TIGA GAMES INDUSTRY AWARDS 2024: FINALISTS SHORTLIST REVEALED!

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Ceremony will take place on the evening of Thursday November 28th at Shoreditch Town Hall in London - Secure your tickets today!


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TIGA, the trade association representing the UK video games industry, has announced the finalists of the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2024, and the shortlist features some of the most exciting games from the last 12 months, plus the cream of the UK’s game development, service provider and education talent.


View the full list of Finalists here and below.


Continuing its long tradition of visiting historic and iconic venues, the TIGA Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday November 28th at the iconic Shoreditch Town Hall. Opened in 1866, the building played an important role in East End culture, first as a Music Hall and later as a boxing venue. It is now run by the Shoreditch Town Hall Trust which has firmly established the venue as an arts, events and community space.


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Dr Richard Wilson OBE, CEO of TIGA, said: “I’m thrilled to reveal the finalists for the highly anticipated TIGA Games Industry Awards 2024. This year's ceremony promises to be another showcase of excellence, featuring some of the most captivating games and groundbreaking studios from the past 12 months, alongside the UK's leading game service providers and educators.


“We're incredibly impressed by the calibre of entries across all categories. The TIGA Awards continue to be a fantastic platform to celebrate the innovation, creativity, and dedication that drive the UK's thriving games industry. Best of luck to all of the finalists, and a huge ‘thank you’ to our superb sponsors for supporting the event.”


The TIGA Awards 2024 finalists across the Games and Business categories are:


GAMES CATEGORIES


Action & Adventure
Auroch Digital: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Curve Games: Dungeons of Hinterberg
Fellow Traveller: 1000xResist
Kwalee: ROBOBEAT
Ninja Theory: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
PlayFusion: ASCENDANT.COM
Secret Mode: Still Wakes The Deep
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Helldivers 2
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Rise of the Rōnin


Arcade
Friday Sundae/BBC: Deadly Mission Unleashed
Ice BEAM: Make Way
Ping Creates: Nugget Tumble
Playerthree/BBC: Shaun The Sheep – Pizza the Action
Playtonic Games: Elsie
Secret Mode: Oil Strike ‘75
WordByDesign.com: Cogalot


Audio Design
Critical Hit Games: Nobody Wants To Die
Dovetail Games: Train Sim World 4
Ninja Theory: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Secret Mode: Still Wakes The Deep
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Rise of the Rōnin
Sony Interactive Entertainment: The Last of Us Part II Remastered
TiMi Studio Group: Honor of Kings
Wales Interactive: Sker Ritual


Best Use of a Licence
BBC: BBC Bitesize: Creative Lab
Behaviour Interactive: Dead By Daylight
Dlala Studios: Disney Illusion Island
FuturLab: Powerwash Simulator
Outplay Entertainment: Subway Surfers Blast
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
SpecNext: ZX Spectrum Next
Sumo Nottingham: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Wowbagger Productions: She Could Fly: Documentary Escape Game


Casual
Dragon Scale Studios: Set Sail! Arena
Imperia Online: Painzeiro: Monster Run
IronStrike Games: Wild in the West
Newfangled Games: Paper Trail
Scopely: MONOPOLY GO!
Secret Mode: A Little to the Left: Seeing Stars
Secret Mode: Loddlenaut
Spilt Milk Studios: Trash Goblin
Trailmix Games: Love & Pies – Merge Mystery


Creativity
ColePowered Games: Shadows of Doubt
DON’T NOD: Jusant
Ironwood Studios: Pacific Drive
Maze Theory: Infinite Inside
Newfangled Games: Paper Trail
Sad Owl Studios: Viewfinder
Secret Mode: Still Wakes The Deep
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Helldivers 2
Wired Productions: Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles


Diversity
Absolutely Games: Classified: France ‘44
Blizzard Entertainment: Overwatch 2
Fellow Traveller: 1000xResist
IHDC: GAconf Europe 24
INTERIOR/NIGHT: As Dusk Falls
Ninja Theory: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Trailmix Games: Love & Pies
Wowbagger Productions: She Could Fly: Documentary Escape Game


Education, Serious or Simulation
Abylight Studios: Exographer
Avid Games: Cards, the Universe and Everything (CUE)
BBC: BBC Bitesize: History Explorer – Secrets Through Time
Charles Games: Playing Kafka
Dovetail Games: Train Sim World 4
Expansive Worlds (Avalanche Studios Group): Call of the Wild: The Angler
Noun Town: Noun Town Language Learning
Slitherine: Command: Modern Operations
Wowbagger Productions:  She Could Fly: Documentary Escape Game


Heritage
Absolutely Games: Classified: France ‘44
Charles Games: Playing Kafka
Friday Sundae/BBC: Deadly Mission Unleashed
Newfangled Games: Paper Trail
Ninja Theory: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Secret Mode: Oil Strike ‘75
Secret Mode: Still Wakes The Deep
Wales Interactive: Sker Ritual


Narrative
INTERIOR/NIGHT:  As Dusk Falls
Ironwood Studios: Pacific Drive
Mango Protocol: CLeM
Maximum Entertainment: Until Then
Ninja Theory: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Party for Introverts: Cabernet
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Rise of the Rōnin
Sony Interactive Entertainment: The Last of Us Part II Remastered
Wales Interactive: Sker Ritual


Puzzle
Chaos Cookie: Squarelets
Kenness: Word Search Scrambled
Marvelous Europe: Leximan
Maze Theory: Infinite Inside
Newfangled Games: Paper Trail
Out of the Blue Games: American Arcadia
Outplay Entertainment: Subway Surfers Blast
Sad Owl Studios: Viewfinder
Secret Mode: A Little to the Left: Seeing Stars
Tensori: POOLS


Social
CULT Games: Go-Go Town!
Dragon Scale Studios: Set Sail! Arena
Ice BEAM: Make Way
Megaverse: Game Changers
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Helldivers 2
Staffordshire University: Disc-Go!
Sumo Nottingham: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Toikido: Piñata Smash Simulator


Strategy
Absolutely Games: Classified: France ‘44
Abylight: Citadelum
Blackbird Interactive/Gearbox Publishing: Homeworld 3
CULT Games: Galacticare
Slitherine: Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance


Visual
Critical Hit Games: Nobody Wants To Die
DON’T NOD: Jusant
Expansive Worlds (Avalanche Studios Group): Call of the Wild: The Angler
nDreams: Little Cities: Bigger!
Out of the Blue Games: American Arcadia
Sad Owl Studios: Viewfinder
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Helldivers 2
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Stellar Blade
Sumo Nottingham: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre


VR, AR, XR, MR
DeepMirror: RealityGuard
Future Tech Games:  The Flip
FuturLab: PowerWash Simulator VR
Maze Theory: Infinite Inside
nDreams: Little Cities: Bigger!
Niantic Labs: Peridot
Rebellion: Zombie Army VR
Rogue Sun: Tin Hearts
Soul Assembly: Drop Dead: The Cabin – Home Invasion
Ubisoft Reflections & Ubisoft Leamington: Assassin’s Creed: Nexus VR


Best Small Studio
CULT Games
Dlala Studios
Maze Theory
Playtonic
Sad Owl Studios
Spilt Milk Studios
Wales Interactive


BUSINESS CATEGORIES


Art, Animation & Trailer Supplier
1518 Studios
Big Farmer
Liquid Crimson
Room 8 Group
TrailerFarm


Audio Services Provider
PitStop Productions
SIDE
Soundcuts
Tazman-Audio


Co-Development Partner
Flix Interactive
Rebellion North
Red Kite Games
Room 8 Group
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sumo Digital


Commitment to ESG
Dovetail Games
nDreams
Ninja Theory
PlanetPlay
Playground Games
Rocksteady Studios
Room 8 Group
Secret Mode
Staffordshire University
Testronic
University of Portsmouth
University of the Arts London


Commitment to Workplace Wellbeing
Airship Interactive
Dlala Studios
Dovetail Games
Ninja Theory 
Playtonic
Rocksteady Studios
Steel City Interactive
Trailmix Games
University of the Arts London


Education Initiative
Birmingham City University
Norwich University of the Arts
Staffordshire University
Sumo Group
UniJam (LCC, LSBU, SAE, Goldsmiths, ACM Games, SULI, GDL)
University of Portsmouth
University of the West of England


Educational Institution
Birmingham City University
Bournemouth University
Escape Studios
London College of Communication, University of the Arts London
London South Bank University
Norwich University of the Arts
Staffordshire University
University of Greenwich
University of Hertfordshire
University of Portsmouth
University of the West of England


Best Large Studio
Arrowhead Studios – Sony Interactive Entertainment
Dovetail Games
Flix Interactive
Kwalee
Naughty Dog – Sony Interactive Entertainment
nDreams
Ninja Theory
Outplay Entertainment
Rebellion
Red Kite Games
Stainless Games
Sumo Digital


Outstanding Leadership
AJ Grand-Scrutton, CEO, Dlala Studios
Carolin Krenzer, CEO & Co-Founder, Trailmix Games
Johan Pilestedt, Creative Director, Sony Interactive Entertainment
John Wright, VP of Mobile Publishing, Kwalee
Lisa Opie, MD, Ubisoft Reflections & Ubisoft Leamington
Nathan Burlow, Studio Director & Darius Sadeghian, Studio Director, Rocksteady Studios
Patrick Buckland, CEO & Co-Founder, Stainless Games
Rhea Loucas, CEO & Founder, PlanetPlay
Simon Iwaniszak, Founder & Studio Director, Red Kite Games
Viki Freeman, COO, Airship Interactive


Legal Services
Eaton Smith LLP
Fragomen LLP
Lee & Thompson LLP
Lewis Silkin LLP
Stevens & Bolton LLP


Publisher
Curve Games
Kwalee
nDreams
Rebellion
Secret Mode
Slitherine


QA and/or Localisation
PTW
Testronic
Universally Speaking


Recruitment
Amiqus
Avatar
Big Planet


Services Provider
Avatar
Big Farmer
Big Planet
Liquid Crimson
Maverick Media
PitStop Productions
PlanetPlay
PTW Family of Brands
Room 8 Group
Tazman-Audio
TrailerFarm
Universally Speaking


Talent Development Initiative
Dlala Studios
Flix Interactive
nDreams
Rebellion
Rocksteady Studios


Tax & Accountancy
BDO
Johnston Carmichael
Plus Accounting


Technical Innovation
Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
MetaGravity
PlanetPlay
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Speech Graphics
Straight4Studios
Tazman-Audio

 
SPECIAL AWARDS
 
In addition, the Employer of the Year 2024, Outstanding Individual Year 2024 and Game Of The Year 2024 special awards winners will be announced on the night.

 
TIGA would like to thank our generous sponsors for making the Awards Ceremony possible. We are delighted to welcome Toikido as our After Party Drinks Sponsor; Sumo Group, Supermassive Games, and Ubisoft as Gold Sponsors; Abertay University, Creative Wales, Lee and Thompson, Rocksteady, and Staffordshire University as Silver Sponsors; Birmingham City University, Bournemouth University, Eaton Smith, Games London, Kwalee, Outplay Entertainment, Playground Games, S&B, Space Ape Games, Testronic, and Universally Speaking as Bronze Sponsors.

 
The TIGA Awards 2024 ceremony will take place on the evening of Thursday 28^th November at Shoreditch Town Hall. A limited number of tickets are on sale now – Book here.


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