Distinctive Developments, Rockpool Games, Fishlabs, Ideaworks3D and Opera are among the finalists at this year's Develop Industry Excellence Awards.
Hosted by ME sister magazine Develop and held on July 25th 2007 at the Hilton Metropole in Brighton, the Develop Industry Excellence Awards honour the best creative, technical and business minds in UK and European games development.This year the mobile games industry is represented by Fishlabs (in the New Handheld/Mobile IP category for Galaxy on Fire), Ideaworks (Innovation Award category), Distinctive Developments and Rockpool Games (both in the best Handheld/Mobile Games Studio category) and Opera (in the Best Use of Online category for its Nintendo DS browser software).
Develop and ME publisher Stuart Dinsey said: "In a period which has seen the launch of two home consoles, the continued improvement of Xbox 360 and PC software, and the mobile games market emerge as a genuine creative and commercial alternative to the more traditional games platforms, only the most excellent titles have any chance of standing out from the crowd."
The full list of finalists is detailed below, and you can download our special guide to the awards here.
DEVELOP AWARDS: The Finalists
CATEGORY: Creativity
New Console/PC IP
Just Cause (Avalanche)
Crackdown (Realtime Worlds)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (GSC Game World)
Viva Pinata (Rare)
MotorStorm (Evolution, SCEE External Development)
Red Steel (Ubisoft France)
New Handheld/Mobile IP
Crush (Zoe Mode)
Zendoku (Zoonami)
B-Boy (FreeStyleGames, SCEE External Development)
Galaxy on Fire (Fishlabs)
Thrillville (Frontier)
Best Use of a Licence
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Traveller’s Tales)
Burger King games (Blitz games)
The Fast and the Furious (Eutechnyx)
Who Wants to be a Millionaire (Climax)
Pirates of the Caribbean (Eurocom)
Visual Arts
Rare (Viva Pinata)
Realtime Worlds (Crackdown)
Evolution (MotorStorm)
SCEE Studio Liverpool (F1 Championship Edition)
Ubisoft France (Montpelier) (Rayman Raving Rabbids)
Audio Accomplishment
Eidos Hungary (Battlestations Midway)
Creative Assembly (Medieval II Total War)
Freestyle Games (B-Boy)
Introversion (Defcon)
Realtime Worlds (Crackdown)
Deadline Games (Chili Con Carnage)
Publishing Hero
Codemasters
Microsoft
Sony
Eidos
Sega
CATEGORY: Technology and Services
Best Use of Online
Introversion (Defcon)
Realtime Worlds (Crackdown)
Eden Studios (Test Drive Unlimited)
SCEE Studio Liverpool (F1 Championship Edition)
Opera (Wii/DS web browser Nintendo)
Innovation
SCEE Technology Group (SCE MultiStream audio engine)
Sumo Digital/Sheffield Hallam University (Super Rub-a-Dub water simulation)
Realtime Worlds (Crackdown)
Ideaworks3D (Airplay middleware)
Tools Provider
Kynogon
Havok
Autodesk
Epic Games
Perforce
NaturalMotion
Services & Outsourcing
Babel
Side UK
Audiomotion
Air Studios
Escape Studios
Image Metrics
Recruitment Company
Day One
Amiqus
OPM
Prospero
Datascope
Specialmove
CATEGORY: Studios
New UK/European Studio
FreeStyle Games
Avalanche
Shadow Light Games
Realtime Worlds
Zoonami
Cohort Studios
Handheld/Mobile Games Studio
Exient
Rebellion
Distinctive Developments
Rockstar Leeds
Rockpool Games
Full Fat
Business Development
Blitz
Relentless
Instinct
Kuju
Rebellion
EA UK
In-house Developer
Rockstar Leeds
SCEE Studio Liverpool
Ubisoft France
Rare
EA DICE
Independent Developer
Relentless
Traveller’s Tales
Evolution
Introversion
Sumo Digital
Realtime Worlds
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