Tables and tickets selling fast
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The TIGA Games Industry Awards 2022 shortlist can now be revealed, ahead of the November 10th awards ceremony.
The Awards are returning as an in-person event after two years online due to COVID-19 restrictions.
“We have had a fantastic response from industry and education to the return of the TIGA Games Industry Awards as a live event,” said Dr Richard Wilson OBE, CEO of TIGA. “Congratulations to all of our Finalists. We look forward to welcoming you to the awards ceremony in November.”
The TIGA Awards 2022 finalists are:
Action and Adventure Game
Death’s Door - Acid Nerve/ Devolver Digital
Fracked - nDreams
Haven Park - Mooneye Studios
Horizon Forbidden West - Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerrilla Games
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One - Frogwares
Sniper Elite 5 – Rebellion
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes - Supermassive Games
The Occulist - Pentakill Studios
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands - Gearbox Software
Arcade Game
Arcade Paradise - Wired Productions
Beatstar – Touch Your Music - Space Ape Games
Climate Change: Global Manager - Friday Sundae
Dashpong - Victor Meunier
Hungry Shark World - Ubisoft Future Games of London
Spellbook Demonslayers Prologue - Xendra
Casual Game
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – ustwo Games
Her Name Was Fire - Tissue Inu
Hypercharge: Unboxed - Digital Cybercherries
Inua: A Story in Ice and Time - ARTE France/IKO/The Pixel Hunt
Megaquarium - Auroch Digital
Perfect Coffee 3D - Kwalee
PowerWash Simulator - FuturLab
Trivial Pursuit Live! - Snap Finger Click
Wobbledogs - Animal Uprising
Audio Design
A Musical Story - Digerati
Eyes in the Dark: The Curious Case of One Victoria Bloom - Gearbox Publishing
Honor of Kings: Miyamoto Musashi - TiMi Studio Group
Horizon Forbidden West - Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerrilla
Inua: A Story in Ice and Time - ARTE France/IKO/The Pixel Hunt:
Martha is Dead – Wired Productions
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy - Eidos Montreal
The Quarry - Supermassive Games
Total War: Warhammer III – Creative Assembly
Creativity in Games
Bloodshore - Wales Interactive
Card Shark - Nerial/Devolver Digital
Clays Bar - Clays
Epic Chef - Team17 Digital
Outcore: Desktop Adventure - Doctor Shinobi
Sniper Elite 5 - Rebellion
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes - Supermassive Games
The Serpent Rogue - Team17 Digital
Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus? - Wales Interactive
Diversity
OlliOlli World - Roll7
Putting The G into Gaming
Spells & Secrets - Alchemist Interactive
Women in Games
Educational, Serious or Simulation Game
Arcade Paradise - Wired Productions
Atomic Labs - Fish in a Bottle
Horrible Histories: Raid and Trade – BBC/Playerthree
Imagine Earth - Serious Brothers UG
Jojo and Gran Gran: Letters to St Lucia – BBC/Jollywise
LEGO® DUPLO® MARVEL - StoryToys
Mars Horizon - Auroch Digital
PowerWash Simulator - FuturLab
The Fermi Paradox - Anomaly Games
Heritage in Games
Airforce Action Stations - Friday Sundae
Antstream Arcade - Antstream
Card Shark - Nerial
Climate Change: Global Manager - Friday Sundae
Hungry Shark World - Ubisoft Future Games of London
Sniper Elite 5 - Rebellion
Svoboda 1945: Liberation - Charles Games
Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus? - Wales Interactive
Puzzle Game
Airforce Action Stations - Friday Sundae
Eternal Threads - Cosmonaut Studio
Gordon Ramsay’s Chef Blast - Outplay Entertainment
Inua: A Story in Ice and Time - ARTE France/Iko/The Pixel Hunt
Kredolis - Pharos Interactive
Lost Twins 2 - Playdew
Moss: Book II - Polyarc
Surviving the Humans - Surprised Monkey Studio
We Were Here Forever - Total Mayhem Games
Social Game
Big Brother: The Game 2 - 9th Impact
Core Keeper - Fireshine Games
RoPets – Supersolid
Smack the Table - Basalikum
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes - Supermassive Games
The Quarry - Supermassive Games
Trivial Pursuit Live! 2 - Snap Finger Click
Strategy Game
Climate Change: Global Manager - Friday Sundae
Imagine Earth - Serious Brothers UG
Indies’ Lies - Fun Square Games
Jupiter Moons: Mecha - Rock&Bushes
SIEGE: World War II - Imperia Online JSC
Space Menace - Only4Gamers
The Fabulous Fear Machine - Fictiorama Studios
Total War: WARHAMMER III - Creative Assembly
Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus - Snowprint Studios
Visual Design
Card Shark - Nerial
Death’s Door - Acid Nerve/Devolver
Dubium - MUMO Studio
Horizon Forbidden West - Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerrilla
Inua: A Story in Ice and Time - Arte France/Iko/The Pixel Hunt
Martha is Dead - Wired Productions
Moss: Book II - Polyarc
OlliOlli World - Roll7
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands - Gearbox Software
VR/AR Game
Clays Bar - Clays
Fracked – nDreams
Little Cities - nDreams
Moss: Book II – Polyarc
RUINSMAGUS - CharacterBank Inc.
The Green Planet AR Experience, Powered by EE 5G – Factory 42
We Are One – Flat Head Studio
Art/Animation/Trailer Supplier
1518 Studios (Part of the PTW family of Brands)
Airship Interactive
Atomhawk
Liquid Crimson
Audio Services
PitStop Productions
SIDE Global
Soundcuts
Tazman Audio
Education Initiative
Airship Interactive
Birmingham City University
Dovetail Games
London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London
Lucid Games
nDreams Academy
Norwich University of the Arts
Staffordshire University
Sumo Digital
University of Hertfordshire
University of the West of England
University of Portsmouth
Educational Institution
Birmingham City University
Bournemouth University
Escape Studios
London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London
Norwich University of the Arts
Sheffield Hallam University
Staffordshire University
University of Greenwich
University of Hertfordshire
University of Portsmouth
QA Provider
GlobalStep
PTW
Testronic
Universally Speaking
Tax and Accountancy Company
Sky Life Accountancy
RSM UK
MMP Tax
Recruitment Agency
Aardvark Swift
Amiqus
Avatar
Tools, Technology & Innovation
Antstream
Epic Games
Guerrilla
Panivox
Speech Graphics
Tazman-Audio
Legal Services
Bird & Bird LLP
Eaton Smith LLP
Lewis Silkin LLP
Stevens & Bolton LLP
Wiggin LLP
Services Provider
Airship Interactive
Games Jobs Direct
Liquid Crimson
Maverick Media
PitStop Productions
PTW Family of Brands
Renaissance PR
Soundcuts
S-Tech Insurance Services (GameS-Tech)
Tazman-Audio
Universally Speaking
Small Studio
Cosmonaut Studios
Digerati
Fireshine Games
Hugecalf Studios
Snowprint Studios
Trailmix
Total Mayhem Games
Ustwo Games
Wired Productions
Large Studio
Auroch Digital
Dovetail Games
Guerrilla
Kwalee
Lucid Games
nDreams
Outplay Entertainment
Rebellion
Space Ape Games
Sumo Digital
Supermassive Games
Commitment to CSR
Dovetail Games
PlayStation London Studio
SIDE | PTW
Sumo Group
Testronic.
Employer of the Year
Atomhawk
Dovetail Games
Sumo Group
Outstanding Leadership
Bobby Thandi, CEO, XR Games
Dr Tomas Rawlings, Auroch Digital
Gary Dunn, MD, Sumo Digital
Karen McLoughlin, Group Director of HR, Sumo Group
Kaya Tilev, CEO, Lava Labs
Patrick O’Luanaigh, CEO, nDreams
Ryan Davies, Head of Digital Marketing, Kwalee
Simon Hade and John Earner, Co-Founders, Space Ape Games
Simon Iwaniszak, Studio Director, Red Kite Games
Simon Platt, Head of Development, Kwalee
Viki Freeman, Workship Strategy Director, Airship Interactive
Publisher of the Year
Dovetail Games
nDreams
Kwalee
Rebellion
Secret Mode
Sony Interactive Entertainment
The TIGA Awards 2022 ceremony will take place on the evening of Thursday 10th November at Church House Westminster. A limited number of tickets are on sale now. Book here.
The TIGA Awards are made possible thanks to supporters of the not-for-profit organisation. Sponsors of the awards include (Gold Sponsors) Amiqus, Sumo Group, Supermassive Games and Ubisoft; (Silver Sponsors) Abertay University, Airship, Aardvark Swift, Dovetail Games, Game Jobs Director, Hangar 13, Liquid Crimson, Pearson, Space Ape Games, Staffordshire University, Universally Speaking and the University of Portsmouth; (Bronze Sponsors) Antstream, Birmingham City University, Bournemouth University, CCP Games, Creative Wales, Eaton Smith LLP, MMP Tax, Newcastle Gateshead Initiative, Outplay, Payload Studios, PTW, RSM, S-Tech Insurance Services, Stevens & Bolton LLP, Tazman Audio, Testronic and Worldmakers; plus (Drinks Sponsor) Kwalee.
Ends
Notes to Editors
About TIGA
TIGA is the trade association for the UK video games industry. Since 2010, TIGA has won 28 business awards and commendations. Our vision is to make the UK the best place in the world to develop video games. Our core purpose is to strengthen the games development and digital publishing sector. To this end, we focus on three strategic objectives:
- influencing Government policy via effective political representation;
- enhancing education and skills through our accreditation programme; the TIGA Games Education Awards and our education conferences; and
- promoting best practice through our membership services, including the TIGA STAR Employer Award and the TIGA Games Industry Awards.
To find out more about the benefits of joining TIGA, click here.
For press enquiries, please contact Lisa.Carter@mimrammedia.com or call her on 07970 164201.
From: Lisa Carter <lisa.carter@mimrammedia.com>
Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2022 at 09:28
To: "inbox@gamespress.com" <inbox@gamespress.com>
Subject: TIGA Games Industry Awards Finalists announced
Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2022 at 09:28
To: "inbox@gamespress.com" <inbox@gamespress.com>
Subject: TIGA Games Industry Awards Finalists announced
THE FINALISTS OF THE TIGA GAMES INDUSTRY AWARDS 2022 ARE ANNOUNCED
Over 100 companies and more than 70 games are in the running for a prestigious TIGA Games Industry Award
Ceremony will take place on the evening of Thursday November 10th at the historic Church House Westminster venue
Tables and tickets selling fast
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The TIGA Games Industry Awards 2022 shortlist can now be revealed, ahead of the November 10th awards ceremony.
The Awards are returning as an in-person event after two years online due to COVID-19 restrictions.
“We have had a fantastic response from industry and education to the return of the TIGA Games Industry Awards as a live event,” said Dr Richard Wilson OBE, CEO of TIGA. “Congratulations to all of our Finalists. We look forward to welcoming you to the awards ceremony in November.”
The TIGA Awards 2022 finalists are:
Action and Adventure Game
Death’s Door - Acid Nerve/ Devolver Digital
Fracked - nDreams
Haven Park - Mooneye Studios
Horizon Forbidden West - Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerrilla Games
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One - Frogwares
Sniper Elite 5 – Rebellion
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes - Supermassive Games
The Occulist - Pentakill Studios
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands - Gearbox Software
Arcade Game
Arcade Paradise - Wired Productions
Beatstar – Touch Your Music - Space Ape Games
Climate Change: Global Manager - Friday Sundae
Dashpong - Victor Meunier
Hungry Shark World - Ubisoft Future Games of London
Spellbook Demonslayers Prologue - Xendra
Casual Game
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – ustwo Games
Her Name Was Fire - Tissue Inu
Hypercharge: Unboxed - Digital Cybercherries
Inua: A Story in Ice and Time - ARTE France/IKO/The Pixel Hunt
Megaquarium - Auroch Digital
Perfect Coffee 3D - Kwalee
PowerWash Simulator - FuturLab
Trivial Pursuit Live! - Snap Finger Click
Wobbledogs - Animal Uprising
Audio Design
A Musical Story - Digerati
Eyes in the Dark: The Curious Case of One Victoria Bloom - Gearbox Publishing
Honor of Kings: Miyamoto Musashi - TiMi Studio Group
Horizon Forbidden West - Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerrilla
Inua: A Story in Ice and Time - ARTE France/IKO/The Pixel Hunt:
Martha is Dead – Wired Productions
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy - Eidos Montreal
The Quarry - Supermassive Games
Total War: Warhammer III – Creative Assembly
Creativity in Games
Bloodshore - Wales Interactive
Card Shark - Nerial/Devolver Digital
Clays Bar - Clays
Epic Chef - Team17 Digital
Outcore: Desktop Adventure - Doctor Shinobi
Sniper Elite 5 - Rebellion
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes - Supermassive Games
The Serpent Rogue - Team17 Digital
Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus? - Wales Interactive
Diversity
OlliOlli World - Roll7
Putting The G into Gaming
Spells & Secrets - Alchemist Interactive
Women in Games
Educational, Serious or Simulation Game
Arcade Paradise - Wired Productions
Atomic Labs - Fish in a Bottle
Horrible Histories: Raid and Trade – BBC/Playerthree
Imagine Earth - Serious Brothers UG
Jojo and Gran Gran: Letters to St Lucia – BBC/Jollywise
LEGO® DUPLO® MARVEL - StoryToys
Mars Horizon - Auroch Digital
PowerWash Simulator - FuturLab
The Fermi Paradox - Anomaly Games
Heritage in Games
Airforce Action Stations - Friday Sundae
Antstream Arcade - Antstream
Card Shark - Nerial
Climate Change: Global Manager - Friday Sundae
Hungry Shark World - Ubisoft Future Games of London
Sniper Elite 5 - Rebellion
Svoboda 1945: Liberation - Charles Games
Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus? - Wales Interactive
Puzzle Game
Airforce Action Stations - Friday Sundae
Eternal Threads - Cosmonaut Studio
Gordon Ramsay’s Chef Blast - Outplay Entertainment
Inua: A Story in Ice and Time - ARTE France/Iko/The Pixel Hunt
Kredolis - Pharos Interactive
Lost Twins 2 - Playdew
Moss: Book II - Polyarc
Surviving the Humans - Surprised Monkey Studio
We Were Here Forever - Total Mayhem Games
Social Game
Big Brother: The Game 2 - 9th Impact
Core Keeper - Fireshine Games
RoPets - Total Mayhem Games
Smack the Table - Basalikum
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes - Supermassive Games
The Quarry - Supermassive Games
Trivial Pursuit Live! 2 - Snap Finger Click
Strategy Game
Climate Change: Global Manager - Friday Sundae
Imagine Earth - Serious Brothers UG
Indies’ Lies - Fun Square Games
Jupiter Moons: Mecha - Rock&Bushes
SIEGE: World War II - Imperia Online JSC
Space Menace - Only4Gamers
The Fabulous Fear Machine - Fictiorama Studios
Total War: WARHAMMER III - Creative Assembly
Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus - Snowprint Studios
Visual Design
Card Shark - Nerial
Death’s Door - Acid Nerve/Devolver
Dubium - MUMO Studio
Horizon Forbidden West - Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerrilla
Inua: A Story in Ice and Time - Arte France/Iko/The Pixel Hunt
Martha is Dead - Wired Productions
Moss: Book II - Polyarc
OlliOlli World - Roll7
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands - Gearbox Software
VR/AR Game
Clays Bar - Clays
Fracked – nDreams
Little Cities - nDreams
Moss: Book II – Polyarc
RUINSMAGUS - CharacterBank Inc.
The Green Planet AR Experience, Powered by EE 5G – Factory 42
We Are One – Flat Head Studio
Art/Animation/Trailer Supplier
1518 Studios (Part of the PTW family of Brands)
Airship Interactive
Atomhawk
Liquid Crimson
Audio Services
PitStop Productions
SIDE Global
Soundcuts
Tazman Audio
Education Initiative
Airship Interactive
Birmingham City University
Dovetail Games
London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London
Lucid Games
nDreams Academy
Norwich University of the Arts
Staffordshire University
Sumo Digital
University of Hertfordshire
University of the West of England
University of Portsmouth
Educational Institution
Birmingham City University
Bournemouth University
Escape Studios
London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London
Norwich University of the Arts
Sheffield Hallam University
Staffordshire University
University of Greenwich
University of Hertfordshire
University of Portsmouth
QA Provider
GlobalStep
PTW
Testronic
Universally Speaking
Tax and Accountancy Company
Sky Life Accountancy
RSM UK
MMP Tax
Recruitment Agency
Aardvark Swift
Amiqus
Avatar
Tools, Technology & Innovation
Antstream
Epic Games
Guerrilla
Panivox
Speech Graphics
Tazman-Audio
Legal Services
Bird & Bird LLP
Eaton Smith LLP
Lewis Silkin LLP
Stevens & Bolton LLP
Wiggin LLP
Services Provider
Airship Interactive
Games Jobs Direct
Liquid Crimson
Maverick Media
PitStop Productions
PTW Family of Brands
Renaissance PR
Soundcuts
S-Tech Insurance Services (GameS-Tech)
Tazman-Audio
Universally Speaking
Small Studio
Cosmonaut Studios
Digerati
Fireshine Games
Hugecalf Studios
Snowprint Studios
Trailmix
Total Mayhem Games
Ustwo Games
Wired Productions
Large Studio
Auroch Digital
Dovetail Games
Guerrilla
Kwalee
Lucid Games
nDreams
Outplay Entertainment
Rebellion
Space Ape Games
Sumo Digital
Supermassive Games
Commitment to CSR
Dovetail Games
PlayStation London Studio
SIDE | PTW
Sumo Group
Testronic.
Employer of the Year
Atomhawk
Dovetail Games
Sumo Group
Outstanding Leadership
Bobby Thandi, CEO, XR Games
Dr Tomas Rawlings, Auroch Digital
Gary Dunn, MD, Sumo Digital
Karen McLoughlin, Group Director of HR, Sumo Group
Kaya Tilev, CEO, Lava Labs
Patrick O’Luanaigh, CEO, nDreams
Ryan Davies, Head of Digital Marketing, Kwalee
Simon Hade and John Earner, Co-Founders, Space Ape Games
Simon Iwaniszak, Studio Director, Red Kite Games
Simon Platt, Head of Development, Kwalee
Viki Freeman, Workship Strategy Director, Airship Interactive
Publisher of the Year
Dovetail Games
nDreams
Kwalee
Rebellion
Secret Mode
Sony Interactive Entertainment
The TIGA Awards 2022 ceremony will take place on the evening of Thursday 10th November at Church House Westminster. A limited number of tickets are on sale now. Book here.
The TIGA Awards are made possible thanks to supporters of the not-for-profit organisation. Sponsors of the awards include (Gold Sponsors) Amiqus, Sumo Group, Supermassive Games and Ubisoft; (Silver Sponsors) Abertay University, Airship, Aardvark Swift, Dovetail Games, Game Jobs Director, Hangar 13, Liquid Crimson, Pearson, Space Ape Games, Staffordshire University, Universally Speaking and the University of Portsmouth; (Bronze Sponsors) Antstream, Birmingham City University, Bournemouth University, CCP Games, Creative Wales, Eaton Smith LLP, MMP Tax, Newcastle Gateshead Initiative, Outplay, Payload Studios, PTW, RSM, S-Tech Insurance Services, Stevens & Bolton LLP, Tazman Audio, Testronic and Worldmakers; plus (Drinks Sponsor) Kwalee.
Ends
Notes to Editors
About TIGA
TIGA is the trade association for the UK video games industry. Since 2010, TIGA has won 28 business awards and commendations. Our vision is to make the UK the best place in the world to develop video games. Our core purpose is to strengthen the games development and digital publishing sector. To this end, we focus on three strategic objectives:
- influencing Government policy via effective political representation;
- enhancing education and skills through our accreditation programme; the TIGA Games Education Awards and our education conferences; and
- promoting best practice through our membership services, including the TIGA STAR Employer Award and the TIGA Games Industry Awards.
To find out more about the benefits of joining TIGA, click here.