWash Simulation
GameXPlosion Ltd: Ultimate Supremacy
Gearbox Publishing Tribes of Midgard
Gearbox Publishing Homeworld Mobile
Gearbox Publishing: Blanc
Hugecalf Studios: Turbo Golf Racing
Outright Games: DC Justice League: Cosmic Chaos
BEST EDUCATIONAL or SIMULATION GAME
Auroch Digital: Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator
BBC /Mobile Pie: Planet Planners
BBC / Playerthree : Operation Ouch! It Take Guts to Do That!
Charles Games: Beecarbonize
FuturLab PowerWash Simulation
Divided Islands / Fish in a bottle
Frontier Developments: F1 Manager 2023
Frontier Developments/Haemimont Games: Stranded: Alien Dawn
Slitherine Software UK Ltd.: Command: Modern Operations
The Longest Walk: A Strange Experience
BEST STRATEGY GAME
Abylight – One Military Camp
Deadpan & Gaziter : Wildfrost
Dovetail Games: CATAN – Console Edition
Gearbox Publishing Homeworld Mobile
Kraken Empire: Toy Tactics
Space Menace by Only4Gamers
Slitherine Software UK Ltd. Starship Troopers Terran Command
The Iterative collective: Homeseek
Thing Trunk : Hellcard
BEST RPG –
BBC / Jollywise : Silverpoint The Game
GameXPlosion Ltd: Ultimate Supremacy
Gearbox Publishing Tribes of Midgard
Imperia Online JSK – Crush them All
Pentakill Studios The Occultist
Knight Crawlers: The Iterative Collectif
Ustwo Games Desta: Memories between
BEST PUZZLE GAMES
How to Say Goodbye in France
Chanko Studios – It’s Over!
Disney Games/Dlala Studios: Disney Illusion Island
Max Inferno – A Little Left
Outplay Entertainment: Gordon Ramsay’s Chef Blast
Space Ape Games – Chrome Valley Customs
Staffordshire University: Mental Block
Supersolid: Cook & Merge
Trailmix: Love & Pies
Tin Hearts by Wired Productions
Best CREATIVITY in GAMES
Disney Games/Dlala Studios: Disney Illusion Island
Fireshine Games – Shadows of Doubt
FuturLab PowerWash Simulation
Hugecalf Studios: Turbo Golf Racing
Citizen Sleeper: Jump Over the Age
Noun Town: Nown Toun – VR Language Learning
Switchback VR: Supermassive Games The Dark Pictures
The Dark Pictures Anthology – The Devil in Me
Ustwo Games Desta: Memories between
Tin Hearts by Wired Productions
HERITAGE IN GAMES
Lord Winklebottom investigates cave monsters
D’Avekki Studios: Murderous Muses
Frogwares – Sherlock Holmes the Awakened
Blacktail: The Parasight
Sugar Creative: 878 AD: Winchester Revealed
Sumo Digital Academy: Zool Redimensioned
Ustwo Games Desta: Memories between
Wales Interactive, Dead Pixel Productions and Good Gate Media: Mia and The Dragon Princes
Wales Interactive and Good Gate Media – Ten dates
DIVERSITY AWAARD
Awaceb: Tchia
D’Avekki Studios: Murderous Muses
Harmony: the Fall of Reverie
GameXPlosion Ltd: Ultimate Supremacy
Sony Interactive Entertainment/Santa Monica Studio : God of War Ragnarok
Staffordshire University Games Development
Trailmix: Love & Pies
Ustwo Games Desta: Memories between
Wales Interactive and Good Gate Media – Ten dates
Women in Games
Best Audio Design
Air Edel Associates Ltd: After Us
Auroch Digital: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Train Sim World 3, by Dovetail Games
Frontier Developments: F1 Manager 2023
Frontier Developments: Deliver Us Mars
Sony Interactive Entertainment/Santa Monica Studio : God of War Ragnarok
Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerilla: Horizon Call of the Mountain
The Dark Pictures Anthology – The Devil in Me
TiMi Studio Group : Honor of Kings (Mayene)
Tin Hearts by Wired Productions
Best Visual Design
Arte France: To hell with Ugly
Harmony: the Fall of Reverie
Gearbox Publishing : Blanc
Max Inferno: A little to the Left
Plot Twist : The Last Case of Benedict Fox
Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerilla: Horizon Call of the Mountain
Blacktail: The Parasight
Trailmix: Pies and Love
Wales Interactive, Dead Pixel Productions and Good Gate Media: Mia and The Dragon Princes
Wired Productions – The Last Worker
BEST VR/AR/XR/MR GAMES
Peaky Blinders: the King’s Ransom
Dreams: Synapse
Noun Town: Nown Town – VR Language Learning
Squido Studio: No More Rainbows
Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerilla: Horizon Call of the Mountain
Sugar Creative: 878AD: Winchester Revealed
Switchback VR: Supermassive Games The Dark Pictures
Wired Productions – The Last Worker
XR Games – Zombieland : Headshot Fever reloaded
BEST SMALL Stuido
D’Avekki Studio
Dlala Studios
Exit
Fireshine Games
Huge Calf Studios
Party for Introverts
Purple Yonder
Trailmix
Ustwo Games
Wired Productions
Business Categories
BEST ART/ANIMATION TRAINER SUPPLIER
Airship Interactive
Atomhawk
Liquid Crimson
Maverick Media
Sony Interactive Entertainment/PlayStation Studios
TrailerFarm
1518 Studios
BEST AUDIO SERVICE PROVIDER
PitStop Productions
SIDE
Sony Interactive Entertainment/PlayStation Studios/Creative Arts
Soundcuts Ltd
Tazman-Audio
BEST LARGE STUDIO
Auroch Digital
Dovetail Games
Flix Interactive
Guerrilla
Kwalee
Dreams
Outplay Entertainment
Rebellion
Santa Monica Studio
Space Ape Games
Sumo Digital
Supermassive Games
OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AWARD
Ben Forrester is the Head of PC and Console at Kwalee
Ben Lavery is Studio Head TrailerFarm
Bobby Thandi CEO XR Games
John Sanderson is the CEO of PitStop Productions
John Tearle is the CEO of Flix Interactive
Nathan Burlow, Studio Director & Darius Sadeghian, Studio Production Director at Rocksteady Studios.
Patrick O’Luanaigh is the CEO of nDreams
Professor Martin Jones is Vice-Chancellor of Staffordshire University
Russ Clarke is the CEO, co-founder and creative director of Payload Studios.
Simon Iwaniszak, Studio Director Red Kite Games
Trevor Williams, Studio Head, Playground Games
Viki Freeman and Tim Horton are the Chief Strategy Officers of Airship Interactive.
COMMITMENT FOR ESG AWARD
Airship Interactive
Behaviour Interactive
London College of Communication University of the Arts London
PlanetPlay
Rebellion
Rocksteady Studios
Santa Monica Studio
Sumo Group
Testronic
Ubisoft Reflections & Ubisoft Leamington Spa
University of Portsmouth
COMMITMENT FOR WELLBEING AT WORKPLACE AWARD
Airship Interactive
Dovetail Games
Dreams
Outplay Entertainment
Payload Studios
Playground Games
PlayStation London Studio
Rebellion
Rocksteady Studios
Sumo Group
TrailerFarm
Ubisoft Reflections & Ubisoft Leamington Spa
BEST EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE
Birmingham City University STEAMHOUSE
London College of Communication University of the Arts London
Norwich University of the Arts
Staffordshire University
University of Hertfordshire
University of Portsmouth
BEST TALENT Developing
Dlala Studios
Dovetail Games
Flix Interactive
Grads in Games
nDreams Academy
PlayStation London Studio
Rocksteady Studios
Sumo Group
XR Games
BEST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Birmingham City University
Bournemouth University
London College of Communication University of the Arts London
Norwich University of the Arts
Staffordshire University
University of Gloucestershire
University of Greenwich
University of Hertfordshire
University of Portsmouth
University of the West of England
University of the West of Scotland
Employer of the Year
Dovetail Games
Rebellion
Sumo Group
LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDER
Charles Russell Speechlys
Eaton Smith LLP
Lewis Silkin LLP
Stevens & Bolton LLP
Wiggin LLP
BEST PUBLISHER
Curve Games
Kwalee
Dreams
Rebellion
Secret Mode
Sony Interactive Entertainment
BEST QA or LOCALISATION PROVIDER
PTW
Testronic
Universally Speaking
BEST RECRUITING AGENCY
Aardvark Swift
Amiqus
Avatar
Big Planet
BEST SERVICE PROVIDER
Airship Interactive
Big Planet
Flix Interactive
Liquid Crimson
Magic Media
Maverick Media
PitStop Productions
PTW Family of Brands
Testronic
TrailerFarm
Sky Life Accountancy
RSM
TECHNICAL INDIGENOUS
CG Hero Ltd
Rebellion
Speech Graphics
TrailerFarm & Big Farmer
The winners of the Outstanding Individual Year, 2023 and Game Of The Year Special Awards will also be announced at the event.
