Newcomers Realtime Worlds lead the pack with an impressive seven nominations, the most ever for one developer in the event’s five-year history.
The Develop Industry Excellence Awards honour those at the forefront of the development community – the creative geniuses behind the very best games our industry have to offer.
Bringing together over 50 of the greatest development teams, it is the only event which honours the achievements of Europe’s finest game creators.
Realtime Worlds’ debut title Crackdown has been nominated in the New Console/PC IP category, with the studio itself picking up a further six nominations in the Visual Arts, Audio Accomplishment, Best Use of Online, Innovation, New UK/European Studio and Independent Developer categories.
Evolution Studios (MotorStorm), Rare (Viva Pinata), SCEE Studio Liverpool (Formula One Championship Edition) and Introversion (Defcon) boast three nominations each.
Excellence in an improving market
"The last 12 months have seen European developers literally raise their games," said Stuart Dinsey, managing director of Intent Media, publisher of Develop.
"In a period which has seen the launch of two home consoles, the continued improvement of Xbox 360 and PC software, and the mobile games market emerge as a genuine creative and commercial alternative to the more traditional games platforms, only the most excellent titles have any chance of standing out from the crowd.
"To be nominated for an award during this exceptional period is a real honour – and we congratulate all those teams involved."
The Develop Industry Excellence Awards are voted for by a panel of almost 100 industry experts.
In addition to the 16 awards voted by the industry cognoscenti, two additional awards will be presented on the night – one to a Development Legend, and an overall Grand Prix, both decided by the magazine’s editorial team.
The award ceremony will be held on Wednesday July 25, 2007, at the Hilton Metropole, Brighton.
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Date Published: June 11, 2007
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