THE FINALISTS
DEVELOPMENT ESSENTIALS
Development Tool of the Year
Audiokinetic
Elias Studio 3
GameMaker Studio
SyncSketch
Unity
Unreal Engine
External Development Partner of the Year
Epic Games
Keywords Studios
PTW
Talenthouse Media Foundry
Testronic
Virtuos
Recruitment Agency of the Year
Aardvark Swift
Amiqus
Haptic
InGame Recruitment
OPMjobs
Trust In Soda
outstanding STUDIOS
Major Studio of the Year
Creative Assembly
Frontier
Playground Games
Rebellion
Sumo Digital
Supermassive Games
Indie Studio of the Year
Acid Nerve
Bossa Games
Hello Games
Shedworks
Skyhook Games
ustwo games
reaching Audiences
PR Agency of the Year
Bastion
Dead Good PR
Honest PR
Indigo Pearl
Renaissance
Creative Agency of the Year
Diva
Fluid
Fourth Floor
ICHI Worldwide
TAKEOFF
YRS TRULY
Campaign of the Year
Diva, in collaboration with TfL, MediaCom and Red Consultancy
Kiyan Prince, EA SPORTS FIFA 21 (EA)
Lycanspiracy, Magic: The Gathering (YRS TRULY and Wizards of the Coast)
The Ascent, Curve Games (Renaissance)
Yogscast Jingle Jam (Honest PR)
Media Brand of the Year
Eurogamer
GAMINGbible
IGN
PCGamesN
RKG
Video Games Chronicle (VGC)
Innovation In Games
Visual Innovation of the Year
ustwo games – Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
Playground Games / Xbox Games Studio – Forza Horizon 5
nDreams – Fracked
Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment, Climax Studios – Returnal
Polygon Treehouse / United Label Games – Röki
Shedworks / Raw Fury – Sable
Audio Innovation of the Year
Codemasters / EA – DIRT 5
Playground Games / Xbox Games Studio – Forza Horizon 5
Climax Studios, Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sable (Shedworks / Raw Fury) – Returnal
Sumo Digital / Sony Interactive Entertainment – Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Gameplay Innovation of the Year
Mediatonic – Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Ground Shatter / Mode 7 – Fights in Tight Spaces
Bossa Games / Curve Games – I Am Fish
FuturLab / Square Enix Collective – PowerWash Simulator
Rebellion / Just Add Water – Sniper Elite VR
Odd Bug Studio / United Label – Tails of Iron
Narrative Innovation of the Year
Acid Nerve / Devolver Digital – Death’s Door
Codemasters / EA – F1 2021
Games / Fourth State/ Modus Games – Lost Words: Beyond the Page
Inkle – Overboard!
Supermassive Games / Bandai Namco – The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
Publishing And Platforms
Major Publisher of the Year
Bethesda Softworks
EA
Nintendo
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Square Enix
Xbox Game Studios
Indie Publisher of the Year
Chucklefish
Curve Games
Fireshine Games
No More Robots
Slitherine
Wired Productions
Platform of the Year
Antstream Arcade
Humble Bundle / Humble Store
Nintendo / Nintendo eShop
PlayStation / PS Store
Steam
Xbox / Microsoft Store
RETAIL AND DISTRIBUTION
Retailer of the Year
Amazon
Fanatical
GAME
Green Man Gaming
ShopTo
Distributor of the Year
CentreSoft
Click Entertainment
Contact Sales
Genba Digital
Koch Media
Plug In Digital
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