European-based magazine and website, Develop, recently announced the winners for their 2016 Develop Awards in 21 different categories during an event held alongside the Develop:Brighton conference.
These peer-selected wins for UK and European games developers highlight some of the industry’s best, based on creativity, teamwork, and innovation. Categories also include several awards for additional types of technology and service companies within the games industry.
Polish development team, CD Projekt Red, took home the most with 4 awards, while Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story, added another 3 awards to his growing collection.
Famed Metal Gear Solid creator, Hideo Kojima, received this year’s Development Legend prize.
Winners and finalists are listed below:
New Games IP – PC/console
Her Story – Sam Barlow – WINNER
Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture – The Chinese Room
Quantum Break – Remedy Entertainment
Soma – Frictional Games
Tom Clancy’s The Division – Massive Entertainment
Until Dawn – Supermassive Games
Unravel – Coldwood Interactive
New Games IP – Mobile
Rival Kingdoms – Space Ape Games – WINNER
Battlehand – Another Place
DogBiscuit – Blackstaff Games
Omega Agent – Fireproof Games
Raceline CC – Rebellion
Safari Tales – Kuato Studios
Sandstorm: Pirate Wars – Ubisoft
Wonky Ship – Kiz Studios
Use of a Licence or IP
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – CD Projekt Red – WINNER
Batman: Arkham Knight – Rocksteady
Lego Dimensions – TT Games
Mad Max – Avalanche Studios
Star Wars: Twilight of the Republic – Ninja Theory
The Escapists: The Walking Dead – Mouldy Toof
Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade – Pixel Toys
Visual Arts
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – CD Projekt RED – WINNER
Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture – The Chinese Room
Dungeon of the Endless – Amplitude Studios
Quantum Break – Remedy Entertainment
Project CARS – Slightly Mad Studios
The Climb – Crytek
Unravel – Coldwood Interactive
Until Dawn – Supermassive Games
Audio Accomplishment
Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture – The Chinese Room – WINNER
Quantum Break – Remedy Entertainment
Soma – Frictional Games
Star Wars Battlefront – EA DICE
Sublevel Zero – Sigtrap Games
The Witcher 3 – CD Projekt RED
Unravel – Coldwood Interactive
Until Dawn – Supermassive Games
Use of Narrative
Her Story – Sam Barlow – WINNER
Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture – The Chinese Room
Quantum Break – Remedy Entertainment
Reigns – Nerial
RuneScape – Jagex
Soma – Frictional Games
The Witcher 3 – CD Projekt RED
Until Dawn – Supermassive Games
Design & Creativity Tool
Wwise – Audiokinetic – WINNER
Dehumaniser – Krotos
Enlighten – Geomerics
Fabric – Tazman Audio
Granite – Graphine Software
SpeedTree For Games – SpeedTree
Substance Painter 2 – Allegorithmic
Yebis 3 – Silicon Studio
Production Tool
Perforce – Perforce Software – WINNER
Favro – Hansoft
GameBench – GameBench
Gamelift – Amazon
GameSparks – GameSparks
Marmalade Platform – Marmalade Technologies
Simplygon – Donya Labs
Umbra 3 – Umbra Software
Engine
Unreal Engine 4 – Epic Games – WINNER
CryEngine – Crytek
GameMaker: Studio – YoYo Games
GameGuru – The Game Creators
Lumberyard – Amazon
PlayCanvas – PlayCanvas
Stingray – Autodesk
Unity 5 – Unity Technologies
Creative Outsourcer – Audio
Side – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – WINNER
93 Steps – Warhammer 40,000: Regicide
High Score Productions – War Thunder trailer
Nimrod Productions – Horizon: Zero Dawn trailer
Soundcuts – Quantum Break
The Audio Guys – Forza Motorsport 6
Creative Outsourcer – Visual & Development
D3T – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (PS4) – WINNER
Audiomotion – Quantum Break
Dimensional Imaging – Quantum Break
Axis – Halo 5 Opening
Realtime UK – Rare Replay intro
Cubic Motion – Hellblade GDC demo
Services
Player Research – WINNER
DeltaDNA
Fireteam
Flipbook
Keywords Studios
Sperasoft
QA & Localisation
Testology – WINNER
Localize Direct
Lollipop Robot
MoGI Group
Testronic
Univerally Speaking
VMC
Recruiter
Amiqus – WINNER
Aardvark Swift
Avatar Games Recruitment
CV Bay
Datascope
OPM
Skillsearch
Publishing Hero
Devolver Digital – WINNER
All 4 Games
BadLand Games UK
Curve Studios
ID@Xbox
KISS
SCEE Strategic Content
Team17
Micro Studio
Sam Barlow – WINNER
Acid Nerve
Dreamloop Games
Frictional Games
Guerilla Tea
Mouldy Toof
Squarehead Studios
Wales Interactive
Independent Studio
CD Projekt Red – WINNER
Codemasters
Remedy Entertainment
Rovio
Space Ape Games
Supercell
Supermassive Games
The Chinese Room
In-House Studio
Rocksteady – WINNER
Creative Assembly
EA DICE
FreeStyle Games
IO Interactive
Massive Entertainment
TT Games
New Studio
Triangular Pixels – WINNER
A Fox What I Drew
No Code Studio
Sigtrap Games
Torque Studios
Unicube
West Coast Studios
Studio of the Year
CD Projekt Red
Development Legend
Hideo Kojima
– For the official list of winners: http://www.develop-online.net/news/cd-projekt-red-and-sam-barlow-storm-2016-develop-awards/0222255