THE SHORTLIST
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
Acid Nerve
Indie Studio of the Year
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 Creative
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)
Eurogamer
Media Brand of the Year
GAMINGbible
IGN
PCGamesN
RKG
Video Games Chronicle (VGC)
Innovation In Games
Visual Innovation of the Year
ustwo games
Playground Games / Xbox Games Studio
nDreams
Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment, Climax Studios
Polygon Treehouse / United Label Games
Shedworks / Raw Fury
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
Forza Horizon 5
Fracked
Returnal
Röki
Sable
Audio Innovation of the Year
Codemasters / EA
Playground Games / Xbox Games Studio
Climax Studios, Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sable (Shedworks / Raw Fury)
Sumo Digital / Sony Interactive Entertainment
DIRT 5
Forza Horizon 5
Returnal
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Gameplay Innovation of the Year
Mediatonic
Ground Shatter / Mode 7
Bossa Games / Curve Games
FuturLab / Square Enix Collective
Rebellion / Just Add Water
Odd Bug Studio / United Label
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Fights in Tight Spaces
I Am Fish
PowerWash Simulator
Sniper Elite VR
Tails of Iron
Narrative Innovation of the Year
Acid Nerve / Devolver Digital
Codemasters / EA
Sketchbook Games / Fourth State/ Modus Games
inkle
Supermassive Games / Bandai Namco
Death’s Door
F1 2021
Lost Words: Beyond the Page
Overboard!
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
JURY AWARDS
These particular awards will not be subject to the online vote and will instead by determined by an independent jury.
MCV/DEVELOP Outstanding Contribution Award
Games for a Better World Award
Newcomer of the Year
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MCV/DEVELOP EDITOR
Richie Shoemaker
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richie.shoemaker@biz-media.co.uk
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alex.boucher@biz-media.co.uk
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Kayleigh Benham
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