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Finalists announced for Develop Industry Excellence Awards 2012 

Finalists for the 2012 Develop Industry Excellence Awards have been announced. Get the list below.

CATEGORY: CREATIVITY

NEW IP

  • Brink (Splash Damage)
  • Dear Esther (Thechineseroom)
  • Frozen Synapse (Mode 7 Games)
  • Monstermind (Bossa Studios)
  • My Horse (NaturalMotion Games)
  • Zombies, Run! (Six to Start)

USE OF A LICENCE

  • Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
  • Battlestar Galactica Online (Bigpoint/Artplant)
  • LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (TT Games)
  • LEGO Life of George (LEGO Group Denmark)
  • Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers (Stainless Games)
  • Peppa Pig (Strawdog Studios)
  • Team Hot Wheels Apptivity (Big Bit)
  • Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (Doublesix Games)

USE OF NARRATIVE

  • Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
  • Dear Esther (Thechineseroom)
  • Driver: San Francisco (Ubisoft Reflections)
  • Misfits: Community Service (Mobile Pie)
  • Where is My Heart? (Die Gute Fabrik)
  • Zombies, Run! (Six to Start)

VISUAL ARTS

  • Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
  • Battlefield 3 (EA Dice)
  • Dear Esther (Thechineseroom)
  • Rayman Origins (Ubsioft Montpellier)
  • Trine 2 (Frozenbyte)
  • Wonderputt (Damp Gnat)

AUDIO ACCOMPLISHMENT

  • Battlefield 3 (EA Dice)
  • Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
  • Beat Sneak Beat (Simogo)
  • Driver: San Francisco (Ubisoft Reflections)
  • Okabu (Hand Circus)
  • Total War: Fall of the Samurai (The Creative Assembly)
  • Zombies, Run! (Six to Start)

PUBLISHING HERO

  • Connect2Media
  • Indie City
  • Indie Fund
  • SCEE Xdev
  • Steam
  • Thumbstar

CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY & SERVICES

TECHNICAL INNOVATION

  • Enlighten (Geomerics)
  • Kinect Sports: Season Two (Rare)
  • Monstermind (Bossa Studios)
  • MotorStorm RC (Evolution Studios)
  • My Horse (NaturalMotion Games)
  • Circus Challenge (Pitbull Studio)
  • Team Hot Wheels Apptivity (Big Bit)

USE OF ONLINE

  • Aurora (nDreams)
  • Eve Online (CCP)
  • Monstermind (Bossa Studios)
  • Minecraft 360 (4J Studios/Mojang Specifications)
  • PlayStation Home (SCE)
  • Trials Evolution (Red Lynx)
  • World of Tanks (Wargaming.net)

VISUAL OUTSOURCER

  • Atomhawk Design
  • Axis Animation
  • Cubic Motion
  • Dimensional Imaging
  • Imagination Studios
  • RealtimeUK
  • TrioViz

AUDIO OUTSOURCER

  • Nimrod Productions
  • Outsource Media UK
  • Richard Jacques Studios
  • Side
  • The Audio Guys
  • Wave Studios

SERVICES

  • Audiomotion
  • LocalizeDirect
  • Pinewood Studios
  • Testronic Labs
  • Universally Speaking
  • VMC Game Labs

TOOLS PROVIDER

  • Autodesk
  • Epic Games
  • Firelight Technologies
  • Hansoft
  • Havok
  • NaturalMotion
  • RAD Game Tools
  • Unity Technologies
  • Xaitment

ENGINE

  • BigWorld Client (BigWorld Technology)
  • CryEngine 3 (Crytek)
  • Havok Vision Engine (Havok)
  • HeroEngine (Simultroncs)
  • Marmalade (Ideaworks 3D)
  • Unity 3.5 (Unity Technologies)
  • Unreal Engine 3 (Epic Games)

RECRUITER

  • Aardvark Swift
  • Amiqus
  • Avatar Games
  • Datascope Recruitment
  • OPM Jobs
  • MPG Universal

CATEGORY: STUDIOS

NEW STUDIO

  • Thechineseroom
  • Big Bit
  • Bossa Studios
  • ShortRound Games
  • Six to Start
  • Toxic Games
  • We R Interactive

MICRO STUDIO

  • Thechineseroom
  • Dakko Dakko
  • Mobile Pie
  • ShortRound Games
  • Six to Start
  • Rodeo Games
  • Tanukii Studios/Room 4 Games

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

  • Mind Candy
  • Zattika
  • Playground Games
  • NaturalMotion Games
  • Stainless Games
  • Rovio Entertainment
  • nDreams
  • Wargaming.net

INDEPENDENT STUDIO

  • Blitz Games Studios
  • Bossa Studios
  • CCP
  • Crytek
  • Frontier Developments
  • Mediatonic
  • Preloaded
  • Rovio Entertainment

IN-HOUSE STUDIO

  • The Creative Assembly
  • EA Dice
  • Rare
  • Red Lynx
  • Rocksteady Studios
  • TT Games
  • Ubisoft Montpelier
  • Bigpoint Hamburg

SPECIAL AWARDS

  • Development Legend - David Perry
  • Grand Prix - Awarded to the European games studio which "has made the biggest impact on the business in the last 12 months." To be announced at the event.

The Develop Industry Excellence Awards are to be held on July 11.

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