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Heavy Rain, Arkham Asylum Honored At Develop Awards
The European Develop conference held an awards ceremony last night in Brighton, U.K., handing out trophies to some of the best and brightest in the game industry. The big winners were Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain and Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Ayslum, which won Best New IP and Best Use of a License or IP, respectively. Black Rock’s Studio’s overlooked racing title Split/Second also snagged a much deserved award for Visual Arts.
Congratulations to all the winners. Here’s the complete list:
Creativity
• Best New IP - Heavy Rain (Quantic Dream)
• Best New Download IP - Angry Birds (Rovio)
• Best Use of a Licence or IP - Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios)
• Visual Arts - Split/Second (Black Rock Studio)
• Audio Accomplishment - DJ Hero (FreeStyleGames)
• Publishing Hero - Channel 4
Technology & Services
• Technical Innovation - Unity Engine (Unity Technologies)
• Tools Provider - Hansoft
• Engine - Unreal Engine 3
• Services - Testology
• Audio Outsourcer - Side
• Visual Outsourcer - Axis Animation
• Recruitment Company - Amiqus
Studios
• Best New Studio - Hello Games
• Micro Studio - Hello Games
• Handheld Studio - SCE Cambridge
• Business Development - Sony XDev
• In-House Studio - Rocksteady Studios
• Independent Studio - Quantic Dream
Special Awards
• Development Legend - Andrew Gower & Paul Gower (Jagex)
• Grand Prix - Unity Technologies
[via Eurogamer]
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