TIGA, the independent trade association representing the UK videogames industry, today announced the winners of the 2016 TIGA Games Industry Awards. The virtual reality (VR) development scene was well represented, with DiRT Rally, The Assembly and more taking home trophies.
A total of 37 awards were handed out last night, with VR developers or titles taking home 4 of the awards. nDreams, UK-based VR specialist developer, won the award for ‘Most Original Game’ thanks to their adventure experience, The Assembly, while Codemasters’ DiRT Rally, available to play with VR head-mounted displays (HMDs) on PC, won ‘Best Racing Game’.
Also worthy of note to the VR industry were awards given to Supermassive Games, developers of Until Dawn: Rush of Blood and Tumble VR, for ‘Outstanding Creativity’, and ‘Best QA Provider’ for Testology, who have been vocal about the need for a different approach to QA testing for VR experiences.
Finally, Epic Games, Ninja Theory, Cubic Motion and 3Lateral continue to take home trophies for their combined efforts in real-time rendering of motion-captured actors. Deemed ‘Best Technical Innovation’, the performance capture technology first demonstrated at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), San Francisco, earlier this year has since been spun-off into its own facility, Senua Studio.
The full list of winners at the 2016 TIGA Games Industry Awards follows below, and VRFocus will keep you updated with all the latest from the UK’s VR development scene.
The winners of the 2016 TIGA Games Industry Awards are as follows:
BEST ARCADE GAME
HOUSEMARQUE (SIEE)
ALIENATION
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
NAUGHTY DOG
UNCHARTERED 4: A THIEF’S END
BEST DEBUT GAME
GHOST TOWN GAMES
OVERCOOKED
BEST CASUAL/SOCIAL GAME
REBELLION
RACELINE CC
BEST PUZZLE GAME
FIDDLESTICKS GAMES
HUE
BEST RACING GAME
CODEMASTERS
DiRT RALLY
BEST ROLE PLAYING GAME
FUNKY PANDA GAMES
MONSTER MOUNTAIN
BEST STRATEGY GAME
SPACE APE GAMES
TRANSFORMERS: EARTH WARS
BEST GAME ON AMAZON APPSTORE
CHANNEL 4
EDEN: THE GAME
BEST AUDIO DESIGN
ROCKSTEADY STUDIOS
BATMAN:ARKHAM KNIGHT
BEST CREATIVE GAMEPLAY
THE CREATIVE ASSEMBLY
TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER
DIVERSITY AWARD
NEXT GEN SKILLS ACADEMY
NEXTGEN ASPIRING WOMEN
BEST EDUCATIONAL GAME
THE TIMES TABLE ADVENTURE
STRAWDOG STUDIOS / PITSTOP PRODUCTIONS
BEST GAME BY A SMALL STUDIO
PIXEL TOYS
WARHAMMER 40,000:FREEBLADE
MOST ORIGINAL GAME
nDREAMS
THE ASSEMBLY
BEST VISUAL DESIGN
MEDIA MOLECULE (SIEE)
TEARAWAY UNFOLDED
BEST ANIMATION SUPPLIER
ATOMHAWK
BEST AUDIO SUPPLIER
PINEWOOD STUDIOS
BEST IN-HOUSE STUDIO
UBISOFT REFLECTIONS
BEST EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT
LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY
BEST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTATION
BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY
BEST ENGINES, MIDDLEWARE, TOOLS & TECHONOLGY
GAMEBENCH
BEST INDEPENDENT STUDIO – SMALL
LOCKWOOD
BEST INDEPENDENT STUDIO – LARGE
SUMO DIGITAL
BEST LEGAL SERVICES SUPPLIER
WEIGHTMANS
OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP
PLAYGROUND GAMES LEADERSHIP TEAM
GAVIN RAEBURN – CEO
TREVOR WILLIAMS – COO
RALPH FULTON – CREATIVE DIRECTOR
OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP – HIGHLY COMMENDED
VICKIE PEGGS
BEST QA PROVIDER
TESTOLOGY
BEST RECRUITMENT AGENCY
AARDVARK SWIFT RECRUITMENT
BEST START UP
PROJECT M STUDIO
BEST TAX AND ACCOUNTANCY FIRM
SAFFERY CHAMPNESS
BEST TECHNICAL INNOVATION
EPIC GAMES/NINJA THEORY/CUBIC MOTION/3LATERAL
BEST PUBLISHER
SOLD OUT SALES AND MARKETING
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL AWARD
GISELLE STEWART
OUTSTANDING GROWTH AWARD
OUTPLAY
OUTSTANDING CREATIVITY AWARD
SUPERMASSIVE GAMES
GAME OF THE YEAR 2016
SPACE APE GAMES
TRANSFORMERS: EARTH WARS