Voted for by 100 industry experts.
This year's Develop Industry Excellence Awards is the hottest ticket in town and the chance for industry veterans to nominate those creative geniuses who've been at the forefront of the latest videogames.
RealTime World's , the creators of Crackdown, is the developer that really stands out in this year's awards as they've been nominated for no less than seven awards.
Held on July 25th 2007 at the Hilton Metropole, Brighton, the Develop Industry Excellence Awards will honour those at the forefront of the development community and will bringing together over 50 of the greatest development teams.
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.
"The last 12 months have seen European developers literally raise their games,"says 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 final list, in full, can be found overleaf.
